Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-01-26

/ nectad with the hstsFy or soJeeis OF Tecum-
the. as The Prephef his brother, ana his son arc
sitfing zgh Eiie are 1sTsiiHg these remarks.
and as they hid freely diseio~ed 10 US their
past history and present situation.
Laying out Of view then the many other
convincing proofs OF Ignorance and pIesump-
ton OF the London Review, and of its pro,o.
gee Mr. John ID tIunter. with which this ar,i-
Gle is replete, let US come at once TO the tes-
timony, when beyond I'll doubt, proves that he
IS nothing more nor less lh2n bold and shame
less mposier, and a cOrrohery TO this, that
tie Quarterly Review has By IFS unqualified
belief AID support ct hun. jeopardized its
critical repu,stlo to degree, that even as
well known imrudence Cannot support
Mr. Hunter states that he lived among the
Usage and kInsas for sotac twelve Years or
more, pr,Nous to his restoraupR to civihzed
society. he was so young wiIcn captured Il
or years Of sge) that he bad forgotten las
family name Tue Indians from his expeaness
in burning (he says) had given him the name
of Hunter he therefore chose when he came
among the whites 70 retain that name a. hIs
paironymic. Aud as Mr. john Dunn. gentle
man OF high respectfully, of Cape Girgrd al
county, state of Missouri, had treated me IA ev.
cry respect. more like brother or s,n than
any individual had since nv ASSOCIATION with
the white people, acc, pted hi,. for tina 81 IN,
distinction, and have since oeeH know ny tie
name Of JOHN Dunn Hun err tie states fur
ther, that he went to school for several weeks
in the neighporhood OF Cape GIrardeau
The fact OF white boy being for 50 many
years resident with the Ossges and AansAs
tribes with which We have lad constant and IN
innate intercourse ever since and indeed be
fore We purchased Louisiana, could not but b.
knnwH to the traders and agents OF those tribes
TO ascertain the truth OF HuNer's statements
IN these particulars. therefore, enquiries were
made OF Governor Clarke, the sane who pass
Ell through the conuneat WIN Lewis, to the
mouth OF the Columbia, and now agent of la.
dian affairs IN ST LOUIS, Missouri, whoss char,
acter tor unblemishedi honur and 5 riot veraei
ty Is well es, abhshed, aud whose oflicc makes
him familiar with all the concerns OF those In
dians-he writes that ne is an impostor MA.
ny of the most important. circumstances men-
toned BY him, are to .ay certain knowledge,
barefaced falsehoods Ii is not
possible that he could have lived with the
tribes he mentions, and gone through with the
scenes which he describes, without some
kno Wedge of him and lbs history having
reached me-
Mr. Vasques sub-agent for the Kansas who
has been engaged in trade wuh them from
1896, writes 10 the same effect, as to his resi-
dence with the Kansas. Pierre Choteaa, senr
who has been engaged as agent, trader, &c
wnh the Osages since l775, TO the same effect.
and finally, Mr John Duna himself, member
OF the Missouri Legislature, who has lived in
the vicinity of the town Of Cape Gisardeau
for twenty years, declares he never knew any
such person as John Dunn Hunter describes
himself; that he Mr. Dummy IS the only person
bearing the name of John Dunn, in the coun
ty; that Hunter is an lmpostor, and that there
sno man o. tue name OF Wyatt. in the county,
to whom Hunter also refers as one OF bis
friends
TINS evidence needs no comment No rea.
sonable man can resist III and 1 Cannot help
thanking after such check, that the sapieHt
Quarterly reviewer, must nang his ears. aud In
the language OF the iudsn Chiefs TO Proctor,
ION his wish to eyacuate the Detroit River
counlry) creep Oft like dog, with his ai
between his legs unless indeed (as Is very pro-
baoie) the said reviewer may lack the cbarac.
teristic, crouchlng bashfulnsss OF his species
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