Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-10-12


of the young men tina, had heen selected. were no,
guilty, and that, If would wait until he could 20
TO the Little Rapids, day and half rch from
this post, that be wonll bring down -four men
whom he knew TO be guilty, and deliver III m to
the Ch'ppeways himself. remarked TO him that
he IN ght do so, but he must return at the time APP
pointed, WHICH was the morning of the 3Oth. He
left, and shortly after the appointed hour returned
with two of them only, who were immediately
delivered up by the Sioux in person to the Chips
pewaya. with the particular request that they
nigh, be received & executed in the same manner
anil the same sTOt that the other two had been
the day rrrvcus-~hich request, after come li,,le
be-its,ion on the par, cfthe Cbippeways was &C.
coded To, and carried into effect by them Thus
ended this Truly interesting scene. The rromp,
and decisive measures adopted in relation ther etc
has had the be-' possible effect on both tribes-and
II is firmly believed, that n similar breach of the
peace will never occur again at this post. have
the honor TO be, your obt. servant.
LAW. TAIJAFEREO.
indian Agent, ST. Peters.
The long celebrated Chief, Red Jacket, of
The Seneca tribe of Indians, has been depcsed by
his brethren and associates in authority.
Dispositions OF this kind have before occurred;
but the instance is rare in which chief OF such
eminent talents las been Frustrated.
He has b en- Tor a long time extremely dissipatei
and IN every respect morally worthless.
lie IL about seventy years OF age; yet he 10 re-
ina'kaoiy active. retains bis mental powers and to
the Is-t will doubt exert them TO ps-vent any
'meiioraion o. IN, people. by introducing among
them the arts OF civilized lie. They thu, address
HIM:
We, the Chiefs of the Seneca tribe, of he Six
Nations say TO you. Red Jacket, that you have
long Time disturbed Our councii- that you have pro
cured some white men, TO assist you in .euGing
great number Of false stories, to our father The
Presi nf tbo IT.s,aJ
people to sign those iaisehoods al Tonnawsn,a as
Chiefs of our tribe, when you knew that they ere
not chief; that you have opposed the improve
ments of our nation, and made divisions and I,.-
tuTbances among our people; that you have abused
AID insulted our great father, the PRECEDENT that
you have NOT regarded the rules which make the
'Ireat spirit love us; and which make his red chill
dren do good to each other; that YOU have bad
hear', because ia time of great Distress when our
people were starving, you took and hid the BODY
OF deer you had killed, when your starving bro
theirs should have shared their proportion oi n
'Yih youi that the last time father the presi.
a"nt' was lighting against the king across the Q, ca,
waters, you divided us. you acted against our fa-
ther, The president, and his officers and advised
WIN those VIII. were not friends; that Won have
prevented, aud always discouraged our children
from gong 10 school, where they corid learn and
abused and lied about sur people VINO were offer
ing 10 instruct them how to worship the Great
~
always placed yourself before them who would be
instructed, and have done all you could TO prevent
'her going TO school; that you have taken soo,ls
10 your own use, which were received as snnu,tles
ana which belong TO orrbsn children and to old
people mat Tor Inc last ten years You have of en-
said the communications of our great father to
MS red children, were iorgerIes made uD az New
York by those who wanted TO luy our I,,Js. ,ba,
you left your wife, because she Joined the chris
usns, and woTshpped the Great Spirit az thew do
soowins that sue was good woman; that we
have vailed for nearly ten years for YOU tn re-
form, and 10 better but are now discouraeed as
you declare you never will receive instructions
rom those who wish TO do Us good, ss our great
ia'her advises, and induced others TO hold the
same language We might say great many
o.her things, which make you an enemy 20 the
Great SPIRIT, and also to your own brothers, b.,
we have said enough and nov renounce YOU a.
|nie'' ana from this time you forbid TO act as
'ueh' AN Oh our nation VIII hereafter regard you
a7 private mao, and we FAY To them all that
every one, who shall do az you have done if n
chiei w'Ii IN like manner, be dsowneti and SET
back where he started from by hi brethren.''
Inc 'oiowIng extract of letter from respcc-
table correspondent furnishes sati factory sssuran
ces mat the threatened hostllities with our North
western Indians WILL in all probability be sver,.J
ny me surrender, on their part, of the murder o
our citizens
" On Monday following the Sd September. WAN
mig SOON kan, or the Rcd Bird, and Weekayv. or
the Sun, came In al Prairie du Chen, scconpanied
by one hundred and fourteen OF the rrincipaI men
OF their nation, and voluntarily surrendered them
selves. The ceremonies attending the surrender
oil the He'd Bird, carrying in his hand white aag
and two OF The chiefs an American aag each 81
his death song, as sung b. himself, were all very
imposing The Red Bird shot and scsped Graz.
nier- and Weekaw scaiped the child. These are
the outrases committed here, and these are he pe,
sons guilty of them (Nf ~
Red Jacket, 1t is intimaej in the Black Root |
E'ze''e' mat hed Sackst will appeal from the
decision of the twenty Eve CHIEFS bv Which he
has been deposed, to The chiefs and war jors of
the SIX Na'i"nsn full council. l.VY Com. 4 %.