The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-09-27


ment of tide fndinn tribes ofthe NoTthwest, which
have placed themselves, or may place themselves
IN a hostile attitude towards the froater inhabi-
tanis- There is IN his statement, we learn. 40
error so farss iirepresests special orders on this
subject to have proceeded from Washington
Gen. GAIsks, has Of course general discretion
rs 10 any hostile movements onndaas within his
division and, 1.-THE sgs ressons OF dte Indians
should require the oi force To repel them,
Il cannot doubted than Gen. e. would employ II
rithosi waiting for specific orders Ia do 50. We
hope there viii be no occasion for blood shed ~
this business lar---we DO not much care who
knows tive ayr so much inbued with the sort
of philosophy which the victor al New Orleans i'm
puted to the illustrious MspIsos, tha blood and
carnage Is apt to excite our syuipatly-espeeiai-
iy when the subjects OF II the wreaelicd rem
naats u he sborigines, whom We have driven
10 the West and whose remaining haunis we
are now breaking up MAI. Int
The Sangamo( Illinois Spectator contains alet-
teri ON Col. r. Neale commanding detachment
Of Illinois Riflemen, and dated - Camp Scott,
Fevre River, August II, ls27,' giving an nc.
count Of an expedition to Rocky River, about
l2o miles beyond Fort Clark. and between so a
81 from Fort Gratiot in quest of hostile indians
II appears thai no Indians were seen, nor any
recent traces. On the 0uisconsin, II number OF
infan lodges were seen, winch appeared to
have been abandoned about three OF four weeks.
Colonel NeaIe Is rather inclined TO the opinion
that this general desertlon Of country a. an ind
cation that the Indians" are meditating SER
Gus war"
The same paper contains the following letter
from Gov. Cas- and Col. Mckinney
IEEArY GRouHps, BuTTE DE Monrs. !
fUr River. AUg. oh, 1897. !
GErrLEnEs We have the honor 10 state for
your information, that we have been in Council
with the Indians several days. on the various to.
pc commiitedto ms by the Government. j here are
more than two thousand indians present about
one-fonrth Of whom are Winebagoes. Very few
Of thee, however, are from Rock River, and the
assigned by the others Is, that they are too
much alarmed to come Those who are here
are homble, and evinee every disposition TO re-
main at peace Among them are some OF the
principal chiefs Of the nation, who disaVow all
participation in the ou,rages committed On the
Mississippi, aud attribute them TO the Prairie la
Crope band. These, they say nave associated
themselves with the Sioux, and Withdrawn from
the proper authority of the tribe. However
this may be, we have mol much confidence IN
Ninebago protestatiOns or Wnebago profess
ions. But we communicate the facts, as evidence
that their tears are excited, ittheir dispositions
are not changed.
We feel confident that there is nothing to APP
pIehend from the Ninebagoes on account OF rel-
gion I'VE are inclined to think thatthose upon
Rock Rlyerare DESTROYS ofpeace Of recent events
upon the Mississippi, and OF the consequences
which may How from them on are better ena-
bled 10 Judge than we are.
We shaliprobabiy terminate our proceedings
and leave this place by the 18th instant.
Very respectfully, gentlemen, your obedient
servants, LEWIS CASS;
I'll l.. MCKINNEY.
To the Committee elected for directing the
Defence of the fevre River settlement.
The Indiuns. The Piqua Gazette of the Goth
ult. states, that almost every man, woman, aud
CHI Id, beongingto the 5haSnese tribe otlndiaus,
thirty miles North ofthal place, have departed
for Maiden. and accepted Of presents from the
Brush Agents. 10 very considerable amount ;
and, also, that Governor CaSs and his party
have been attacked by the Wlnnebagocs, while
on their Journey 10 Green Bay that hostile
disposition rs beginning TO appear among most
OF the tribes the frontiers aud TINT the Whole
seems to be the result ofinsidiouS BRUSH diplo.
macy"
Niagara Fall,--We subjoin an animated &c
count oi The descent OF the condemned ship" y
Yer the falls Of Niagara, from the Rochester le-
/ graph.
DESCENT OF Tue MICHIGAN OVER Nj
AGARA FALLS.
Wcwcnt with no inco siderable portion of the
human family, To- see the condemned vessel
swept over the Cataract OF Niagara, and have
returned with notes for volume, FROM which,
l. a. L. a..
Tug other ano une pecicd duties to perform.
On Thursday afternoon ap0riy ot between one
and two hundred embarked in the Steamboat
Ontario, and had dtlightul rnnto Lcw,town
where we arrived carly the neAt moaning and,
m nee to tue falls in iue To get Il sidadec At the
Pavilion rooms aud beds a. all the INNS having
already been secured by distant visitors. Stages
on both sides OF the rvrf, from Buffalo. LEV *.
ton QueenStOn, &c. swamIng " nh passengers,
continued 10 arrive all that day and until noon
t'le neNt. On Saturday morning the rank aud
file visitors came in and such mngiing Of spirits,
ages andseSes, such mass of heieroe eneous hu.
mainly, we never before witnessed. The silks y
sauzes of patrcian ladies and the mawkish Gne.
~ of the peasant gml were enveoped alike in
dust. and each seemed alike indifferent to every
thing but to the ship go over the falls.
The Michigan was towed BY the steam boat
Chippewa down to The mouth ofChippewa creek,
FIVE miles above the falls, in the forenoon. At
precisely O'Clock 7, NJ. they hauled ont into
the river, II to.ed about two miles down, when
the steamboat LEFT and made ior the shore. lIn-
mediatrly after, Capt kough's barge was seen
pulling ahead of the Pirate with line. When
the steam boats leit her. she tack d and came on
broadsides, but was headed down AGAIN hs the
barge, and kept steady for another mile, when
Capt. r. cut loose gave her three cheers, and
pulled with u strong, steady and fearless stroke.
through torrent never before stemmed, tor the
shore, which he made nj point about three
quarters of mile above the falls. The interest
felt for the safety OF the barge was painful HUI
man life had never before in that fiightlul man
uer been voluntarily pered All who had ever
been hurried thus lar into that current went 10
q" that bourne from v hence no traveller returns.
Nothing but strong arms aud steady nerves sa-
we'd the barge. Capt. Rough is the oldest naviSa-
tor on lake Erie He was assisted b, MIR. Allen,
mate of the Michigan, and four hardy eAperien-
ced oars men