Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08
From the Charleston Courier.

We learn by the Macon Messenger, of the
2lst uIt. tina, information had just reached that
place, Of the death Of Little Prince, the head
Chief of the Creek nation. Little Prince was
the last Of the three great Chiefs OF the Creeks,
who, formerly, by their union Of action, rem
tlered their people the most powerful Of all the
Southern Indians. Big Warrior was the great
Statesman, Little Prince The great Orator, and
Gen. Macintosh, the great Warrior, of lhr tribe.
The policy and council of the first, was ex-
planned and advocated by the second, and en>
forced by the last. The TWO frs, could not speak
English, or if they could, it was so badly, they
very seldom did. The persons ofthese Chiefs,
exhibited a remarkable variety. Big Warrior
was a man Of about six feet three inches in
height, fat and very corpulent-an extraordi>
nary figure for an Indian. The height of Little
Prince was about five feet six inches, being con-
siderablv below the usual stature, though very
muscular; his figure was, In proportioDS The
most ,trikingly notwithstanding a perfect
symmetry Of The human form. Gen. Macintosh
was about six feet in height, and Of good pro.
portion. Big Warrior was grave, thoughtful,
and retiring in his manncI; Little Prince was
iimid and talkative; Macintosh was dignifed,
generous, and brave.
AT the close Of The late war, we dined at the
table Of General Mitchell, Creek Agent, a, the
Agency, in company with these, and several o.
Their Creek Chiefs. Being seat, d between Gc>
neral Mitchell and Big Warrior, a! the head Of
the table, we had an opportunity Of observing
treir experiment al dinner. The Chiefs had
seen enough of ,he Whites TO be familiar with
the use of ordinary table furniture. The party
was rather 4 silent one, the conve rsation being
much confined to Gen Macintosh, Gen. Mitch
ell, and ourself. Marin,o.h vas The only Chief
at table who spoke English with ease and ia
cility. When we had been seated at dinner a.
bout fifteen minutes, Little Prince having
taken cnpious draughts Of brandy, from a
decan'er in his vicinity, fell PROSTATE from his
chair, in a stale Of beastly inloxication- Mac
inIosh making a signal TO three or four Indians,
who appeared to be i'm attendance, anticipating
such an event., they took him bodily from the
room, and deposited him in the front piazza Of
tho house, exposed to the gaze Of about $500
OF his people, who occupied the ground in front,
waiting a distribution ofiheir stipend from The
Government, for which purpose they had as
sembled. Big Warrior and Macintosh were
temperate men, and showed evident mor,iGca,
ZION that q brother Chief should so disgrace
himself, in The presence Of two or three of us,
who we're strangers. The death of Little
Prince, closes the mortal career Of a distIn-
guished trio, who, IN their public capacities,
would have been credi,ab!c to a more civilized
people.
a CAsE.-Of all the instances of folly and
ignorance which ever came under our notice,
tina, which is found in the following case is
the most ridiculous. A laborer o. the West.
ern section of the Pennsylvania canal, who had
been blessed by nature with a strong healthy
crop OF red hair, bad. it seems, become tired Of
is color in consequence ofthe hickman which
his fellow laborers had given him on that ac-
count. His employer informed him; that he
had changed The colour Of his own, or some
other PERSONS hair from red to black, and pre-
posed doing the same Office for him, if he
would 60 10 Pittsburgh and procure all the
articles which his receipt" called for. So
Impatient Was Sandy Of having the metamor-
phosis effected that he prevailed upon the EN-.
ployer TO use tae articles he had on hand. To
this the latter consented, aud Immediately an-
piled to the head Of the former a catapIasm OF