Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-19

apparent satisfaction. Hr. Heney went in
quest of a gun, which having procured, he
shot the bear through the groin, but the
wound was not deadly-for the bear ran off
to the wood, leaving the heifer lifeless.-
Thinking that the "enemy" might return,
the body of the heifer was left in the field !;
he made his appearance on Saturday 10Th,
and was SO intent on the inviting flesh that
the men who watched him, came upon him
before he was aware, and ran bayonet into
his throat; he twisted the bayonet as if it
had been a rush, but not before it had given
him his death rust.-yMontreal pap. July 80.
INDIAN JUSTICE. An Indian and negro
were executed on the 18th instant, at Fort
Mitchell, on the Chattahoochy, for the MUIR
der of Redner, white man, while coming
through the Creek nation. The weapon
with which he was murdered, was small
Ratchet, or tomahawk. The Indian, of his
own accord, Immediately confessed his guilt;
but the negro broke from custody although
shot at several times, and pretty severely
wounded in the attempt. He was immedi-
ately pursued by company of Indians dep
uted for that purpose, and retaken-for who
can escape the never-s lumbering vigilance
OF these avengers of blood, when once
they have scented the footsteps of their VIC
tim.
A tribunal Of Chiefs had been convened
by the Agent, to sit in judgment on the two
wretches, over which Tuskeega, son of Little
Prince, presided. The trial and execution
occupied about an hoa.f. The examinations
being closed, and the order given, stake
them aDay and kill them Chief of the
Cussetas, as if anxious to vindicate the
character of his Tribe from the stain of
blood, rose to say something in exculpation
The presiding Chief drew out his long knife,
and motioning it significantly to the speaker,
while ne extended his arm, and dark frown
lowered on his brow, gravely said" That's
a bad talk; you d better not make tf' The
Wretches were then taken to execution upon
a log about hundred yards distant, the In
dian sitting across the log, about eight feet
in advance of the negro. The executioner
OF the Indian was ready with his knife, and
that of the negro, with his club. Both
struck simultaneously. He who welded the
knife evinced some skill in touching the
heart through the left ribs. The blade be-
ing buried to the haft, one or two sudden
turns were given to it, to make the stab eff
fective. Quick as light, the knife was with
drawn, and plunged in the opposite side. In
doing this, the blade was bent nearly half
double by the resistance of rib. The ex-
ecutioner then placed it upon the log, and
deliberately straitened it with his foot. The
next thrust was more cautious and more
successful. At this moment the negro sunk
under the blows of the club and both Indian
and negro fell on the same side of the log
together, without groan, and to all appear
ance, without the yielding of muscle. At
this crisis, each eXecutioner passed from his
own to the others victim; so that the club
finished what the knife had left undone, and
the knife drank the blood which the club had
left.-Georgia Statesman.
THE DUTcHMAN OUTwITTED. The prin-
cipal house at Madison, N. Y. is an ancient
stone edifce, now, and for generation past,
occupied as store and tavern. It's builder
and late proprietor was the late Nj G.
S--n, Esq an ancient and somewhat
eccentrick Dutch denizen, who stood six feet
in his shoes, weighed fifteen stone, and was
in his way somewhat of wag withal. The
valley of the Kaatskill was chiefly settled
by the Dutch; and the house of Mynheer
was the principal place of resort for the
Van Bokkelins and Van Ordehs and Van
Der SPECIFICS of the neighbourhood to smoke
their pipes and crack their jokes of long
winter evenings, before their peaceful coun-
try was overrun by the Yankees, who have
swarmed over this once happy region like
the locusts Of Egypt, equally hungry and
i destructive. 1t was the worthy host of
huge dimensions, whom we have described,
who was so grievously taken in once on a
time in an encounter of wits with one of
those keen-eyed, cunning Yankees, who
lprowl over the country, seated on tin carts,
with bags Of feathers or some, other motion
for their cushions. After some sporting
and bantering between Mynheer and Jona-
than, who had shown off some common slight
of hand tricks with cards, to the great as
\ constituent of the spoons" who were looking
on, he, that is, the said Jonathan, declared
that he could swallow his robustious host
i Notwithstanding that Jonathan had already
lplayed off several of his Yankee tricks
which puzzled the good people exceedingly,
yet this assertion was too great mouthful
for them to swallow, if the pedlar could. A
bet, sufficient to moisten the threats of the
whole company, was the consequence, be-
tween the principal parties, though the land
lord in proposing it, had no idea that his
customer would accept, when, as he suppos-
ed, he must be certain of losing. Jonathan
then directed that Mynheer should be d.
vested of his coat and boots, and be stretch
ed longitudinally upon the old oaken table
which had stood in the bar-room for half a
century. These arrangements having been
made, Jonathan voraciously seized upon the