Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-13

civ. himself az; Father than. fy: The blood Of
the slain is supposed tocry 10 ms lrlehas 20 'e
avenged, by spilling blood f'r bfoaa; u 'hs per-
netrator OF the deed could not be ioahH, MS
nearest of kin must meet tie tate thal was pr",
nerly his award. The. ties al kindred ana
friendship, then, whiclf with the Indians Is
more sacred than life is valuable, b'n'l.him nor
70 act the craven by leaving some near reia-
ton aud dear friend be visited with PUNISH
ment for bis crimes.
In the atonen,tn for murder mere Is no
MITIGATION. and seldom a compromise, No
Indictment OF the council is required, he proof
or The fact rendering life forfeiture, IT can be
,,ken at any time bv thos- concerned by rrla-
lion or friendship 10 the deceased. The pun
is0:nen, is more Of family than a national
concern, & in some. 'anccs, where :he minds
Of the parties are dcbased, i, Can be bought
of; they shut their ears 20 the appeal OF their
murdered friend; bu, amongs, the highly hons
orablc, no hing shori of death will satisfy. The
! on .,niss Of ,h- .r,nrtl.rer haze the decree
ing Of his tate, ba, his friends will, when 'het
can, an'ieipatg the decree, BIZ executing lie
| customary law ofdealh upon him, 10 save han
the morifit alton OF more aggravated execn'
lion by his enemies. 10 be pat 10 dean ny
fr ends is considered honorable and warrior
| like; while 10 meet tn same ill' by enca'irs
| c aries with il degree oi degradation
| Oa last tuesday nigl', i nVmber o! Indians
wer, carousing on TIE old fl d. near town, as
| is prac,ice with Them ben hey VISIT tie
| settlements Of the whiirmau and get whisky,
| Two Of the party, in fit Of drunken madness
| ielt INTO an affray, in which one was killed
! The KIT morningihr sur iv0r was taken by
| his friends about a. mile from Town, 20 have
| the punishment for murder inflicted on him
| None e his enemies was present or Iathef
! none Of The fiends oi the .iai', ior me murat'
| rer and the ma; derct wee ielatives * friends
| an united the whole par'y III he same reia-
ton. But the ialal termination OF the quarrel
! created division, part es pou' ing me Cause oi
The Survivor, and part Of I at OF The deceased
| and claiming Ie Il Dulipn. u hIe p eparai0n
were making for his xecution, his mo,Ler ana
| other females being around n'm, We ping DIG
teriy, but at The sane time encouraging nm 10
NEE, bis fac with iirmnesS Every means MAS
usc, t. drown reh, ton, lie mas literally
drenched wIh whisky * b, male filtnds one
after another, were ,aklHg MIN by the hand &
! taIkin 10 him. Hi, grave beng Cng. lis ri'
| Be, and implements of sport ard exercise, were
plac ed in il, for his use IN another word. lie
was 5, a,ed on its edge, and arSel marKed on
| his breast, opposite the bear, 7" direct INC,
aim IF the rXtcutiouer,who was valued if'eh''
His arms were held sxtrndeG--Iht IKE lom'
or stepped opposite IN hun ana raised us H.
| f~-the unfortunate man closed bis eyes and
| tsrew his head back, al which instant he 'rHt
wa, disc nargrd, and oil was over. His mo h
err threw herself on he body and manifested
the dee pest distress.
he STRAY does rot end win this execution.
| A brother Of the murdered Indian has sin {
arrived, who ins,ats ,ta' vengeance IS not
complete that another parli, ipa,cd in The
murder, and must die. But uudrr 'hc law The
Grim. is atoued for. and the sh ddIng 81 blood
! must cease. Another means must therefore
| he adop,rd to obtain the farther vengeance he
demands H. must yield up his own lite a
sacrifice for its accomplishment. lie says ne
| is no, satisfied that his steIs "a strange way
of showing sislcily love, 10 saorhce one bra,
| the r hecausr another was unfor tuna;ey killed
are no, SATISFIED and DEM nd OF him the des>
| ,rac ion { the participa'nr in :he murd'r. ! O
| effrc, it he challenged him 10 equal combat
| with rifles. fNry were t. have met IN h"rs>
day~-the challenge went 10 the ground, bnt
,he oIner did nut come. 1t VIII not end here
| sooner or later 'he fight must take place: The
challenge has y, oclaimed himse { the avrnger
of bis mur de- ed brother, and cannot agree to
any compromise. The othrr is his devoted
vi, tim, and in one W y Or other must die. Both
arc devoted victims for ; h mus die. They
NAV agree to NEE. in lair iGhr, autthe snr'i-
vor is deemed murderer BY the law, and re-
,lbuton will be visited him by he friends
Of the slain, II his own friends do not deprive
them Of the satisfaction. In this, as IN tie
case of the quarrel, the parties are cousins.
How strangely obligatory must be their no.
tons of honor and justice, when afec'ionate
sisters feel bound to insist on further prose i,
cution of vengeance, although III their appeal
they are conscious ,nev sound the death.token
to brother, whose lifr they consider oil more
value than thousand such lives as that which
they demand to have taken
PORT Gibson Correspondent.
From the Norfolk Herald.
GOV. GILES.