Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-13
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TJIuRsDAY MuKNING. AIGI.r Ia -

o. We heartily subscribe TO the sentiment Of Tho
National Intelligcncer on the subject of Indian !os,i.
lily generally, and ON tic new case lust occurred il,
Missouri in particular. Is white slain or wounded,
Eight hundred newspapers publish. i, in all directions.
but The children OF - forest are massacred by tie
worse than sovagcs, who often compose omr frontier
population, often in cold blood, often upon The sliql. =
est prciencc, often when they nave given the o.igi.
nal provocatiOn, and accident only Informs the world
of lhc fact.
Froo tine National in'rnisencer Of August II.
Boodsbci on the FroHttcr-N We canno, admit 10 tbe d,aui,y
OF "tnH'an lio'ii'eS the lmcas ou the frontier of Missouri.
OF winch an account Is given IN the preceding column. IL is
ld"hc,'ltle that nvn should >lay their fellow men. and we
ieS'e' Tie death oi the four whites. But, in our judgment, the
incident wnrh "as just occurred is ANY thing but an evidence
OF indian hostility. The tnsu!ity, il IS onvioJs, Laws ne of,r
KY iut VIM "suU 'S' quarrel on the plea ofiue iudians
HAVING some stock Cattle which they claimed: the Indian.
denied the justice of,he ciain. they verc ordered 10 ,,,rk ihrif
ai', - ''' Is ~ ELECT to- place Themselves in tine power uf the
whirs. they refused 10 do 81, aui shoXcd "a disuosit,nn Il,
defend themselves they were then fired upon by The whites; in
defence ol their own hives. only, they returned Tho Gr. ,hc
whites were wors,ej an ~ conflict of their own chusiny-and nm.
whole country Is reused up 10 revenge this "luIian iioNiIiy. ~
IhiS, rs We understand The account. drawn ,n prar iM.
scene Of action, (ard under ue influence of natural crief for Tire
~ ."'e Us. u "nIeS' IL seems, went against lie Indians
~ military array, - IN nnnber The Indians. il j. sad, mum.
perez isoh 40 to 40 Ii the whites had not supposed them
alone. Asit was, three times as many indians as white. were
Ki4cu, ird' yet, the whole physical ioicc of ihc county Is in
l'." 10 eNeIfhi,ate the remainder Of these EIGHTY intauS,
VINO would not saheT themselves 10 DC quietly Killed by the
NNhAN- NHits
Is not'iis too true \ sample of the most Of the oIna:,n hos.
tuieS'oi which we have heard since the termination OF tine
War OF l8l% What have they proceeded from. i'm general. b,,
rncrUlchnnenis OF the hunting grounds OF the Abonsines, Iced,
ing qtarcls, which the whites nave ever been too ready. u1ou
amy excuse, to engage IN with these wGctched remnants Of i
departing race:
One can hardly re1! with patience the s'o,c-,rn, oe the
qndmtuH of n"i't'iy iutce called iuio service uron This syoof
e"ogc'oy. bycaiIus fonht the whclr population, Jour bundled
tno"nird men at least are assembled, al wei! armed with rifles
Ne. HE Governor, however, does mot think tins A sufficient
ioice' but orders out, an addition, a thousand Militia. and. no,
yet content, calls upon thc commander OF ;irit Military :, ,ttor
10 come 20 his T!icf, 1ui flur'rrn companies Of q States
troops Say eight huuIIri meu) are al.cadv ~ the march 49,
tiere are, II we reckon rGht, between two aud three thousand
t.icic'i soldiers ~ inll march, under a Brigadier General % he
army o.! ie tni'a states, to chasli The s.ryivin. remnant
ni ciGnr poor savag"s, who have she'd white hloli only a. save
tncir own, aud wh" wonld ht glad to fud safety for their ON
iN"s I'D iAc dclHst cavern 1T the mountain. ~ tive Ga ,kc5t 10.
cesses OF the forest Really, this array ot force On sch an oc.
cJ,iou reminds one OF
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