Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-05-26
THE CREEK INDIANS.
Important Intelligence.
From the Globe OF l0ih.

From the Globe Of 18Th.
The following important intelligence is
copied from letters addressed to the Post
Master General.
"MAcoN, Ga. May IL, 1886.
"There is report here that the Creek In
dians are in arms, and have already commit
ted several murders. Yesterday | travelled
| Howard, who has company Of 200 mounted
men, Georgia volunteers,) now at Fort
Mitchell, near Columbus; he was fastening
to join them, in consequence Of letter re-
ceived the day previous, communicating the
murder, by some Indians, Of a planter named
Flournoy, and another gentleman, on their
way to Columbus, and within six miles of
their plantations.
"The passengers in the Telegraph stage
not the mail) that arrived here last night a
bout nine o'clock, stated there was a report
at Columbus that the driver and passengers
in the mail line had been murdered in the
Nation, and that all communication was cut
off on the mail route. The stage agent at
Columbus writes to colonel Overton (the
contractor) now here, that he will take all the
stock off the line, as he fears it will be stolen
by the Indians. shall hasten on to Colum-
bus to-day, and report all the facts to-mor-
row. | will endeavor to get the mail through
in some way.
"P. s. There was no mail yesterday west
of Columbus, which goes to confirm the ac-
counts received. have Just heard that the
stage that left Columbus on the 9th to GO
west, returned after getting into the Nation
about twenty miles. Men, women, and chill
dren were leaving their homes and focking
to the towns, in droves. They told the pas
sengers not to venture farther: that the In
dians were in arms, and had committed many
murders.
~ shall spare neither money nor men to
get the mail through, believing it to be your
wish that in an emergency like the present,
no human exertions should be wanting to
keep the channel of communication with the
north and south OPEN"
O Since the above was in type, we have
seen letter from a gentleman in Columbus,
Georgia, dated the 10th instant, stating that
the Indians had commenced hostilites against
the whites in the interior Of Alabama, under
the most atrocious and barbarous circumstan-
ces, cutting off whole families and commit
ting the worst depredations.
The governor had heretofore declined all
applications to interfere, stating that he had
no authority to act till the Indians commenc-
ed their work, which they have done with a
vengeance.
1t was the opinion of the writer, that from
tho date of the letter, all communication
would be cut off with New Orleans, so that
no mail would be hereafter received. The
accommodation stage which left there the
preceding day had returned, after getting in
to the Nation twenty miles.
Letter from citizen OF Georgia to mem.
Der of Congress, dated
COLUMBUS, 10th May, 1886.
at is with feelings Of deep sympathy that
address you. Our Alabama Deighbors are
now pouring into this city with the greatest
possible precipitation. Several men, women
and children are murdered on the road, in
making this place. Small children are pick
ed up, wandering in the forest, not able to
tell who their parents were. Such a state of
misery and distress | never before witnessed.
Nothing, as yet, has been done by the Alaba-
ma military. The Indians are going from
one plantation TO another, destroying every
thing that they cannot convert to their use.
The bead chief has been waited on by some
OF our citizens to know the intentions Of the
Indians; and he stated, unequivocally, they
were determined on war, and that he could