The Madisonian., 1840-01-23

Immediately tomahawked. stripped naked, her
womb ripped open. and the child taken Out.
Three or four children were successWeiy
butchered as they discovered their inability
to keep up with the party Upon Inc a,,.tai va
OF the Indians at Maiden, two or 'nree ,,. y 'ne
prisoners were ransomed by Coi' Iiho'' an"
the others by the citizens oil De'io'' "n.io
they remained until they were taken on oy
their friends upon the recovery OF Una, P'aee
by our army. have been informed 'na' 'he
savage chiefreceived from Col. Eiiiol "a 'eP"-
m and for his cruelty.
On the 29th or 30th OF the same month";
large party of Indians were sent from Maiden
on a war expedition 10 Lower Sandusky. Al
a farmhouse near that place, they murdered
a whole family, consisting OF man, his wiie'
son and daughter.
During the last attack upon Fort Meigs by
General Proctor, party headed by Seneca,
an intimate friend of Tecunseh's, was sent 10
endeavor to detach from our interests the
Shawanese OF Wapockanata. In their way
hither they murdered several men and one
woman, who was working in her cornfeld.
have selected sir, the above, from long
list of similar instances Of barbarity, which
the history of the last fifteen months could
furnish because they were perpetrated, II
not in the view of the British commander, by
parties who came Immediately from his camp
and returned to it--who even received their
daily support from the kings stores, and who,
in fact, (as the documents in my possession
will show) form part Of his army.
| To retaliate then upon the subjects OF the
king would have been jusiiable by the laws
1 IL ,.c, ,ha ad ~
tioas To do 50 has been amply in my pow
| er. The tide of fortune has changed in our
| favor, and an extensive and hourishing pro-
vince opened to our arms. Nor have the in
strumcnts OF vengeance been wanting. The
sayages who sued 10 Us for mercy would gladly
have shown their claim to It by re-acting upon
the Thames the bloody scenes of Sandusky
and Cold Creek. A single sign Of approba-
ton would have been sufficient to pour upon
the subjects of the king their whole fury-the
future conduct OF the British officers will de-
| termine the correctness of mine IN Withhold
ing il. Ii the savages should again be let
loose upon our settlements, shall with JUS
tice be accused of having sacrificed the inter-
ests and honor Of my country, and the lives OF
our fellow-ctizens, to feelings Of false and
mstakan humanity. You. are soldier, sir,
and, as sincerely believe, possess all the
honorable sentiments which ought always to
be found in men who follow the profession Of
arms. Use, then. pray you. your authority
and influence TO stop that dreadful etiusion OF
innocent blood which proceeds from the en-
ployment OF those savage monsters, whose
aid las must be discovered) is so little to be
depended on when it is most wanted, and
which can have so trlf1lng an effect upon the
issue of the war The effect OF their barbar-
tiles will not be confined to the present gener-
alton. Ages yet to come will feel the deep
rooted hatred and enmiiy which they must pro-
duce between the two nations.
deprecate most sincerely the dreadful al
Tentative which will be offered TO me should
they be continued; but solemnly declare,
that il the Indians that remain under the in
huence of the British government, are suffer
ed to commit any depreda,ions upon the citi-
zens within the district that is committed to
my protection, | will remove the restrictions
which have hitherto been imposed upon those
who have offered their services to the United
States and direct them to carry on the war In
their own way. | have never heard single
excuse for the employment of savages by your
government, unless we can credit the story oi
some British officer having dared to assert
that :" as we employed the Ken,uckians, you
had right TO make use Of the Indians" If
such injurious sentiments have really pre-
vailed to the prejudice of brave, well-in-
formed and virtuous people, it will be remov-
ed BY the representations of your officers who
were lately taken upon the Thames. They
will inform YOU, sir, that so far from offering
/ any violence to the persons Of their prisoners,
these saUages would not permit word TO es-
cape them which was calculated 10 wound or
insult their feelings and this, too, with the
sufierings of their friends and relatives at the
river Raisin and Miami fresh upon their re.
collection
have the honor to be- &c.
VIM. HENRY HARRISON.
p. S. pledge myself to the truth of the
above statement in relation to the murders
/ H. I.,I, III