Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-09-26

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~ rhs f~slic~tas IN ,ciiina iu,stiisencs has
Sssasssesivsd ~ & mercantile hosss m New Or
,ssas, IL ssiip from The eAaes - the 81 Joseph
1'insa. ~bssisgsdsis ihs Elssh inst.
hsaIt becomes our melancholy daty to
record further sickeniag details of Indian
bssbarity. On Thursday morning !, 10Th
irsi. ne 4 u.s Of Mr. WILEY Jones, on
,he. Econtius il. NJ ashiasion county about
90 miles north of this place, was al!acked
81 agpariy of Indians. the premises all
bssnt aud Mrs Jones and 0ne of her chill
drsr, AN infant. shot. We have con.
versed with Mr. Jones, who says that he
U.s. returning from one Ut Mis- f.lds ahodt
10 Sfeiuck, II she moruing. and when
Mithin 900 yafdsof the houac he heard
fose q i've rides Erred in his yard. he
ran forahe topss snd on rising the hill,
found the hoase surrounded BY Indians
rod eight ~ ten on the pinxxa. The
lndiAns discovered him at that monent
and psrsaed kim. ariny, and whoopiax At
him Ike desils. Being entirely snarmed,
without even 4 knife, he fed and escaped
III he hammock. NJ Jsnes' daughter.
ta1gi;ra " aboat ~ Years Of age. states
sthat her mother, ! negro woman, anlfoir
schildfensWefs ii ne huase when the Ia.
diana were discosered 10 the yard. Mrs
aJoass scsusht up tbs youngest child
and wps shot III sanpting to escape out Of
tho Aeer.etssck b. three balls, pne pass
siag through the head Of the child 10 her
arms. The daughter abovs mentioned,
took The two. Children and while The In
dams were ransacking and p~iundering the
hcase. passed. out an,nolested and hid
them ii. me bdslses. The iittle heroine
then returned Il, the hoose ia the ID .dst Of
ne Indians, helped her rSother up. WIN
bwasiyis9 H. sls porch and assisted her
shout 500 yardS into the ;iela. when De-.
fsen las b blood The little
gid IN hers III search os water. She re-
-lufneA rlh itslhat her nosher. after
/, drsphiegs died il ! few moments. She
shensesveFeAh ex smother and The dead
infant wi.h An1es spd carried the re.
n,aipjng ehit3rai ~ the nearest neighl.or
!. The I1dians destroyed sIl the furniture
: and stole xbuat $500, the most of which
wAs in speech. and carried On 81 burnt
= NE h0sss and 0shef papefs of Mr. Jones'
One singular fact ~connected with this ost-
rage is ,lbat the only money found IN. the
yard wa 1 IS bill on I broker bank in
Wetptdpka, Ala. Was It instinct that
epf6led ths I6dians % discriminate be
twesn god money and bad? Atfpw days
{ before Ms sstfags, Mr. John Lnxarthy,
Willis dssceadiag ihe Chipola river, ia .
bat 3adss sNilh p0tsfoss, exs and chick
q wss lkitssd-prohAhiy by 6hs same
party,a = pieces oftarpawiing belonging to
Z H. bdat wsse found u their cnmpioa
place shOst i nils atoys Mr. jones'. MI
Z. kAd. vitA hin, . leaving Mariama.
IRON 3 70 $500.
AmcsmpanS.ef solsnieers started In
pursuitA & NJ aIndisns and tracked them
iosthe Dad Lakes oarihe Chipoia. Vol.
,snteefs - now being raised IN this com.
y 70 toAti1ae The pursuit., but we fear
tkat The I6diAns cannot Be overtaken.-
Whera.asss TIE fifteen hundred volunteers
authorized 10 Be raised for the protection
81 ne people of F;orida-is Middle and
EAs FLORIDA alone entitled 10 protection
A sgetwas nade some time since ~ 1
so:anteer. company from lola and It,
neighbofhood, u Be mustered into iii
sefsire, and 10 seour The country along
81 AsAsewis hay and The Chipola AMI
A~palachiccla swafsps, holding ihemselvel
equipped and In readiness 10 marth at
y m0snenfsa aeAhn 49, ~ xnNs, go -