Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-21
iiisroRy or SswsuRN. NORTH CAROLINA
From the Newbarn spectator.

Indian warrior; and our reflections naturally CARRIE
us back TO the by-gone days, when these nativ,
sons OF the forest wee the true LORDS PropTietou
Of our soil.
We learn that the keeper of the bridge, wishin,
To sink n well on the bluff Mt the bridge, commen
ced his excavations, hut before he had progresse,
to any great depth, he found the entire skeleton
, an Indian, covered over with pine bark, havin,
! glass and ivory beads about his neck and breas
lying in state, with the rude implements OF wsrfar,
by his side, with his head towards the rising sun
These remains, and the bark, in n retnat b,
state Of preservation, but after an exposure 10 III,
atmosphere they rapidly underwent decay. TIL,
beads, &c, have been distributed about among man,
of our citizens, who no doubt will preserve them al
memorials Of this once great, but now rapidly dis
appearing people. These remains have been view
ed and visited by large number OF our citizens. anc
have naturally created inquiries respecting this Ion,
sleeper at the beautiful pass" of the Trent-Ou,
attention having been drawn this subject by thi.
interesting discovery, and finding il con.
neeted with the early settlement of our town w,
have been induced TO believe that we could offe,
nothing more acceptable to re aders than con-
densed history, from such books and manuscript as
we could obtain access 10, OF ''our Home"
4 On the repeal of the celebrated Edict OF Nanz by
Louis XIV, number Of French Huguenots who
had come over to Virginia under Philip de Richie
bourg, clergyman OF their profession, settled on
| the Trent river, Il little above Claremont Bri,lr.
near Pembroke. The French continuing their de
! predatlons IN Europe upon the Palatinate compel.
| led the inhabitants to desert their country and
twelve thousand OF these unfortunate people fied TO
England in a most fOrlorn and destitute condition.
! IN the reign OF Queen Anne, and &ere there sun.
ported out of her privy purse. A number OF them
emSrated Ia North Carolina, under Governor Tynte
and settled IN the county of Bath. CHRISTOPHER Ia.
ron de GIaailenrcdt, Swiss nobeman from the
canton OF Bern, was az that time in England with
a considerable number OF his countrvmen desirous
OF ENGRAVING 10 America, and the Lords Proprie-
! tors thinking that the value of their estates here
would be greatly enhanced in value by an Increase
OF population offered to provide ships &c TO trans.
port the Palatines 10 this country, and TO furnish
them hands.--Baron de Graalenreidt was ere tied
Landsra1e, and LOUIS Mitchell, dstins uished man
among the Swiss, had ten thousand acres of land
granted TO him on the rivers Neuse and Cape Fear
or any Of their branches at the rate OF ten pounds
sterling for every one thousand acres and FIVE shil
| lingS OF quit rent. One hundred thousand acres
were reserved for him at the same price, provided
they we're taken within seven years. One hundred
acres To every man, woman and child, fee from
quit rent for ten years.--Besdes the Palatines III
teen hundred Swiss followed the Baron In The
month OF December, lTlO, the PalatInes arrived at
the confluence OF the Neuse and Trent rivers and
Tor their accommod tIion, Thomas Pollok laid off
tract OF land there, which, in compliment to the
leader OF the Swiss, he called New Bern from Bern
/ IN Switzerland, the birth place of the Baron.
AT this late day II may not be unnIerestins 10
apprSe our traders of the comforts aud endowment,
o The early settlers here IN order that they may con
traSt them with their present luxury aud case Each
OF the settlers in New Bern received from The
Commissioners m England as a sort OF outfit, TWEEN
ty ShIllnss IN clothes, and Ave rounds ten shllpss
were paid for their transportation and comfortable
selt emeni: they were composed of ninty two fami-
lies, and the BIron and Mitchell agreed to allow
two hundred and fifty TO each family 10 he
divided among them by lot, free from rent for fye
years, and afterwards at the rate ofone half nor
cent, Carolina money. Provisions were allowed
them Tor one year, payable ct the end of the year
Two cnws and calves, and pigs, two eve
lambs, with a male Of each kind, to each family the
value whereof was payable in seven years, with
one half of the stock then remaining: tools and
implements Tor telling wood and building houses
were furnished gratis.
This beautiful little COLONY and its op;., anil
peaceabe inhabitants, bade fair be one OF the most
prosperous and hourshlng in the world; but the
Indians viewed with jealousy and distrust these en-
croaehments OF the whites, and in September I7II,
different tribes entered into league similar 10 the
one proposed by Tecumseh TO all the Indians with
IN the borders Of the United States lust previous 10
the battle OF IIppecanoe and they concerted plan
OF a sudden and simultaneous attack upon every
white settlement IN the coony.--The Tuscaroras
undertook the attack upon all the settlements on
the Roanoke river, and between that river and the
Pam!ieo, not the Tar; the fierce Golhecneys. who
lived on the creek OF that nne in the presen, coun
! ~ OF Greene, agreed To come down and ioin the
Cores and to STAY all the settlers on the Neuse and
| Trent Rivers and the Mallamuskeets and Malnha-
pungos undertook the destruction Of the settler. in
the nelghbouThood of Bath. CONSERVATION and dis
may PecVaded tho once happy colony Of New Bern.
Tor they were poorly provided 10 resist the incur
son OF such savage foes. The Indians kept strict
watch by land upon the movements of the co onisis
aud "bowbe from Morattauk point ihey could well
discern their movements on the water" This must
have been the bluff which is now the site of Clare
mont Bridge, and from which our town presents
30 beautiful and swan-like appearance as # sit
Ting on the bosom Of the gentle and placid wa,e,,
OF the Mouse and Trent, At time when thew In.
tie though OF such visitation, the Indians in the
dead Of night, came down upon them, and carly the
next morning the once pretty and happy little set
tiement OF New Bern presented a scene OF smoking
runs, with the lnebria,ed and infurated Indians
dancing amid the desOlatIon they had created
lew days before the massacre, the baron Of
Graaitenreldt and Lawson left Newbern attended
/ oy negro, with view to ascend the river Neuse
TO explore the land on its banks having nroce,ded
to small distance, they landed 10 pass the nigbt
and were approached by two Indians, who were
soon after joined by about sixty more well armed
lhs induced them 10 return 10 the boat TO procsed
/ iarIher up where they were followed by the Indi-
ans, who took from them their arms, provisions and
baggage, and compel ed them 10 mach with ,ben,
all night to considerable distance from the riy.r
where they were given up to the chief of village
q tOIncll was held, and u was determined IN sum
mon thS 'hhay OF u villages IN the vicinity,
70 oeclJe on tie tate OF the prisoners About two
hundred Indians met, and forty Of them were cbo.-
en- 10 compose the council, who strictly examined
ihen on the p,ect Of their excursion; thew answer,
ca mat HER iEieniIOn Was 10 seek better and sbor
er road 10 the plantations Vi the whites IN yrgioia
that on the north SIDE pf ALemarle sound beiny
distant and bad. The Indians complained null
| OF the conduct OF the English and particularly of
Lawson, Who. nssuryeyor general, was in,t,umen.
tai IN deprvIng them of their land. Finally. the
council determined on his Liberation, and ,hn, Of
4 HraiienreIdt. However, on the next dav. an In
/ dian, gho understood English, complained 10 IN.
others that tue prisoners had spoken dIsrespectfnIv
Z" the Indians, and three or four Of them fell on them
oeal them IN furious manner, and forcibiy drsg-
geo Them back 20 the village, where the council sat
| again. IND determined on putting them 10 deaib
On the following dny. he victims were taken In
large field TOR execution: their wigs were thrown
INTO a large FIRE, and they were stripped and com
PEELED TO sit down before II: flowers were sireuad
on them. In this stuato0, they were ken, dc
whole day and succeeding night. at sunrise o great
num''tr OF Indians were collected, to the amoyn OF
three hundred; behind the prisoners was a Marty
who guarded them and on each side sat the Cbi,f,
m Two rows behind these, were the rest Of the I'm.
dams, jumping and dancing like 80 many devils. nd
cutting variety of Internal and obscene Gamers.
The council aggin dshber1tsd and GrunHenreId,
turning % them, asked them wheIher 40 mercy
could be shown u the innocent, and Nj,h what nro.
pretty they could put oidcath the Governor ~ a..
PaInunes: one Of the Indians made a long and w..
hement hamngue; which softensd the Lsarte Of ,
majority Of the council, and Il was determined Il,
spare the bafon. Lawson and the negro were M,
70 death, with incredible fortunes, his spared com
pnnon was detained FIVE weeks IN captivity, aud al
last released.
On the first intelligence Of tbi, sad ,,Isc,;,,, o.,
Charleston the Legislature, with cheering aIacrity
tgualed only by the necessity which called Il INF,
aetiOn, appropriated eighty thousand dollars 10 tbe
TcIEi Of their suffering bfethrep 81. ba.d,,I -.