The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-09
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The folloWibg Is taken fra a werk by Erx.ns RegHsu't, entiiles, '-Ths Crtiaal History ef lAs English Government" IL VI be seel lba, vbsa the English Aristorrsts f0anat impossible ts cary on The wsr and 10 coBqasr ii anessAss by wha, is generally called the arts &Oauabls wsrfare they privately bsib~d the IsiiaA ssss-es .o ,nu,- Sef by every aIe2as in their gsses. asS1ay Aasefi cans as possible and actual, engsg4 te give them so much Psecs for every AEericn scalp he following $ letter seBt sy C4plaA Crwfof5 10 Colonel HAidmsn. the Brilisl GovsnoT d Casaia. accompanying eight packs ofsealp.
 "9sy it please your exeeiiesey. | te request oi the Seneca chiefs, send. her,wish uyosr excel lesey, under the care of Jasoss Boyd eight packs of scaps, cared and dried. hoOs~d aae2intr5 with all the Indian triumphant marks, of aich the lol- lowing is aa insOies and sxpiaastioH
 Pack l. ContaiDiag fot,y-tsree alps of Cen gress soldiers. killed ia disreat ssnishes; these are stretched on black hoops, foar fhes iB eisme- ter; the inside Of the skin is paiAd rsd, with s smsii black spot to deuete fheir tng killed with bullets Also. sixty two of farme kiii-c in their houses. the skin painted brown uked win hoe black circle all sTsRad, to Genotheir being sur- prised in the night, sac bIsek teaet in the mid de, signiiying their being kileby that wsspos,
 7. Containing ni8et y-eig glt fafers killed in their heuses: hoops red; figure of ace 10 mark their profession; great white circle n. 10 snow they were surprised ia the day time; IstfIe red fsot, 10 sse% they stood upon their defen, saa died fight IDg fer their lives and families
 Containing ninety seven f1rers. hoops green. to show that they xsre kHled in cir helds large while circle with round mark tn for the sea to stow thai il wss in the day limeplsc4 ballet mark on rome-hatcheis others
 Containing one bnsdred al two of fsrDers. mixed on the several marks ab.e, only eighteen marked wila little yellow Has, 10 denote their eeihg Of prisoners 6grai strS ter being sesiped Their nails Yulisd out by tBe ros. and other tor meats; one of these latter is saDsec 10 be 6 rebel clergyman. his haad 0eiag fxsso the hoop of his scalp. Most of the farmers arss by the hair io have been young CT middiea se men; there beiag but sixty -seven very grey hes smoag them ali, which marks the service the ure essential.
 1 ContaiRg eighiy-eigbt scps of women; bsir long, and oraiGec ia the Iadil fAshioB, to show they were mothers; hoops blaSkia yesiow groa nd with lis,e Ted tadpoies 10 repneH, 1y way of tri- Hmph, the tears Of grief occzoHed 10 tbe. relS- u"usi black seaipiug knife Q hAichet al the bot tom. 10 mark their being kilie with those insiru- msnts: sixteen ethefs, hair yer grey, black hoops piaia brown coieE no marx be the short club, CT easss-ts te. 10 show they we3xDocked doxa a aead or had their brains beat oat
 b Contaiuing one handn and ninety three boys sc@iPs. of various age, small gYpea hoops whilish ground on the skia, uta read tears ia tls S-~A NN'sSt sAsaASe3 AA1Es AAtNASck VT esse. g taeir eestas .ssaas s,, sca oed. big sas liile; small yeIow hoops. wnte groGnd; tears, hatche;, club. scalp knife &e
 5. This package is m of all the varieties above mentioned 10 the nsE0bei Of one hundred and twenty-two, with box t eiEh bark. containing twenty nine little infant Of yarioas sizessIs al! white hoops, with while lrsana.
 With these pscSs the efsfs xnd ts your eKcel- eBey the following SD eel seiitered hy CoBeiog4t. chic in council, and iaterFsteG by the elder Moore the trader, and taken dow by ne in writing:
 'Faiher, we sead you hrswit many scaips, that yoa may see that we are ot iie fri-ads
 Father, we wish you s-na these scaIps over the water to the great kag. tiat he may regard them and be refreshed, af tha he may see oai faiihfaIness in desiroyiagBis eemies, and be eoa- yiaced that hts presents hse no been made 10 an angraleful people"
 These odious Prsetieesf the English Govern. meai wore condemned mh i0dgaaiion, hy Lord Chatham. "BehoI3," sal he, the allies of Eag. aad: the butchers of IFer Sixony. The Mo hawks. the most cruel Of unn: eaads who respect neither sg- nor seX and sio dsgnt ln Inc blooa o. d,sarHlsd weakness, AIAs ay H'ngliRg the tosas- hawk with the sword. thexntfs giih me gnn, we have stained our arms wh . dot which ai tks waters cf the ocean came efacs!'
 Tbese packs Of scaips ad the etters accompany ing them were found sFpng tie baggage Of lhc English army sftss tae ccsAi cf ieh. bargoyns