The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-06-25

EN"iANDs iluMANITY.--lt IL generally
known that savages were employed by the
King of England George III, and paid at so
much per scalp Of man, woman and child, dur
ing the revolutionary war few items from
this terrible trade in the human flesh may in
tcrest some of our readers, and show how this
patcrnal King stroyc to crush out the noble
spirit OF independence of our early heroes.
Here is a list, Of q number Of packages that
were sent by one j. Boyd, from Captain
Crawford, TO the British Governor of Canada,
Colonel Hamilton. These packages of scalps
were found among the baggage of the English
army, after the defeat of Bursoync, cured and
died, with Indian marks upon them The
letter accompanying them thus:
Package ]. Containing forty three scalps o
Congress soldiers killed in different skrmishcs
stretched, on black hoops, four inches In di
ancter.
Pack. 2. Containing ninety eight farmer.
soaps, killed in their houses, ON red hoops
with figure of n hoe paiated on each to dc.
note their occupation,
Pack. q. Containing ono hundred and two
farmers scalps, eighteen Of them marked with
yellow fiaincs, TO signify that thcy were burn
ed alive.
Pack. T. Containing cgh,y-eight scalps or
women, hair long and braided. 10 show that
they were mothers.
Pack. .. Containing ono hundred and
nlnety-thrcc Scalps, OF boys Of various ages,
on small green hoops
Pack. q, Containing two hundred and
eleven girls scnlps, big and little, on small
hoops.
Such was the stuir on which English Roys.
list were made in the days which tried mems
souls
"What Is the life Of woud.bc fashionable
young hdyf"
Il, is to go to raodcl boarding school, kent
by an cx-French milner; to loo nut into n
,oom with four proloiseaoas Young la,iies, aud
learn IN three DAYS more mischief than her
grandmo,hcr ever dreamed of II IL Ia stay
there at the tune of thirty dollars per week,
for several quarters. and como home Tin.
ishcd" and superficial, with taste of Latin,
touch If French. smsi,criag IL Italian,
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distorted h,snsc~. Ssme sheep and extrset,iina.
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