The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-19

Floridas by the British. The
Western posts on one side and the navi-
cation of the Mississippi on the other
call for vigilant attention to what Is
going on. They are both of Importance
The securing of the latter may be regard
ed in it's consequence as essential to the
unity of the empire. We ought
not to leave in the possession of any
foreign power the territories at the mouth
of the Mississippi, which are to be re-
garded asSthe key to it,
William CARMICHAEL wrote from Madrid
Jan. n, 1871: This government is weak,
the ministry is in a tickIish situation
the-queen governs and governs with ca
price, the people begin to dispute their
sovereigns, and, although they have no
chiefs to look up to, the dissatisfaction
Is general" Count de Campomanes ex-
pressed the enlightened opinion that 1t
is the interest of his country to form
liberal and lasting connections with the
United States
Affairs With England.
Our affairs with England during the
first term of Washington were as little
satisfactory as We're our unsettled dis
putes with Spain. Hammond, the first
accredited British minister, had appar-
emily been sent over to Wrangle, spy
anu pdldNST .t1lQ mus Q6IdY the 1nSN1Ic-
bic day for the evacuation of the Brit
ish posts. He and Jefferson rehearsed
for about the seventh time each how the
country of the other had been guilty of
the first infractions of the peace treaty,
and the ordinations and recriminations
lowered somewhat the diplomatic dignity
of both men. The fact that Virginians
owed England about 100000 of ante
bellum war debts was a sore point with
fIn
return blow he bluntly charged that the
British were indirectly responsible for all
the Indian raids and massacres that had
happened during and since the Revoiu-
tionary war. The dignified and scholarly
Thomas Pinckney showed a better tenn
per in London, although his mission was
at first barren of results. But four years
later this ablest of the four historic
Pinckneys, cleverly negotiated our first
and most important treaty with Spain,
hardly excepting the treaty of Paris un-
der the lamented Mckinley
During the whole of Washingtons
first four years he was harassed by the
fierce hostilities of the Indians. Wa, -sh
tribes and their allies in the Northwest
at this time numbered about $4,000. They
defeated Brig. Gen. Harmar and ; ~.
Gen. Arthur st. Clair with serious loss
to the Americans. Two officers w4o
y
encountered superior forces of more ex-
perienced fighters who were better led.
The politicians, who blamed Gen. Knox
for these reverses, would Cheme yes
probably have done worse. They c.
tainly could not have done better wnen
Washington and Knox organized victory
a little later under the warrior who
never sleeps the dashing Maj. Gen. An
thony Wayne. The Southwestern In
who Woro numerous WARE SDoo1Jr-
aged to commit depredations and go on
fOrayS by Gov. Hiro, other Spanish and
perhaps some British agents. Still the
revengeful Chickamaugas, the Greeks
and the Cherokees did not require much
encouragement to kill, which was Their
chief occupation. In Kentucky, which
became a state in the Union in 1892, the
great abilities of Gov. Shelby were taxeo
to the utmost to repel the Indian marau-
ders and thwart the schemes of the IT.
repressible Wilkinson, who for years aft
er taking the oath of allegiance to the
United States carried Spanish pensions
in his pocket and Conducted treasonabls
correspondence with official agents or
Spain. This unique scoundrel can fairly
claim the second place or niche in the
American hall of ill-fame.
In the Cumberland region the settlers
were passing through the darkness that
preceded the dawn of liberty and union.
The Creek chief, McGillivray, being IN
1892 under larger pay from the~Spanisn
government than from ours, again tried
to unite all the tribes against the Amer
leans. In pursuance of this stimulating
policy a party of 200 ChickamaL gas
crossed the Tennessee river, and, falling
upon the more exposed settlements,
butchered all but one of a family OF
ten persons, leaving them grooming,
bleeding and expiring on the floor Ct the
lonely cabin. A child of six years, hav-
ing the instructive intelligence to con-
ceal himself in the flue of the chimney,
dropped down from his hiding place md,
| stepping over the bloody bodies of father,
! mother, brothers and little sisters, fed
| through the woods for two miles in the
| darkness of midnight to a haven Of
| seeming safety. The horrible tale Of this
| homeless and mOtherlesS child caused
| all the mothers of Tennessee to tremble
and sob and press their own bapes
| closer to their breasts, since now at night
/ the dreadful lie cri de mort was o-ten
/ heard. Valentine Sewer, who fought
with lis renowned brother John at King s
! mountain, had three valiant sons who
FASTENED to join Gen. Robertson and risk
their lives to prevent atrocities that
would have disgraced even the Natchez
| barbarians.
These brave young men and others were
| rowing up the Cumberland river to Nash
vile to proffer their services to Rob
| ertson. They had reached a sharp bend
in this winding stream when an instan-
| taneous discharge from hundred Indian
! rifles killed the three nephews of John
Sewer. But in the darkest of these
dreadful pioneer days in Tennessee, the
.undaunted Robertson expressed the feel
| ing of the other brave men battling
against savage odds when he serenely
said: 1--WE may be cut off in the strug-
| gle, but let US hold fast our faith, our
| innocence, our integrity, our honor and
| our government" An Indian bullet tore
| through Robertson's arm from wrist tc
elbow but still he would not lead his
men into the enemies country because
restrained by orders from Philadelphia
Embroidered by the defensive attitude Of
the frontiersmen, 700 Creek, Cherokee
and Shaunee warriors attacked Buchan.
ans station, just four miles from Nash.
vile, from which they were repulseG
with heavy slaughter. Fifteen riflemen
thirty women and forty children made 6
defense of this f1ercely assaulted block