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(IODFRICII, HURON DISTRICT, .(C. W.) FRIDAY, JUNE O, 1646.
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TMOMAS MAOQUEEN, E.rroa.
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LTAU binds of Book sad Jab Namur, is the
;lad "'reach Isogoages, executed with
Sad dispatch.
VAN/STIES OF HUMAN LANGUAGE.
The differences of language are as nume-
rous as the other distinctions which charac-
terize the se`eral races of wen. The vari-
ous degrees of natural capacity, and of in-
tellectual progress ; the prevalence of par -
din
boiler faculties ; the nature of eurrotte g
•clreumatanees ; the ease or difficulty with
which the deferent wants and desires are
gratified, will produce not only peculiar
characters an the usture and construction of
language, but in its copiousness and de-
velopment.
In the formation of the sound, or voice,
sed in its utterance in an arneutated fore,,
or speech, no further varieties are observed,
than the different combinations of the et-vo-
ral organs concerned in the process will
easily explain. The pronunciation of the
Hottentot' has generally been deemed very
singular by European observes ; who com-
pare it to the clucking of a turkey, or the
harsh and broken noises produced by some
other birds. They have numerous guttural
Bounds, produced deep in the throat, and
prusousced with • peculiar clack of the
tongue, which is quickly struck against and
withdrawn from the teeth or palate. • They
combine their aspirated gutturals with bard
consonants, without any intervening, vowclly,
in a manner that Europeans cannot imitate:
St is never acquired except occasionally by
the child of a colonist shoe accwtonwd to
• it frog youth. ..Arai.uw represents that
their bony palate is smaller, shorter, and
leu arced than m the other races : and that
the tongue, particclarly in the Boejesmen,
is rounder, thiltke/,tied shorter.
One of the most curious points is the sub-
ject of language is tbecontinued eaisteece in
a large potties of Asia, very &actually civi-
lized, and considerably aitvanced at least is
the useful arts, of simply monosyllabic lan-
guages. Their *veils are -moiety rs,1eal
sounde.of one syltehle, nut admitting of In-
flexion or eorn;mtsiuun, so that alt modifiea-
afons and .easesory ideas most be either
overlooked or imperfectly expressed by, des:rnyed, the -cowardice of the people.— prising -press. The hand of man IS now
tedious and awkward etrcumlocutian.— SUce an inquiry would- Lead us back to a i too Blow fur the demand of his curiosity,
Such are the languages of Thibet, the con- p(reur:ud long autecedent to the inva.aoo of but the power of straw comes to los asset-
tiguoui immense empire of China, and the Great Britain by Julius Creear ; however j tante. Ink is rapidly supplied to the move- the time he left New York, lay oa a chest
eeighhouring countries of Aro, Peon, Stam, cruel, wicked, and unnatural won far al- ing types, by tbo most perfect mechanism ; , in the cabin. rile was rolled uff by the ithip
Tuaggnin, and Cochin Lhinu. '•These rx- ways been, war has still been at the b.et, —f^'ir attendants incessanly introduce the going over, and with -difficulty reached the
/enamel regions, •nd (bee°only in the whole of the business—and :f, instread of a 11'h:,• edge's 01 large sheets.of white paper to the I'round-house door, where he was instantly
world. betray in their present language all ! or Tory, or Tory -Whig Admhnetration, we ! junction of two great rollers, which seem to knocked down against the companion by
fon of the first atte•epts at could contrive to form and keep -together 1 devour them with unsuited appetite ;—otber the step ladder, which led from the quarter -
characters of the Mongolian variety. In
the capabitity of inflexion and compositloo,
and in the consequent length of w ords,
Pityo)? of the Americas tongues offer a com-
plete cunuaat to thane of Cbisa, 'Thibet,
Lac.
America is also distinguished from the
old continent by the great number of its
languages. Mr. Jevri:aso:r states that
there are twenty radical languages in
America for one re Asia. "More than
twenty languages are sell spoken in the
kingdom of IY•aico, mast of wlych are at
feast as afferent from one another as the
(:reek and the German, or the French and
Polish. The variety of idioms spoken by
the people of the new continent, and which,
with three tunes three, flies towards the
key, and before their cowardice has had
time to cool, carries it on the point of the
bayonet.
What we would say is bricfiy this. No
man fights for nothing. A soldier fur nine -
pence a day. A quiet man for a quiet hie.
"Thrice is he armed that has his quarrel
just," viz. so adjusted that he is in no dan-
ger of coming off second best. Tbs long
and the short of the mutter is, the depths W
the subject are is follows—courage n a
composed force. It results from the percep-
tron Ws danger, and the desire to avoid (t :
and is that diagonical mutton which carries
the man safely out of it. If the shorter
road out happens to lie tkresgls the line of
without the least exaggeration, mar be0infantry advancing opposite to him, theeou-
atated at sown hash-eds. udurs a very itpk-- rageuus man goes through. If it leads in
ing phenomenon, particularly when we COW- any other direction, he takes that other
pare it to the few languages roulette to Asia; direction.—Bluckwuods .11aga:ure.
and Europe."
Tho causes of these diversities, and the
relations between the form and structure of
the brain, the appetites, sentiments, moral
and intellectual character, of the, several
human races, and the genius u( their lan-
guages, are importaut subjects fur future
Inquiry. It will be sufficient to as+ort, in labour, both mental and bodily, is admirably
reference to the present subject, that no illustrated and in which also the effect
difference of language hitherto *served of domestic economy is well exemplified.—
affords any argument against unity of the it is scarcely imagined, liy, the thousands
species. We can have no d.fnculty in ar- who read that paper in various quarters of
nvmg at this euSCluawn when we nod, as the globe, what a ecede of organized activi-
ia America, numeral* completely distinct ty the factory presents durmg the whole
tongues in the several families of une great eight, or what a quantity of talent and
and, in all essential phots, uniform race mechanical .kilt is put in action for their
and w ton ac diseuvcr, moreover, so latrung amusement and information. Nearly a hum -
a euntraet as that which tie monosyllabic dred persons are employed m this establish -
languages of Asta and the complicated long Inent ; •nd,dueing the session of parliament,
words of so many American languages pre- at least twelve reporters are constantly
sent, rn /alio•. whose organic 1raiW arc au atteoding the, Huusea of Commons and
similar.—Latereace. Lords; each in bis turnseliring, after about
n hours's work, to translate into ordinary
n
writing the speech he has just been! and
COURAGE AND COWARDICE., noted in abort -hand. In the Mean time fifty
OR Toe POILedernr or TEAR. I compositors are constantly at wurk sumo of
• whom have already set up the beginning,
Most men aro cowards ; and that jstilt Lei whilst others are committing to type the
seen, felt, proved, and can:e.t.ed, as soon as I yet undued manuscript of tharonatil'utioo
there base been a tee Ceuturies.ut mover- 1 of a speesh whose'Diddle portion is travel -
sal peace. Of a 1 the sir nes, as t':ey are j ling to the office in the pibcket of the hasty
called, courage is the mu -t art:fictal. It is reporter and whom eloquent coneluston
created and eockcred up by war. Let all perhaps, at that very moment, making the morning, 11'ithout any probability of its
swords Weave la.rtyconverted into plough - walls of St. Blepheu's vibrate with the abating. The captain now finding that the
ahargs, 'sod- spears tato preening huuhs, l applause oM hearers. These congreeted vessel was crank, and should have had more
sod the natural sowardice of the human 11 types, as feet as they are "composed,'eare ballast, agreed to stand for Bacon Island
taco will exhibit itself in an tcantiq vliriety , missed in poet:ono to other hands ; till at Road, in North Carolina. While in the
of unexpected forma. 1t woeLt ba tCdtyys , last the scatj,.ered fragments of the debate act oPerearmg her fur this pnrpose, a sud-
to trace the caused which in our cuuntryI forming, ty..an united with the ordinary dna qugll laid her on her beam ends, never
have so long concealed, In Borne measure matter,- efght-and forty columae, re-ap- to rise again. She Wag completely over-
dlmiaished—but it is te be trusted, not I pear in regular order on the platform of the acre!; sails, masts, and rigging lying in the
water.
At the time of the accident, Purnell, the
chief mate, who had never undressed from
"THE TIMES" NEWSPAPER.
The establishment of " The Times"
newspaper Is an example, on a large scale,
of a manufactory in which the division of
IIUPE.
!lope, Tike the Miniteg seubram's light,
Is dancing every where—
la the low cortege in the vale,
And in the palace fair.
It is the treasure of the poor—
'Tis all that they pusses ;
1t smiles upon the sufferer's Laos,
And soothes his deep distress.
'Tie freedom to the captive's soul,
And dries the falling tear,
And even in the criminal's cell
'Ti, present there to cheer.
This world wouk be • dreary place
Washout this brilliant ray ;
It crowns the future bright with smiles,
And strews with•8uwers our way.
LASS OF TIIE BRIG TYRREL,
AND D•BaDYUL $UPTERONae or Tun Caaw.
The brig Tyree!, Captain Coghlas, sailed
from New York, 28th June 1759. She was
bound for Antigua. When they set out,
the weather was very stormy, and the'vea
eel beefed greatly, being deficient in ballast.
In -the afternoon the weather became more
moderate ; and the captain employed him-
sellin palating the boat, with its appur-
tenagces of oars, helm, and tiller. Oa the
30th, at four in the afternoon, a, hard gale
blew from N.N.E., and they felt much
alarm, exhorting the captain to return to
New York, as the vessel did not seem in a
fit condo -ma for the voyage. The top -gal-
lant sails were taken in, and the top -sail
close reefed in the evening ; but the sea
again turning calmer, more sail was made.
The -gale increased till the .td July—they
took En an additional reef in each :mooed,
and brought down the top -gallant yard.—
There was water then in the hold, but not
more than could be ptunped 'out by each
watch ; and they brought forward the two
after -guns, in order to make the wind shift
to her head.' This. it did at four in the
the lmper
ch. As the earliest efforts of the in- (or a few years, a (. uakur Adnosistratiuu— i rollers convey them to the type already 1 deck to the poop. A (ultimate ctrcuw-
ehaving g p eco this,—for the ladder made for them
fast are merely sounds of ono syllable, so a Dia!) Cab,nut—cowards as we are walling inked, and bruu ht them into rapid calm.
ne first adult children of nature stammered to avow ourselves tube, we shuttle' then fear and successive contact, re -deliver them to a coremunication to windward ; and they
est their meaning tri the same way : the not to -eager all we might happen to be
'people of Thibet, China, and tho neighbour- worth, that the natural character would
aft` Southern countries, go on speaking as soon re -appear in all i:s natural timidity,
-they learned some thousands of years ago, and that not a person in Great Britain
in the cradle of the species. There is no
.epsraUon of idea into certain classes,
4, much as produce the distinction of the
" parts of speech in more perfectly form-
ed languages. One ;Rid the same Pound
signifies joyful, joy, and to rrjoice ; and in *church is bad, but hypocrisy In two
that through all person, numbers, and large armies fightrog ma field is good.—
teen.. No attempt ie muds•, by aniline Wore they really the blood -thirsty mutde-
sounds eapeessive of relations or accessory roue ruffians, that to e shallow spectator of
n otions to the simple mooesyliabic toot, to their conduct they appear to be, words
give richness, clearness, and harmony to the would be wanting to express the abhor -
poor language. On the couatrsry, the rcoco and de.te.tatiou with which all good
mere radical ideas are set down together, men most regard battalion, light infantry,
and the bearer must guess at the connect- and grenadiers. But it is refreshing and
ing hake..M'As there arc no inflexions, the consolatory to reflect, that there are not
DWI and numbers aro either not noted, or
they are marked, eerier urgent ctrcumstaa-
ces, by circumlocution. Tboy form plurals
u children do, other by repetition, as fru,
tree, or by adding the words meek or other ;
j, as tree muck, tree other. 1 mach, or I other,
means we. Be kenos 1 other Father who,
is the mode of *Treenail,' ' Our Father,
which art heaven !' " "Taal langusgee of
*melt poverty, winch 'merely plume together
the most eseestial ideas without seonect-
seg them, moot .pen a wide field for am-
biguity and obscurity in oivit life, and be
totally inapplicable to the purposes of
.eience, is immediately spparent. Hence
the people who speak them roust ever re-
main children in understanding. However
the Cbteese sissy exert themselves, so Tong
as they are impeded by this imperfect Lae -
page, they must be unable to appropriate
to themselves the sciences sad arts of Es-
rope."We are again surprised at discoterie,
tthh n peculiar limpets is not eonbectthe
-
four other assistants, completely printed by , could get through the aftermoat gun -port
the almost momentary touch. Thus, in on the quarter-deck. As the ship was cum -
one hour, tour thousand sheets of paper are I pletely on her broadside, every article rolled
printed on one side ;- and an impression of down as she went over ; among these was
would be found so valraot and irrational as twelve thousand copies from above three tbe boat, the lashings of which having been
to volunteer loading a forlorn hope. It as hundred thousand moveable pieces of metal 1 cut by the captain's order, she tutued bottom
cheering to know, however, how much is produced fur the public in six hours. upwards. A prompt effort was necessary,
hypocrisy there 18 In what is called courage. The effect of machinery in pnntmg other' and Purnell, the cabin -boy, and two others,
Hypocrisy in a large congregation praying periodical publications, and of due economy being good swimmers, plunged into the
in distnbutig them is so important fur the sea. At length they righted the boat,'but
,peeculier etganiaatloe of let
variety fettelillotigelitel to which the peo-
n entunentiee he/wg. The tribes ierate-
tely adjotaisg the latterdun the aottb,
ripe example, the proper Moegnla, the Cal -
mucks, and the Berate, although they have
at all times occupied the regions close to
Tbib.t, sad have obviously denied their
Inilgings from this quarter, are 8e longer
eereeed to such an imperfect instrorneat
of tbeegbt seal tom®uereat,sn as a atono-
syllabea language affords. They have m-
issions and derivations, bort, for nouns And
ty express trines. the same observauow
ars applicable to the Mandahun, or
Ifianlehons.
The Japsoese, tee!- thed4ha, tvumeretrs
people of Ale 1la }sN1a11ec, Lave a well
Oninieef plesyYshja:l b witboot icy
rsMe►4 sea se *abed the mow
The coo fable -Mageadfla of ao lade a
on of 9p4at• the more minarke-
ted O'ith he ies-
hi. M18 is the
lb The
4a ail
interesrs of knowledge, that it is worth I she remained brimful, and washed with the
examining by whit means it is possible to water's edge. By means of the painter or
produce them at the small price at which I rope, they lifted her a little out of the wa-
tboy are sold. "Chambers' Journal," which I ter, so that she swain about two or three
is pubuhed at Edinburgh, and Bold et threw I joshes free, though almost full within.—
half-pence a number will furnish an example.i The cabin -boy and another were put in her,
Soon after its commencement in 1832, the I with buckets which chanced to float by.—
sale In Scotland reached 30,000, and in They commenced bailing her, and in a short
order to pupply the demand in London it i time got the Water out. Two long oars
were next put into 'the boat, and they rowed
right to windward ; the mate and two men
pet off from the wreck, and succeeded in
getting the oars, rudder, and tiller. 'Their
return gave much joy to their companions,
Who had given them tip for lost.
While rowing about in a boat, a small
cask, containing about half a peck of white
biscui', was picked upebnt it was convert,
ed into dough : they had also a small quan-
tity of common sea -biscuit. Than wets
their whole stock of provisions !—and they
had no fresh water. Seventeen penins
bad embarked in a boat about 19 feet hong,
and 8 feet broad, which scarcely kept th in
the water. They had to keep before wind
sad sea.
A coskpw was os board : but some one
beviog trod upon it, at was so broken as to
be useless. They made a Baal of their cloths,-
but
loths;but had neither'medics nor thread to stitch
It together ; one, however, had a knife and
some fishing hoes, which served as a sub-
stitute, and they rigged a very tolerable fog -
ad bmfbre semset. They mad • mast of
use et the two long oars ; ant Rot a yard
by epiittisg moi of the Unearth of the boat.
They weal oo, Omit on guile the polar
star, a fresh Meese b owing during the
i
e ight. i the 5th July, they judged that
they wool steering for land. Next day,
t ome seemed fatigued, and drank salt wa-
ter. la two days, the wind shifted; it then
did away, .tad the oars being got out, all
labeered al them without duUuction ; but
the woad reuog ague rendered this toil Un-
nee..ser) and from the coldness of the
I!•ler, Ib.y judged that they were in sound -
m. This cheered them. At night they
rid that they had been steering north by
rest. On the 1011i July, some of them, on
their raging thane, drank mock salt water.
Tbe boned rit.te ad the ea/poster were
1 siekmg 1 al right the latter grow perfectly
frantic, god nearly ocerriet the boat by at -
1 tempting to throw himself out ; but ow him
I
strength ebbed, 1w ' became lees 'intent,end
was persuaded to ile down bolo* the taste.
IAloSh Melt the seeood mate bowies
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above sono retire of men m elthor arena- was reprinted ; but on account of the
meet, who oo the morning of a pitched expense of " composition" it •was found
battle, du not, half t t fear, 'half so anger, that this plan would not produce any profit,
and the London edition was about to f k
given up, when it occured to the proprietor
to stereotype it at Edinburgh, and cast two
copies of the plates. This is now done
about three weeks before the day of pubii-
eation,—one set of plates being sent up to
London by the mail, an impression a prin-
ted off by steam : the London agent has
then time to send pakages by the cheapest
eonvevances to several of the large towns
and uther copies go through the bookvell-
err' parcels to all the smaller towns. Titus
a great saving ie effected to the outlay of
capital, and 20,000 copies are cesveysd from
"imolai as a entre, to all parts of England
whilst there is no difficulty in completing
imperfect sets nor any waste from printing
more than the public demand.
curse the day esti which they sold themselves
fur food to the cannon. Butt armies are
trombiing from head to foot. What would
not that fine Irish regiment give to be
handling the useful -spade on the lazy bed
of potatoee, or fioarrshing the harmless
shilleiah in a fight down at the bridget--
The bravo forty-second, often as they have
been cut in pieces, have metier come to like
It ; and the heart of every true Gael is sigh-
ing for the still life of his Highland hilla.—
But it is not till the armies have joined "set-
tle, that the natural cowardice of man is con-
spicions in ell its terrible energy. From
a positive completely commanding one left
wing, to which wo shall .oppose ourselves
to belong—caitod, we think, a key—opens a
hundred great gun battery, which, In the
language of flattery, is said "to be playing
upon our line." Under cover of this face-
tious ilei, 'revct*l squadrons of French
earthy eome thundering epee onr broken
.gvwres—a kind of horse -play almost as
rough as the gawibol. of the sportive bat-
tery. No wast of heads of columns of foot
advancing with fined bayonets at the pas
de charge. Previous to all ibis entertain-
ing din, confusion and clamour, the day
was too halt to hold us—bot now the whole
of rho left tying is te an oven, and seems to
be runnier a etrosg risk of being thorough.
ly roosted before the tight wing has had a
.Ingle tors before the fin. The ranks a
little whtliegecrs certarely too thick for
comfort, but the are now feat falling into
the 'vomits ex rima—some mon sinking
down gently wit a pnyet, as if dropping
esless -sow.. !worked nrddeely ng thea
Mem—some falling in earliega vagaries en
'bey would dance—.otitic nes 1e two with
lie utmost precutor--+eaww masgted ebi,-
oualy—msec blown to atou yet do not
think that the left wrwg hal bees t o all
Alltiairo., fors1 would you believe its it u
aheteltllite' Theta had boos lit for tat.—
h a•peran tats M foatr, (Ao whole left wing,
*folk* /.14e' s tv.,.►se..
>
1'
The greatest ditsner ever given in Eng-
land was that of Lord Romne, to the Kent
Volunteers, when George Ili. reviewed
them near Maidstone : the tables were
seven miles and a half Lang, and the beerd
for the tables cost £15,000.
The Duke de Montpensier lane otJbred
a Madrid jeweller to dismount • sword of
wbtoh the hilt u set with jewels that are
said to be worth £300,000 : this sword
belonged to Napoleop, and the Duke found
moans to save it *hell the Tuileries were
#sized by the Parisians.
A cute fellow wee neve asked what infer"
.nee be eeeld drew frost the tett of Job, ,
' Asti the eases snuffed up the taut weed.• 1
' Well,' M replied. ' the only inference that e
I ego draw as the that It world be a long 1
usbaltodonthey would grow fat twos it.'
tips tog of rusali s barber bis applied
for en Isere's* of weary owlet to 'tureen •
tattoo of wart dotted by tlkb IMgb
el bis *b e.ty'• Act. ,.a uwa tut
Ave'ase.e t .r
rstl8ae i.: - , ".'• not& ehea r re • a.* dsso s !
speeghless. Next day beifb died. The
rest thought that they should soun fulluw
their uirrerable cuanrsdes ; all betook them-
selves to pr:-yers ; they then threw the
dead bodies overboard.
The weather being now mild and caltr,
the boat was cleaned, and the sail enlarged.
Purnell fixed hes red flannel weistcoat at
the mast -bead aa a signal of dtatrese.—
Soon after they saw a sloop approaching ae
they thought (rout the land, which raised
Oleic spirit+ a little. They gut out the
oars, labouring by turns, and exerting their
reinaiuing etrcngth to reach her. But night
came on, and the sloop being no longer
sten, tbey were overwhelmed with desap-
pum,tnteot. But .till, ('rum keeping the
pular star oo the larboard bow, they enter-
tained the hope of reaching land. During
thin night, one of their number, • seaman
aged 64, died ; hie tart prayer was fur a drop
of water to coul'hte tongue. Next day two
others expired.
The wind rose high on the morning of
the 13th, eo that they had to fort the sail,
and keep the boat before wind and sea,
which drove her utf soundings. The wind
falling, they hoisted the sail, and a fine
breeze from the south-west prevailed during
the night. The guoncr died ; and of those
who survived not one had strength to row.
Next day, four more expired. They again
eameon eoundtngs, and at night, as well as
they could judge, stood in fur the land.—
The autf'igtogs of two more were at an end
on the 15th ; their bodies were thrown
overboard, as those of the others had been.
es soon ae the breath was gone. Next day
hazy weather rendered their course no Lon-
ger certain. 'That evening three more
died ; one was • large and corpulent man,
and the united strength of the survivors
was hardly equal to the task of thronwg
him in the water. The cabin -boy next
died. Only three now remained ; one after
another of their original number had pro-
tracted a wretched existence, to die the
most fearful death—that of famine.
In the morning, Purnell asked the other
two whethef they could eat any of the boy's.
fesb. The body being quits cold, be, cut
a piece out of tato inside of the thigh: Part
of this he gave) to the captain and boat-
swain, reserving a small portion to himself:
But when they attempted to swallow the
nauseous morsel, it was rejected by their
etontache, and they threw the body over-
t board. '
Next day Purnell found bitesetf lidos;
both his cinutoimormovere stiff and cold. -
1 But his uu.crs an log was still unimpaired,
though bis body seemed as weak as an on -
1 fant'r. Ile never lost hope of making land,
and knew from the colour and coldness of
the water that it could not be very far tall:
The weather being still foggy, holey-Loall
Dight, with the boat's head' W the north-
ward. Next evening, he, thought he' raw
land, and stood for u ; but afraid of falling
among shoals, he lay-fb again.
On the 22d July, ho saw some barnacles
on the boat's rudder, which confirmed him
I in the idea that':and was near. .Ile, got off
the rudder, and scraping therm oft' with hes
knife, ate thein ; but ho could scarcely re
place rho rudder, the boat soaking machmotion. Ile felt even joyful next morning
at sunrise, being eertain that be should yet
see land.
Ile rose up in rho middle of tho day, and
leaning his back -against the mast, felt him-
self revived by the sun. Next day he saw
a sail at a great distance, proceeding he
thought fur rho land ; on which he steered
in that direction all eight ; but in the more-
ing found he had lust sight of the ve-eel.
On the morning of the .25th July, to his
inexpressible joy, he saw a sari, and per-
ceived, after he was completely up, that she
was a two -masted vessel. Ile was astern,
a great way to leeward ; he tacked abort,
and eaw her fast approaching. He then
lav -to, till she was within two miles.—
Edging towards her, he got within half a
mile, and saw some people un the deck, is ho
beckoned to him to come under their lee -
bow. 1Vhen became alongside, they threw
a rope to him. Some hesitation ensiled
among the schooner's peepte. arising from
the shape of the boat, and the way she was
ARRIVAL FROM OR i IN.
INDIAN MASSACRE OF AMeRICANS- WAR WITH
MIS 9e
INDIAnS.
From the St. Louis Itepul l, May 18.
Mr. Joseph L. Meek arrived in this city
yesterday from Oregon. 11e is un his wav
to Washington, the hearer, of important
despatches from the local goveruuteat ut
that tctretory to t.be governwttyll at N'ash-
togton. Mr. Meek left last c8Qnlng un the
steamer Declaration fur the Ohio' riser, and
is hastening to Washington to wheat and
fur the citizens of Oregon, between w I.um
and the surrounding Indians • sanguioary
war has been commenced.
Mr. Meek was kutd enough, on the route,
to make out fur us a we.t,urandum of events
which transpired subsequent to his leaving
Oregon City, and while be was with the
volunteers operating against the Indiana.—
..A file of Oregon pape6s, conilog down to
the 20 of January, has alms been placed at
our disposal, and from these sources we
ulake.our notices of events.
- 91a. rMews's 111suoaasua.—I have just
arrived from the territory of Oregon. 1 left
Oregon City on the 4th of Jaausry, Wised.
ing to take Cul. Fremont's California trail
from the Dalk•s to the Columbia, but hear-
ing that Capt. Jerso Applegate had gone
anuthe'. route to California, l abandoned
the idea, and passed up the Columbia.,_ by
way of Walla Walla, and thence by
Suutb Pau U, St. Joseph, Mo.
When 1 left Walla Walla, oo the 96th
day of January, the people of the territory
of Oregon were at open war with four
tribes of Indians—the Cayuee, Walla Walla,
Shaster and Day Indians. Feur betties
had taken plate between them before 1 loth
the country ; the first engagement took
place at the foul of the Dalley of the Co-
lumbia on tho lith of January, between a
small party of troops under the command pf
Capt. Lee—the neat took place some time
after between the advanced guard of the
Oregon regiment under the command of
Major Lee. Ile was forced to retreat, with
very little 1i se, and fall back upon the regi.
ment.
Next day, the regiment marched up the
Shaster river, under the command of Col.
C. Gilliam. About 1] o'clock, they were
attacked by a large body of Indians, who
were soon routed by the troops—their villa-
ge. taken and bunted. Large quantities
of saltrron•frsh, preserved for food, and other
property, were also, destreved.
The• Oregon regiment having been rein-
forced so.as to number 500 men, they took
up the line of march for the Walla Walla.
On the -18th of February, the enemy appear-
ed on the plains- In great numbers, and a
bee 'of_ battle" was formed: 'The engage -
meet cemmeneed about ten o'clock, and
lasted until night parted the combatant..-
1•:act party camped on the ground, but the
next mot -tithing the enemy had left the held.
A large number of Indians of other tribes
were present, as Iooksfs•oti.,. It was not
known how many of the Indians were killed.
Tho troops had a nine -pounder, with them,
mounted on an emigrants wagon, drawn
by six yoke of" oxen ; the balls gave out
during the battle, and they were compeII
to eh.pot away the lock chains belonging to
the baggage wagons.
I Next day, they marched to the -Mille
river, and thence to 1)r. Whiteutan's mis-
sion, the scene of the massacre. All the
property about the place had been destroy-
ed by the Indians, end the houses burnt.
Here. ton, were the beetle of the Doctor and -
e f his amiable wife lying i., the yard, and
the bones of the other steflhrers scattered
rabout on, the ground. At this point i left
the troupe, and took the Blue Mountain
route, the snow from three to five feet deep,
for aunt thirty 'Whim until we fell within
' the third division of Oregon.
There were ten of us In company—Lieut.
Bewehao. G. W, Ebert, John '1'. ()wen, .
M. R. Mullan, -D. U. Borrae, David Young,
Jacob Teaboul, James Juhnstaid, and Har-
vey Evans—than whom better men cannot
be found for such se expedition. We met
great numbers of Indians on the Rooth Fork
of the Columbia and Snake riven—and they
said they were going to war in the Spring
palated, which made her look like a loan- with the Americans, but as we spoke their
of;war'e boat, and rendered them appren- i language end were acquainted with many of
IAve that they would bo punished if they there we were entered to pass unmolested.
took- Purnell in ; and then trout seeing the We arrived at Fort Hall on the 25th of
two bodies lying, which Purnell had not had March, where we encountered • tremendous
strength to remove, they feared that they
bad died of enmo contagions disease. Af-
ter some suspense, they adroit him to route
00 board ; and oa his answering that he
could nut do so without meeslancc, two
atm were sent by the captain to help blur
ie.
Purnell got a drink of freak water imme-
diately—the first be had tasted for twenty-
three days. He was assisted to the cabin.
and they gave him some soup, bit he could
scarcely swallow; and his body belong eovef-
ed with ulcer., wide him feel the most
&cote pain. 11e was pet to bed, hepleas as
• child, and • man was kept cunetastly
watching him till the 'chequer came te
anchor. fie was taken ashore in a boat,
two meas being required to support him. -
After he had landed, three weeks elapse,.
before ho eoubd rise; and it we two moth.
before he had regained anything bku M-
formes prength .
On Monday, 29th ult., .e-Imq rest was
held at Wm. Rohrnenw's ravine, Township
liBeetw,ister, ma the hotly of a man named
Asar 14 e. The dsp..sed was aeon
un the previous day by ..bre person kneel
tog under a tree in the orchard In the •tis
lode of prayer. He was shortly after 1 ,0,1
dead in the same place. After ineestigat
to(( the caw the 7ary returned a verdict
Mho." Died from habitual dnraking."—Lute
lois '/.m
Nri*.W.r lave,,-uu ,i
t..
snow storm. At ;hie place, we cromied the
mountain to Bear River—the ..now very
veep --nor provistonv al gone—and we were
forced to eat our mules and horses. My
thank@ are due to Mr. Skneth, oo Bear
River, who killed his only cow for our um .
to Mr. Bridger and Mr. VaStrIO , at Fort
Bridger, and to Mr. flapin. at Port Juan, fpr
their uniform kindness to us.
{Ve met 245 wagons eentaining emi-
grant" bound to Oregon—the Orel company
About 150 index from :ft. Joseph—all well.
1Ve were ertiv•six days in snaking the trip
from Fort %yells Walla to St. Joseph,
where we arrived on the 11th of May, worn
out with fatigue.
1 have been melted several timer, since my
trove' herr, whether the Enghah or Sod -
em Bay Company were not urging of the
Indians in that eentntry to "Hark the Alnert-
eane. I have known the H"deon'e Bay
Company for eighteen yesn, and never have
eeen any thing of the kind. 1 hope the
people of the United Stater will receive
this as my answer ; 1 was at Fort Vancou-
ver when Peter \(ken l)gile.n, one of the
chief factor@, arrived with the captives
whom he had renaorued from the Indians,
,nal nothing but kmdneaa was bestowed up-
on them.
It would hare done your heart gond to
me 11,1 good nt.t me•, wiring oa lbw poor
listre-'..d woolen and children, sail 1 an,
satisfied that no other was then Mr. Og
den could harm aave,f them from the toma-
hawk. Mr. Douglas. too, another of tb.
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