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Show 6 2 T R A V •, L S T II R 0 U G II UPPER CANADA : . fi w miles. The gazettes of the United States have daily teemed with the /hocking accou nts of the barbarities committed by the Indi,m ', and volumes would {i arccly fuffice to tell the whole of the dreadfnl tales. It has been [aid by perfons of tf1e States, that the Indians were coun-tcnan ed in committing thefe t orrnitics by people on the Britifh fronti ,rs, and liberal abufc has been bcftowed on the governn1ent for having aitkd, by difiributing amongft them guns, tomahawk.s, and other hoPLil weapons. Th< t the Indians were incited by prefcnts, and thcr means, to aCt againil the people of the col nics, duritvr the Am - rican wJr, mnil: be admitted ; but that, after peace was concluded, the fame line of conduCt was purfued towards them, is an afperfi.on equally f~lie and malicious. To the conduCt of the people of th States themfd es alone, and to no other cau(l , is unqudlionably to be atlt ibu ted th con tinuance of the warfare bct\vcen them and the Indian s, afte r the definitive treaty of peace was libned . Jnfl:cad of then t<Jking the opportuni ty to reconcile the India s, as they n1ight calily have dolle by prclents, and by treating them with kindnefs, th 'Y tlill continued hofl:ilc towards them ; they looked upon them, as indeed they fiill do, merely as wild bcafts, that ought to be bani{hcd frat 1 the f.1cc of the c:uth ; and ac uatcd by that inf.1tiable fpi1 it of avarice, and that rdllc:fs and eli fEHis fied turn of mind, whi ·h I have {i frequently noticed, inil:eJd of keeping within their territories, \v 11...re t1illions of acres rcmaincLlunoccupicd, but no part, however, of which could be had without being p1id for, they croficd th eir bou,1dary lines, and fixed themfclves in the territory oC the ] ndians, without ever prcvio ufJy gainino· t.bc confcnt of thcfe people. The !ndia.n , nice abo It their boundary line hcyoncl any other nations, pcrhap , in the worlll, that luvc fu h cxtenfivc dominions in proportion to their numbers, made no fcruplc to atta~..k, to plunder, and even to murder thefe intruders, when a fit opportunity off-:red. The whites cnc.leavour.:d to repel their att.tcks, and Owt thL:m with as much uncon~ cern as they wonld either a vvolf or a bear. In the:ir expeditions againll: the \\hi tc fettl rs, the Indians freqnently were driven back with lofs; but their ill fucccfs only ur3ed them to return with r ·doubled fury, and their A M E R I C AN AN D I N D I A N Vv A R . thrir well known revengeful difiJ)OGtion Jr.1dino- tl1etn on "11 f. • b " occa wns to fcek blood for bkod, they vere not mt:re y f~ttisfic with llillrderinrr t!te whole Gmilies of the .!cttL.:rs who had" ounde lor l..illed their chi ·fs o;warriors~ but oftentimes, in order tO ap;1~.:afc the manes of their comrades, they cro~cd their bouncbry_linc in turn, and committed mofl: dreadful dcpn:datwns amongfl: the peaceable whit inhabitant:; in the States, who were in no manner implicated in the ill conduct of th..! m..:n who hJ.d encroached upon the Indian te rr itot ics. II rc nl[o, if th:y h 1ppcned to be repultt:d, r to lofc a friend, th ey returned to fu;k fr n1 rc,·cngc ; and as it {i ldom hap} encd th at they did ell:apc without lufs, tl1 'ir c.·ceflcs and barbaritiL:s, inftcal of dimini01ing, were becoming grc,tt<.r cvuy y '.1r. Tl1c ::tttcnt} on ~f the government was at la{t diretl:cd towar ls the melancholy 1Jtuatwn of the fctt lcrs on the frontier, anLl the refult \Vas, that congrcfs determined that an army fl10uld be raif d, at the expcncc of the States, to repel the foe . An army wa :lccordingly raifed fame tim abont the year 1790, which 'Vas put under the command of General St. Cbir. It conlified of about fifteen hundred men; but there were not men that h~Hl b 'en accufiomcd to contend ag-:1inft India1 s, nor was the ge1 crJ I, although an np..::rienceJ. oflir·e:r, ~1m! ve ll able to conduct an army a~~:tin!l a regular force, at all quali11cd, a m::1.ny pcrfons had forcfc~ n , and the even t proved, to command on an e,'pedition of [uch a nature as he "'as 1 ow about to be engaged in. St. Clair advanced with his army into the Jndi,m territory ; occa{ional fkirmi01cs took pLtce, but the InJi<lns fiill k 'pt retrea ting before him, as if incapab1 of making any rc!1fianee againil fuch a powerful force. Forgetful of tht: ftratagems of the artful enemy he had to contend with, l1e boldly followed, till at laft, having been drawn far into th eir territory, and to a fpot fui tab ' to their 1 urpolc, the Imbns attacked him on al l fides; his mL:n were thrown inro confulilln; in vain he attempted to rally them. The Ind iau s, emboll'en ·cl hy t 1e Jifordcr they f~tw in his ranks, came ruil1ing down w1th their ton, h. !.sand Ll.lp·ing knives. A dreadful havoc en(ued. The ~realer p:trt uf che arn1y wns left dead on the f.t tal field; and of thuie th:1t del pcd the kn1fL·, the 3 A z mofl: |