The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 2, 1757, Page 2

[ i . N'aNNE (ibe Metrapolis of Germany) May 31, We have received certain advices from Prague, that befides the colours & ftandards,and a great number of prifoners,which was taken on the 6th, feven pieces of cannon were gained from the E- pemy, they having, according to the calcula- tion made by our officers, only taken from us - twenty ficld pieces. The lofs which we fuf- tained in killed and wounded amounts to no more than four thoufand at the moft, and two __ thoufand five hundred prifoners. - St. CHRISTOPHERS, Auguft 3. The Sloop Jane, Benjamin Lightburn Maf- ter, which arrived here- on Sunday laft from New- York, was chafed on the 20th ult. by a Privareer Sloop of 8 Carriage Guns, faid to be- long to Halifax. Upon the Privateer’s com- ing up, the Mafter of the Jane ordered his Sails ‘to be immediately hauled down, but the Cap- tain of the Privateer infifting upon their-fend- ing their Boat on board, which Capt. Light- burn was.not willing to do, he fired upon them for feveral Minutes ; by, which the Mate of _ the Jane was killed. : ' Charlefiown, South-Carolina, July, 14. By Capt. Roberts from New Providence, we have Advice, thaga Flag of Truce had ar- rived there from Coracoa, with a general Re- . clamation of all Dutch Veflels taken by the En- glith fince the Commencement of the War that the Difparches were addrefled to all their Excellencies, Honours, Governors, Commar~ ders in Chief, and Admiralty Courts belonging to ‘His Britannic Majefty in the Wefl-Indies ; that the had put the Governor of Coracoa’s Nephew afhore at Jamaica, with his Difpatches, and was returning thither to take him on board ; " whence the was to proceed dire@ly to Coracoa, and from that to England, that their Lmbafla- dor might lay all their Complaints betore the Britith Miniftry. : The Day after the Publication of our laft. Gazette, Daniel Pepper, Efg; late Agent from this Government in the Creek Nation, returned from thence with about 20 Indians, having left —every Thing. quiet there at the Time of his Departure : The Indians are fince fet out on their Return,having received the ufual Prefents, &c, Atthe Conference they had with the ‘Governor, one of them, who was Brother to one of thofe flain at Ogeachy laft Year, de- manded that a White Man fhould be put to death in his Stead, but was prevailed on to de- fitt from that Demand, to acknowledge he had talked rafhly to his Excellency in afking fuch Satisfaction, and had a large Portion of Prefents given him, with which he went away well pleafed.—Our faithful Eriends and Allies, the Chickcfaws, mentioned in our laft, are alfo re- turned from their Country, extreamly well pleafed. We hear,that a Subfcription will be opened in a few Weeks, by fome Loyal Ladies in this Town, for fitting out a Privateer to annoy His Majefty’s Enemies ; and that they are deter- mined to difpofe of all their unneceflary Jew- els and other Superfluities, in order to make their ‘Subfcription the more confiderable : And they have great Hopes, that the Gentlemen will imitate their Example. July 28. On Sawurday arrived an Exprefs from Fort Loudoun, with Advice, that theMan- killer of Telliquo, had returned thither with his Party, from an Encurfion into New-Orleans, v hence he brought a Scalp,and a Pack whicha Cha&awRunner had dropt upon being purfued, <containing fome Letters, &c. , i And from the Lower Cherckees, we have Advice, that another Party of that Nation has made Application at Fort Prince George, for a Quantiry of Powder and Ball, in order to get out to War, PHILADELPHIA, Auguf 18. Extra of a Letter from Hanover Townfhip, ~ in.Lancafter County, dated Auguft 11. "<« Lot Thurfday Jobn indrews’s Wife, going " 20 & Neighbour’s Houfe, was furprized by fix In- - dians 5 bad ber Horfe fhot under ber, and fbe and ber Child werecarried off. On Saturday, in Be. | 1be) Townbip, as Fobn Winklepleigh’s two Sons, and Fofeph Fifbbaugh (a Soldier in the Payof the Province) went out, about Sunrife, to bring in the Cows, they were fired upon'by about fifteen In- " dians 5 -the two Lads were killed 5 one of them was [calped, the other got into the Houfe bhefore be died 5 and the Soldier was woundedin the Hand. —The fame Morning, about Seven o’Clock, two Miles below Manody Gap, as Thomas M’Guire’s - Son was bringing in fome Cows out of a Field a little Way from the Houfe, bewas purfued by two Indians, and narrowly efcaped. = The fame Day, m the Middle of this Townfbip, near four Miles from the Mountain,as Leonard Long’s Sow was plowing, be was fhot and fcalped ; and Leonard Miller’s Son Plowing on the other Sideof the Fence, was made Prifoner. ‘ « Jobn Grabam, who lives near the Gap of the Indian Town Creek, bad a Steer killed about Sun rife, or before, and Fobn Brownm bad two Cows killed 5 all except the firi Mifchief done in one Day 5 [o thatlaft Sarurday there muft bave !;/;'en at leaf four Parties of Indians in this Town- ip. 5 ““ Having Notice of this on Sunday Morning, 1 Jet out with four Men, and we ranged till af- ter Night. "Monday Morning 1 fet out again with Forty two, intending over the Mountain. We ranged the firR Day in the Front, and inten- ded to bave lain on the Mountain all Night, but a beavy Rain falling, we took te a Houfe. On Tuefday Morning we fet out over the Mountain to Jind Tracks, if poffible 5 but we found not the leaft Appearance of any, or Iniians over the Moun- tains, or in any of the wafle Houfes, fo we return- ed on Tuefday Night. ' Monday Night many Tracks were feen among the Inbabitants, and in the wafle Houfes, where the Indians bad lodged. In one of the Houles they left a [calping Knife, and bad killed and [calped a Mare. Wednefday e intended to reft, but about Twelve o’ Clock bad another Alarm. Near Benjamin Clark’s Houfe, four Miles from the Hill, ten Indians f[urprized Ifaac Williams’s Wife,and the Widow Williams, alias Smelley,killed and fcalped the former in Sight of the Houfe, [be baving run a litile Way, after three Balls bad been fbot through ber Body ;5 the latter they carried away Captive. About the Jame Time, as George Mouren was cutting Qats in George Scheffer’s Field, be was killed and fcal- ped two Miles from the Hill, [0 that it was not all done by one Party. There isnowa [evere Sick- nefs in thefe Parts (the like bas not been known) that many Families can neither fight nor run away, which occafions great Difirefs on the Frontiers”’ The Writer of the above Letter adds, that if it had not been for forty Men, which the Province had in their Pay, in that Townfhip Jittle of the .Harveft that Way would have been faved 3 and as the Time that thefe Men were engaged {o, isnear elapfed, the Inhabitants hope the Government will continue them in their Service, elfe the Confequences are to be dreaded. By Lettersof the 1othand r2th Inftant from Fafton and Bethleham, we have Advice, That one of the Indians who was at the late Treaty, called the Allegeny Indian, was found murdered in the Meadow of Jacob Beft at the Ferry- houfe, on the Lehigh, about three Miles from Eafton, | The Coroner’s Inqueft fat upon the Body, in the Prefence of Teedyufcung, and many of the principal Indians, who exprefled greatSatisfacti- on at the Enquiry, and declared they believed no white Man had killed him.—Several great wounds appeared on the Side of his Head, one in his Throdt, and another on each Side of his Hands which were made with fome "~ large Weapon, aSword or Cutlafs. It is faid this Indian had ‘done a great deal of Mifchief on the Ohio, of which the Indians at she Treaty were informed, and it is fuppofed his Death was there agreed upon, and that he, it is thought, was killed by an Indian. i i On Tuefday laft, after a lingring Illnefs, died here the Rev. Mr. Clevelend, lately. appointed to the Miffion at New-Caftle, by the Society for propagating the Golpel, this Side the Fort I met an Exprefs, NEW.Y O R K, Avgoft 2] On Friday the 12th Inftant, an Exprefs ar= rived here from Albany, with an Account of ** the Surrender of Fort William %flf, toalarge ay 700 Vo lunzeers from this City alone, turned 7out, a;;'“’ Army of French. The fame! « next Day embarked for Aloany, under theCom- » - mand of Captain Jafper Farmer, of the Argifle. ry ; Captain Jobn Provooft, of the C Captain James Depyfter, of the Grenadiers » and the Caprains Dubois, Lifpenard and Beek: man, of the Militia. fton’s' Troop of Horfe went up by Land. - They, were all ordered to return by Cob De. . lancey who met them at Efopus. The fol. lowing Letter, &c. is the moft authentic Ae- co!mtwa have yét received of the Fort William Henry. Lo?s of Extra@ of a Letter from Alban y,dated I Set out for Fort-Edward laft Tuefday, abous Ten in the morning, and found a vaft I,Vumber- of Militia all along the Road. Three miles on who inform- rrendered thas Avg.15, ed me Fort William Henry had Ju adets 3 . Motft of Captain John- - ’_ Morning about 7 o’Clock. This News obliged - me to ride fmartly along, 1ho® the Night w ! and about half an Hour after Eigbf, 74 gl:; j;;j:‘ fi{e the Fort, this Side the River, where | fmmf Sir William Jobnfon encamped with abous » 500’§~ of the Militia. - Alittle before Nine, I got nto)] the Fort, and in about feven Minutes Time, we' were alarmed by a beavy firing auein the Camp over the River, on which the Ramparts and all the Lines without, were man'd, expefliug’ of Mujquetry at. K the Place to be invefted. About a Quarter of an . Hour after, Sir William [ent Word, th 1 Centries bad feen fome In'a{iam in the Woa:d:b‘:; which they fired, and that it bad not been jn’bi.fl Power to binder the Bulk of the Militia fréhi"da- ing the fame 5 but that be kad got them [ettled, and fent Scouts into the Woods, to make what Dif- - clofverie.f they could. After this was over, a Gen- tleman gave me the following Account o je and Surrender of Fort PVilltxg;zm Hemy.ftbe e That a Runner had bro’t the Atcouht, that in the morning om the 9th,they beld.a Council of War, and_ finding ‘no- Succours coutd be txpiied Time enough, and they baving burft their two 3'3 Poun- ders, two 18 Pounders, two 12 Pounders, 2. nine Pounders, and two Brafs Mortars, and but. 17 Shells left, they concluded to boift the white Flag which Montcalm anfwered, and the General Of: Jicers met balf Way between the two Camps, and agreed to the following Capitulation : That we were to march out with all the Honours of War ; with Drums beating, Colours flying, with their Arms charged, a Field Piece_and Match light- ed 5 that they were 1o take as nuch Baggage as the Men could carry on théir Backs, and that they were 10 be efcorted by their Gremadiers, within two Miles of Fort Edward , where we wére 10 ™ receive them with 500 of our Troops, and Colonel Young toremain as a HoStage for the fafe Return of their Efcort. Tbhis Day our Officers and Men Jpent in packing up their moft veiuable Effeéls. Next Morning General Webb ordered 500.pick'd Grenadiers to be drawn out in ogder to meet our men and the Efcort 5 but at 7%’6‘/0(/« we faw about 30 of our People coming running down the Hill, out of the Woods, along the Road that comes from Fort William Henry, mafily firipped to their Sbirt and Breeches, and many without Shirts,whe gave the following Account : That agreeable to the Capitulation, our men with their Efcort, were drawn out in their Lines 5 when Montcalm calied ~ afide our Field Officers, and faid, the Indians al- ways expeiied, and would have Plunder 5 and for .. fear of bad confequences, advifed them to give their Packs to them, which they did, though with Reluftance : As foon as tbhe Indians got them, they began to maffacre all the Sick and iWounded within the Lines, and before both Armies 5 next théy . bawled- all the Negroes, Mulartoes and Indian Soldiers, out of the Ranks, butchering and [talp- ing them 5 when our men began to march, 1 then began without Diftinétion, firip’d and toma- hawk’d both Officers and men,and 0.l in the grea eft Confufion took to their Heels | and thus thefe that came in made their Efcape)) General Webb ' ordered “ . 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