The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 30, 1759, Page 1

| | \ ] J i L, B (1 4 \ FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20. 17¢0. e 3 759 - T HWE { | New-Hzmpfhire Comaifi?né \the Frefhefp Advices o Number [V. November 1, 1749. The follsaving Particulars'relazing 1o tbe Deflrultion of the Indian Tozon St. Francois, by a Party of Rangers wnder the Command of Major Rogers, may be depended on for Truth, as it avas taken frim thofe avho avere .- prefent in the Afion : : P O N the 15:h of September Msjor Rogers | ' marched frem Crown Point, with about 200 Men, and upon the 3d of Oclober they came within Sight of St. Fraucois, which the Major difcovered from a Tree, at about 3 Miles ditance, where he balted his detachment, confiiting of 142 Men, Officers included, being recuced to that Number by Reafon of fome wha tired,whom be had fent back : —At¢ Eight in the Evening he, with two Officers,went ‘forward to reconnoitre the. Town ; where he found the Indians in a high Frolick or Dance; he went through the Town, and was {pole to feveral Times by the Indians, but was not difcovered, as he was drefls’d like one of them : Having taken a fatisaltory View of the Place, and it's Situation, he returned to his Panty 4t z o’Clock ; and at half after 3 he marched his Men tq within oo Yards of the Town, where ke lightned them of their Packs, and formed them for the Attack ; and at Half an Hour before Suarife be fur- prized the Place, while they were aflecp ; which was done with fuch Expedition by our Men, that the Ene- my had not Time to recover themfelves, or to take up Arms in their own-Defence ; for Rogers havirg di- vided his Men into Parties, and divided each their Station,they all fell on as one,broke open theirHoufes, fhot {ome as they lay in Bed, while others atiempted to flee by back Ways, were tomahawked, or ranthro’ with Bayonets, by our Men who ftood without ; fo that they were almeit wholly deftroyed, except fome few who fan to the Water, thinking to make their Efcape that Way, but were purfued by about forty of our Men, who difpatched them likewife, by finking both them and their Boats :—A littje after Suorife the Par- tics fet Fire to all the Houfes, except three, which the Mzjor kept as a Referve, becaufe in them there was Plenty of Cosn ; but the reft were entirely con- fomed, and maoy of the Enemy who had concealed themleives theezin ; which our Men learnt from the Crying and Shricking of thofe miferable Wretches, when they perceived their Houfes on Fire and them- felves like to be made the Fuel: The Sword without, which prevented all Efcape, and the Fire withia, ren- dered their Sitaation moft unbappy, molt miferable :— About feven in the Morning the Affait was over, in which they had killed, fome {ay 300, and {cme more, but by the lowelt Compntation, there could not be fewer than zoo who were {lain by the "Sword, by the Fire and Water : The Party took about 20 Prifoners, and retook § Englifh Captives that were amopg them ; the Prifoners, who were moftly fupcrannuat:d, they et go, except five, whom they brought off : —When Rogers paraded his Men, he fourd chat he had Capt. Ogden badly wounded, being Mot thro’ the Bedy, and about 6 Men more {lightly wouaded, and one Stock- bridge Indian killed. Thus hath Mzjor Rogers, with Jittle Lofs on his own Side, almoft wholly cut ¢ff one Tribe, and deflroyed Abundance of Riches, it be- ing extreamly rich for a Place of that Bigne(s; having in it Eaglith Goods, and vafi Quentities of Wampum, and likewife confiderable of Silver and Gold, onc Ranger is fzid to bring off 170 Guineas, and another a Silver Image of ten Pound Weight 5 but the Huarry in which they fet Fire to their Heules, could not give many an Opportenity of bringing off much, The Jevire Treaiment avhich thefe Indians met azith from Rogers and his 'Party, if upn a?y Occafion fuch Ufage can be jufiifiedy furely it might be beve s for thefe St. Franceis Indians, beth in this and former Wars, bawe beeis the feweref]l Scourges to the Frontier Settlements of the MafJachu/ctts and New Hcm,r‘}/lvire\h’mn any other awhat - foever 5 thiy have been guilty’ of more Inbumanities, Blooitbed and Murders, than pephaps any Tribe on the Continint : For Proof of this, avhen our Men entered the Town, they faw 6 or 700 Englifh Scalps aawing in the Wind, upin the Tops of Poles, avhich aere fiuck up on 2heir Foufes and fuch like eminent Places : Wherefore it feems they have mow been punijbed for thiir Cruelty, and that ajuff Providence never defign’d that thele blocd thirfly Heathen fhould go dowon to the Graue in Peace : — But to return : As foon as the Major had got his Men together, he ordered them to load themfelves with Cora, out of thofe referved Stores; and avhile *they were performing this he examined the Prifoners and Captives ; who gave the following Intelligence, "That a Party of 300 French and fome Indiane, were about 4 Miles below them, dowa the River ; and that his Boats were way laid ; and that three Days belore + he attacked the Town, a F-ty had gone up to way- lay him at Wigwam Martineque, expefling, that he would fall upon that Place :—Having received this Intelligencs, Rogers determined to return by Number 1V. as being i the Opiniog of all the beft and fafelt Way : They marched in 3 Bady for about ten Days, ,when Provifions becoming (¢arce they were forced to fsparate near Mamflavaoeg-Laks : And baving divided his Men into {mall Bodies thay determined to aflemble - at Ammanufuk River, a little above Coos : Two Days after they parted, a ilcdy of the Esemy'caine upon one cf cur Parties commanded by Eofign Avery and took 7 of his Mon Prifoness, two of whom made their Efcape that Night, and came to Rogers next Morning ; wherefore Avery with the Remainder of his Party joined the Major, and came with him as far as Coos, where he left his Ivien, and he with Capt. Og- den came dowa upon a {mall Raft to this Place : There came with themn caz Soldier and an Indian Captive : Provifions have been difpatch’d up to theirReliet,which ‘if it arrive feafonably *tis hoped they willall get in, PHTIVADELL PHIA Nov. 15 By Caprain Lyon, from Maderia, we have Advice, that iathe Jate Engagement between Admiral Bofcawen and M. delaClue, in Lagos Bay, when fome of the French Ships were drove athore, and the Englith Commander feat his Boats to tow them cff, they were fired on by the Portagucze Fort; upon which ke im- mediately knocked the Fort about their Ears. From Pittfourgh our ddvices, of the 281k of OZober, are as follows, @iz, “ That every thing gozs on extremely well there ; fine Weather ; plenty of Provifions ; and the Works growing to Admiration, ander the Direllion of the in- defatigable General. Thaton the zythultimo. the T'reaties with the Indians were concluded, to mutual” Satisfadtion of all. Parties concerned : That they have engaged formally to deliver up all the Prifoners ; and one Nation alone gave the General 41 Sticks, being the Number of their Captives ; and they promife, that except thofe that may die, we fhall fee them all.” N E W. Y O R K, November 19. ip the Scarborcugh, of 20 Guns, t¢ arrived here lalt Sunday fennight, from the River St Lawrence.— Wpon her Paflage fhe met with fuch bad Weather that ber Crew were cbliged to cat away her Mizen Matt, acd ihrow part of her Guns averboard, to keep her from finking, they cxpefling fhe would go to the Bottom every Moment.—She came out in company with 40 odd Sail of Tran{ports, bound to Eogland, Fraoce, aud the different Provinges on this continent, with fome of the Sick and Wounded of his Maj:{iy"s Forces on board. Thofe bound to France had French Prifosers on board, Monday lalt bis jefty’s Ship Mercury, of zo Guss, Jooathan Fau'kaer, Eig; Commander, arrived hete from England, having /.140,000 Sterling on board, for the Ufe of his Majeity’s Forces in North- America. The Hoa, james Hamilten, Glg: Gover- nor of Pernfylvania : and Mathaniel Jones, Elq; Chief Juftice of the Province of New Jerfey, came over in the Mercury. Saturday Night laft arrived here His Mzjefly’s Ship Fowey, Capt Toning, from CGuebec, in 23 Days. In her came Paffenger Brigadier (General Monckton, Major Spittal, and feveral other Gentlemen of the Army, who left Quebec the 25th of O&ober, and lle Madame the 30th : With Pleafure we caninform the Publick, that General Monckton is recovered from the Danger of his Wounds. He landed the fame Night, and early Yefterday Morning the Caonon on Fort: George were fired on the Occafion. We hear that 4 Company of the Royal Regitent of Artillery which arrived here latt Weck from Albany, aré Bound immediately to South Carolina, on board the Scarborough and Hunter? N EW.P O R T, November z0. On Friday laft came into this Port for Abjudication, a Piize Sloop, taken by Capt. Sweet, of the Privaieer Diana. At the Time of Csptare, the was under the Coinmand of Peter Dirk, of St. Eaftatia. She failed laf frem Cape Franceis, witha Cargo of Sugdr and Cotton, the Produce of Fifpanioia. A few Wecks paft. the Hunter Sloop of War fell in with a Sloop from Muanto-Chrifto, boned to Stoning- ton, 'and ordared her for New Yok ; after which, fhe yas caft away on the Horle Shoe Shoal, in Mar- tha's Vinyard Scund. Her Hull is entirely loft : but about 40 Hosfheads of Molafizs, a few Barrtls of Su- gar, and fome of hicr Sails and Rigging, were bre’i in- to this Part. Ne¢ms. 163. Foreign an‘_a’ Doineflick. S — - e e —— On Surday Nightaft, Mr. Jofias Briggs, of Tiverton, 3 Gentleman of Fortpzz (who bad a Wife and two Children) hung himfelf on an Appie Trec, about forty Rods from his Houfe. { HALIFAX, in Nowa Setia, O&ob. 27. . Thuefday lalt Captain fabez Ccbb, artived here in a Schoover retaken by his Brother Capt. John Cobb in an arm’d Sloop belonging to this Gavernment, who was out in queft of the French Privateer Schooner which has done fo much Mifchief lately off Canfs, &c. Capt. Cobb informs, that the French quitted the Schooner he broughtin on Sight of his Brother’s Slosp, tocl: totheir Boat, row’d afhere, and made their Efcape into the Woods ; that when the Schooner departed from the Sloop fhe was in fuil chace of the French Pri- vateer, and hope foon to have a good Account of her. Now. g. The Captain of the Ordnance Sloop,who arrived here with the Northumberland and Pembroke, as formerly mention’d, informs, That the Wednelday before he arrived here, he faw a Ship on Shore off Scattérsé, whereupon he bore down to her, and found her to be the Fair American, a Store fhip belonging to the Board of Ordrance, the Mafter’s Name heforgot ; he offer’d them Aflitance, bat they told him that they were in Hopes they thould fave themfelves and Cargo without any further, Aflitance than their own Pccpli's-, as the Vefizl was falt o the Rock but made little or no Water ; they were thea carrying Part of her Cargp on Shore in their Boats, and did fuppofe they wouid fave the greateft Part of it, but queftions whether tke Ship will ever be got cff, E O ST ON, November 26. By feveral veilels which arrived here lalt week, in ahout a fortnight from Quebec, we learn, that all the fhips of war and traniports, employed in the Iate expe- dition, were failed from thence, except a bomb and fire fhip,which were haul’d up and unrigg’d,and fome {mall veflels which were employed in bringing wood for the ufe of the garrifon there, which, 'tis faid, confifts of fix or 7003 men, who were generally in good health, and aimott free from the flexes, which for fome time was brief among them, after the furrender of the city : That they had good provifions in the King’s ftores for twelve months : ~ - That the French inhabitants who had capi- tulated, were put to great difficaitics in procuring the neceflaries of life, and thofe muft neceflarily be more fo, thereabouts, who had not :—That the remains of the French army continued encamped and entrecched about 45 miles from the city ; but as the winter wag approaching, it would be impoflible to continue long ia that firuation :—That four of our people going afhore from on: of the veflels bound here, ’tis {aid to hunt for horfes, were tal-en by a French fcout, but were foon fet at libertg, and bad returned back again :—That a fhip of 400 tons,one of thofe that was ebove the city, daring the fizge, coming down the river, bro’t to, upon fising two or three fhot at her ; and her papers being fearch'd, and the oflicers and men being Spaniards, it appear’d fhe belong'd to that nation, and ’tis aid would be dif- charg’d. *Tis tho’t none of the other vefitls remaining above, which belong to the French,will daie to venture down ; unlefs it be to fubmit for want of neceffaries. We can inform the puablic, that the report of the Ca- nadians attempting to blow up the grand magazine at Quebec, is falfe : on the contrary every thing was well there the 3oth of O¢tober, our troops in good {piris, and heaithy ; and nothing attempted by the enemy (0 recover the place fince its capitalation. Extra& of a Letter from Crown-Pdint, Nov. 12. —+¢ Laft week aparty of the enemy furprized a patty of our men down this lake, who were on fhore getting of Yards, &c, for the French veflels they were endcavouring to weigh, wounded five of them, and one is mifling.—Sixteen of Maj. Rogers's party including three prifoners and one Englifh captive, came in here aboat four days fince ; three more came in this evening, and left two others about five miles off, and the Major is expeted here every hour. — One of Gage's light infantry was execated this day for theft, another for the {ame crime was reprieved.” There are now in this harbogr, and at the {everal wharves in this town, 43 fhips, 16 fnows, 14 brigs, and 150 flocps and Schoaoners, The Géeneral Aftembly is further proragucd vrto Wednefday the fecond Day of January nexi, at Teut o'Clock in the Forencon. Laft wednefday night a fithieg fchooner belonging to Cape Aon ran on Ipfwich bar and was Joft, but thke peaple faved, =~ Another filiing fchooner helonping to the fame place, foander’d at fea, the people foft — A third belonging to the fame place loflt cn the 1fle of Sable, the prople faved. The