Early in the morning, before sun-rise, the proposed action was brought on, through a mere casual discovery of the Indians (in council), by the late General Robertson, Valentine Seveir (brother to the general of that name), and a third person, who was killed; and the action lasted till the curtain of the night afforded the Indians a safe retreat.

In the early part of the day, Corn Stalk performed his promise, and lay at some little distance back, in the rear, resting on his elbows upon the trunk of an old tree, and viewing the action as a spectator.

When the militia approached, he is reported to have said to the young warriors, "You now behold the birds which you have been looking after: let me see you pluck their

feathers !"

After the action began to be very warm, a young warrior, who had boasted pretty roundly beforehand, began to fly back towards the place where he lay. In the first instance, he upbraided him, and drove him forward to his post; but finding the Whites getting the better, and the same warrior giving way a second time, he shot him, stepped forward himself, encouraged his men, and assumed the command.

From this moment (say those who were in the engagement), the success of the day wore a different feature. He formed his men in three orderly ranks, each succeeding the other; and the front always carried off their dead and wounded, as they retired to the rear to load there, while the centre advanced to replace the front which had last fired.

Thus the conflict continued till dark, and numbers were slaughtered on both sides. The Whites, however, remained all night on the ground; and the Indians made good their retreat, with an address and ability which would have honoured a regular army.

SAVANOOKA,

Known among the Whites by the name of The Raven of Chota. This Indian warrior was by birth a Shawanee; but, by marriage, he belonged to the Cherokees, with whom he

resided: and he was the hereditary representative of the Cherokee empire; but whether as the sister's son of Oconistoto or by marriage, is not recollected by the writer, who was well acquainted with him.

He was a stout, manly, firm, and dignified person; of an open, yet serious deportment, dark complexion, stedfast and comely countenance; and was reputed to be the most powerful man in the Cherokee nation, at all athletic exercises.

He bore the reputation of a great warrior; and was certainly not inferior, in council or oratorical abilities, to any one of his tribe.

Notwithstanding his fame in war, he was naturally disposed to cultivate the enjoyments of peace; and he gave several strong proofs of this disposition in the campaign of 1776, when he commanded the left division of the Cherokees, professing openly his aversion to the conflict, and directing their mischief to objects short of murder, so far as he had power to extend his influence.

In the autumn of that year he came to the frontier garrison of the United States, accompanied by Ninatoogah (or the Bloody Fellow), a noted young warrior of the Cherokees, a Chickasaw called Nahoolah (or the Little Owl), and two or three others, who spent the winter at the fort, and laid the foundation of the next year's treaty. At that treaty, held in July following, at the Long Island of Holstein, he was principal speaker.

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Little more can, now, be said of him, except that a circumstance happened during the treaty which fully evinced his power over the nation, and is somewhat descriptive of their obedience to superiors. While the Corn Tassel (Onitossitah) was speaking on a very interesting branch of the treaty, some of the Indians (who were encamped, to the amount of about four hundred, in the island opposite, which was overlooked from the arbour where the assembly was held) had got so drunk and outrageous in camp, that the women were busily employed in hiding guns, tomahawks, and other weapons; and the whole encampment had become a scene of riot and con

fusion, which disturbed the spectators at the treaty. The speaker on this ceased, for a moment, on which the Raven arose from his seat, and directed two young warriors, who composed a part of the audience, to step over and tie the rioters. They sprang immediately to a canoe, crossed the river, and in a few minutes quieted the camp, as if nothing had happened; and rejoined the audience, who experienced no farther interruption.

It may be remarked that such an affray would have been harder to quell under the boasted regulations of a civilised system; yet these were savages!

List of the Works of the late Colonel Tatham.

1. A Memorial on the Civil and Military Government of the Tenessee Country, published in America.

2. A History of the Western Country, America.— N. B. The facts were furnished by Colonel Todd, of Kentuckie, and the text by Col. Tatham.

3. An Analysis of the State of Virginia. Philadelphia, 1790-1.

4. The Case of Kamfer against Hawkins. Philadelphia,

1794.

5. Plan for insulating the Metropolis, by means of a Navigable Canal. London.

6. Remarks on Inland Canals, the small System of Interior Navigation, and various Uses of the Inclined Plane. London, 1798.

7. The Political Economy of Inland Navigation, Irrigation and Drainage, with Thoughts on the Multiplication of Commercial Resources. London, 1799.

8. Communications concerning the Agriculture and Commerce of the United States of America, being an Auxiliary to a Report made by Wm. Strickland, Esq. London, 1800.

9. The same subject continued, with the addition of a Memorial on the Commerce of Spain. London, 1800.

10. An Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco. London, 1800.

11. Auxiliary Remarks on an Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Oxen for Tillage in Competition with Horses.、 London, 1801.

12. National Irrigation; or the various Methods of watering Meadows. London, 1801.

13. Report on a View of certain Impediments and Obstructions, in the Navigation of the River Thames. London,

1803.

14. Navigation and Conservancy of the River Thames, London, 1803. And,

15. Characters of the American Indians, now published for the first time, in the present volume.

BATH,

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FORMERLY ONE OF THE MEMBERS IN COUNCIL FOR THE VERNMENT OF BENGAL, AND LATE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

FOR APPLEBY.

WHILE detailing the memoirs of the subject of the present

narrative, the writer is well aware that he has undertaken no ordinary task. It is his object to describe a most singular and a highly-gifted man, on whom the public eye has been steadily fixed during a period of nearly half a century. Entering into active life at a period when our youth are still employed in their studies, he soon exhibited rare talents for business. His conduct in India; his deportment afterwards in parliament, in conjunction with Mr. Fox; the numerous and important productions that issued from his pen and, above all, perhaps, the reputation lately assigned to him, as the supposed author of Junius, taken in the aggregate, have ren