The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register

LITCHFIELD.

By a gentleman directly from the Ohio country we learn, that the emigration into those parts is very rapid, and from its present population, bids fair to rival with the most fertile and flourishing settlements—that the excellency of soil and salubrity of the air, is particularly inviting—and that the present conduct of the Indians is portentous of lasting harmony. Our informant is an officer in the corps of this state, stationed at Fort Franklin, near the mouth of French creek, 50 miles above Fort Pitt;—who further to demonstrate the pacific disposition of the Indians, mentions the following circumstance, that in the month of January last a number of boats were dispatched with flour, &c. from the commissary at the last, to the garrison first mentioned; immediately after their departure they were ice bound and could not possibly pursue their route; and as the troops were in the utmost distress for bread, no way of affording them relief was practicable than through the medium of the Indians; in this dilemma the Head Warriors were applied to for assistance, who directly ordered a sufficient number of their young men to assist in conveying provisions from the boats to Fort Franklin; a cheerful acquiescence, and unremitted exertions, soon relieved the garrison, as the Indians brought upwards of 2000 lb. of flour into the fort on their backs.