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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
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Northwestern Indians, goaded by British chieftains Dickson and Norton, threaten U.S. frontiers from Ontario to Lake Superior. Troops and officers are moving to threatened points amid regrets over reduced rifle corps. Calls for vigorous prosecution of the Indian war to force peace, noting England's European distractions.
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Goaded by the British chieftains, Dickson, Norton, and others, threaten to disturb our frontiers. They have not buried the hatchet, nor will they, until Miller and Brown drub them into civility.—From the Ontario to Lake Superior the savages are hostile. Troops are moving toward the points threatened; and some choice officers are just ordered from Atlantic posts to the interior. We cannot but regret, under these circumstances, that our rifle corps, so well adapted to warfare in the woods, should have been reduced to one regiment.—Protection to the inhabitants is the first duty of a government and certain we are, that the people would rather keep a whole army in pay than hear of one massacre. The chiefs above named, are of Scottish birth, they unite to minds opened by education, a strange affinity for savage life and manners. Dickson, led the band who captured Michillimackinac before its commander was apprised of the war. Norton is well known on the Niagara frontier. as a sort of missionary, and murderer. He translated St. John's Gospel, we are told, into one of the Indian dialects, taking up the tomahawk on condition perhaps, that the Indians should turn christians—of his church. Motives of interest confirm these partizans in their enmity to the United States. And we cannot but hope that our government will prosecute the Indian war with a vigor, promptness and perseverance that shall make the savages beg for peace.—This moment is favorable to our views : England having so much business on hand in Europe, cannot do more than give orders to her "trusty and well beloved" Norton in America.
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Goaded by the British chieftains, Dickson, Norton, and others, threaten to disturb our frontiers. They have not buried the hatchet, nor will they, until Miller and Brown drub them into civility. From the Ontario to Lake Superior the savages are hostile. Troops are moving toward the points threatened; and some choice officers are just ordered from Atlantic posts to the interior. We cannot but regret, under these circumstances, that our rifle corps, so well adapted to warfare in the woods, should have been reduced to one regiment. Protection to the inhabitants is the first duty of a government and certain we are, that the people would rather keep a whole army in pay than hear of one massacre. The chiefs above named, are of Scottish birth, they unite to minds opened by education, a strange affinity for savage life and manners. Dickson, led the band who captured Michillimackinac before its commander was apprised of the war. Norton is well known on the Niagara frontier. as a sort of missionary, and murderer. He translated St. John's Gospel, we are told, into one of the Indian dialects, taking up the tomahawk on condition perhaps, that the Indians should turn christians—of his church. Motives of interest confirm these partizans in their enmity to the United States. And we cannot but hope that our government will prosecute the Indian war with a vigor, promptness and perseverance that shall make the savages beg for peace. This moment is favorable to our views : England having so much business on hand in Europe, cannot do more than give orders to her "trusty and well beloved" Norton in America.