The New Hampshire Gazette

KNOXVILLE, (KEN.) Jan. 14.

We are sorry to inform the public, that disturbances of a very serious nature prevail in the Upper Cherokees, occasioned by the murder of three Cherokee Indians, viz. the Red Bird, Will, a lame man, and another whose name we could not learn. These Indians were hunting on the lands assigned them by the United States, and were visited by four white men. The Red Bird received them in the most cordial and friendly manner, offered them a share of his provisions and a shelter in his camp 'till they could build one for themselves, as the whites informed them they were come out for the purpose of hunting: in return for this kindness these barbarians murdered them in cold blood.

Upon the receipt of this news in the nation the Indians burnt the houses of their deceased brethren and flew to arms. Young Watts swore he would take instant satisfaction; but by the interposition and influence of Capt. Richard Sparks, the commandant of the federal troops in this State, who fortunately happened to be at Tellico when the news arrived, and by the aid of some presents, the Cherokees were for that time pacified, and they declare that they will wait patiently and see if the federal government will afford them any relief.

In our next we hope to give a more circumstantial account of this transaction, together with the names of the perpetrators, which is likely once more to involve the frontiers in the horrors of an Indian war. We could not learn the exact time the murder was committed.