and one of his great-grandmothers, Au-comp-pa-hangsug-ga-muck," (as nearly as we are able to decipher it,) was a Great Queen, and lived at Moheage."

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The son of Uncas, (mentioned in the text,) was Oweneco. Several of his other descendants who inherited the Sachemdom were named Ben Uncas,-one of them Major Ben. The last of the Sachems (also mentioned in the text,) was Isaiah,-a grandson of Oweneco or Oneco. (He was a pupil in Dr. Wheelock's Charity School," a fat fellow, of dull intellectual parts."Mass. His. Coll.)

The document before us gives an account of the cession of the Pequot Country from Uncas by deed, dated Sept. 28, 1740. The following remarkable passage ought not to be omitted, as it adds new confirmation to the estimate of the Sachem's character which the author has given in the text.

"Afterwards sufficient planting ground was provided for him, being friendly to the English, though only to serve his own purposes,'

NO. II

Correspondence between General WAYNE and Major CAMPBELL.

SIR,

(1)

MIAMIS RIVER, Aug. 21, 1794,

An army of the United States of America, said to be under your command, having taken post on the banks of the Miamis, for upwards of the last twenty-four hours, almost within the reach of the guns of this fort, being a post belonging to His Majesty the King of Great Britain, occupied by His Majesty's troops, and which I have the honor to command, it becomes me to inform myself, as speedily as possible, in what light I am to view your making such near approaches to this garrison.

I have no hesitation on my part to say that I know of no war existing between Great Britain and America I have the honor to be, &c.

WILLIAM CAMPBELL,

Major 24th Reg't. commanding a British post on the banks of the Miamis.

To Major General Wayne, &c. &c.

SIR,

(11)

CAMP ON THE BANKS OF THE MIAMIS,

21st August, 1794.

I have received your letter of this date, requiring from me the motives which have moved the army under my command to the position they at present occupy, far with. in the acknowledged jurisdiction of the United States of

America.

Without questioning the authority, or the propriety, sir, of your interrogatory, I think I may, without breach of decorum, observe to you, that were you intitled to an answer, the most full and satisfactory one was announc. ed to you from the muzzles of my small arms yesterday morning in the action against hordes of savages in the vicinity of your post, which terminated gloriously to the American arms. But had it continued until the Indians, &c. were driven under the influence of the post and guns you mention, they would not have much impeded the progress of the victorious army under my command; as no such post was established at the commencement of the present war between the Indians and the United States.

I have the honor to be, sir, &c.

(Signed)

ANTHONY WAYNE, Major General and Commander in Chief of the Federal army.

To Major Wm. Campbell, &c.

(III)

FORT MIAMIS, Aug. 22, 1791.

SIR,

Although your letter of yesterday's date fully authori zes me to any act of hostility against the army of the

United States of America in this neighborhood under your command, yet, still anxious to prevent that dreadful decision, which perhaps is not intended to be appealed to by either of our countries, I have forborne for these two days past to resent those insults which you have offered to the British flag flying at this fort, by approaching it within pistol-shot of my works, not only singly, but in numbers, with arms in their hands.

Neither is it my wish to wage war with individuals. But should you after this continue to approach my post in the threatening manner you are at this moment doing, my indispensable duty to my King and Country, and the honor of my profession, will oblige me to have recourse to those measures which thousands of either nation may hereafter have cause to regret, and which I solemnly appeal to God I have used my utmost endeavors to ar

rest.

I have the honor to be, sir, &c.

(Signed) To Major General Wayne, &c.

WM. CAMPBELL.

[No other notice was taken of this letter than what is expressed in the following letter. The fort and works were however reconnoitered in every direction, at some points possibly within pistol-shot. It was found to be a regular, strong work, the front covered by a wide river, with four guns mounted in that face. The rear, which was the most susceptible of approach, had two regular bastions furnished with eight pieces of artillery, the whole surrounded with a wide deep ditch. From the bottom of the ditch to the top of the parapet was about twenty feet perpendicular. The works were also surrounded by an abbatis, and furnished with a strong garrison.]

SIR,

(IV)

In your letter of the 21st inst. you declare, "I have no hesitation on my part to say that I know of no war existing between Great Britain and America."

I, on my part, declare the same; and the only cause I have to entertain a contrary idea at present is, the hos tile act you are now in commission of,—that is, recently

taking post far within the well-known and acknowledged limits of the United States, and erecting a fortification in the heart of the settlements of the Indian tribes now at war with the United States.

This, sir, appears to be an act of the highest aggression, and destructive to the peace and interest of the Union. Hence, it becomes my duty to desire, and I do hereby desire and demand, in the name of the President of the United States, that you immediately desist from any further act of hostility or aggression, by forbearing to fortify, and by withdrawing the troops, artillery, and stores under your orders and direction, forthwith, and removing to the nearest post occupied by His Britannic Majesty's troops at the peace of 1783-and which you will be permitted to do unmolested by the troops under my command.

I am, with very great respect, &c. (Signed)

ANTHONY WAYNE.

To Major William Campbell, &c.

(v)

SIR,

FORT MIAMIS, 22d Aug. 1794.

I have this moment the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of this date. In answer to which I have only to say, that being placed here in the command of a British post, and acting in a military capacity only, I cannot enter into any discussion either on the right or impropriety of my occupying my present position. Those are matters that I conceive will be best left to the ambassadors of our different nations.

Having said this much, permit me to inform you, that I certainly will not abandon this post at the summons of any power whatever, until I receive orders from those I have the honour to serve under, or the fortune of war should oblige me.

I must still adhere, sir, to the purport of my letter this morning, to desire that your army, or individuals belonging to it, will not approach within reach of my cannon without expecting the consequences attending it.

Although I have said in the former part of my letter that my situation here is totally military, yet let me add, sir, that I am much deceived if His Majesty the King

of Great Britain had not a post on this river at and prior to the period you mention.

I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed)

WM. CAMPBELL. Major of the 24th Regiment, commanding at Fort Miamis.

To Major General Wayne, &c.

[The only notice taken of this letter was in immediately setting fire to and destroying every thing within view of the fort, and even under the muzzles of the guns.] Boston Chronicle, October 13, 1774.

NO. III.

CORN-PLANTER's Letter to the Governor of Pennsyl vania, dated “ Alleghany river, 2d mo. 2d, 1822," and probably written by his interpreter. From Buchanan's Sketches.

"I feel it my duty to send a speech to the governor of Pennsylvania at this time, and inform him the place where I was from-which was Conewaugus, on the Genesee river.

"When I was a child, I played with the butterfly, the grasshopper and the frogs. As I grew up, I began to pay some attention and play with the Indian boys in the neighborhood, and they took notice of my skin being a different color from theirs, and spoke about it. I enquired of my mother the cause, and she told me that my father was a residenter in Albany. I eat still my victals out of a bark dish-I grew up to be a young man, and married me a wife, but 1 had no kettle or gun. then knew where my father lived, and went to see him, and found he was a white man, and spoke the English language. He gave me victuals while I was at his house, but when I started to return home, he gave me no provision to eat on the way. He gave me neither kettle nor gun, neither did he tell me that the United States were about to rebel against the government of England.

"I will now tell you, brothers, who are in session of the legislature of Pennsylvania, that the Great Spirit has