States was fixed, succeeded to his former hopes. The British army being encamped about three miles from the fort, a descent was daily projected. Here Mr. Jones could not but recognise the spot on which rested all his joys. He figured to his mind the dread which his hostile approach must raise in the breast of her; whom of all others, he thought it his highest interest to protect. In spite of arrest and commands to the contrary: he found means secretly to convey a letter, entreating her not to leave the town with the family, assuring her that as sson as the fort should surrender, he would convey her to an asylum where they might peaceably consummmate the nuptial ceremony. Far from discrediting the sincerity of him who could not deceive her, she heroically refused to follow the flying villagers. The remonstrances of a father, or the tearful entreaties of a mother and numerous friends, could not avail! It was enough that her lover was her friend. She considered herself protected by the love and voluntary assurances of her youthful hero. With the society of a servant maid she impatiently waited the desired conveyancc. Mr. Jones, finding the difficulty into which he was brought, at length, for want of better convoy, hired a party of twelve Indians to cary a letter to Miss M'Kray, with his own horse, for the purpose of carring her to the place appointed. They set off, fired with the anticipation of their promised premium, which was to consist of a quantity of spirits, on condition that they brought her off in safety, which to an Indian was the most cogent stimulous the young lover could have named. Having arrived in view of her window, they sagaciously held up the letter, to prevent the fears and apprehensions which a savage knows he must excite in the sight of tenderLess and sensibility. Her faith and expectations enabled her to divine the business of these ferocious missionaries, while her frightened maid uttered nought but shrieks and cries. They arrived, and by their signs, convinced her from whom they had their in structions. If a doubt could remain, it was removed by the letter; it was from her lover. A lock of his hair, which it contained, presented his manly figure to her gloomy fancy. Here, reader, guess what must have been her ecstacy. She indeed resolved to brave even the most horrid aspect which might appear between her and him, whom she considered already hers, without a sigh. She did not for a moment hesitate to follow the wishes of her lover; and took her journey with these bloody messengers, expecting very soon to be shielded in the arms of legitimate affection. A short distance only then seemed to separate two of the happiest of mortals. Alas! how soon are the most brilliant pictures of felicity defaced by the burning hand of affliction and wo! How swiftly are the halcyon dreams which lull the supine indolence of thought, succeeded by the real pangs which are inflicted by a punishing Providence, or a persecuting foe! A Having risen the hill, at about equal distance from the camp and her former home, a second party of Indians, having heard of the captivating offer made by Mr. Jones, determined to avail themselves of the opportunity. The reward was the great object. clashing of real and assumed rights was soon followed by a furious and bloody engagement, in which several were killed on each side. The commander of the first party, perceiving that nought but the lady's death could appease the fury of either, with a tomahawk deliberately knocked her from her horse, mangled her scalp from her beautiful temples, which he exultingly bore as a trophy of zeal to the expectant and anxious lover!! Here, O disappointment, was thy sting! It was with the utmost difficulty that Mr. Jones could be kept from total delirium. His horror and indignation could not be appeased; his remorse for having risked his most valuable treasure in the hands of savages, drove him almost to madness. When the particulars of this melancholy event reach i ed Gen. Burgoyne, he ordered the survivors of both these parties to immediate execution. Many persons suppose that the idea that the American Indians are descended from the ancient Jews, is a novel one. This is not the fact. Many writers have suggested this opinion. Among others, James Adair, Esq.' who had resided among the North American Indians forty years, and paid particular attention to their language, laws, cnstoms, manners, dress ceremonies, &c., and whose account of them was published in London in 1775, seems to have been fully convinced of the fact himself; and if his arguments do not convince others, they will at least stagger their incredulity. The following extraet from the contents of his work will show the course he takes to establish his opinion. "Observations and Arguments in proof of the American Indians being descended from the Jews. 1. Their division into tribes. 2. Their worship of Jehovah. 3. Their notion of a theocracy. 4. Their belief in the ministration of angels. 6. Their manner of counting time. 7. Their prophets and high priests. 8. Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites. 10. Their ablutions and anointings. 11. Their laws of uncleanness. 12. Their abstinence from unclean things. 13. Their marriages, divorces, and punishment of adultery. 14. Their several punishments. 15. Their cities of refuge. 16. Their purifications and ceremonies to war. 17. Their ornaments. 18. Their manner of curing the sick. 20. Their mourning for their dead. preparatory 21. Their raising seed to a departed brother. 22. Their choice of name adapted to their circumstances and the times. 23. Their own traditions, the accounts of our En glish writers, and the testimonies which the Spanish and other authors have given concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico." Under each of these heads the author gives us such facts as a forty years residence among them, at a time when their manners, customs, &c. had not been greatly corrupted or changed by intercourse with Euro-. peans, had enabled him to collect; and he assures us they are "neither disfigured by fable nor prejudice." The rest of his work is taken up with accounts of the different nations among whom he had been, with occasional reflections on their laws, &c. The following list of names of the various Indian nations in North America, in 1794, with the number of their fighting men was obtained by a gentleman, Mr Benjamin Hawkins, employed in a treaty then made with them. The Choctaws or Flat Heads, 4500; Natches, 150; Chicksasaws, 750; Cherokees, 2500; Catabas, 150; Piantas, a wandering tribe, 800; Kisquororas, 600; . Hankashaws, 250; Oughtenons, 400; Kikapous, 505; Delawares, 300; Shawanese, 300; Miamies, 800: Upper Creeks, Middle Creeks and Lower Creeks, 4000; Cowitas, 7000; Alabamas, 600; Akinsaws, 200; Ansaus, 1000; Padomas, 600; white and freckeled Pianis, 4000; Causes, 1600; Osages, 600; Grand Saux, 1000; Missouri, 3000; Sanx nf the wood, 1800; Biances, or white Indians with beard, 1500; Asinbols, 1500; Christian Cauzes, 3000; Ouiscousas, 500; Mascotins, 500; Lakes, 400; Muherouakes, 230; Folle Avoines or Wildoats, 350; Puans, 700; Powatamig, 550; Missagues, wandering tribe, 2000; Otabas, 900; Chiewas, 5000; Wiandots, 300; Six Nations, 1500; Round Heads, 3500; Algoquius, 2000; Nepisians, 400; Chalsas, 130; Amitestes, 550; Muckniacks, 700: Abinaguis, 350; Consway Hurins, 200. Total, 58,780. CHAP. VII. WASHINGTON'S EXPEDITION, AND DEFEAT OF GEN. BRADDOCK BY THE INDIANS: In 1753 the French and Indians began to make inroads on our western frontiers along the Ohio. Governor Dwiniddie, of Virginia, was very desirous to get a letter of remonstrance to their commander in chief. He had applied to several young gentlemen of his acquaintance, but they were all so deficient in courage that they could not be prevailed on, for love or money, to venture out among the savages. Our beloved WASHINGTON happening to hear of it, instantly waited on his excellency, and offered his services, but not without being terribly afraid lest his want of a beard should go against him. However, the governor was so charmed with his modesty and manly air, that he never asked him a syllable about his age, but after thanking him for his offer, calling him "a noble youth and insisting on his taking a glass of wine with him, slipped a commission into his hand. The next day he set out on his expedition, which was, from start to pole, as disagreeable and dangerous as any thing Herclues himself could have wished. Soaking rains, chilling blasts, roaring floods, pathless woods, and mountains clad in snows, opposed his course, but opposed in vain. The glorious ambition to serve his country imparted an animination to his nerves, which rendered him superior to all dificulties! Returning homeward, he was way-laid and shot at by a French Indian, and though the copper-coloured ruffian was not 15 steps distant when he fired at him yet not even so much as the smell of lead passed on the clothes of our young hero. On his return to Virginia, it was found that he had executed his negociations, both with the French and Indians, with such |