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m CAMDEN i \ GAZETTE . WD MEltl i.\ 7 JLE JWVERTISER. \ ou V.I ^ CAMDEN (8. C.) THURSDAY, JULY SO, t620. THE PIBLIC WILL QUR<GUID&? TUB PUBLIC GOOD OUR ?AD Miscellaneous. MISSOURI. . ^ - Extract from a series of Notes >ou the Missouri ilivpr anil some of the native tr|bcs, by a gentleman attached to the Yteltow^tone Expedition in i81Sh- pubiishe^pip the Petersburg lutelligcucer. The Pawnees *!?? now at w^r with (lie. 08?ae8# Kanses, Sicflx, i*nd Spaniards; their \vftr excursions are very frequently carried into lbs settlements of the lajtter, from wherwB they procnre a great nu^er df finb horses ; I lu\y ' li ke w ise ohiai u horses from the uatiohs^lputh of theio, ' for their blankets*, guns, &c.' liieir horses ijiey sell again to the nations on tl*e Missouri, for double or treble the quantity ; tlVey appear to^preler ob tain ih^. European goods, by this spe cies of traffic, I o>ht luting (or beqvcr*. and oilier valuable fnifo; and their trade rs of very Utile importance to the whites, ^ ^ Their war paWie* last summer, brought them iiv nearly 400 hordes "jprwiiially stolett from tins Spanisji settlements. JfyrtncvJy they held the Spaniards in great rpspect, ?t tbef put large dctachi^nle of troops *Mr country. fcince 18(30,, however, (lie Spaniards have 1nol <lone so, restrained ptobably 'by the consideration that the territory be longs to the United S talis, and be ing debarred from the only effectual mews df checking Indian depreda* iWfc their the same nufortunate situation (hat ourd were in the borders of .tflorida.. ? - 'The agriculture of the Pawpees, is aboutthe same as the Kanses, and? "tfiftfcwtej jMjke , theqft jjtojfclj reside in their villages, dfMfl intervals of planting ami g|j Kir com; ?u M8|omrtt on , , -have but little intercourse whites. ?of >neir principal men 9M uie inter ftrtter,- ? -What (Jo .we ^^f fer the people had an existence? Have we not (Benty of bnffaloroeat, jtod corn, pt only for Wrnl?fe iwT to give Sr friends, when ,th$ ; and what Pawnee is so poor, that he cannot, if he Choose, give his guests a horse to ride home? Who is there in the world, that dflp not k^aw of the bravery, anduum bers of the great Pawnee nation ^Notwithstanding, however, the good onlojpn they have of themselves, tlfcy are believed to be less warlike I than their neighbors, owing to the comparative cage; with which they'1 live, subsisting entirely on buffalo* "Which* they find si near them. The SHfaace of the huffalo, besides behig ess lahoruHM than that of the elk or 4eer, does net require the use of fire arms, with Which the Pawnees are Dot expert. Tk ir language is more ? Mural than that of tlie Kaoscs and sages, and approaches nearer tfi the Sioox ; their figures are tall an^ elim ; they have remarkably Mp| cheek bones, and a certain wildn^ss of look, that is peculiar to tbem. ? Their government, like that of the Ottoes, is aa hereditary aristocracy ; the power and authority of which is very much dependent upon the in dividual character of the principal chieftain. They are not so cleanly, or, rather they are mqfo Althft 3n their persons, lodges and^ cooking,, Ctmn tl?e other tribes. There is a custom^ ajaoog these lndiaps,' oi swearing ^iey will not survive the death of a cert?iii_ friend or friends, that frequently leads them io despe rate deeds. . About two years since a trade?, 'descending the Arkansaw with some packs^of beaver,' and about thirty men, was attacked by a party of three hundred Pawnees. ? jnade a breastwork of their packs of beaver, and finally succeed ed in beating oflT the Indians, killing J5ve -or six of thein.: After the In \ Jjaus had despaired of success, and were about giving up the attack, two" Indians,* who had lost their friends, /made a furipus charge by themselves, they were1 both cut to pieces, tb<? tneniory of these men is* universally cherished? they are cele brated in all thpir war songs. The Pawnees find t)iat formidable -onimalf -|lie white op grizly bpar, in their hunting e?cur$ionk towards the | liead of La Plata Riven On the Missotiii, it is seldom seen below; [ great he ml^ and found most frequently on t]ie Yell Stone, a ltd its branches? and at the three forks ^ the Missouri. This beabwiU ci&il Usually nltack a nifto, if i very near. Indiana co| great to Whenjkey a completely c J aift^. dairt fo lj)ove ipitc .niDb rmli mM ' > Q s a. l.trai>; on t Jfljtg l the** be n these animals lias been exag ger?tcd, but is very remark ab^ j as many as. thirteen balls have. into ; Jbtro, vritboot killing ti ?>t there are also instances of ?1 JKertrp to l,keto. The cpi m'jBS. I hi r?ii hinv^ ; they atjaefc ami W up to theijr haunts, they do not Jvish fierce, ardent aeon egfcaust ?H: Ibey we their streni hunted bv bear, b?r to put hw hoj* till ; he leads him ropnd a circle, to wards his tjjmpnaiope, one efwtoF 'jnitthe ?ibl pweuit^ joirt^^flie new:, he i* agolrj^led. again induced to pi)?We? fresh liors? ; the bear pursues until lie 1*c?mes comlint, and may be approached ?i?d j shut by putting the mnple of the gun to his ear. Nothing can be ?Bore animating, it is said, than this hunt : there is DP ll*ftger of the bear i *ir? jSKpyVo m Lgiidbn JRahcr*. )%?** ^?WK1 'JfKMALK 8KX. > > The progress of gallantry is a nemrn" r subject not unworthy of a brief re-< trospect. It should appear that (lie Turks had produced some impres sion, as well by their , opinions as their arms, in Euro|>e; for St. Foix quotes Gregory lot Tours, to prove that, at the Council of Macon, the question " whether women were or were not liumau beings," .was hotly disputed; and, after much divisioft ot sentiment, it wiis at last solemnly decreed, that 'women constitute a part of the human race.' ? HolcrafCs travels in Holland, , France, etc. ia Women nqt allowed to get drunk. ?Catherine Alexowirii, Empress of Hussia,- promoted assemblies of men and women* aa the tne^ns to polish the manners qf her subjects ; and hi older to preserve decency in such assemblies, *lre published a body of regulations, of which the following are a? specimen ; Ladies who play at ferleituresy questions and ?om- , mands, shall fiat Ujjpwsy or riotous. No gentleman musn attempt tp force a kjaq mjr strike m wqp?Ah, ill tlie assembly, linger ,pa}n of exclusion. I Ladies a^e not U> get drunkppQtfuny pretext whatever, no^entlemeji be fore uinev? iorrf jjfafmea Jiistorj/ nf] <*. ^ ?>V<' " Women were not, allowed to be present at the Olympic games, ?re clan Ladies were very reserypd ? seldom appeared in publicrr-had ?watt nnar4?4 - ? ife wl? Rom (be high veneration Jeia hail government, wftek* (lit brother, Sciacnety $c. th? At Degradation bf the ninny cenjurips 8#>, n li in EngtaiH), prphibitinj Testament, in English, to be read by women, * apprentices, journey - roeu, or serving meu. Women, by the laws of Himlos tan, ft ooi admitted to be witnesses, even in qivil causes ; and I blushed to acknowledge, that iu Scotland^ the same law has not long been in disuse,? 't^ord ICaines History o?. Man, . . Woman Gossips. ? Among the many ordinances promulgated at Si. Helena, in 1709, we find the follow ing:^- Whereas several idle, gos siping women,4 make it theit busi ness to go from -house to house, abou t the - ' island, - inventing and spreading false and scandalous ref ports of the good .people thereof, and thereby sow discord and debase among neigUbgt's, ami often between men and their wives, to the great grief and trouble of all good and q? liet people, and to the uttex ex tinguishing of f^U friendship, aipity, <nd good ; neighborhood : fpr (lie puni^inejit and suppression where of, ami to the intent jthat all sliife I may ho ended, charity revived, (lie | ' friendship continued ? we do older that, if any woman, from hencefor ward, ahall lie convicted .of tale bearing, mischief making, .scolding," drunkness, or any oilier notorious vices, that they shall be pupished by ducking, or- w hipping, or such j other punishment as tiieir crimes or transgressions shall deserve, or, ap . the Governor and -Council frwihi' ?<> v : -31 ^ } -1 m t&c JPeimwrt Gajcite. . , ^ JUU&F VI RW. rOUR OWN UUS1NESS. j n -homely injunction, but, ly other coipmqrn place ex pressions, is worthy of some atten tion. To be beset by a gang of me (Idlers, who make ft their business : to attend more to the a flairs of others' tlmn their own concerns, w extpeuie ly annoying, ami is a situation jn few perhaps, have not, aj one r other, been placed. ?re. are a certain ckjs of peo? | pic! \?l*? are extremely vigilant in j4h.eir endefcWs to pry into lite secrets, aud t lie < various concerns of their neighbors, with whom they hfjytS no kiml of inte^st or connection; .ami ft obtain a knowledge of Incident, wjth which thefr'.. manner of concern, they ' the theme of their gen .?t while their own bursi it'i should claim their pattfe ionstant attention, and tvhile of information apd instruc ?"llMt entirely neglected, or management ofolheta.? - i Li if they considered that Of -; others claimed their fncipal attention, while ?flairs wag ji concern of no secondary importance. 1 , persons Who would take V round, gefcg- owe lown (toother, enquiring ind that on , what was on : and ; when they had "col' ' - suflfeieotHlget, they would i compitrfy around (hem, awl, .. ^ Jegtee of ynst s4TiA)po?tftnce, tell what it was likely wfald take , place. Of they would go from placel to place, whete they were acquaint- 1 edujand immediately upon entering the door, commence a conversation upon t!4s ' one, and that one, of their acquaintance. This one had done, or meaid to do tlds, or that one had or meant to do thM* But if. they should be asked how they >knew it, or in what way the matter effected or intoUltlW. them, or what they bad to do wHh it ; why, It conld only be anfcwercd, it WM ? n matter of common report, and a suitable subject for conversation. II is for such persons that the , adage r designed, and they should bear i niiind, whenever it is/ addressed " them, Uiat they are considered in) dent intruding meddlers, and pel the reproof to operate as a salt caution for the future. > Persons w are in Uje habit of troubling the pelves with, ojf indulging lii st~ dons and Conjectures abouv the ! ness of others, and making it theme of discoutfe ; Who hackiti vilify, or even if they iQtnfere w tlipir concerns, when their atteoti is not necessarily called to the s? ject, may very properly be ' toljl ;?* Mini their own burittessiP . j These meddlers are very t some, Jrluome kind of peopi* vv hen W# are m company yritKs of them, we arc in constant appi hensjep tfiat they ate endfeavori 1 og t?' coliec^ometbing to roake~the subject of cWFCraatfon, in the next compa-? nj Ipey meet, and that we are to bet the theme. Every word most iM exactly in place, and every must be mea?nred;if6ne is ? (dace, or the cKier a little too or too shojrt, w e shall be suro set dpwn as careless or auk' and then <ucli a laugh as the i tion of an expression, or the/?c mmut of a mis-step 'may give rise by musi he v?ry mortifying, if We know of it. \Wbtt I hear a person talking of the slips Of Another, or how perhaps ' * ?ye quizzed them ejHttUg " "V?? JB' quarrel ? of which he, has no knowledge ; ( wUe# I hear ? person 1 speculations of wb#t is ~ 1,1 place emeng k?>H>e of 1.^ with which circumstance ? cot^cum, ,1 would say, better, w in jr/rteud, " nrin ' business A bueygajfL oning, guessing iQufviduetyj others most disagreeable ; 1 ^ ,o ^By Viiyn of juiutfy.l t: retted, will lie tol ?? Ho?j?n >q CaMep, : ^MjTg,SftWt?PW) ^vlfentb, within the 1< $$$ ., One thousand *ci fifune more of lets, iy\ Jl ivei\ bounded on Um f matjc ol'leas* $SIf jWtp&or , the upper part of thia north by Jatwiu belong BoUih ,fcy lands ^tt'a'PLffSLS ningham, hpu chhi oy injuis owwn Jeremiah Smith, levied tte prepi of (ieorge Ciardncf, at tfksttftof 'D? H ^1L- NT i? &At*diK' ;^T>n the fepond (Ja? of a^o, atfbe ho of Jeremmn Smit*, Sn^fteave- Cw >>ubdrf inlttWof r?m^hoW and Kkd furniture, one set of ntetkjRitrith tool* bars ^KjSwetdiih Iron, flouglr ^Mqii I Hoe*, and sundry other pjanjatipn lb one Shot Gun, ope Side Saddle, JWU B ^ dinfj *nd Bestead, BfWn, f orn Fodder, one Mare W'lWf && Jfl Uewa amPCalve*, t>vo yeinrltag* tW head of Ho** anjl efoi>t all levied On aa the proptrty of Smith, at the ai>pq?t? arnts of 1 ?*, Patterson bt Co. and ?thert. Condition of **ic r?*h/ purchase** payfcr bherMTa Titltf. : M. C. Y\ itginv 8, K. 0 I - ' fult 19. ? ? : ifc.L^ j