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ly happens, that people get bewildered in this coun-try, and sometimes lost, especially in cloudy wea-ther. If they go but one mile in the woods, such isthe sameness of soil, timber, &;c. with no mountains,and few streams to guide them, they frequently takethe opposite direction from the settlement, and getinto difficulty. We have lately heard of the arrival of a numberof Creek and cherokee Indians, in the neighbour-hood of the Indian council; we fear, with views notfriendly to a peaceable accommodation of matterswith the western Indians. We have heard, hostili-ties between them and the whites, have been renew-ed to the southward. Great is the opposition, atpresent, in the earth, to the peaceable kingdom of Christ, our Redeemer. Under a sense of which, myspirit bows with intercession, that Israel may abidein their tents, where they will be covered, as underthe hollow of his divine hand, until his indignationpass over. 18th. I had an interview with Capt. George Wel-bank, who appeared an intelligent, cool, dispassion-ate man. He came with a detachment of Cherokeeand Creek Indians, from their towns in the southernterritory, he says, more than a thousand miles from hence in a straight line; and that they were ninetydays on their journey. His principal business ap-peared to be with Col. England, who immediatelygave orders for the sloop Felicity to sail, with Capt.Welbank on board, to Fort Erie, on the way to Gov. Simcoe. Large rolls of intelligence were despatchedby him, containing, as we supposed, matters of im-portance. Shortly before, Col. England assured ourfriends, the Felicity was detained in the harbor on