VANpALIA, April 9.
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1he hndians.-Wc have been able 10 obtain very little information relative to the invasion Of the Sac and Fox in- dians at the North, on which we can rely. The only authentic document We have seen, is the letter of Gen. At klnson to Gov. Reynolds, published in to-day's paper. Gen. A makes no esti, mate of the numbers and strength ofthe Indians; yet says the force under his command, (slx companies of regulars } lis not sufficient to justify an attack. and calls on the Governor to adopt his own measures in defence of the State.

 Rumors of an aggravated character. as to the force and carriage of the In, dians, are circulating very freely, well calculated to agitate the community. yet at the same time very imperfect guides to correct notion of the real state ofthings at the scene of action.- ihe red men arc said to be numerous. well armed and accoutered for war. and to manifest a greater determination than evert maintain their ground, and de- lend their ancient homes. and the graves of their fathers from the white mans rude tonch.' Black Hawk is magni- he'd into second Tecumseh--made to say he has built his sscouncii fires, among countless tribes far on towards the setting sun, and reused the native indian of "Lion heart and eagle eye.'' to keep up his march on the sswar path.'' and meet the "pale faces" at their doors: all which we hope will turn out to mean nothing more than that he wants more corn; though we have some appreher,- sion that our expectation is not well grounded.

 Some of our citizens who know more ofindian artifices, and Indian wars than we do, confidently assert their belief that the time for Black Hawk and his band to make desperate struggle has come-that it is perfectly consonantl