{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
Iiar in Itrica.--Sanguinary and bloody
contests often occur amons the hostile tribes
OF Africa, waged frequently from no other
motive than to make Captives, which the
victorious party sell to the slaye traders on
the coast We find it stated in the Sierra
Leone Gazette Of the 25th June, that an en-
gagement had taken place between con-
siderable force of the Sher5ro BUitons and
strong party OF RuSSsos, who had entrench-
cd themselves on an Island on the Deong
River called Peypurra, near small town OF
the same name. 1t appears that the oher-
bro Chiefs, with the Caulkers at their head,
have been long time mastering their fore
es for this attack, while the hRSSoos nave
latterly contented themselves III terrifying
their post at Peypurra, with tue deter
mnation Of making stand there daring the
rainy season. The BulioMs, who were
sanguine OF success, were repulsed witt,
great slaughter, having failed in their at
tempts to break through the barricade


while the inhabitants ct a town in their rear


upon whom they depended for assistance
/ turned against them ,and cut off great mum
/ ber Of their patty. Some hundreds of lives


have been lost, and a large sahhty ofpirfim
! for the sfape MARKET haze MaS been o6tained


The former is the natural consequence o


such sanguinary warfare, but the latte


is the primary Cause and grand stimulus t
those ayaricious and designing Chiefs, who
i, by their immediate into auisc with Euro