Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-25

KQled-One Aid-de-Camp, one Captain'
two Subaterns, one Sergeant, two Corporais,
thirty privates -
Woundcd, since dead-One MAJOR, two
Captains, twenty-five privates
jYouuded-Two Lieut.. Coloncls, one Adj
iutant, one Surgeons Mate, two Captains
three Subalterns, nine Scrjeants, i've Cor
porals, one Musician, one hundred and two
Privates.
Total of killed and wounded-ls8.
Names of Officers killed and 7vounded, as fer
General Rcfurn.
General Sat.
KVcd-Colonel Abraham Owens, ald-de-
camp to the commander in chief.
Field and StaS..
Wounaed-I.ieut. Col. Joseph Bartholo-
news, commanding Indiana militia infantry;
1t. Col. Luke Decker, of do. Maj. Jos. H.
Daviess, since dead, commanding a squadron
of dragons Doct. Edward Soul, OF the In
diana militia Adjutant James Hunter, OF
mounted rifemen.
U. S. Infantry, including the late CAPT. WAa-'
nty's rife contrary.
Wounded-Capt. w. c. Bean, acting ma
Tor, since dead; Lieut. George P. Peters;
Lieut.. George Gooding Ensign Henry
Burchstead.
Colonel Deckcr's detachment cf Indiana mi
lila.
Wounded-Captain Jacob Warrick, since
dead.
Major Rcdman's detachment Of Indiana mi
Wouadcd-Capt. John Norris.
Major IElWs detachment Of mounted Rife
Wounded---Capt. Frederick Geiger.
CAPTAIN Shenca's contrary, Including Lieu
tenant Berry's detachment Of mounted Ri
.femen
KNed-Cqptain Spier Spencer First
Lieutenant Ri hard McMahan Lieutenant
Thomas Berry.
NATHL. F. ADAMS,
Adutant Of the Army.
To His EcceAency
The Commander in Chif
Vincennes, 4h Dec. 1911.
SIR have the honor to inform you that
two principal Chiefs of the K!ckapoos of the
Prairie, arrived here bearing flag on the e.
vening before last They informed me thar
they came in consequence of message from
the Chief Of that part of the Kickapoos which
had joined the Prophet, requiring them to do
SO, snd that the said chief is to be here him
self in day or two The account which they
give of the late confederacy under the Pro-
phet is as follows
" The Prophet with big Shawanoes is at q
small Huron village about twelve miles from
his former residence, on this side the Wa
bash, where also are twelve or fifteen Hurons.
The kickapooos are encamped near the Tip
picanoe. The Potawatilnies have scattered
and gore to different villages OF that tribe.
The Winebagoes had all set out on their re-
turn to their own country excepting one chief
and nine men who remained at their former
village. The latter had attended Tecumseh
in his tour to the southwark, and had only re-
turned to the Prophets town the day before
the action. The Prophet had sent message
to the Kickapoos of the Prairie, to request
that he might be permitted to retire to their
town-this was positively refused, and
warning sent to him no: to come there. He
then sent to request that four Of his men
might attend the Kickapoo chief h-re--this
Was also reiuScQ. ncSc Cnle1S say on the
whole, that all the tribes who lost warriors in
the late action, attribute their misfortune to
the Prophet alone. That they constantly re-
proach him with their misfortunes, & threat
en- him with death-that they are all DESTROYS
of making their peace with the U. States,
and will send deputaiions to me for that pur-
pose, as soon as they are informed that thew
will be well received. The two chiefs further
say, that they were sent by gov Howard & gen.
Clark, sometime before the action to cndeayor
to bring Off the Kickapoos from the Prophets
town-that lhey used their best endeavors to
effect it, but unsuccessfully-tbat the Pro-
phet's followers were fully impressed with
belief, that they could defeat us with ease
that it was their intention to have attacked us
at Fort Harrison if we had gone no higher
that Ricoon creek was then fixed Oh and e.
nally Pine creek. and that the latter would
probably have been the place, if the usual
route had not been abandoned and a crossing
made higher up-that the attack made on cur
centinels at Fort Harrison was intended to