Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-12-07

ton OF invasion into The Indian country,
al tue head Of a large body Of Kentucky
Volume Ger Mounted Riteinen, has adj
dressed a letter TO Governor Shelby
from Fort Harrison, dated the Goth
OF giving an entertaining account a
his adventures. he begins thus g
" My dear sir The expedition Of
the mounted riflemen has terminated.
The Wabash was recrossed yesterday,
and the whole corps are OF their way 20
BLsseron, where the AdIut4nt General
viii attend, Id order TO have them prop
eriy mustered * discharged--& where
tIeir horses may get forage during their
delay necessa for this object Yes,
sir, the army has returned, without
hardly obtaining the sight OF the enemy
the hero then states, that o. the 4Ih
/ Oct his army crossed the Wabash,
marched three miles, and encampCd
Here he called his officers together, and
informed tn-m ofthe objyc S Of the eX-
petition +" The nearest Kickapoo VIII
lagos were fom!8O to 100 miles distant,
and Peoria not more than 1907 he
officers favoured the enterprise whic
il seems was rather unexpected, ds
wlen 1T Nincennts there were murmcr-
lngs and disLOnltnts indicative ut
wish 70 proc, cd no further; at Bussuron
the discomfort had increased, although
no army was ever better On more amply
supplied with ratiOns and forage !" and
at fort Harrison, where they encamPcd
the lOtn, and were still we'll supplied,
&c found many breaking off and retur-
ming, without applying q him for dis
charge. On me l3lh The march was
resumed, and continued 4 days nearly
north in the prairie till they came 70 al
Indian house. Abont sunset, on the an
day, and for the first lime that day, he
deIed a halt in fine piece Of grass, 10
aid the horses, sc. when [says 'ne)"
was addressed in most rude and dicta
toiiA manner BY Maj Singleton, re- |
outing me Immedia ely 70 resume my (
match, or his battalion would breaS I
from the army and return !" he found !
indeed that the whole army only wanted /.
q pgeteXt tor returning his was fur |
mshtd by the information III The guides J
respecting an Indian vintage Id another \
direction. An almost universal discon
tenn prevailed, and tIey took their course
for the reported village. At sunset they
cnCampld in thin grove f; violent gua.s
oil wind, without any clouds a. ose ; the
Indians had set fire ~ the prairie, which
drove OH them SO turlOusiythat thcywere
Obliged TO ite around tle camp 10 pro-
tect themselves" The General now
finds the army determined 70 return; h /
exposiulates with the officers 10 prevent
it Offering That If 500 volunteers
would turn out, he would pat himself AZ
their head, and proceed IN quest Of tile
towns, and The balance OF the army
might retreat under the conduct VI their
officers in safety to fort Harrison bu
IN less than one hour the report was
made almost unanimously to return
| he General then requested permits
IN to direct their course for that day
only, pleIglng himself not 10 put them
more than six miles out oil their way F;
MS object being 10 protect some recon
noi,enng parties which nc wished To
send out for the discovery of the Indian
towns The troops were parId1d the
General put himself in from, took his
course, and ordered them 10 follow the
columns wl0eied and took contrary dr.
reCuon, exhibiting sublime specimen
Ot Kentucky discipline, The commanding
officer marching one way ard his troops
another The officers leading columns
were applied 10 ;urn them they answer
sd, il was not in th,ir power, the M
mad taken its course and would pur5u-
i. Neither the exhausted state Of
the horses, nor the hunger Of the n
lSays the GeneraD retarded this days
homeward march 50 swiftly was i pro-
secuted, thai Il was not long before The
rear arrived at the encampmcat-nelth
er followed or menaCcd by 40 enemy )"
Excepting the General himself who
was pursued ten DAYS by violent
diarrhea thus fortunately ended this
INVASION, the army having got safe back!
his Kentucky mode Ut carrying on
war by retreat appears TO DC superior
even to that by hr1rlnmnIiau- Y Ivy force
AZ us outser was no less than 1000 men.
The commanded General estimates the
length Of their retreat in the heart M th1
enemy coultry at 80 miles f" SO fir
muda6Ie lie adds Was our appearance in