Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-05

lndiax Account Of the Battle o.
iefter from gentleman az s h,a.'a'hh,
toanother a. York "ers,ta,
SIR, HlSa
/ have the honor to inform Won
"a / had finished writing you ' ven. ps
Kickapoo Chief who was in the -, ,s,,.sDrdas
Wabash, arrived here, and reports s''o >, On d.
out having sent any previous ms NJ .Oat will,
vernon Harrison advanced from h;s s TO-
gainst the Indians, with intention Of 's s, rot a
ing the village on all sides, that no as''oaaa
escape if they proved refractory NV !, Nssa
pleteiy surrounded it on The land s;a N coz.
tempted it by the river, but the InG ds' sndi:
ly ordered him to desist, or it wou I' ~, '9''
we'll with him. He then asked wtn NO. 80
could encamp, and Was told, awbers s,s he
pleased, except round their village" t sr:
time the officers and cavalry had tbe;r AuoA
ready drawn, and the infantry were d,. 'SHa
ready to fire upon them. y
He however rctreated about ou,,.
mile, over a little rising ground, aud ss Vi
ed by small rivulet; but before he '"sS'll.
ed, the Indians took Negro, and tt,a ,s.'e',
to put him to death if he did not inform I To
of the Governors intet!on. The Nearo ".a p
them that he intended to deceive thsr, "4
they let him go. Aud the Governor sf &, %D
had encamped, sent the same Negro h,st
them, to desire them to sleep sound ard 'ts
ease, and not approach his centinels lest tIss
should be shot, and that he would not ,II'
any Of his people to go near them. '
The Indians, however, had their picor,,.
to prevent surprlze, and often, drrira, ,ta
night, ordered the American spies to ,., %s
for their posts, without doing them any inn,r '
Two young Winibiegoes, no doubt out Of d ,5
riosity, for it appears the Indians had no H.
tention to attack, but defend themselvesif.
tacked) went near some of the American sen.
tinels, and were shot at, and fell as yorr5s5
men, but on the sentinels coming up to G,.
patch them, they arose and tomahawked them
This insult reused the indignation Of III.
Indians, and they determined to be revepeca
and accordingly commenced the attack q,
cock-crowing. They had the Americans be.
tween two fires; driven by the Winjbiegcss
they were received by the Kikapoos, alternate.
ly, until about o'clock, when the Indian,
gave way for want Of arrows and ammunition
1t appears, that not above one hundred H.
dians fired shot, the greater number being
engaged in plundering and conveying off
J horses.
The women and children saved themselves
! by crossing the river during the engagement.
! The Americans burned the Prophets vii.
lage and all the corn of the Shawanees but
the Kikapoos saved theirs by having it preyi.
ously buried. twenty-five Indians only ar.
! killed the Kikspoo does not know the lam.
. Der of Americans killed, but he says their loss
| must have been considerable, not less than one
! hundred.
The Prophet and his people do not appear
as vanquished enemy; they re-occupy their
! former ground.
The Prophets brother who went to the
! Southwark in winter lelo-lI, is reported BY
this man to be on hi, return, and has reached
the farthest Kikapoo town, and is there IN coy0'
Gil with the different nations. He passed VII,
/ cennes on his way home, and met the army Of
Governor Harrison retreatins, but no lhsu'
was offered to him or his few friends Wboa''
companied him.
When the messenger l sent returns ~
doubt will receive further intelligence re-
! specting the views of the Indians, and VIII N'
no time in transmitting it to you, or PsFh'P'
| be the bearer of it myself.
The following is an account OF the nuhlos 70,
of the different nations killed in the actlon' va
Kikapoos 9, Winibiegoes 6, pote".!'"'
a, Ottawas 3, Greeks 2, Shawnecs % -.
From the manner in which the hlS2l"" ~
lates his story, sincerely believe his a''"'
to be correct .c.,
P. S. The Indian forces consisted o. i'O ""
| $50 to 800, and not more than loo "''' -
| gagged.
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