The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-06

81 have just fallen in With gen. James Tay
Tor OF Newport Ky. on his return horne from
Detroit +; he intorms me that since I lef
Detroit, ct the % Founders have been ia
ken from that place - JrS George, and all
the Other Cannon and military stoi IS u ital-
den. About 40 regulars and $50 militia
was the military force 1T Detroit all the
.rdi.ns had LETT ii. Force at Maiden. go
regulars, SEQ militia, and about 1000 lnui-
ans. The tort is s,iil cpcn on The upper OF
north side, but they arc bas..y working On
1t day and night. There i ~ water N the
tori lit Tor use but II Is believed, tacy have
commenced digging 4 su6tcrani0us passage
from IL to the river, which VIII be a work ,f
lime.
e. have not yet fallen in with gen. Harri-
son, but Will proceed on my way to Fort
Wayne Tomorrow, in hopes to SEE him. |
understand that Fort Wayne, WAS invested.
by about 400 Indians for several days before
gen. Harrison arrived there with ms army,
which consisted OF about 5Cc0 men the
indians dispersed athiS approach.
lit is said that they surrounded and at
tackled the fort ) times. without being able
10 possess themselves of it-that they Killed
TWO men belonging 70 the fort, one Of which
WAS a MIR. johnson brother 10 the Indian a
gent at this place-that they burnt all the
nouseS-killed all the cattle-destroyed all
The corn and gram OF ever: kind, and have
taken ali the horses that belonged to The
place.
1t is said that gen. Harrison divided
his army into two o. three parties, and on
thc 18th inst they set out in different (lircc-
tons in quest of indians, and have not been
heard OF ut this place since. Gen. Win
chester left this on yesterday morning. on
his way To meet gen. Harrison it is much
feared that there will be some difficulty be.
tween Harrison and Winchester, with res
pect to which OF them shall commando
Harrison is however the choice of the
troops Major Jenkmson's battalion. which
consists ot about 200 is on the way between
his and st. Mary's. Capt. Langhams COM
pany OF regulars IS encamped al Mr. John
sons upper Piqua.) There are three Regis.
from Zen. on their march between this &
Stanton, and expected here this evening.
said to consist OF about 1000 men. There
are also, OH their march from Kentucky.
about 800 mounted rifemen, & upwards Of
500 from the Scioto, all moving Oh to ioin
gen. Harrison.
" Besides these Gen. Tupper's brigade of
Ohio militia is lying 1T UIbanna waiting for
orders. 1t is also stated, that $500 men are
to march from the upper end OF this state.
out of Gen. Wadsworth's division & 1900
more from the back part of Virginia be
sizes vast number OF companies which are
stationed on the frontier, between Cley elard
& the western line OF the state. The whole
number OF men now in actual service in the
state Of Ohio, must from the best informat;
on, be about 1900, chiefly on their march
towards upper Canada. This army will
require vast quantity of provisions & mil
ltary stores, together with Wagons & pack
horses Tor the transportation OF these with
the baggage of the army. Considerable
eXertlons are making in the lower end of
the state, Tor the support of the army and
those engaged as contractors, make out to.
supply the army for the time being, thcurh
not with such provisions as the soldiers are
entitled to receive; for the contract he's in
many cases, been farmed out so often, and
every one endeavcring to make penny c.It
OF the poor soldier, that in many instances
neither the meat or bread furnished 60 4,
for use
g Zen fold the eXertons which, re no,v
making, ought to be made to prCfure Dro-
visions for this army a suffcie ii quantity
to last or 10 months, OF Indeed a wear
ought to be immediately purchased un and
sent on with the army. IN this way it
wouia cost TIE go"ernm ent no more and
always be safe
g The number of Injians at Zanes' ON
Mad river, which draw ra;ions and pretend
to be friendly | Gould not precisely ascer-
tain, dut am induced to believe there are
from 500 to ZOO, they are chiefly old men,
women and children there are however
some warriors among them. The number
OF INDIANS which were at this place when
Geh. Harrison passed it, was about 500,
,ney have since dropped off by small par
ties, all but ten, who are still looking on to
see what they can discover. All the In
dams profess to be friendly, few months,
will discover whether they are sincere.''