The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-13
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.

ana all the S2nauian militia THAT COuiu DC
mustered.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
Extract ofa letter from Or. Fairfield IT,
ing at. fhe railids If Miami, 10 Mr. o-
sem lMedcham, Of Urbanna, dated .Iur
%, lS12
On Monday captain Elliott arrived with
Tag of truce aud the bearer of the coDv
of the capitulation of Detroit The troops
evacuated the fort DIT the river Raisin about
IL O'Clock that evening, and at IL left
there for this place on Tuesday the nina.
bitants assembled at captain David Hull's
Tor the purpose of agreeing OH some plan,
Tor the safety OF our persons and property.
no way could be devised by which we couId
think ourselves secure in making a retreat
from savage cruelty. It was generally
tho't best to send flag of truce to the of
hcer commanding at the river Raisin, and
with him to make some arrangements, to
keep back the savases till we could retreat
in safety, considering ourselvesa as prisofc rs
oil war and according to the capitulaton
not to take up arms against them during
the contest, otherwise to remain and be
protected by their flag. BY the earnest
entreaties of the Inhabitants, l assented To
go with the flag of truce and on Wednes-
day l started accompanied by captain Da
vid Hui & two Frenchmen, who spoke the
".
our arrival at the river Raisin, we found
that captain Elliott had embarked for Am
herstbu:g and the inhabitants left on parole
OF honor, as prisoners of war. About 9 o..
clock on Thursday morning from one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred Indians arri
we'd from Brownstown, Consisting of the fol.
lowing es viz W,andotts, Ottawas
Shawanes Del wares, Sioux, Winabagoes.
Chippawas, Potow atamies and a few of
IL t,trf> or tor CHI .fp
tribes.--They were under the command of
Iecumseh (brother to the prophet) who
had the appellation of a General. They
were attended by colonel Elliott and capt.
M'kee of the Indian department, about
twenty private characters from Maiden
and all under the immediate command of
major Chambers, of his maesty's 4lst re-
giment. They made halt opposite TO nay
lodging-l instantly made myself and bu
siness known to colonel Elliott. He gave
very short answers 10 my questions He
SAID he had no arrangements to make or
protection to give that the business was
settled on the 10th instant. AS was pas
sing by an Indian chief (whom | recoe
nized to be Wiandot by the name Of
Walk IN the Wa;er) he raised the tom
mahawk over my head. took Off my hat and
gave straw one in return. He looked at
me win savage grin, too horrid for A.
ny to face. An Indian was about To take
the life OF captain Hull but was proven.
ted by Mr.. John Baths, Ca merchant at
Malden)--i was placed IN similar sitna-
ton, but made myself known to a friend. hv
whom l was protected and used as A bro
ther; we however found il necessary To &C.
crete ourselves IN barn, under some
shcafs OF grain, and there remained about
two hours, by which time the Indians were
IN some measure dispersed and our friends
= NNf Nna
protection. Almost every American fami
~ suffered greatly. Among the number
was Colonel John Anderson. The saVaees
stripped his house and store of every arr
Gle except one trunk, which Mrs. Anderson
secreted ut the risk of her life. The
property which they took from Colonel An
derson was 1000 dollars in cash.-AlI the
Canadians who held commissions under
our government or who were in any Eay
employed suffered. Among those was
MIR. Gabriel Godfrey junior Contractors =.
gent OF that place from whom they plnn
dered every thing visible in his house =
they also took fr. Mr.. Godfrey's portnat
eeau belonging to me; Containing in bauL
Dilis ana notes about 500 dollars and ma
ny other papers very valuable to me. lam
now entirely destitute of a change of anna
rel ana OF every means to procure any
am satisfied if my DAYS are prolonged
4 'N't. OF Q" my IcuTGSS 7UfiH me SCCIVd ar
my. The tort at the river Raisin was de.
mo''shed by fire. The most of the savaces
after loading their horses with plumber and
stealing every horse that was to be. fonnd
reformed to Brownstown--the public stores
we're taken to Maiden in gun boats--on
Friday morning three gun boats were sent
to the Rapids for public stores canta;n
Hall was put on board. Accommodated
major Chambers by land. On orr arrival
at this place discovered TT Miami on Are
which " as soon demolished, about 90 Ind,
ans were busily employed in plunderine
iron almost every family exccnf tie
French---they all left the RAPIDS ON Frida,
eyenns--oniy one murder was commiftcI
which was Frenchwan shot tfrouph me.
take Zone Of theirowu par,y1 RMS mace
VIII be wholly evacuated by the Americans
on to-moi row, the most Of them will 90 by
water to veiand-I have not vet deter
mined winch way To 90, about so pretend
ed 10 be Friendly Ouawas held connect
with me this afternoon. Ntwash the little
ehiei' made long talk, agreed the conduct
OF MS brethren &c and wished 10 be rcnre.
seated to AIS great Father After gre;enf-