The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-01

! = CAMP AT FORT MANCHESTER,
October a0ihj 1852.
- Cn last evening our spies brought in a
prisoner They took him the evening be
tore, about so miles below this. Ills name
is William Waiker-he was taken prison
CT from Clinch SONG thirty years ago-mar-
RED "a Wyandott sqhaw, and Tor several
years lived opposite Maiden on tie Nlichi-
| gan side. lie says he now lives in Detroit
He Is recognised by several in our camp, *
two men say that at the taking OF Detroit
ne was faihfed like an Indian, and our of
the tort, &c but they do not recoilect an,
act of hostility. Ills tale is that he per.
suadcd the Indians to abandon the British
that IN the end we would ruin them, &c
that for this he was put in the guard house
at DETROIT, and told that his conduct was
Icrminai, aud that he was to he sent where
he would be kept safe, &c; that he made
his escape from the guard house, lay con-
cealed few days until he got ready & then
started to join US that his horse gave on,
and then he came oil foot, &c. The gene
raj belief is he came to this quarter as
spy. lie seems Intimately acquainted witt.
the Indian movements and Fl IN our know
ledge of what took place in this quarter,
there Can be no doubt but that he knows
what would be ut considerable service to Us.
What reliance should be placed OH his
statements, Is yet probe matical. His state
ments are iii substance--that the forces we
were near on our route from Fort Wayne,
were or 800 Indians and upwards of 100
British, with two brass field piecos--one a
the other a IL FOUNDER; that the afternoon
we Crossed the Maumee and camped SIX
miles above this, they were here that the,
started early next morning and went tina,
day and part of the night TO the head of the
| Rapids and reached Detroit in about DAYS :;
| that in their different rencuunters with us
two Wyandotts were killed. 6 or Z wounded
and Chippaways missing-he could not
[ say how the other nations suffered that
the British were commanded by CAPT. Muir
that the Indians wanted to give US battle
here. but captain Muir would not observing
that if they were defeated, the Indians coul;.
run away. but they could not without the
loss of their baggage, &c.
! He says that Mr.. M'Coy, OF Georgetown,
| (quarter master serjeant to Col. SCOTS re
glment was taken prisoner, and not killed,
as "e apprehended, & that he was taken to
Maiden. He speaks c,rCumstantially as to
| 4M'Coy, so that no doubt Is entertained but
what he was taken, and not killed.
| He adds that just before he left Detroit,
| (Which was about the Cpd inst the Queen
Charlotte sailed up to Maiden, much shat
tered, having IL cannon shots in her hull,
and gave an account that they had been at
tackled by our vessels, principally boats,
| and the Adams, "a vessel that Hull surren-
dered at DetroiC the Mary, Ca merchant
vesseD and another that he could not re-
Collect the name of, captured.
1 The time OF orFremoval from this, is I'M
Certain. | start in the morning, nnder the
orders of Gen. Winchester, 10 see Grn. Har-
| rison on that and some other subjects
L. >. Walker says that there are about s
or 900 Indians at Maiden that he knew
| oil no body OF them else where that Teeum-
sch lett them fer the Wabash before the
party started that were here; that he has
not heard OF his return that there is but
company at Detroit f; that few days before
he left there two II and two pound can
mons were brought To Detroit, (they had
previously removed ally & the commander
directed to make stand, and that the In
dams intended lighting near Brownstown'
NASHVILLE, Nov. 20.
| We understand, from znguestfo,la6le 0is.
thority, that the Governor of Tennessee has
received instructions from the Secretary at
War, to march Immediately for New. Or
leans, fifteen hundred OF the quota of mill
tia and volunteers from this state and also.
that he is required to hold in readiness, sub
Ject TO the orders of Governor Howard @,
Edwards, two Regiments Of the detached
militia of this State. I he forces orderc,r
tor New Orleans vii probably be destined
to defend the frontier 90 the south The
attitude assumed by the Spaniartls in Eas.
| Florida, and the alarming extent to which
the insOlGnCe of The Indians has risen, rem
der it necessary that an imposing force be
organized to the southwark. When we
view the alarming situation of our north.
western frontier, and the very exposed. con-
dItion OF the settlements in that quarter, we
canNot but feel the Importance of an imme.
date organization of the troops destined for
that service; and we are sanguinc in our
hope, that the force which will he required
for the northwestern expedition will be
composed entirety Of Volunteers We are
authorised to state, that the general govern
ent relies with implicit confidence uJon
the citizens generally for partial supply
OF camp quiPage-bianketS &c. nece ssary
tor the immediate use Of the army. This
reliance IS rendered necessary by the great
scarcity OF shch articles as will be required
before any supplies can arrive.
| LOWER CANADA.
MONTREAL, October 81
! BY respectable gentleman who left
CaldwelI's Manor on Wednesday, we learn
! that the force Of the Americans at swan
ton and Highgate was fifteen hundred and
upwards Fifty or sixty Of them lately
came over on Il frolic to an i'm within our
ires, struck up the tame Of Yankee Doc
lie. drank bucket cf gin sling, for which
they paid, and went home. Z hey wer. well
2equipped