The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-10

ter each company, and give an order for the
arms that MAY be feqCired-The conpa
MES thus furnished viii proceed mmediaSe
iy by slow marches in frcni 10 Sen. Ha-rI.
sons head quarters.
The Governor will leave this place Oh the
29th, arrive ut Newport t,,e 3is, Inst ano
proceed in the line of mar Il tie nearest ard
best way to the North Western Army.-
Forage, rations, &c. are ordered TO be LAID H.
and supplied on that route, TO the troops on
their march from the Ohio river.
He has the pleasure ~ announce, that his
prospects of Volunteers ace highly .!atter-
ing. * he hopes Will supercede the neces,i
ty of the draft in every regiment where it
has been ordered.--Sut he deems it neces
sary, once more. to appeal to the patriot.
ism ofthe second egiment OF cavalry, to af.
ford their aid in the cause OF our country TT
this crisis. and hopes that they will not suf
fer themselves 10 be- cut stripped in point of
public spirit, by the rest Of thcir fellow citi-
2 ems. John ADAiR,
FRS. lid DE- Cant.
FRANKFORT, AUguss 81.
THE MOUNTED REGIMENT.
Five com ranies of this regimen, met az
the Great Crossings on Sunday last and
marched from thence for the North Wes-
tern Army on the same day. The balance
of the companies were to rendezvous at
Newport on the l7,h inst. Il Is with plea
SIRE We state, that the patriotism Of the
people had augmented the companies that
rendezvOused at the Crossing to nearly dou
bic their original number. The company
from Mercer, commanded by Captain M
sfEE was above $50 strong I; and none of
me ether companies were much interior.
The regiment is nor short Of 1900 men.
We have heard in the course of the pre-
sent week from various parts Of the state,
and have Eiuch pleasure in stating, that the
spirit of Volunteering is very great. There
can be no doubt bot that s or 1900 Mounted
men will take the field with his Exceilency
Gov. SHELBY. Fayette, itself, will turn out
hre" or four complete companies In this
last aprealto the citizens of Kentucky, her
patriotism and character will be lily sup
ported. Under the experienced chief whc
heads them, our citizens we believe, will
give good account OF the tawnv SEES of the
forest, and their base inSsigators.
FoRr SToephRr, July so
" Since the above was written, cur militia have
returned from excursion * mingled success and
disgrace. When the force from the lower settle
nent joined that from the upper il was found that
there between ITO and 1870 men, geuera,y
well armed and mounted They proceeded ABOUT
90 miles from home the road towards the Creek
nation to place where the Indians had lately burnt
a house., and killed, as it was supposed, two white
persons They then stsuek across to a path Leading
to Pensacola, which being more remote, was s,ippo-
sed 20 be the path which the Indians would take
when coming NJ loaded with the ammunition FRO.
vided for orr destruction. They accordingly
met hut IN situation extremely disadvant Gus 10
! our people The Indians we're protected by creek
and its thick bruahy swsmps whilst our men were
entirely exposed An attack was oviered, and I'M
mediatei, afterwards retreat and more than two
thirds of the army, headed and melted fl eht by
some officers it is related, precigiateIy left tie
ground almost at the first FIRE The remainder
commanded principally by capt. Bsiey Che half
breed and capt Smoot fought, it is supposed near
y two hours. Two of the militia were killed and O
wousaed 1t is supposed that several of the Indians
were killed but no one can forn any ilea either of
the number who were killed or Of the number who
fought. The largest estimate does not make the
number OF the latter to- exceed fifty. They do not
travel in large bolies--psrhsps there might have
been several parties equally large. The Indians
lost seven hsrse loads o Goods which they had re-
ceiv~d Il = rsaeoa Th" quantity of powder taken
has 10 yet been accurae'y ascrrtaned. IL was not
considerable. Ms IL greater part OF rhe Indian mack
hors' escaped. Manv Of cur men who actually
fought lost their hnrsesno pains had bee taken "a
secu.e thein. The lndsns, though they lost their
| aninuni,ioH, &c wal. donbt, be elated by the
character OF that military prowess which have
dspnyeS on this occasion If they fcl that 40 or so
fought, they that three times that number led
w
the condemnation of their adversaries
".RIgust2
"I do not hear that any Eruption has vet been
| made into our settlements Gen Claiborne has hap.
PLY arrived with about 250 men, who will be dstri
buted In such manner to sfford US some little
protection it is much feared that a considerable
number of Choctsws win join the dis ,cte,i Greeks
There at present, indeed, hut few who have sI.
len into their decisions; but last Christmas there
were only 40 Greeks who had-snd il is now .iuubt.
fHl whether more than half the nation have not
joined the eontederacy. Some OF the most intelli-
gent persons connected with the Greek nation, who
have visited to-day, and ~bo have suffered much
FROM th, hostile proceedings Of their countlymen
Of opinion that between two ard three thousand
warriors are now in arms against the Urtcd States
Ammunition is scarce-but without extraordinary
yglauce on our part they viii obtain supplies The
Mnscogee Prophet, however tells them that guns
are needless; that God will fight for them 4 that
on their h"s appearance the field o. battle their
enenes will be struck with FIRE from Heaven, AVID
be destroyed or dispersed. The issue # the skr
mish few days since, and the unaccountabIe I:anc
which struck our leaders on that eccnsion viii give
Indeed. To these dreams the stamp Of prephetical
suthert eity. 1t will have its effect on the Choc
taws, unless immediate efforts be made to establish
more sober sentiments, and TO strengthen the con.
vctlon which they have generally held, that their
Interests and happiness are involved in their fidelity
t. the United States. From the statement which
have oI'en you, some idea may be formed of the
immense machinery which is put in motion by our
European enemy to crush US in the present war :
and when merciless Indian warfare excited
from one end Of the continent to the other, by
nation protesting itself christian and ciyized, It
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