The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-12

| his manner, with the g.cstest caesfune.s aud 9
iaerity, conveyed their tassSse distance Ut up
wards of sixty miles. ,hrou ia frost and snow,hus
! m'au''esns al if,repidy G! character which rivals
',,at o, Greece or Rome.
! In the bstte @; the 18Th, on the FIRST onset, the
s-races raised th'ir aceusion,ed an,. horrid yel
iut The noise drowned in the returning shouts
the brave assaamis. They advanced Ivy 10 the
chsrSe anal drove the enemy in all diTectiHns. Tn
the FIRST are, sixteen OF the savases were distinctly
/ Seen to fall.
In the battle OF the ecd, the British advanced il
p!aoons TO charge the Iioscts keeping mp strict
IRE he men within the piekets, with the most
determined bravery and presence OF minh, reserv,
u'eir FIRE untii the cnemy advanced. within point
FLANK SHOT. they then opened cross lire upon
,he encmy-theIr pieces well leveed--and thus
they moved down his ranks in such manner, rs
rendered 81 his efforts vain, and Completed him to
retire. Well may the eneniy acknowledge, that
lie had dear-6orght v,ctory.
| We have said that the British officers treated
'heir prisoners witt, haughty supcrsiioust ess-
| might have gnpe farther, perhaps, aud sad With
! provoking insOl-nce. When au American OiEser
urged the neeess " vi having the wounded put IN
der the of suit4hle surgeons, he tsuntnSly
answered, thc Indians ~ sstce..ent doctors -
g Hes, replied the American with spirit, 'you
have proven II GA the morning OF ,sie 23d, ailndIng
80 the massacre OF the Wounded.
Although Cur brave we're made captives ~
! si9ssr med, theft sEi,its unbrokcn When Of
fered the parole tor their signatures, they demand
! ed To know who we're I" has ,iajcSiy's G.6es'-----
Even British eontery staggered at the =, rim
aney OF the enquiry. The 'Ecompunctious visitings
et nature Diet rred then. from acknowledging the
s;uages, and they cludei direct reply, hy answer
ing " ms atGjcsts. allies knoscn '"- Yes tru
| " are they Known They recorded i'll letters OF
blood
| Why are these disclosures made To show The
peope ct the United States the mereiless enemy
they have to contend with. lie awaken the dorm
ant spirit OF the nation. To steel their hearts and
nerve their areas, for an awtui display at tina, retri
button which the cruelties OF our uureentng enemy
Justly en,itlc him to-
We close this article with the following statement
furished us by gentleman ia the staff department
who was an eyewitness to the massacre of the
wounded.
"Us the morning of the ED of Januarv, at re-
veie betiine, the detachment under gen. Wnches-
ter at thk river Raisin were attacked by party OF
| British aud Indians. Tie officers and men were
ready ~ the.: posts to receive them, inasBuch as
they were informed the preceding evening an at
tack would be made. The detachment consisted of
about so men, vi whom about 500 were protected
| by temporary Evesst-work, composed of rails and
harden pailins. The remainder who had ioned us
ti'e Gay preceding the action, encamped
the right, somewhat detached, aud unprotected by
any END OF shelter The attack WAS made with
great violence en- the troops, without the shelter
who maintained their ground about IS minutes,
"hel an order VA, given TO retreat within the pic
9'Ietng. Ia the confusion, that order was mist
iOr genera retreat. On their retreat they were
attacked by & large body of Indians, who had been
stationed on our rear liz 40 adjacent wood previous
to The attack The retreaing party were thrown
Into considerable confusion den Winchester
coils Lewis, and Allen, pursued and endeayored to
| rally them, which proved Intellectual The party
nndng retreat was in yain resolved to sell their
hVes at the dearest rate. and fired until the last
Few OF them arrived safe at camp Gen. Wnches
ter and aid, and his and col Lewis were taken
prisoners he party who remained in the breast
work, Kept up constant and warm fire, until ee-
ven o clock, wh.na flag was brought in bv gem
Winchester s aid, Informing us lac mad surrendered
us prisoners Of war, and requested our compliance.
\ surrender took place, ard the men immediately
marched oil. About $50 cspituIated. The woun-
aeu, Smouhung 10 %, we're left on the ground, I'M
DER the care oi DFs Todd aid Bowers the two sur
WING surgeons gpitE promise of PROTECTION from
tbs commanding cb.eer co., Proctor, and that the
wounded should De carried on the next morning in
sleds 10 M"iden. or me 9noFning otthe Esd, a6out
sunrise, Il large cody u lgaioHs came, blundered
fhe SsoRnded ofthsir cloathing, ana epery thing
Of pdlue, and toDloha1oked and scalbea ali that
F'cTe .H"ble 10 nlarch among whom some
valuable officers, particularly capt. Hickman. The
reIuainder were taken prisoners as they termed it,
aad many either killed or are still in their pos
session. Oar loss is estimated at about 600 killed
Kentucky has lost some OF her choicest sons part-
cusr.y col. Allen. Among the officers killed. We
reco!est capt. Simpson, Ga member of Congress)
captains Mead. Edwards, Price, and M'Craeken
aud may very valuable subslkrns. The loss of of.
Rcers considerable. The loss of the enemy
could not be ascertsintd. They acknowledge the
victory dear one. Their loss of regulars of the
81 ST regiment, was estimated at 1876, in making
three unsuccessful charges. The force of the enc
my we're estimated by many OF the Is itish officers
at 1000, and several sssured me- their loss exceeded
ours During the whole of the action a heavy can
nonaie was Kept MP by SIX pieces of artiery.-
Great preparations making 80 Iac:. ia,
rson's reception Every male from 10 TO So is drar
tfd, aud many were on their march to Maiden -
Indians are collecting from every quarter 1t sup
posed force cannot be collected a. Malden to ex.
.eed 400. The Queen Charlotte, Lady Mary, s.
one otner vessel. is ia the harbor. aud they are
preparing to bui several other vessels on Lake
Erie, the ensuing spring Many ship-earpen.
ters arrived At Maiden, aud more were expec-
ted.'
We have since heard of the arrival of a num-
bar ofthe left wing at fort Winchester, Defiance
and at Gcn Hsrris5n's bead quarters The actss1
loss in killed. and MURDERED does not perh.ps
exceed hundred.
CHILLIcoTHE, Feb 1g.
We hasten 30 lay before orr readers the foIIowin.
important intciis enoe just received from the army
General Harrison having been informed that a |
large boy ot iAdans Were assembled al Presqu'Ie
marched from his easp at The rapids on the 9th inst
at the head Of detachment OF his srmv in order
to atiacl: them. Upon the arrival Of the detsch-
n.nt at Pr,squise, they found that the Indians had
decsmped Our troops piirssed them until they
came within eight 'uiiOs of the River Raisn when
hu6IBg that they cosld not come up with them and
the being exhausted, they returned 10 camp
SuSh tia ardor OF the troops to oyertake the
enemy, that they marched 90 miles in ~ hours.
The information contained in the annexed docu-
mert viii be read with interest by al our fellow
eitizrns The evidence ii contains OF The perfdv Of
every honest man, AND will, we hope, stimulate
even the careless aud INDECENT among c ia GLEN Cor