Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-01
!, ,,oten. \ ne entered the town

wore mounted on pack hsrses' anu
we're left in the rear when the race
heyan. a;smounted and entered the
town regularly fermed-there were
not more perhaps. than IL or 10
warriors in the town +; these. on the
approach ofsur men, He'd across 'h'
river without making any resistance
we fred en- them and killed six or
seven, Between thirty and forty pr,
sonrrs were taken. men. women ana
children. and the town was o"r'",-
dad ". entered the town in regular
order. every Indian might have ofta
taken without firing a s'a' l ne p'i-
,oners we,.p left in care of TIE iH'"n
tcy and rifle non. and the light nofse
proceeded to des,rrv another Town
a few rallies lower down the Flser'
which they accomplished there DC.
ing ONLY two or three old men ana a
sqaaw in 1.-THE light horse retu'neu
in ,he afternoon. =
Oar loss ia tire attack consisted OF
two men-oae was killed by ac"ident
by car own men in the general con-
fusion. The other had strol!ed some
distance from the town and was shot
bv an Indian who was lu: hing a"""''
We were israrmrd By the lnhlsn
prisoners that there we're 400 waf-
r;ors at a town IL miles below AT
the junction of the Nis''ss'ha"a'
and Waiast.-from this Information
we had every reason to apn'sie'"' an
attack next morning. Tie result
justified our suspicious.
The object ofthe expedition sc'hs
Accommodated. which was to 'aNe
prisoners & destroy the Indian towns,
we had received orders ta prepare
fsr our return next morning we
enca,nard tls, night ia our usual Or
dr.. which was a ha:!oW S, u.re.-
After revaiilee. in the msrui9S. and
about half an hour before day light.
inst as the monn had set, and while
we were cooking our breakfast and
preparing for our march, we were
assaulted by the yeils ofthe savages.
The attack commenced on the
right rear angle Of the camp with
great fury. and WAS sustained by
part Of Major Balls squadron OF
horse. who were or thai quarter -
Tie guards were Immediately dri-
ven in-every man was under arms
in minute. Our company. togo
Their with the rest Of the infantry
and riiemrn formed the front side
Of the square. instantly formed on
our ground. where we waIcd for
orders. in short time. ana willie
the battle ragged with great t.ny OIL
the quarter where il commenced,
CoIonel Campbell rode to Capt. But
Ter. and ordered him to reinforce
that quarter. or We si.ui!id DE cut
or. The company Instant, march
ed TO the spot directed. and poured
in so furious and we'll directed a fire
that in short time the fire Of tie
enemy was almost totally si!rnced.
Soon after this daylight began TO
appear. and our party proving t2O
powerful. the sa'ases began to re-
trea!-they were pursued some dis
lance by troop of horse. and rout-
ed With considerable slaughter. The
action continued about An hour.
Our loss was ki;!-i and about
Is wounded-of tie woua1ed 2 died
on our return, and one al this place
these, together with the two Killed
the day of the attack on the town.
makes our loss in killed t2. Tie
greatest part Of the battle being
fought in the dark. renders il impos
sible TO form a correct idea o.! the
number oflbe enemy-it is the gene
raj opinion however, that their force
was about 500; neither are We able
to ascertain correctly their loss, but
from the number we found dead on
the feid-from the trails in the snow
Of those who bad been dragged of.
and from the reports ofIndians who
have since ceme in, We calculate
their loss to be 100 killed and wound
ed.
In the action our brave Pittshurg
boys behaved with the greatest ecu
rage. 1t is impossible 10 say too much
in their praise. On the first alarm,
they were formed with the utmost
alacrity, and marched to The ground
in the best order, where they fought
with the oooiness and iatrepidity Of
veterans. and although two of the
men were wounded in the commence
ment of the action, they refused to