Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-03-08

o'clock, 4. M. by the surferder OF the A
merican forces, who then remained on the
ground he saw the Rag h0isted by the
British, and sept 20 the american forces,
aud saw 1t psss three times to the Ameri-
cans before the surrender. He could not
understand Eogiish, but understood that gee
nerM Winchester was taken prisoner be
tore he got to the lines OF his own men, and
he was compelled to carry the flag to his
o@n forces after he was taken. He UNDER
stood the ,cascn of the Rag passing so often
was, that the Americans refused to surren-
der upon any other terms than that the
wounded should be taken care OF, the dead
hurried, and the inhabitents protected in
their property that the British first refu-
sed to agree to these terms, but finally
greed to them.
He also understood that the loss of the
British that action amounted to about 400
killed; and that Of the Americans TO about
$50 killed.
He Knows that on the day Of the action,
all the prisoners who were able to march
were sent towards Maiden The wounded
about 90 OF 80 in number, were left in two
houses, without any of their friends or ply
sicians to take Car, oil them and without
ny British officer OF men. About / Indians
4 bNssi4iti on lIlC hsOtilN. lie Dd-
lance OF the Indians went off with the Bril-
|tish; and he was told by some Of the Cana
dian militia, that the itsh had pr missed
the Indians a frofc that night at Stony
G eek, about SIX miles from the river Raj
sin.
tie was liberated after the line Of march
was formed Tor Maiden. The next morn
ing he was in ehe houses where the wonn,
ed were. That mors,iHg abons fiItv Indians
returned They brought ahiskey with them
They drank some & gave some to the In
dians there; and between nine and ten o.
CLOCK, n M. commenced filing IN ~ md
ed, shen SET IRE 10 the hoasesf6e yeound-
ed v,re in, and consumed them.
lie was 1T his father or this side of the
Detroit River, about seven days after the
acti N, and saw across the river the prison.
ers marched off for Niagara from Maiden
he saith, that he saw taken by his house
oy capt Elliot and Wyando,t Indians, {
men, whom he unders oct. had been sent by
Zen. Harrison with flag To the British
One of the men, Mr. Tessier, he knew: The
other he did not know, but understood he
was doctor. He had not an opportvnit,
OF conversiag with them, but understood
from an inha5ttant to whom Mr.. Tessie,
communicated it, that they stopped for ths
night and left the flag hoisted on the CARR.
ole: that the flag was taken away unknown
to him, and then the Indians fred on them
that he (Tessier) told them they were
Frenchmen, and surrendered, upon which
the Indians ceased firing aud took them
They then mentioned that they we're sen,
with flag. The Indians sad they were
liars and took them off.
Mr.. Tester was set at liberty at the Ri
YER Raisin, and remained two days expec
ting the doctor to return at the end oil
which time he was sent for by the British
and taken to Maiden. He, Lab5adie, un
derstood that the doctor was to be sent on
Immediately to Niagara. The doctor wa.
| wounded in the ANGLE He understood that
the British charged the Doctor and Tessie,
with being spies.
And further he saith not,