The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-02


prisoners at Sandwich on the SOth of the
same month. On the 15th inst. l was or.
dercd on 20 this place by Col Proctor
having arrived | deemed it my duty to
report 70 you Whatever transpircd with the
Iprisoners undev my charge, and the infor.
nation was able co co'!sct concerning the
other prisoners taken by the Indians.
I lie enclosed report merked (h) gives
lyou "A view of all the prisoners who were
Iunder my charge during my stay at Sand
Ewich, their respective Companies, regi-
lments and physical condition, along with
the names OF ,h. British y ulcers, by whom
they were sent to Sand v;ch.
From this report yoa will discover that of
the fifty two prisoners thirteen were a.
sandwich. On my arrival from Detroit, z
men were sent from Maiden by Col. Elliott
ore wss Obtained BIZ Col. Baubee, aud SO
Including those who came over with DR..
Bowen and myself, were seat from Detroit
10y Major Muir, British Commander OF the
| american. Fort there For the greatest
number OF orr unfortunate fellow soldiers
being sent from Detroit, are indebted
| to the eXertions of our prisoners, fellow
citizens there, who with an uncXamplcd
generosity, when they saw their country
| men driven through the streets like sheep
to markeS, lavished their wealth for their
ransom nor was the procuration Of our
stripped by the Indians cloathes such as
the exigence ofthe occasion permitted to be
prepared were furnished us:
! Enclosed send you roll Of : - prisoners
Who were sent from Sandwich on the 8th
inst. as well as eleven who came on to
| this place with DR.. Bowen and my self, and
of others who remained at Sandwich, un-
der tho care of DIR. Samuel Mc'Keekan,
Surgeons Mate I'd regiment, I'd brigade,
Ohio Volunteers.
The prisoners at Sandwich with the ex-
ception ofIesse Green viii all recover, and
much is to be heped for him.
One man died on the LIST instant Martin
Motherhood, a private in Capt. Bland u.
Ballards company, LIST regt. kentucky
Volunteer rifemen.
On the 9Th inst. Col. Proctor ordered me
TO make OUT return OF all the prisoners
who were killed by the Indians subsequent
to the battle, agreeable TO the best infor
NATION J coGid collect. The enclosed re-
turn marked (B} was produced By this
order; | might have added the gallant
Capt. Nathaniel Gray 5. Hart, Dep. In
spector General; Capt. Virgil Nc Crack
lin, OF Col. Aliens regiment; Capt. John
Il. Woodtolk, your secretary; Ensign Levi
Wells of the 9Th y. 5. Infantry, and
number of privates, whom hnd by subse-
quent Information have been massacred. -
The memory of past services rendered me
by Capt. Harris family, made NE particu-
iarly anxious TO ascertain his fate: l fat
tered myself he was alive, and every in
formation / Could get for some time fat
tered my hopes; but one of the last prison
ers who was brought in told ME that the
Captain was certainly msssacred he was
so badly wounded as to prevent him from
walking; the Indians TOOK him some dis
lance on an horse, but ct length took him
off and toMahawket him.
About the 10th inst an 1ndiar. BROUGHT
Capt. Mc'Cracken's Com mission to Sand
Wlch; the paper was bloody. The fellow
said he took the Captain in trust, but some
time after when stripped and examining
him, he found all ilitiian scalp IN his bosom.
which induced him to kill him. This Won
cannot but be assureGis an hhmbug of the
fellows own making to screen himself from
the odlum OF barbarity. The Captains
character and the danger that attended his
carrying such furniture in a disastrou,
battle, gives it the lie.
Capt. Wcodfolk after having been wound
ed in tive places, by some means had got
refuge in one of the French houses on the
kaisin--he was discovered next day and
dragged from his asyum-he was taken to
the house of g Nr. LssseIle, where he said ne
would give him for 1000 dollars to any one
who would purchase him. Mr. Lasselle said
II was OUT Ga hlS power, but he had no doubt
his brother would do it who lived at hand
he directed his owners to the house. Of his
brother, but as they were on their way an
Indian from waste house shot him through
the head.
Ensign Wells was taken from NV side
unhurt. considered him alive until on
my arrival at this place, Captain Naggs
tells ne he was Killed by Puttawatatnic
indian, not long after he was taken.
Many fresh scaIps have been brought
rs since the battle. and dead bcdie, seen
through the country, which proves that
others have been Killed. whose names I
have not been able to ind out; independ.
ent otthose reported to Col. Proctor.
This, sir. is all the information | have
been able to collect concerning those who
were mastered. She fifteen or eighteen
mentioned IN the remarks to the return
made to Col. Proctor, whose names do not
appear, we're not known by those who saw
them killed.
Major Graves ofthe 5th regiment of the
Kentucky Volunteers, have been able TO
get no information Of, further than that he
was Brought to the river Rouge on the 25th
or 26th January in sleigh fear from
our not having heard any thing of him since.
that tie IS more--.lhd that valuable ordcsr
forever lost to his country.
Enclo'ed &C. gives you the names Of
those who from good information are st;li
IN the bush. a a rough eness founded ON
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