The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-05

Testr cvet,, without any less of lives. II IS
,.,.he we'd the hand OF "a villain done the mis-
chief.
VIE last week promised our readers fur
tlcr information OH the subject of the late
attack made on the Indians, by the rangers
employed 10 escort beef and cattle 4 fort
CIar't. Col Russcl has politely favored us
with the following report from captain Moore,
who commanded the detachment vi rangers
engaged in that affair.
EXTRACT.
Camh Russtl, .Nov. 10, 1874.
SIR.
Agreeahly 70 your command, | left tbs
Dlace o. the 10Th inst. and proceeded on
without much Inconvenience, until few miles
befond the cid kcl,apoa town, where VIC
came upon a party OF Iaiians 70 the nun,3er
al ten. They were discovered by Major mo.
Mordocl1, who, that day was behind IN c2p-.
Shorts sletachmont, and who had went out
into point OF woods 20 shy, or make disco
vert.s. On this information, the rear OF the
whs &c detachment get ahead and attacked
the Indians. We killed five OF ,heu;,% and
tool. q sQuaw and boy about 5 years old,
kri,oners--ti.e two latter are here.
The information the s9naw gave us was,
that we were surrounded by the Indians, iii
considerable numbers, and the most OF them
kitkapoos, and her information seems to cor
SSSAOuu WIN INC OtSt ONSil we IttAlS oi many
trails leading from the Wabash towards the
mouth Ok Saagamevx- AS to herself, she
said, size and her party wctc Pottawattonies
hut AS n proof Of their hostility, they had
with them = hoe that haG been taken frcn
Cox, who was killed on Shoal Greek, and al
so they had their mouths full or balls : more
over, they had with them ! made blan-
ket and a hat which it was supposed was Ia
kea from Miss Cox about one year ago.
The total number Of the men then rnder my
command, inclnjiing officers, nnr-orimissi-
oned officers anl privates, was only 70,
This was tar inadequate force, and as
our situation was very prec2rous, | called all
the officers together. and after consultation,
il was an unanimous opinion 70 immediately
turn. This Vas thought more advisable and
justihable i'll consequence of getting one of our
men wounded mortaliy, (Who that night dicd)
and also the charge Of the Cattle, being COM
PEELED that night after the attack, 20 travel
through large plairies i'll the utmost darkness,
and through an excessive rain and cold we
lost nineteen of the cattle, which we hunted
for neyt morning until an hour by sun, when
again it was an unannQls opinion that it was
not safe to tarry any longer, as more dan-
,er was then unprecedented than before.
Ga the same night. we discovered many
tres around us, and IN the morning the prai-
ries were burnt iii rnapy places.
I am, with much respect, exc.
JAMES. 3. MOORE.
Col. Yin. Russri
Three men. a boy of abort IS or Il years
Of age, and a seuaw The latter was killed
without my knowledge.
HARRIssURG, (Penn.) Dec. -.
RCnt Notes S7vuYo7vcd-Ca Thursday last
young man, who calls himself Tbs Watkins
Means, alias 1hos Tompkns Means, na-
tive OF Philadelphia county, br;cklaycr, was
pursued 20 this borough on suspicion OF steal
ing number OF Bank notes from Mr. Eichel-
Lerger, innkeepcr of York county While in
the act of searching the cuIprt, lie very dc'l
teronsly swallowed of the bills, amounting.
to % dollars. 4 dose or two Of tartar enc
tick, however, being administered, by way of
endorsement. n a little while this new bank
or discounted the bills, which were little m
jurei by the new process Of incoynorGf:ori.-
The banker (throIgh the Interference or a
raagstrAte) Will for a while hold his Office in
Walnut street, in the stone building, vulgarly
called the Stsne Jug.
IN useful end e1rtrnsirr BriIre-All ira
vellers between Philadelpha and Baltimore
90 the Lancaster and York road, will be
fratfed TO hear that the bridge across the
straightforward, at Columbia, mile or two
above the scandalous old ferI7 is SO far com
plctcd rs to nave been passed with carriages
for fortnight past. IL is $500 feet, or
one mile, IS rods, ara ~ feet in length !;
and the longest in America, We per
sumo, except, perhaps that across the Poto-
mac. Mr. Barr, of Conn. was the architect.
C0ium5iln.
B3 ooILYN, December %.
We lc2rn that on Friday last one Of tn" PTi-
fish RS off Ncw-i4nndon, came up and an
chored near the lighthous0 During the
following night two pieces of canuop with n
travelling furnace moved down 10 1 suitable
position, and commenced p FIRE Of hot shot.
1'he - hastily Withdrew without returning
the are.
NEwBEFG, December l..
4 We learn Nv geul,eman from Beaufort that
4 three of the Nemo's Priz = have got in, two
a at Wu,1gton ara one at Charleston, Is.
II c. the .tiler Sjp Hoselia. w,th her cargo,
l. ~. 80, 49,. ri,..s.,.t..