Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-17

HiiuS uOWn SoOu,i lucy are considerably
alarmed for fear they will fall on Them.
ROBERT IRWIN.
Col. ARBUCKLE,
Commanding Fort Scott.
No. 9.
| Camp Cumming, 10Th January. ISIS.
MAJOR General T. 2. Gaines:
SIR-Yours of the 9Th is Just received:
and ! am extremely graltied 10 hear oi
Your arrival Il. Hartford. as alrtad, i;cl
I.coDslierabiy relieved. The many diili
cuities which have occurred since ,uu
'eil us, from contractors, and .ingeiher
rom the want OF experience, can as
| s'ne YOU, has caused nie 10 feel lie re-
sp"nsib'hty attached 10 my command:
but, will your Instructions. hatler my.
sci! shall nov be abb 10 get OH.
w - now Vncanprd aheut 4 miles
from Fort Biacssliear, in very beautiful
and commanding SPOT, with a consiheIa-
Die creek on both sides, about ,riies
distant, neither of iiioh can be crossed
with Wagons. 4 bridge MAS erected ON
he one IN our rear, bnt il is entirely gone.
SO soon as the one IN oar front Fails Suifi-
cienily, n will be bridred. | have thought
II advisable To Lave HE roads repaired,
| which viii he done Immediately.
Cpoucha. d confidential Indian, has
just arrived with IA talk from Couard, The
purport OF which, is as follows: He states
that, since the principal chiefs left home
for the agency, The Whole IS tie property
| OF one OF theta VAS taken of by some OF
The Fow! Town indians, aud that Conaru
| is considerably alarmed for his own pro
peiiy. lie has advised US 10 be on our
| guard, particularly SO far as it relates to
the soldiers s'roiiing from the camp,
WHICH, ter fear OF danger. sill be attended
| to. We have moi now on hand ten bush
| els otcOrn. Brorkman is OF opinion that
/, VIII be dangerous 10 again 20 10 the
ChelaWs; M consequence ut which, |
have, with his particular request, sent him
with this express. must refer YOU TO
him lar further information as 10 the corn
aud provisions 10 be procured Ia the na
ton.
am almost fearful, when | recollect
tor moment thai time uf service for
which this detachment has been called OH
VIII expire hetore your object can he ac-
| compllshed, as the officers, with few eX-
ccpiluns, are governed by The men, and
not the men by the officers. an; in
hopes, however, that, should tour object
mol be accomplished by the lst of next
| month, shall he able to render YOU an
| essential service by volunteers from my
| command, should il be deemed necessa-
~. lwlii, however, have d personal in
;ervlew with you on the subject, on our
arrival Al our camp.
Not having calculated on moving from
thus place for sin or seven DAYS, from
wan! OF prov isions, &c. gave Through
10 Captain Melvin. Should YOU deem il
necessary Ter us 10 move before that time,
! would bc glad that he would return.
aN, with great respect and esteem.
THOMAS GLASCOCK.
Big. Gen. Com ID. e. vi. lJ.S.S.
CedarCreek, 5 o'clock, %. Jan. 1918.
SIR: WAS ordered This evening", bv
Gen. Glascock, 10 take five men, and
proceed Immediately 10 meet Capt. I.eigh.
who vas packed from Hartford, with pro
visions lproUeeded accordingly, and net
HIM about miles on the east side of the
creek and Capt. Leigh, FIVE men, and
myself, proceeded on TO Blackshcar's
works III considerable haste. When we
| reached The creek we made halt, to fix
on pack which was likely 10 fall before
we crossed. During this stay, Capt.
/ Leigh and private of Capt. Avery's com
| pany by The name OF Samuel Lofts, star
ted TO cross. / called 10 the Captain and
observed that he was p,obabIy going in.
TO danger; lie replied not. AS my party
and self had crossed not more than am
half hour before, proceeded, accompa-
MED by this man Lofts. They had iiot
gotten entirely across the creek, when
they were fired on by party of Indians,
The number, ! suppose, TO be 20 or 80,
from the report of their guns, and both
shot dead on The spot. immediately
rode back, and ordered She provisions,
together with corHe;t Isaac Browns com
mand. consisting Of twenty men, 10 p cor
ner of General Slackshea.'S old work, OH
the east side Of The creek, where we took
shelter in small breast work, determin-
ed ia secure The provisions, if possible.
This was The only alternative, as they
we're planted III the swamp, which was al
least 100 yards across, and / not having
more than 81 men under my coHmand,
VIA guns. Wien we completed oar
works, Capt. SOulhcr and Mr.. ]. Bridges
proceeded down lie creek, IN ORDER 10
make their way across 30 The arnr that
General Glascock might b. in.or,ned OF
the murder, and we reinforced hiat re-
enforcement has just reached or works.
commanded by Major James Morgan. |,
with Capt. Dannm,ly company, viii pro-
ceed with lie Provisions 10 he army and
Major Morgan wilprrSoc lite trail.
hope, sir. a. faIs WAS written hy a
torch, that you excuse or correct any
mistake.
] am, SIR, yourIobedieni servant.
FRANKLIN f. HEARD,
Brigade Major.
Fort Mitchell, 3Oih Dec. 1918.
My FuVud 4 The messenger which was