Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-19

= 1b5s as this can scarcely be found
and most fortnnatelyit receives a new
in crest from tradition long current
! in che neighborhood.
The early histories of New England
1 speak Of battle which Uncas once
fought with another Sachem, as an e.
4 vent of great Importance TO the colo
nies, and give the following account Of
:. it without specifying particularly the,
place. Ia 1913 Niiantonimoh, a Sa
chem of Narragansett, having raised a
large army with the utmost secrecy,
set out ON his march towards the conn
try of the Mohegans, intending to fall
Upon them by. surprise and punish them
for their adherence to the English.
URcas, however, received notice OF his
design; and having obtained permls-
/ sion OF Connecticut, assembled his war;
tiors and met him on a large plain
Here he ordered a halt In full view OF
his enemies & walking alone into the
middle of the ground, proposedto Nil
aRtonimoh to decide the day by SIM
glecombat. Il have many fine soldiers
! ia my army" said he, "and SO have
you in yours. 1t we're pity to kill SO
maay of them while we can SO easily a.
/ Void it. Gene and fight me, and IT you
conquer me my men shall! be yours
"My men came to fight" replIed the
4 Nara gansett, in the concise bat eper"
geric language Of an Indian, sand they
Shall fight"
Uncas had anticipated this answer,
and threw himself upon the ground
which was a preconcerted signal tor
the Mohegans to attack their enemies.
Every warrior had his bow at hand
& discharging' an arrow aud utterlng
savage veil, rushed cn tomahawk In
hand. The Narragansetts, unprepa-
red, were instantly panic struck, and
fled across the plain, while the None
gabs pressed OH and killed great mum,
bers of them among the brokea ground
on liz borders. Uneas was for MO-
nent quite left behind for his watri-
ors, in the eagerness OF the onset, dad
leapt over him like deer as he lay Ola
the ground; but he came up 10 time to
share in the slaughter, and to take Mi
antonidloh with his own hand For the
swiftest among the Mohegans had soon
overtaken him but choosing to pre-
serve for Uncas the honor of his cap
ture, did not attempt to wound or take
him. only as hey rushed by hirn one
after another, touched his shoulder to
impede his course, and passed on.
When Uncas at length came up and
took him prisoner, Mianronlnsoh offer"
ed no resistance, but sat down on rock
and refused tospeak word. The Mo-
hogan offered him his life it he would
ask it /; but he PERSISTED in the most ob-
stinate silence. A few days afterwards
with the consent of the Co0nectict coo
lony, he had him killed with a single
blow of Ratchet; and when he had
cut piece of flesh from his shoulder
and eatea it, he buried him under
heap of stones.
Tradition points out an extensive
tract Of level ground, on the south wes-
tern side of the cove Of Yantic, as the
field of this battle, or rather OF this
rout; and shallow place in the river
as the ford where a large body of the
Narragansetts crossed in their flight.
Besides this, tits related that party
of about seventy of them, having decli-
ned too far towards tie right, soon
found themselves confined by the cove
on one side and spur of hills on the
other, which gradually approaching
each other, brought them suddenly, &
Just as they were expecting to reach
the plain at the head of the cove, to
the brow of the precipice looking down
upon the gulph at the foot of tho falls.
There was but an instant to decide be-
tween capture aud deatl--the Mohe-
gans were pressing on close behind
and they all sprung from the rock in
to the dark pool Yellowstone it is said
with their enemies in their arms, and
were dashed to pieces.