The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-11
AMERICAN HISTORY.
From the Worcester National ii

hhtNaath ~ AHt ibHNlitits III TIT EfItlHs~
ket tribe of indians. IN expedition a.
gainst their village of three hundred aud
fifty met, having failed through tie din
Gully OF the way and The ignorance nfI
their guides, The attempt was renewed with
a party of equal numbers. Six scalps .iN
prisoners with some triilng booty, were al
the trophies Of his formidable incursi0n.--
The enemy Dispersed ia little groups aud
carried terror and desolaiion oneyery side.
Several other expeditions against them
were equally lrulicss, They eluded pur-
suit X carried on with but little relaxation,
war, which knew M rule, except Ia Yield
no mercy, until, Ia the year 1875, thu ne
morablc event of Le,elfs fight broke their
strength and spirits. With company oi
only ihrty-lour m.n, Capt. Lowell again
carried the war To thu homes ofthe obnoN-
ieas Pcqaawkets. Arrived near the low
CT village, they heard the discharge al u
gan, and soon after, saw an Indian on n
point of land apparently seeking for game
Moving onward, they met him, when SIEVE
raj fired upon aud Wounded him mol tally;
yet he returned The fire with SO steady an
ann and discriminating purpose, as To lodge
the cauteuts of hls iauskct IN the body of
the Captain, when he fell struck by another
ball. lie is spoken of by Hutchinson rs
entitled 10 the fame of the Roman Curt
Us, for having thus sacrificed his own life,
To lure the white men 10 spot, where
they could not avoid destruction, hut Bel
nap refuses him the credit of voluntary
and patriotic immolation, yet il he did
not preclpitate himself into the gulph, hc
fell with presence of mind and dignity
which censecrates the warriors name,---
His deslroyers faded not to avail them
selves of his scalp ; for the government
had not found il expedent 10 rely solely
on the ambition and disinterested virtue of
the citizens, but had purchased eager chase
Of men, by the reward of oae hundred
ponds, for each Of those tropics, which
could mol weil br taken from II living foe.
The white men were soon assaulted IN That
fearful manner which has made n march
into the country of The Indians so general.
y fatal to inferior force. They roS- t3om
ambush, like legion ol demons bursting
from the earth aud poured yoiley amidst
their chiHalrous invaders, which sent the
Captain aud eight OF his men 10 the rendi-
ton of their Gnal account. The rest 10 n
void being surrounded, rctreated upon the
beach of pond, since know by the name
Of their departed commander. The place
al their retreat is Il sort Of natural parapct,
which separated the pond in their rear
from a dow bog on their front. On the
bank, stood few aged lpiues yet bear.
mS the scars Of the battle aud standing
as the only monument of TIN remains of
the fallen. On its right, was the mouth
of deep brook, aud To their left, the only
accessible place of approach. Called by
fire in front and flank, without food, ttor
they had left their packs with insufficient
ammunition, amidst the yelIs Of merci-
less foe, with numbers constantly dimin-
ishing, the bravest hearts might have been
appalled,. Tho Indians in that beautiful
and poetic language of signs winch they
50 well understand, Offered them quarter !:
bat the too significant token, also implied
captivity, and they preferred death. Tue
display OF ropes by a baud Of Indians, car
RED To their minds none of thc scduciug
persuasions of the cmbcms Of mercy
They fought almost to the close Of the
day.
In the course of the battle happened II
single combat, of a charater which rartles
back imagination 10 the iInmoriallzcd con
tests of the Greeks ard Troans. Pang,s,
Il chief, and Chamberlain, Il man of appro-
we'd courage, Iner Al Tire water S edge, each
with meuaces aud defiance of ilIe olher.-
Their nuskrts had become too foul for use.
They washed aud lnadod them, watching
each others motions, each Keeping tinr
With his adversary, aud probably both cal
culating 10 fall together. Cbambcriaiu's gun,
however printing, Itself, gave him the op.
p"rtunity Of anticipating the Chief, which
ho ciirctually improved. The last tesla
mrnt of an Indian always makes his sur
wing relatives, the executors Of llls re-
sen.sc. In attempting 10 redeem the
pledge of 6llal pIcty and snpersilil"us vim
dicati,encss the son Of Paugus Afterwards
persisted bv the same baud which took his
fathers life.
The Indians discouraged by the number
OF their slam, abandoned the gound, and
suffered the wretched remnant of the
whites TO escape under the cnycr Of the
night. The bodies Of thirteen of their
number were left unburied, and The sim
pie &c of gcpulture afterwards performed,
was only TO cover them with earth aud
carve their names on the trees which way.
ed above them BY this fierce and qlsli-
nate battle, this achievement OF almost une
paralleIed courage, Indian power wa mp
pied, and savage ferocity, discouraged and
alarmed, made long retreat from New
England, The inYrteracy and violence Of
the luminosity Of both parties, in this CON
test, must be the subject Of continual re-
mark by whomsoever il shall be rviewed.
\ single fact proves, that those feelings
still struggled for action, even when death
was paIsylnS every power, except their
uaeonqerab!c energy. On the retreat oi
The unfortunate survivors, one man, Lieut..
Robbins, disable by his wounds, was lolt
t. II. Il