Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-21
lint they were still At some distance.

~. on Which every man ran I'd nus
abin for his gun. and took refuge IN
he bio K house. The Indians an
swernig the alarm With war whopp
ron, their whole line. commenced II
ing aud running towards the fort
from every direction. 1t VAS evil
lently their intention to take the
place by ASSAULT. but the 6e Of the
indians was answered by that of SIX
brave and skiituI sharpshooters.--
Fhls unexpected reception, prese nt
ed the intended ASSAULT. and made the
Indians take refuge behind logs,
Jumps and trees. The firing con
tinued with little intermission for a
bout four hours.
IN the intervals Of the firing, the
Indians frequently called out to the
people ot The fort, Give up. give up,
ton many Indian. Indian too big
No Kill they were answered with
defiance ONE on you towards (;
we are ready for yon. Shcw us your
yellow hides, aud We will make holes
IN them Tor YOU
During the evening, many of the
Indians, at some distance from the
fort. amused themselves by shooting
the horses, cattle. hogs and sheep,
| until the bottom was stre1ed with
their dead bodies.
About ten o'clpck at night the In
dians set fire tn barn about 80 yards
! tron THE TORT. The barn was large,
and full Of grain and hay. The hame
/ VAS frigbttuI, and at first it seemed
10 endanger the burning OF the fort,
but the barn stood OH luwer ground
than the fort. 1 he night WAS calm,
with the exception Of a sllSht breeze
up he creek. Tins car ried the flame
aud burning spllgtrrs IN "a different
direction. 80 that the burning of the
baru, VIII b al first was regarded az
"a dangerous it not fatal occurrence,
proved IN the issue the means of
throwing strong light toa great
distance M every direction. SO that
the Indians durst not approach the
| fort To SET fire To the Cabins, which
they might have done at little risk,
under he cover Ut da' kneos.
After the barn was set on fire, the
Indians collected on the side Of the
fort opposite the barn, 50 as to have
advantage OF the light, and KEEP, "a
pretty constant fire, which was as
steadily answered by that of the fort,
until abaut 9 o'Clotk when The audi
ans left the place, and made hasty
retreat.
Thus was this little place defend
ed by Spartan band OF six men, a.
gainst one hundred .h0sen Warriors,
exasperaled To madness by their fail
ure at Wheeling tort. Their names
shall be- inscribed in The list of no.
roes Of our early times. they we're
Jacob Miller, George Letter, Peter
Fullenwrider, Daaiel Roe. Gesrge
Felebaum. and Jacob Letter. junior.
George FelebauiD was hot in ~ fore
head, through port hole. at the Sc
copd FIRE Ut the Indians, and i slant.
~ expired: SD that ia reality e de-
trnte Of the place was made by only
five men.
The loss Of the Indians wa. four,
three 0fwh0m were killed al the first
FIRE from the fort. he O,her was kill.
Ell about sun down. There can be
Da doubt but that number more
were killed and wounded in the en-
gagement, but concealed or carried
| off.
a large division of these Indians
on ibeir retreat, passed within a lit
tie distance of my fathers fort. In
following their trail. few days af
forwards, 4 found large poultjce of
chesed sassatras ieases. This is
the dressing which the indians usu-
ally apply 10 recent gun Shot Wounds.
The poaitice which / found had be-
Come too old and dry, was removed
aud replaced with a new one.
Examples of personal bravery, or
hair breath escapes. are always &C
ceptable 10 readers of history. An
instance OF both of these happened
during the attack on this fort. which