Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-06

| debted to The poiteness of an officer at
! Cantonment Towson, for the following
account of the murder Of two CT the sol
diers belonging to that post, by the Paw
nee Indians, and the subsequent chas
tisement Of the aggressors The facts
| stated, (ssys the writer, are derived ON
| those concerned. and will agree with the
| report of the Commanding Officer, who
has intimsted his appreciation OF this
| statement
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
on the small detachment of u s. troops,
citizens, and friendly Indians, for the
| promptness w..Ii which they turaed oat
to avenge the death Of the murdered sol.
diers; and the success which has attend
| ed their activity Will, we trust, have q
happy effect in preventing a repetitioR
! Of the outrage.
Cantonment Towsoa, Sept. l, 1928.
Sir: On the stst Of August, six sol.
diers OF this command had a pass to go
to the kiame chi, for the purpose of fish.
ing Corporal Thomas 1loyd and Mu
sician Glenn preceded the party about
thirty or fifty yards. AT the distance Of
six miles from this post, those who were
in the rear heard the report Of gun,
accompanied with an Indian yell, and
also the exclamation, % God, am Kill
edt' knowing shat neither G!oyd nor
Glenn had gun, their followers were
convinced that they were attacked by
enemies, though an intervening knoll
/ hi III 30
! immediately returned to the garrison,
and on p report Of the facts command
Of twenty men WAS ordered outty major
Birch, under lieutenant Casey. They
retained in the evening with the corpses
Of Gloyd and Glenn: The body OF lhe
| former was marked bye hall end many
efrows--tbst of the latter by arrows only
The alarm was Immediately given to
the citizens, and friendly indians en-.
camped in the neighborhood Of the gar,
rison; ard on the following morning a
pSrty oi sbout forty mounted men, con
sisting of citizens and friendly Indians,
and detschmentfr from this post, pursued
the enemy, and on the fourth day re
turned with the scalps of the soldiers
killed, and those OF three indians; also
with the BOWS and equipments Of fifteen.
They found the Indians encamped ABBOTT
ninety miles from the garrison, near the
Blue Water river, They rushed upon
them suddenly, while they were dancing
around the sea rs Of Gloyd and Glenn.
They were near thicket--thro' which
some escaped-but ii is believed not
many withou. mortal wounds: They
we've Pawnees. The only one OF the
opposition party who was injured, was
M COMING, a Delaware Chief, who
received an arrow wound in bis thigh -
lie is now doing well.
! The reduced number Of regular soldiers
at this post, rendered it impossible TO
furnish large detachment and much
credit is due TO the citizens, for the rea
diness with which they volunteered their
services; and also 10 Mr.. Aldrich. the
Sutler who rode the whole night to mus.
ter theml
From Cork paper, efhe 4fh Sept
Piracy and Murder The TnETls, a
fine brig Of $50 tons. Captain JOHN BAL
LIE, (which left Bristol in Feb. last
sailed from Sierra Leone, Cd of June.
for Cork, having left eight of her crew
(Which consisted Of twelve.) behind in
consequence of sickness-Four Portu.
guese were shipped to supply their place.
Tue crew conducted themselves well un-
I'll the night of sist Of July, when being
in latitude 80 90, north, long 40 the
captain retired to bed at 10 O'clock, as
was bis usual custom; in about half an
hour be was awoke by three loud knocks
on deck, ard having jumped out of his
birth, was proceeding to 60 above, when
at the cabin door, he found one of the
Portuguese, named Francis Domingo,
with an axe in bis hand. On Capt B
approaching him he made blow with
the axe a! his head, which the captain
avoided by his activity. whereupon, the
fellow plunged his knife into Capt BPS
arm. The latter then rushed at the as
sassin, and wrested TIE axe from him,
but be retreated quickly. AT this mo