Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-15

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tance--in the vicinity of the hostile post OF Galhopolis'
and of several others on the Ohio below; and beng
so remote from the settled frontiers, as To be uhsns-
ceptible of being furnished with provisions, asshaance'l
or information, without the expenditure OF more
object.
Lewis End his men, were much veXed on receiving
orders To return; Il council OF war was held; disap-
pointment and indignation wus visible IN every coun'
tcuauce--a majority of officers voted for gong on To
the Ohio river, about ten miles farther, with a hope
OF meeting with the cnemy--"to get something 10
eat, and To try our hand at hogging them They
encamped two nights on the Ohio bank, but saw no
ding to the Governors oydcrs, through u trackless
region of mountains, three hundred miles, IN the
midst OF December without provisions. Each man
was now allotted one pint OF corn meal, drought by
llogg's company aud two pounds OF buffalo meat,
this being their whole store. On the second night OF
their return, they cncamned ut the Green Falls, hav-
ing came about forty mlcs--thnt evening some OF
IIogy,s men went { ut To shoot wild turkcs, upon the
hills about half n mile from the camp; they fell IN
with ahont a dozen OF indiau warriors, painted, as Il
mark of hostility. II seems that while lIewis's men
had lain al the mouth of Sandy, they had bccu secret
IL discovered by the indians, and that the Indians had
sent out this scouting party TO ascertain who they
were, and what was their strength. Those indians
fired on tlogg's men, and killed two Of tiien--the
others returned the fire and wounded 4 Shawnee,
vino was captured and brought to the camp, where
the alarm had already been given by the remaining
indians, who had raised i loud war-hoop, and set of
down the river.
The wounded Indian refused TO give them any i'll.
formation. by signs or otherwise, although they treat
ed him we'll. with a hope OF drawing some Intelligence
from him. 1t is not known whether the Indians pur-
sued the whites any further or not:-thcy probably
iludged, from appearances at the encampments, that
the whites were too strong for them, and declined all
farther purSuit:-Many OF the whites however,
thought, that this party of Indians were only the ad-
vance scouts, ct perhaps 4 large party of The enemy,
pursuing them;-as so small q party, would not
have pursued so many whites alunr;-Col. Lewis
therefore, called Il council of war, which was split
by much diversity of opinion;--it is said that Capt.
Paul proposed that they should return and invade
the Sciuto towns, or perish in the attempt-the Gov
ernor's orders TO the contrary, Notwithstanding
and that this proposition was advocated oy Lieut..
M'Nutt, who was n man of fine education: = II was
determined however, that they should pursue their
way homc;-and strict orders were given by the COM
mandant, that no guns should be fired; and no fires
klndled i'll the encampment;-a as their safe return de-
pended very much on their silence. and secrecy.
! This injunction was kept several dlys,-while the
men were exposed to almost insutlerahle hunger
aud cold:-during the first fur days OF this am
barge, their pack horses We're all killed and eatcn:-.
some OF them having gwen ont for want Of proven
der; and the rest being regarded as an encumbrunce,
i because they had no provisions 10 carry.-N hen
they arrived at the Burning Spring. (9) they took the
green buifhlos' hides which they hadleit there on their
way down, and cut them, into long thongs or tuSgS,
and roasted them;. hence they called tins, the river OF
5 tugs, AMI 1t bears the name OF Tugg river until this
day. (l0( During several days after the buffalo
Il tIEgs were all eaten, they subsisted on beech nuts
;. which lay on the ground; this means of su5sis.
: teEce was cut OF By a deep snow which fell. Tne
embargo above referred to, was taken on;-about
+ thirty men sepa rated from the main body to hunt
their way home; they came in by the way Of Blue
stone river and Indian creek, TO Jackson's river
several of them persisted with hunger and cold-sev-
r eral others we're lost and have never since been heard
! OF, as they had subdlvlded into groups OF five or SIX
br fnidnfg paine II fhtvaed UsToc as IN BIZ the more sure
!: conducted home, by Col. Lewis, the same rout tina,
/ they had went out-thcy were frequently several
t days without one lota TO eat; many OF them dcvourc,
4 the strings OF Their moccasins, and the belts and laps
= OF their shot pouches,-thry arrived at Roanoke in RI,
n midst o! u very severe winter, and (excepiinr rho
IS regulars) were disbanded;-Tl..s disastrous Tesn,i
might possibly have been avoided, if Capt. Hogr
n with his company, had arrived in due time, at H.
= point OF rendezvous, ON Roanoke, in the autumn
5 as the whole regiment, might then went on without
delay, and sac ked the Indian towns OIL the Scjo,o.
4 before Gov. Fauquire's countermaniinp orders could
have been issued;-by which means they nirut
have obtained plenty OF corn and sweet potatoes, 10
nave roasted on during the campaign, if successful.
l'ienl. M'Nutt was a young man OF liberal cduca-
i tlon;--he wrote a journal of the whole camoairn. N
n that document 1t is understood that MsNutt had cen
9 sured Lewis; "a deficient IN perseverance,, for not
= proceeding directly on TO the SciOto towns; g. as def
Gent III humanity, for imposing on his men the res
s %ticf'ons above referred to When M.Nutt return.
= cd to Williamsburg, he presented the journal to Gov.
cTnor FauqlIrc, with whom he was infinite. &. Fan.
= qnlrc placcd it among the papers of the Executive
L (ll) Col. Lewis was in Williamsburg the next veor
g ~ a member Of the house OF Burncsses, when Mr.
r. M'Nutts Journal passed under his eve and gave him
Oiitncc,--M'Nu was then stationed at fort Morpon
on MonoiIgahola, so that an interview between tho,
did NOT occur for several years,-thcy ultimately
c met unexpectedly, in the streets Of Stanton ON n
/ court day, spring of l762.-an explanation occurred
f. IN alteration ensned, which was Succeeded Lv ,
, BRISK ShebHeh (Iofc, vulgarly called a fight" with
> isls' rect. and cndgek;-a severe engagement re-
suited IN M'Nutt's complete dlscOmfturc: bot thcv
E both appeared very willing TO crawl ont of fi,c mud.
10 the no small dlversiCn, Of numerous Spectators.
, kIng George, some time afterwards, appointed Ne
Mutt Governor Of Nova Scotia, where he ren,a med
nntII about the beginning Of the revolution;-in that
contest VI Mutt adhered to the American caas ana
joined ms countrymen in arms, under Gen. Gates. al
r Saratoga,-he was afterwards known as n rneritori-
ous officer, ~ the baron De Kalb's Brigade, in the
soutr-h9 died IN 1871, and was buried in the Fall.
ing spring Church yard, in the forks Of James river.
SON OF C~ORNSTALK.
~ Fincas,lle county was divided into three counties aGey
inGrdS,-to wit: Washington, Montgomery, and Keutuckv-
Jennings Statues at Iarge,-Vol gh, pa % PSI, and Jefcr.
sons Votes on Virginia, AppendiS-page 337, 9Th edition.