Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-22


STAGE NY last, have accidentally met with Old
paper. containing circu,s antla OF the ,n-
pHrtnnt carnpaigm OF ,He Virginia Militia To Point
Pleasant in Il -. undc- the command of Gen. An
drew, Lewis, and the decisive victory III which IT
resniteh, wri,lcn by the late Col. John Stuart o.
,tirecnbrer, who was an officer in that campaign
which papcT enclose for your use:--
ENT%ACT.
''A5out the year 1883 or 90. some families came
10 Grccnoricf aud made settlements believing
that the Indians had ceased from war after
Graddoc;'s Battle. But party of about 90 Indians
came uDon them Killed all the men. and took of
'rn and children TO great number, i'll the ycar
SIS The war terminated in 1894, by treaty
isd with the Indians under Col. Boquettc, British
"ihccr who Commanded an army marching from Fort
III TO destroy the Shawnee towns. Previous 10
toa conclusion ot the Indian in 76l, they had
.'g harosEcd the people OF the frontiers OF Pcmnsyl
Nailla and Virginia, and had been supported in the
'roda'sry war by the Frcuch from Cdnatiu and on
i!n Ohio AZ Fort Pitt (now Fort Duquesne) and
were the CHIEF Instruments with the French who cut
II the array OF Gen. BraddocI in 1879 From tine
wear 1853 till 69, Greenhrcr quite uinhabitci,
when Young nan OF the name OF Ai'Clanahcn and
i,A self with few other young in'A, began some SCI.
Elements &" = g
In the year l77l, Gen. Andrew Lewis and his
brother Col. Charles Lewis, were representatives,
Andrew for EGtctourt, and Charles for Augusta
Couuty, in the General Assembly. held then in VIII
lIa'HSodrg, under the government OF the Earl of Dun
more, when express arrived with information that
The Shawnee Indians had killed all the white traders
IN the nation, and were making prep:: atoms in
led Ga this Intelligence, they sent an express to
me, to give notice 10 the people settled IN Grecnbr
er to DE on their guard, Very soon nt=e-,they
ni the kenawha, aud killed Waiter A"iy, .iu With
Col. john Fields from Cupcpcr county. we're abor,
to make settlement. Ker's family had i.Is; set OF
trr Grcrnbrier. they got notice OF the hostile DIS
position of the Indians, but heard the guns fire that
killed Kelly. The Indians came on To Grceuh7icr
about two weeks afterwards, and killed his brother
VIM. Kelly, and took his daughter prisoner, OF Mud.
Gy Creek. 1t was gyncray believed that British
lthj .hp Ind IN Il 10,
frontier people when the Indians killed tile traders.
rs tine plan for laying taxes OH the Americans was
then in agitation in the British Parliament When
Gen Lewis and his brother got the Intelligence az
the Indians killing the traders and their apparently
hostile disposition, plan o! expedition was con
certed between the Earl Of Dumorc and the Ielvises
to prevent their dcprcdatiOs the frontier ialabi-
tants. Their army was to be composed Of volunteer
m'litia those under the Earl of Dunmorc ha raised
III the county of Frederick, &c, those undtr Gen.
lewis in 2otc:nurt and the adjacent con. les md
those under Col Charles Lewis in Au-lsta. The
northern division, under his orsD. was 10 Ike IL
route by Fort Pitt, and down the Ohio to meet Gen.
Lewis party at the mouth offhe Great kca.vhs.-
Inc southern division, under ten. Lewis,
s2nb.c IN Grecnbrier where I.cvis5u-r sta. Is
then called Fort Savannah, and thence lHro1ri! the
mountains and down the Kenawha to lis mouth. {
where the whole army TO be embodied 70 proceed /
thence to the Shawnee towns. Gen Ilewis's arniv /
including his Brothers troops, amounted TO eleven
hundred men, who marched from Lewisbuyg on the
l!th day September I77i, and arrived at the mouth
d the Kenawha about the LIST of Octo5or. On the
lGth day Of the month while cncanped there waiting
the arrival Of lis iorishp's troops, two young men
went out very early in the morning hunt deer and
discovered number OF nilans who were just RISING
~ their encampmcnt and preparing to attack our
'roops The Indians discovered these acn, fred on
;hcin, and killed enc OF them named Hickman and ,
me other escaped and got uto camp l.t before
sunrise. lie (naEned Mooney stopped before my tent
door, and discovered number of men collecting
around him. and heard him declare that he had seen
above FIVE of ground covered with Indians, as
!lIck Us one could stand beside the other.
Gen Lewis ordered his brother to march out i'm
ued!atey and attack the indians. Two lines were
instantly formed OF The companies commanded by the
Oldest captains, line of the Augusta troops under
Col. Charles Lewis. the other line with the eldest zap
tHTs under Col. VIM Fleming the Botetourt troops
Lhcy met the Indians marching in the same order
about quurter Of mile from our camp, where
jae engagement commenced. Col Lawis was soon
Killed, and Col. Fleming wounded their troops were
rvinr way, but aided BY those running
out ofthe cam? az the head Of whom were Eott's,
Mooney and Ankles companies, and the Indians in
turn retreated until they formed line from the bank
~ the Ohio the bank of the kena ygia enclosing
orr army IN the point The engagement lasted until
sindoWn in which we had seVent y-five men killed
and one hundred and forty wounded which was every
tlh man in our army. The Indians rc-crossed the |
Ohio that night, after dragging the most OF their
slain out of the field OF battle. Our |
men scalped seventeen ofthe enemy the next nora
ing, that were found the field, ard twelve men
were afterwards found covered with logs some Of
their dead were floating down the river dtlrirly
the time OF the battle, which had been thrown into
me river to conceal thea disposition very prcya-
.ant among the indians
On the day before i!,,: battle c0InroauAel the
guard, ana Some scouts came down the river from
ps ordsbip's camp, express to Gen. Lewis with or
dars 70 cross the river md march his troops on TO
~: Shawnee towns, where ne would meet us with
Us army. Among these one lately trader
.'h the Indians, OF the OF AGcCuiioch. with
IN cor pany with Capt. Alexander aicC,aua-
IAN. hH'. made acquaintance - Philadelphia
161H. t"o years before On nesting Capt. MCLEAN
aHaH. 10 own camp isa enqugcd for inc and was
tod that quad. Hhee he came to sec me-
conversation asked him if tie Indians would ven
tIrc to fight rs Tes said he. you vii get grinders
aad st ba ore long, and repeating il, sy:orc that we
2 oud e.. grinders very soon. 1t afterwards
apoTted tiiat these scouts who all traders and
attached 70 the Indians bad seen them their way