The Arkansas advocate., 1832-08-01
INDIAN " AR.
From tlsc GGle5ian Juty 4 Tt ffs 1Nf.sxfr - T.

isss fs'-ls'fsssi LOW T te-lay from FKSol loggs Grove, bringing intoftnatjon at 1fi' battle having been fought with tbe V ia dians in that neighborhood, on Aiond",. . morning, by q part of the compans Y Spies, under tbe command of Mai n v ment. The particulars We suBie.p
 On Sunday evening Maj. u. arfiyos it kellogg's Grove, and receiving nfs' nation carly the following .S5,s,.;. that traces of Indians were plaihl, d;s eernible in that immediate net,.jt " hood, called for 20 or 30 volunteeerss s0'' Haceompan} hiInto reconnoitrc l,epeisp borhood. In a short tfme they cam upon tle enemy, whose force was ,ns formidable to De resisted by so small number, and being too far ad1aneed,s make good lis rctreat, lost some of h;s party before the arrival of the reroa;a der of his company-altcr which . considerable skirmish ensued; but ar ling to tie refractory aud unmananeoEr temper Of the horses, oeeasfonea} hp a~ clash of arms and the Indian vsH%. vas found fmpraetieable 10 form . lisa -yet, under all these disadvantages number of Indians were killed A6en act nuabeF cannot be ascertaipcd i. they were aeen to carry several of fbp;, dead from the field during the enasra lmem.) Maj. D. lost five men. and
 bout 20 horses, killed, in the battle
 There were 2 Indians found on tha Gan. I June D.. .Hofe hadian .5lsrders
 About noon an express arrived fromibo
 Gincinaway Mound, announcing tf1egf,
 tack on three men who were at work
 in corn field about ten miles fromth;s
 town, and that two of them had laIlen I Maj. Stephenson, aho had lust rs. turned 10 Galena from an exeGfsioaa the country, with q few mounted me, immediately put absnt So men in fea'
 diness 10 march in pursuit of the ipa.
 ans. Wltha forced march, his detaeh.
 Rent soon arrived at thescene of dcah. ! where were found the bodies of 1lam:
 RoxleY and John Thompson, n0q I EshocklfgfY maHgled. The heart q l Thompson was taken ouf, and both ute 1 scalpedl
 A few men were left 10 bury b { dead, while the main body of the con. ] pany went in pursuit of the Iaaians-. ] The company tracked them to then fsidenee of Mr. Jofdon, on the bankd
 tho Mississippi, and found that tl1es sa just stolen canoe, and crossed oyeE
 There appeared not 10 be the sipn 1 of more than five Indians, though tr i to be presumed that thcre was a lat@
 body on tie other side. Having TO means Of crossing, the company return
 ed to Galena on tho following day.
 This was very unexpected attack,
 and from quarter as littlv looked for.
 1t appears new that attacks arc made
 all around this town, and murders com \
 mitted nearly in sight of our stockadc :. i June 20.-All the inhabitants nofA of us, and on the Mississippi. lbis sdc of Cassyille, have come in today, asa kintend to remain till the var is epdea. It is now viewed 10 be very nilsaeio
 go one mile from this place without
 formidable guard.
 A gentleman who has nst arrigs1, states that ne jeff an army of two brig. ades on the waters of Apple river,oa
 the night of the 29th. One is 10 re.
 port 10 Gen. Dodge, who win ilnmedt atcly take. command of them.
 Gen. Atkinson, VIC learn, las at length commenced his line of march with about l2G0 mounted men. and DUO regulars. He is moving on the cast side of Rock river.
 July 2.--A detachment of mounted volunteers, composed | oif part oif eeaf- eaf ialns Craig and Dunean's eomPaaes, left town, by order of Col. Strode, aa- der command of Mai. StepheHson,e Jolnthe main army, which isDow march ing 10 the Indian eacampments withs view of a general e1termination.
 Lleuts. Holmes and Crossman, and Mir. Enoch C. March, Q. N. G. arris. ed here this afternoon from Gen. A. klason's Head Quarters, at tue mouth of Sycamore Greek, state that betWeea Builaloe Grove and Kcllogg's Grove, and in the latter they saw tlree yeg large fresh Indian trails yesterday, and the day before, and several smaller ones. They do net believe the trail could have been more than day os two old when they saw it. They aA lead 5. $. W.sto N. N. r. in q direc- lion where, We understand, the maln body of the Indians are stationed.
 Such of the mounted volunteers as remain, of Capt. Craig and Duncans companies Lave been placed under com