Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-23

thing more Unit he found himself i'm the hosni,,1
| OF the fort under the hands of French surgeon.
beaten TO Jelly, and unable to move a limb Here
he was quickly visited by Owe of his cap,ors-thc
same who had gwen him such good advice when
about to commence his race. lie now inonired
with some interest, # ho felt 'yery sorc' Younp
Smith replied tkat he had been bruised almost 10,
dea'h, and asked what he had done to merit sach
barbarity. The Indian replied that he had done
notbiug but that il tho Gust on,ary rrcciny oS
tho Indians to their prisoncrs--,hat it was some
thing like the English 'iow dye to? and that now
all ceremony would be laid aside, and he would be
treated with Kindness. Smith onquired IL thew
pad any BOWS of Gen. BIadduck The Indian re.
pred That their scouts SAW him every day from the
niounta,ns--tlat he advancing in close co.
iu'n.s through the woods-tthis he indicated by
Placing number of red sticks parallel to zach
other and pressed closely tosetbor)-and that tho
Indians would DO ablo to shoot them down s'lke
pigeons"
Smith rapidly recovered, and was soon allo to
wnkupon the oatticments OF tls fort, with the
and OF stick. While engaged il this exercise. ON
the morning ofthe 9th -, he observed an upnsu,I
hustle in the fort. The Indians stood in crowds at
the great gate, armed aud painted. MANY barrels
OF powder balls, flints, s.. were brought out 10
them, from which zach warrior helped himself to
such articles as he required. They we're soon ioin
cd ny small detachment of French regulars
when the whole party marched off together lie
had a full view of them as they passed and was
confident that they could exceed four hundred
men. lie soon learned that Il wa detached uoont
D'aoocck, VINE was now it'll in few miles of
the lori; but from their great inferJrity i'm num-
bers he regarded thor destruction as certain and
looked joyfully to the arrival of Braddock in the
evening, us the hour which was 10 deliver linn
from the power of the indians In the afternoon,
however, an Indian runner arrived with fair diff
tcrcnt intelligence. The battle had not vet ended
when he left the field; but he announced that the
English had been surrounded, and were shot down
IN heaps by an invisible enemy; that instead offly-
ing at once or rushing npon their concealed foe,
thoy appeared completely bewildcrcd hudded toge-
tner IN The centre Of the ring, and before sun down
.here would not be man of them alive. This
.,,ei'gence Tell like thnnderbolt upon Smith,
VIII" now saw himself irrctricvably in the
power al The savages, and could look for
ward to nothing but torture or endless captivitv-
lie waited anxiously for further intelligence, SIN
hoping That the fortune of the day might cbange
But about sunset, he heard at distance the we'll
| known scalp halloo, followed by wild. quick ioy
fnl s!iFieks. aud accompanied by long continued
ilring. Fins too surely announcing the fate of tho
day. About dusk, the party returned to the fort,
driving before them twelve British regulars strip.
ped naked, and with their faces painted black. an
evidence that the unhappy wretches were devoted
10 oeatt. Next came the Indians, displaying their
bloody scalPs, of WHICH they had immense mum,
bers, and dressed in tho scarlet coats sashes and
military hats, of the officers and soldiers Behind
| all came a tain of Baggage horses, laden with pos
OF scaips, cantecns. and all the accoutrements of
British soldiers. 'Phc savagcs appeared franti.
with Joy, and when Smith behold them entering
the tort, dancing, yelling, brandishng their red
toinarawks, and waving their scalps in the air.
while the great guns of tbs fort replied to the n
cessant discharge Of the rifles without he saws that
ltlooked as IL Fill had given holiday and turning
loose It's niha!btans upon the uPpcw orld. The most
melancholy spectacle the band of prisoners
They appeared detected and xious. Poor fellows!
| they had but few months before left London at
the command OF their superiors, and we may easily
imagine their feelings, at the strang5 and dreadful
spectacle around thcm.-The wells of delight and
congratulation were scarcely over, when those of
vengeance began. The devoted prisoners British
reguarsl were led out from the fort . the Blanks
OF the Allegheny, and, to the eternal disgrace Of
tIo french commandant, were there burnt TO
ueath, with the most awful tor,ures Smith stood
upon the baltlcmcnts, and witnessed tho SHOCKING
spectacle. The prisoner was tied to a stake, with
ms hahds raised above his head, stripped naked and
surrounded by Indians. They would touch him
with red hot irons, and stick his body full of pine
i spntors, and set them fre-drow ing the shrieks
OF tho victim in the yells ofdclght with which they
danced around him. His companions in the near
time stood IN group near the stake, and had fore
! TASTE OF what was III reserve for each ofthcm AS
Lust as one prisoner died under his torures another
hlicd his place, until the whole persisted All this
Tie victims must have rung in the of the French
commandment!
lwoor three days after this shocking spectacle
most OF the Indian tribes dispersed, and returned
TO Their homes. as is usual with them after great
and decisive battle. Young Smith was demanded
OF the French by the tribe to whom he belonged
and was immediately surrendered into their hands
| Icy virture of deed of trust executed 10 me-
| III - by Joseph III. Walker, bearing date the llth
DAY OF April 1881, and recorded in the Clerks
office of Chesterfield county, shall for purposes
therein mentioned, on Monday the Sd day of Do
| cemher next, if fair, otherwise on the next fair
day, on the premises, proceed to sell at public ave