Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-07-05
Prom The 81 koaG R|pub't IN. Ji.9c 10
FROM TIE SEAT OIL WAR


The following information 10 from gentleman
who spent 81 houls nj Il Head Quarters Of the ~
my winch be- lct on Snlurd, morning last aud
may be relied upon, though 1t contains nothing Of
| Geial
1t will be rccollected that since the dlsbondng of
General Whdesdcs army Ger. Atkinson bus
been at Ouuwo, leaving Col. Taylor III command
at DAon'a whore thele were about 900 Mllia who
Ind volunteered 10 remaln ull lhoneW levy arrived
About week since, Governor Reynolds arrived
at tIe foot OF the Rapids, whore MAJOR Horn, Of
Morgan county had built small atockade and
stote house called Fort w burn or Fort Deposit
10 thu place Glen Atkinson came about tho same
t'me, with tho gentlemen ofhs StaH, Llouts A s.
Johnson ind l.. NJ Clnk, Aids; Lieut. Il. A.
derson, Inspector General; Lieut. q w Whce.
wright, Ordnance Officer Lieut.. r. Holmes,
Commssary of Subsistence and Doct Baylor,
Surgeon The Militia were coming IN every day
nboul 900 had arrived probably upwards and
nWnbcr5 were known to he on their way The
whole number wns expected to exceed 600 which
together with the Regular Troops, about 500 nnd
the indlnns who had volunteered OF been Obliged
to take sides, would mike a formidable force
The MlllIln were 10 be mustered into service un-
der Cen. Atkinson as the elections should
be completed for theu Field Officers On the 18th.
Dr Alexander Poseylof Shawoeotown was elected
BrSadler tonclnI Of the first Brigade VII,
llugase Esq, Colonel Jefferson Gatcwoo4
Lieutenant CCIone aud james Hampton N nor.
All tlese gentlemen are otGallalun county -AGe-
lection had ,,j'n place on the march orthc ...=Ia,
FROM 'nploIphpa1 Madison, III ~hcn Tho. ..l...4a
W Smith lag As chosen Colo.d. auo -
Brcesei E-q, nsJoI but it WIS aud thai -
election Wnnt'd latlhts confirmation, ns all those
Who weretr ID to Vote we're not present
General y dy vi l,ur Bael,aa his And ar
rivcdafew days ago, after leaving at Dixon Two
COMPANIES of regular Troops, which he had brought
from Fort Wnnebueo
| 1t was understood that Gen Atkinson had offer
ed 10 General Brady Ia, choice 81 command of tue
regular Troops or the MIlua, aed tl.at he mad ac-
! ocpt,d thu former Great cAra4ons warc maxine
ia ber,1ly to take mp the line 81 muleh IN ttrae
| da}s Whether tin army wouta 70 s. T. ckson's,
| OF Cd IuyIor would b. urdcraG 10 o.I, ' some o.
! 'hcr point u3 not 4aud Ia Ga segeral ,onil ren-
ccsGen. Atkinson hadh With the ouawatonleg
| tney remained undecided IN then e5u.s st, until he
obliged them to declare for or against "a. As their
conduct evidently WINS suspicious tins Mas the
more necessary. Caldwell, one of their Chiefs
VA III Camp Il few days ago.--W a-pouuoe-tha
NE Cinef and Sharboney, were at Fort VI bum,
Oh the nlght Of the 18th. They agreed to furnish "A
! hundred men, who 1t is 81 I'd, will fight under
the latter Chlci, Who Is an Ottawa resident among
| then, and was one OF Tccumsel's right I'D men
last war-bcng close to HIM when he fell. His
account of that aair and ofthc battle generally, IS
very Interesting.
General Dodge, with party of some thirty men
from Gocna, had arrived at Head Quarters d few
dnFs before and had returned to Galena. From
him Il /, understood, that the Winncbagoes had
a length prepared 10 take sides with us, and had
promised To join Ium or the army with force
William 5. Hamilton, Esq is SAID to have re-
turned 10 the vicinity Of the Pc .ca-ta--ke, with
force OF two hundred Sious and the Menomi
nees were expected 10 follow with considerable
number
Near Peoria, we met Pierre AIeuay1, Jr. Esq.
with aparty of kashaskia Indians, ana IN compa-
| ny with some Militia, all on their way to Head
Quarters.
Gen. Williams had arrived from Detroit and hi
eago, with hundred AnI fifty men
No account had yet hcen received of the two COM
panas OF Regulars having arrived, who were order
cd toreoecuPy Fort Dearborn but ii was thought
they must have arrived, This leaves little chance
tor the enemy escape on the south side of Lake
Michigan. The Indiana Militia are also in the
Held and some otthcm had offered their services to
Gen, at:n-ol lie had tJunI himself under the ne.