Litchfield enquirer., 1833-09-12

 s,ani. and all the balls took effect through the shield. He fell, and was immediately surrOUn- ded by six Or eight of his tTihe, who picked him up and bore him of. Several of these were shot down by our party. The whole l body ten rctreated back Ofthe hill, out Of our | sight, with the exception of few lndIans, who were running about from tree {" tree out | Of gun shot. |
 They now covered the hill for the second time, bringing up their bowmen, who had not been in action before, and commenced hea- l " fire with balls and arrows. which we re- turned by we'll directed aim with our rifles. At this instant, another chief appeared On near the spot where the last one fell. The same question of who was loaded, was asked; the answer was, nobody; when little Charles. the mulattO servant, came run. hing up with Buchannan's rifle. which had not been discharged since he was wounded, and handed it to James Bowie. who instantly fired, and brought him down from his horse He was surrounded by six or e:sht of his tribe. as was the last, and bore of under our iire.- During the time we were engaged in defend' ing ourselves from the Indians un the hill. some fifteen or twenty ofihe Cadd" tribe had succeeded in getting upder the bank of the creek in our rear, at about forty yards dis
 
 ded Matthew Doyle. the ball entering in the left breast and out the back. As sOt'n as be cried out he was wounded, Thumas McCas- lin hastened to the spot where he fell, and ub- served, where is the Indian that shot Doyle" He was told by a ulore experienced hand not to venture there, as, from the report of their guns, they must be riAemen. At that instant he discovered an Indian, and while in the act of raising his piece. was shot through the cen ire of the body aud expired. Robert Arm str0ng exclaimed, !" damn that Indian that shot McCaslin, where is he ?'' He was also told notto venture there, as they must be riae- men; but on discovering an Indian, and while bringing his gun up, he was fired at, and part of the stock of his gun cut off, and the bali lodged against the barrel. During this tune our enemies had formed complete c'rc'e around US, occupying the points of rocks scattering trees and bushes. The firing tnen became general from all quarters.
 Finding our situation ton much exposed a" mons the trees. we were obliged to leave it.and take to the thickets. The first thing necessa- ry was to dislodge the riAemen from under the bank of the creek, who were within point blank shot. This we soon succeeded in, by shooting the most of them through the head, as we had the advantage ofseeing them when they could not see ns.
 The road we had cut round the thicket the night previous. gave US now an advantageous situation oyer that of our enemy, as we had a
 fair view of them in the prairie. while we were umpletely hid. We baffled their shots by
 moving six or eight feet the moment we had fired, as their only mark was ;he smoke oi
 our guns. They would put twenty balls " ith- | in the size of a bucket handkerchief where
 they had seen the smoke. In this manner
 we fought them two hours, and had one man I-.-.sa 4 .a4il.il- aGhea. ,shQi
 of it.
 They now discovered that we were not to
 oe disiodged from the thicket, and the nncer.
 tainty of killing US at random shot they suf.
 terins very much from the fire of our rifles.
 which brought half dozen at every ronnd'
 They now determined tO resort to strata gem.
 ny putting fire to the dry grass in the prairie. Tor me double purpose of routing us from our posItiOn, and, under cover of the smoke, to carrJ away their dead and wounded, which lay near us. The wind was now blowing from tne west, and they placed the fire in that guar. Ter, where it burnt down all the grass 10 the creek. and then bore off to the right and left, leasing around our position space of about nve acres that was untouched by the fire----- Under cover of this smoke, they succeeded ins carrying of a. portion of their dead and wounded. In the mean time our party were engaged in scrapipg away the dry grass and leaves from our wounded men and baggage to prevent the fire from passing over it; and likewise, in pulling up rocks and bushes to an- swer the purpose of breast work.
 They now discovered they had failed in routing us by the fire, as they had anticipated. They then re occupied the points of the rocks and trees in the prairie. and commenced an other attack. The firing continued f"r some time, when the wind suddenly shifted to the north, and blew very hard. We now dscoy. cred our dangerous situation, should the h. dians succeed in putting fire to the small spot winch we occupied. and kept strict watch all around. The two servant boys were e,a played tn scraping away the dry grass and leaves rem around the baggage, and pulling 1 rocks and placing them around the rnen.-l 'Ane renaainGer of the party were warmly sn- gagged with the enemy. The point from which tpe wind now blew being favorable to fire our position. one If the Indians succeeded in crawling down the creek and putting fire to the grass that had not yet been burnt; hut before he could retreat back to his party, was K'iied by Robert Armstrong.
 Al thls time we saw nO hopes of escape. as the Ire was canning down rapidly before me wind, Banning ten feet high and directly ior the spot we occupied. What must be aone--sse must either be burnt up alive. or driven into the prairie amongst the savag.s, This ancAssrn eaA aha TnA As. ..