Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-09-28

; as they mast be riiemen; but on dis
covering an Indian, and while bring
/, IN. bis gun Up. he was fred at, and
part of the stock Of bis gun shot away
and the bail lodged against the barrel.
! During this time. our enemies had
i formed a complete circle around Us,
Occupying the points of rocks. scatter
ing trees and bushes. The firing then
became general, from all quarters.
Finding our situation much exposed
among the trees, We were obliged to
leave it, and take to the thickcts. The
asst thing necessary WAS to dislodge
the riilenen from under the bank Of
the creek, where in point blank shot.
This was soon succeeded in, by shoot
ling them through the Lead, as we had
the advantage OF seeing them When
they could not see US.
| The road we had cut round the
thicket the night previous, gave us
now an advantageous situation over
that of our enemy, as we had fair
view of them in the prairie. while We
were completely hid. We baf.led
their shots by moving SIX or eight feet
the moment we had fred, as their o.ly
mark was the smoke O: our guns.
They would put twenty balls within
the size of a pocket handkerchief.
where they had seen the smoke. In
this manner we Tough: them two hours,
land had one man wounded, James
Corricll, who was sao: through the
arm, and the ball lodged in the side,
first cutting away bush. which pre-
vented il from penetrating deeper than
the size oft.
They now discovered we were not
to be dislodged from the thicket, and
the uncertainty Of killing us at random
shot: they suffering very much from
the fire of our rifles, which bro't half Il
dozen at every round. They detcrmin-
ed to resort to stratagem, by putting fire
to the dry grass IN the pairie. for the
double purpose ofdriving US from our
position, and, under cover OF the smoke
to carry away their dead and wounded
which lay near ue. The wind was
49, t,iv-t.s :De west, and they
placed the fire in that quarter where
it burnt down all the grass to the creek
and then bore of to the right and left,
leaving around our position space Of
about five acres that was untouched
BY the fire. Under cover Of the smoke
they succeeded IN carrying away a
portion Of their dead and wounded.
Ia the mean time our party were en-
gagged in scraping away the dry grass
and leaves, to keep the fire fsom pass
ing over: and likewise, in pulling up
rocks and bushes to answer the pur-
pose Of breast work.
they now discovered that they had
failed to rout US by this as they had an
anticipated. They then occupied the
points of tee rocks and trees in the
prairie, aad commenced another at
tack. The firing continued for some,
time, when the wind suddenly shifted
TO the North, and blew very hard.
We now discovered cur dangerous sit
uation, should the Indians succeed il
putting fire to the small spot which,
we occupied. and kept strict watch
all round. The two servant boys
were kept employed in scrap,ng away
try grass and leaves from around the
baggage, and pulling rocks and plac
iDg them around the wounded lnen.
The remainder Of the party were
engaged with the enemy.
The point from which the wind now
blew being favorable to fire our posi-
ton, one of the Indians succeeded in
down the creek aud firing
to the grass that had not been burnt.
but before he could retreat back 10 bis
party, was killed by Armstrong.
At this time we saw no hopes OF es-
cape, as toe ERE was coming down ra-
pidiy bcfore the wind, flaming ten feet
high, and directly TO, the spot we occu-
pied. What was to be done!-we
must either be burnt up alive, or dri-
ven into the prairie amongst the sava-
yes. This encouraged the Indians,
,nd to make it more awful, their shouts
md yelis rent the air: they, at the
,anie time, firing upon US about -
.lio;s minute. As som As the smoke
I'D Us fron, their view, we collected
ogetaer, and held consultation as to
VIA; WIS best to be done. Our first
was, that they might charge
i,,oa Us under cover OF the smoke, az
We could make pat one cffectn.i ire
he sparks were living abon. 50 ,.:ekly