Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-05-25

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/, enemy, but all in vain. A force oil
: three to one, and that in anbascade.
was overwhelming and irresistible.
, Pressed in front. assaulted on the rissh;
. attacked on the left. and about beng
T surrounded; many of the best and
, ablest slain. and others fast falling in
every direction. a retreat was attctni-
; ted under the edge Of the tosnahaw Is.
;. When the firing commenced, the .srea-
ter portion ofthe troops had dismoon.-
ed; some rcgalned their horses. others
, retreated on foot. The victorious
enemy pursued with deadly and un-
firing perseverance,. The Tetreating
j hentuckians hurried over the rocks.
rushed down the preeip:ce. and the
Ivietors and the vanquisted plunged to-
gether in the stream; some were slain
before they reached the bank. but the
river presented scene bloody as it
was destructive. The day was warm
the retreat rapid, the unarmed and eX-
hausted kentuckians fell easy victims
to the tomahawk and scalpirg-kniie.
streams Of blood. The few who had
gained the southern shore on horse
back, halted aud fired; this caused "a
momentary check, but after a short
pause. the pursuit was again renewed,
aid safety only found in Bryants sta
tiol thirty-six miles from the field #
battle. iierc the defeated Kentuck-
iai.s met the van ofc olonel LogaA's COM
|mand, about four hundred strong.
The colonel halted until the rear Came
up, and the next day marched in
pursuit Of the enemy. The battle
ground was found the second day
after the action, and presented al
scene that agoDized every bosom,
panied every heart, and mcis-
tened every eye. The dead bodies,
exposed to the rays Of the scorchingl
SUI. were so much swollen and man,
gled, that the father, brother, and
friend, who had come TO perform the
last sad rites Of burial, were denied
even the melancholy satisfaction Of
knowing whether those for WHOM, they
sought, were killed or taken prisoners.
The aged parent, in hopes of recog-
niziDg a favorite son, turned, anxious
ly turned body after body, but all in
vain; the tear fell down the furrowed
cheek, yet it fell upon he knew not
whom.
James Morgan was among thc last
that had crossed the river, and was in
the rear until the hill was assembled.
As soon rs he beheld the Indians re-
appear on the ridge, he Eel! anew his
wrongs, and recollected the lovely OBJ
ject Of his affections. He urged Oh
his horse, and pressed to the front.
While in the act Of leaping from his
saddle, he received rife ball in his
thigh, and he fell; an Indian sprung
upon him, seized him by the hair, and
applied the scaiping-knife. At this
Morgan cast up his eyes, and
the handkerchief tina:
bound the head Of tho savage, and
which he knew to be his wife's. This
added renewed strength to his body,
and increased activity to his fury.
He quickly threw his left arm around {
The Indian, and with a death-like grasp
Rugged him to his bosom, plunged his $
snife into his side, and he expired in )
his arms. Releasing himself from the I
savage, Morgan crawlcd under ii small
,ak, Oh an elevated piece of ground, a I
short distance from him. The scene
IF action shifted, and he remained un-
discovered and unscalped, an anxious '
spectator Of the battle. 1t was now a
midnight. Girty and his savage band. 1
after taking all the scaips they could 1
ind. left the battle ground. Morgan q
vas seated at the foot Of the oak, its I
runk supporting bis head. The rag
,cd and uneven ground, that Surround i
ID him, vas covered with the slain: c
he once white projecting rocks. b
,leached with the rain and sun of c
centuries, were crimsoned with the d
Hood that had warmed the heart and r
the bosom ofthc patriot and s
older. But few hours before he 4
lad seen the gallant Todd, Trigg.
Boon, and many others, in all the pride r
f life, flushed with hope, glowing with
cal, and burning with PATRIOTISM
ow cold and lfeless as the rocks that Il
AZ scattered over sthe dark ana bloody Il
rouad;' friends and enemies the red 4
aan and the white nan, side by side j.
die;iy siun,hered in eternal repose. u