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

should take care Of himself as we'll as
he could, until the fire arrived at the
r'"garound our baggage and wounded
men, and there il should be smothered
with buffalo robes, bear skins, and
blankets, which, after great deal OF
exertion, we succeeded ~ doiag.
Our tfncket now tbeing 50 nuc.
burnt and schorohed, that it afforded US
little or 10 shelter, we all got into the
ring that was made round our wounded
men and baggage; and commenced
building our breastwork higher, with
the loose rsCks from the inside, and
dirt dug up with our knives and sticks.
During the last fire the Indians had
succeeded IN removing all their killed
and wounded which lay near us. 1t
was now shutdown; and We had been
warmly engaged with the Indians since
sunrise,a period OF thirteen hours; and
they seeing US still alive and ready for
fight, drew oil at Il distance Of three
hundred yards, and encamped for the
night with their dead and wounded.
Our party now commenced to work
i'll raising our fortiiication higher, and
succeeded in getting it breast high by
ten, p. Nj. We now;iillcd all our ves-
sells and skins with water, expecting
another attack next morning. We
could distinctly hear the Indians, cry
ing over their dead as is their custom;
and at daylight they shot wounded
chicf-it being also Il custom to shoot
any Of their tribe that arc MORALLY
wounded. They, after that, set out
with their dead and wounded to "A
mountain about mile distant, where
they deposited their dead in II cave on
the side oft. Ateight ir the morning,
two Of our party went out from the
ratification to the encampment
the Indians had lain the night previous,
and counted forty-eight bloody spots Oh
the grass where the dead and wounded
had been laying. AS near as he could
Judge, their loss must have been forty
killed and thirty wounded.
Finding ourselves much cut up,
having one man killed, Thomas
MCaslin-and three wounded, u.
buchanan, Matthew Doyle, land James
Corriel!-five horses killed and three
wounded---that we recommended
Strengthening our little fort. and centin-
ued our labors until one z. NJ. when
the arrival Of thirteen Indians drew us
into the fort again. AS soon AS they
discovered we were there, and all ready
Tor 1CIIOH, uI'u VIII r--.:f-i. thoy puf
oil. We after that remained in our
fort eight days, recruiting our wounded
men and horses: at the expiration Of
which time, being all in pretty good
order, we set out on our return to St. |
Antonio de Bazaar. We lett the tort |
at dark. and travelled all night and
next day until afternoon, when we
picked out AN advantageous spot and
fortified ourselves, where we remained
two days, expected the Indians would
again when recruited, follow o lr tiial
but however, we saw nothing more Of
them. /
David Buchannan's wounded leg
here mortified, and having no surgical
or medicine Of any kind,
not even dose ofsa!ts, we 5c.ie' some
live oak barsvery strong. aud :..icHen-
Cd it with pounded charcoal and In
dian meal, made n poultice and tied it
round his leg, over which VIC scwed "A
buffalo skin, and travelled along five .
days without looking at it, when it
was opened, the mortified parts had
Jropt sf, and it was in a fair way Of
healing, which it finally did, and his !
leg is as well as ever it was. There
was none Of the party but had his skin
cut in several places, and numerous
shot holes through his clothes. Il
On the twelfth day VIC arrived, in
good order, with our wounded men and I.
horses, at st. Antonio dc Baxas.
Saturday Ecening Post.