Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-01

an interval, as 10 rut All nope VI u lo"'"o" 'as ~
the question, and Major MounIiord's baggage wa
unladed.
Now i, becomes my melancholy duty 10 proceed
to the catastrophe Of this faied Land, aud eitf
of energy. patrio,ism, military skill, aud constant
courage. On the 2Sth, IN the afternoon, man Of
my company, John Thomas, and temporarily
transferred To C's company, second artillery, came
in, and Yesterday Pr. Ransom CLARK, Of llle SHINE
company, with four wounds, very severe aud slut
ed thai, action took place on ihc 2sth, een
,ncncirg about 10 o'clock, in which every officer
fell, and nearly every man, The command en-
irenched every night. and abou, four miles from
the hatwcrc attacked, and received n least hiteen
rounds before an indan was se,n Major ia de
and his hrr>c we're both killed on the first onset,
aud the interpreter, Louis" Lieutenant Nudge,
third artillery, received lis mortal wound the first
FIRE, aud afterwards received several other wounds.
Lieutenant Passenger, third artillery, was not
wounded until the second attack aud n the latter
part of il. Mr. Bascngri, after Captain tatdi-
ner was killed, remarked, " am tie only officer
l,i', and boys We viii do the best We can
Leu,cnau, kcayes, thir; artillery, had both AIMS
broken the first shot was unable TO act, and wis
tomaan kcd the latter pat of The second attack ht
a negro. Licut. Henderson Lad his lelt ann brol-
en- the Grs, fire, and after lhai. with mnsket bred
al least thirty or forty shot. Df. hatln was not
Killed until after the SECOND aHatk, nor vas he
wounded ; he placed himself behind the breast
work. and with two double bauccd guns, said
=, hc had four barrels for them" Captain ffh-
zcr fell carl, in the action with the advanced
guard, as man OF hi, company, IL third ar
illlcr,, y who camo ia this morning wounded, re
ports.
On the attack, they wcr. IN column Of route,
and, after receiving heavy fire from the ati-
! seen enemy they then rose up in sncl a swarm
that the prounG covered as VAS thought, by lieht
infantry extension, showed the, Indians between the
files. Nu>krts were clubbcd, knives aud bayo-
nets usrd. and paItic, clirchrd. Ia the second at
tack. our own mems mu>kcts, from The dead and
wounded, were used against them - ofoss lire cut
down succession Of artlcrSts At tie fence, IRON
which forty nine rounds fired the run car
ragcS were burnt, and the guns sunk IN pond a
war dance was held on the ground ; many NEGROES
were IN the Geld, bat no scalps were taken by the
Indians but the negroes, with hcllish cruelty
j pierced the throats Of ALL whose loud cries and
eroans showed the power OF life 10 be Vet strong.
The Survivors were preserved by Initiating death,
excepting Thomas, who was partly slifed, and
bought his life for Six dollars, aud IN his enemy
recognised an Indian whose axe he had h,lvcd
few days before AT this post. About one hundred
Indians were well mounted, naked, aud painted.
The last man who come in brought a note from
Captain Frazier, addressed to MAJOR Monntiord,
which was fastened in cleft, suck, and suck IN
creek, dated, a. is supposed, on the 2ilh, stat
my that they were bcsct every night and pushing
With regard to tie affairs Of tbs posi-, have 10
state that the schooner Motto, though daily eN-
pcctcd, has not yet arrived. The delcnec> have
been somewhat extended and strengthened tn.
ol cautoumcut has been entirely abandoned and
We anNouSv await ordnance stores. J liz earfl-