Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-02-05
orrrCIAI, REPORT

Es% %,acbmeni consisted of Major Dale.
Ds~ Of Infantry, Capt. Frazier's com
op,Gbe Sd Regiment of Artillery, anc
Y c,rdiner's ompany ofthe End Anil
,;oc GO miles on the line Of marcel
y To%pa Bay toward Fort King, tC
;nnction with General Clynch, on tn,
.;Eoolche. This action occurred, il
. three days before the battle, wher,
f'I cIruch commanded of which we have
rjy given an account.
EXTRACT.
y,r i becomes my melancholy duty to
~gS n the catastrophe ofthis Gted band
yS No Of energy, patriotism, military skill
' .'o.,,p, courage. On the Goth, in the
ICON man OF my company, John
,'~,s and temporarily transferred to G.
. ?nd Artillery came in, and yester-
,pr Ransom Clark ofthe same company,
4 hnr wounds, very severe and stated
.~,n action took place on the 2Sth, com
.,,ioa about 10 o'clock in which every
a A., eIl, and nearly every man. The
.nm,oJ cntrenched every night, and about
.~mIes from the halt were attacked, and
'i,sd At least fifteen rounds before an In
So was seen. Major Dale and his horse
=, both killed on the first onset, and the
',ronter Louis 1t Nudge, Sd Anil-
.,r received his mortal wound the first
!. and afterwards received several other
,na,ds It. passenger, Sd Artillery, was
!, wounded until after the second attack /;
n At the latter part ofthat he was wounded
,rtl times before he was tomahawked.
,s Gardiner, 50 Artillery, was not woun.
! n until the second attack, and at the last
srdh Mr.. Passenger, after Capt Gar
E,sr was killed, remarked, Il am the only
fleet eG and, boys we will do the best we
an It. Kelley, Sd Artillery, had both
I'M, broken the first shot, was unable to
1 n and vas tomahowied the latter part of
/ De a,Ond attack by negro 1t. Hender-
! 90 had bis left arm broken the first fire,
! hi sfer that with a musket fired thirty or
brv shots. Dr. Catin was not killed until
|itsihe second attack, nor was he wounded.
b placed himself behind the breast work.
nd With two double barrelled guns. said,
ne had four barrels Tor them" Capt Fra
aH fell early in the action with the advan-
I'd guard as man of his company. (B.
N Arilery,) who came in this morning,
sounded reports.
On the attack they were in Il column Of
p1, and after receiving a heavy fire from
ae unseen enemy, they then rose up in such
,Marm that the ground, covered US was
thought by Light Infantry extension. show
aie Indians between the files Muskets
were dubbed, knives and bayonets used, and
rtrs cinched. In the second attack, our
own m,ns muskels, from the dead and
sounded, were used against them; a cross
scui down succession of ar,illerists at
be ence, from which ~ rounds were fred
-'he guncarriages were burnt, and the
3ans sunk in the pond A war-dance was
isd on the ground-many negroes were in
Dc heId, but no sea ps were taken BY the
Indians, but the negroes, with hriish cruelty
leIced the throais Of all, whose loud cries
I'D groans showed the power of life 10 be
"a STong The survivors were preserved
ImllllIng death, excepting Thomas. who
~ partly Silfed, and bought his life for six
NaIS ada III his enemy recognized an Ia.
li' whose axe he had helved a few days
F@'e al this post, About 100 Indians
7 .e's well mounted, mixed, and painted
ll' llS man who came in brought a note
ION Capt Fnzler, addressed to Mtjor
toln|i'rd' which was fastened in a cleft |
NS and stuck in creek, dated as is sup.
'fa on the 9th sitting that they we're |
~ every night AMI pushing on.
A.. nave the honor TO be, very respectfully, !
'" 00edIenl servant, F, S. Bolton,
,,,, Capt. p Artillery Complny.
'"' ACJ' Gen, U $. A., Washington"