Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-05-07

opy) seemed 10 be their Chief. IL
made them speech frequently point
ing 10 the breastwork. At lengt!
they charged into the work Their,
was none TO offer resistance, and the
did not seem to suspect the wounded
being aiiye-otfering no indignity. bu
stepping about carefully, quietly strip
ping off our Announcements and car
rying away our arms. They then
reti red in n body in the direction
from whence they came. Immediate.
ly upon their retreat. forty or fifty
negroes on horseback galloped up
and alighted. tied their beasts, and
commenced with horrid shouts and
wells the hatchery of the wounded,
together with an indiscrimina,e plum
der, stripping the bodies Of the dead
Of clothing watches and money, and
splitting open the heads of all who
showed the least sign Of life, with
their axes and knives, and accompa-
nying their bloody work with obscene
and taunting derisions, and with fire.
quent cries of "wha, have you got TO
selll'
Lieut.. B. hearing the negroes
butchering the wounded, Mt length
sprang up and asked them to spare
his life. They met him with the
blows Of their axes and their fiendish
laughter. Having been wounded in
five different places myself, was
pretty well covered with blood. and
two scratches that / had received in
my head gave 10 me the appearance
ofhaving been shot through the brains
for the negroes, after catching me up
by the heels, threw me down. saving
"1-n him he's dead enough" They
they stripped me of my clothes shoes
and hat, and left me. After strip
ping all the dead in this manner. they
trundled of the cannon IN the direc-
ton the Indians had gone, and went
away. ! saw them first shot down
the oxen IN their geers, AID burn the
wagon.
One of the other soldiers who es-
capped, says they threw the cannon
into the pond, and burned a carriage
also Shortly after the negroes went
away, one Wilson, Of Capt. G's.
company crept from under some
dead bodies, and hardly seemed TO
be hurt at all. He asked me TO go
with him back to the Fort, and was
going to follow him, when, as he jun
ped over the breast work, an Indian
sprang from behind tree and shot
hin down. Ithen lay quiet until 9
O'Clock that night. when De Cony,
the only living soul besides myself,
and |, started, upon our journey We
knew il was neareS; to go TO Fort
King, but we did not know the way.
and we had seen the enemy retreat
IN that direction. As | came out
saw DR.. G.. lying stripped amongst
the dead. The last saw of him
whilst living was kneeling behind the
breastwork with two double barrel
guns by him, and he said "Well, l.
have got four barrels for themr Capt.
6. after being severely wounded,
cried out, Il can give you no more
orders, my lads, do your best?" y,
last saw negro sPurn his body. say
ing with an oath. "that's one Of their
officers" &c. was dressed in soldiers ,
clothcs.)
NV comrade and myself got along
quite we'll until the next day, when
we met an indian on horseback. with
a rifle coming up the road. Our on
~ chance was to seperate- We did
so. took the right and he the left ,
of the road. TIE Indian pursued !
him. Shortly afterwards | heard :
rifle shot. and little after another. :
concealed myself among some scrub /
and tow Palmetto, and after while .
saw the Indian pass. looking for me.
however. he put spurs to c
his horse, and wen. eff at a galiop :
towards the road. 1,
Imade something ola circui: before :
struck the heather track again. (
That night was good deal annoy
ID Nv the wolves, who had scented t
my blood, and came very close TO me;
the next day, the 3oth, reached the 5
fort.
A correspondent of the New York
Gazette states that there are up
wards Of two thousand bag men and I
women who daily perambulate the =
streets Of that city for the purpose of {
stealing any thing which comes in :
their way. He says I