Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-07-13
From the Wheeling Gazette.
CREEK WAR.

From the narratives of several persons
who were at the burning and massacre of
Roanoke, we have leart some particulars.
Roanoke, was small village lying on the
Chattahoochee, in Stewart county, some
forty miles below Columbus.
The first attack was made on Friday
night, the 18th May last, by about thirty
Indians, as is supposed, who fired upon the
steamer Georgian and killed all on board.
They attacked the village but were driven
off by the whites who rallied on the spot.
The second attack'was made on Sunday
morning, 18th ult. just before day, by about
800 Indians. A block house, we UNDER
stand had been erected and picketed.-
The accounts do not agree as to the num-
Der of persons there-some say there were
seventy or eighty in all, we believe there
were twenty or twenty-five men, besides
women, children and negroes.
1t seems they were not anticipating an
attack, most of them being asleep in their
own house. The first that alarmed them
was the firing of rifles and the yelling OF
the savages. The men sprung to their
arms, and returned the Indians fire; but
seeing their number so large, Immediately
retreated, breaking their way through their
midst. Nine whites and three blacks were
killed at the first fire, and eight or nine
wounded it is not known what injury the
Indians received. One man says he saw
four fall. 1t was reported at first that Col
F. G.. Gibson and Capt. U. Horn were
among the killed-we are happy in being
able to contradict that report. They were
both wounded, the latter severely. Mr.
Anderson Williams (brother-in-law of Col
Gibson) was among the slain. The lndi
ans carried a good many negroes and hor
SEES away with them.
A confidential letter from Col. g., wit
ten from Lumpkin the day after, thus des
cribes the attack upon Roanoke, and hi
miraculous escape:
"No apprehension was felt of any attack
the men had nearly all gone out to Lump
kin; not more than 90 men in camp, whic
was near the warehouse. was sleepin
in my own room, Gazaway (Williams) wa
: up stairs alone. Just before day-break
was awakened by the firing of the Indians
6 at that moment three fired through tn
!, window at my bed; | sprang out of be
y and on looking around could distinguis
Q them at each window; ] ran into the d
!; ming room where / found every windo
!; occupied by two or three, and whenever
J, passed they fired on me. determined
Q sell my life as dearly as possible, feelin
= = confident my last hour had come; caug
= up my gun halloed to Gazaway to MAX
his escape; burst open the door goin
into the passage, when a volley was oil
charged at my breast; closed it and ran
: the other door, determined to hazard
in endeavoring to join the men at camp
on opening it two fired, and q number a
: preached fired, shut the door, caug
. up another gun, opened and ran out OF Il
g. door; from the door to the fence pass'
u through the midst of 20 or 30, all shootll
as fast as they could fire, some lying dow
. ran so near that their powder burnt n
E clothes; met a number ut the fence |;
ID through all untouched except q blow CIV
n with a gun or something else, which neal
arrested me. then, finding the men f
ING in all directions, reached and found
: thick place of bushes growing over
: branch-laid down in the water below
ri spring, the Indians passing within few
b ces, constantly expecting every moment
be butchered. Shortly afterwards, Talb
Capt. Horn, (who was wounded) and I