The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-11

ieeephon 81 The inhabitants in ease Of n
alarm from The Indians. In Nav. m,
Tort being nearly completed, our spie.
discovered a large party Of Indians ma
KING their way towards me fort. Tn.
neighbosing residents had barely time q
ny 10 The fnFt Tor protection, leaving thei,
goods behind. The Indians soon made
their appearance, and having plundrred
and burnt The houses, stacked the fort,
keeping a steady FIRE upon Us during the
day. Al night they withdrew. burning
and destroying every thing in lheir route.
What loss they sustained We could not
ascertain. as they carried or al the dead
and wounded. though, from the marks Of
blood On the ground. il must have been
considerable. The inhabitants ina, took
shelter in The fnri. had built ward lnr
their cattle al The head OF q small llai a,
a short distance from the fort, and one
evening in The month Of June. inst as
they were milking them. ms sentinel cali
ed my attention 20 some movement in
The brush. which l soon discovered to be
Indians. making their way TO the cattle
yard. There was no time 10 be LOST; |
Immediately selected ten of nv sharp
shooters, and under cover of a rise Of
land, got between thrm and the mixers.
On ascending The ridge we found our.
selves within pistol. shai nf them; | fred
FIRST. and killed the leader. but volley
from INV men did no further execution.
The Indians running or at anee. In the
mean time the milk pals few in every
direction. and the best runner got 10 the
tort first. Is the season advanced, Indi-
an hnsIlliiies increased. and no,u it'll
standing the vigilance of our scouts,
which were constantly out. houses were
burnt and families murdered. In the
summer of ITS occurred the great mas
sacre Of Wyoming. after which the gov
ernnrs Of Connerlieui, New York and
Pennsylvania peIilinne,l Congress to a.
dopa speedy measures for the protection
o! the western frontier. which subject
was referred tn committee Of Congress
and General Washington. Tile commit
tee recommended That the war should be
carried into the enemy's country. and q
company of rangers raised far The defence
Of the frontier. In 1910 Gen. Sullivan
vas sent with an army iniu their conn.
Try. The provisions Tor the supply Of
the army were purchased in The settle.
ments along the waters al the Susane-
II1nna, and deposited in siorehouses. |
was appointed. under the lille Of quar-.
ter master. TO superiniend this business.
aud about the middle Of July, BY means
of boats. had collected all The provisions
a, Wyoming. where Gen. Sullivan with
his army lay waiting Tor them. About
the last Of July our army moved fnr III
oga Point, while fleet Of boats ascend.
ed the river parallel with the army. We
reached Tioga Point early in August.
where we halted fnr Gen. Clinton 10 Join
us with his brigade. which came by the
way of the Mohawk river. and so into
Lake Oisego. During this time the In
dams were collecting in considerable
force at Chcmang, large Indian village
about eleven miles distant. As they be-
came very troublesome neighbours, Gen.
Clinton contemplated an attack upon
them, bu, wished TO ascertain their mum.
hers and situation. and selected me Tor
that dangerous enterprise. l prepared
myself an Indian dress, breech-cloih. leg
gings. and moccasins. Nv cap had a
good supply Of feathers, and being paint
in Indian style. | set of with one man.
dressed in the same manner. We leil
the camp ai,er dark, and proceeded with
much caution until we came To The Che.
mung. which we supposed wnGld be
strongly guarded. We assembled the
mountain. crossed over il, and came in
view Of their fires, when having descend.
cd the hin, we waited quietly mill they
lay down and gni Ia sleep. We then
walked round their camp, couaied The
fires and The amber Of Indians at some
Of the fires, thus formed an estimate Of
their number, which I took 10 be about
six or sven hundred: returned, aud
having made my report To The general
early mex. morning. | went 10 my tent.
spread down my blinkei, and had re.
ireshiag sleep. In the afternoon Major
Adam lloopes, one Of the Generals aids,
requested me TO wait upon the general,
which | obcyed. The la,,er requested,
as | had learnt the way 10 Chemuns, that
| would lead the advance. he having Sc
lecied Gen. Samuel Hand, Of the Penn,
sylvania line, TO make them a visit with
eleven hundred men. accepted the ser.
vice.. and we took up our line Of march
after sundown. When we came 10 The
Narrows | halted. according 10 order. us
Ill the main body came up. when the gene.
raj ordered us to enter the Noro VS., obser-
wing, " Soldiers, Gu, your way through"
We did 50, and entered The Indian village
and camp at day.break. bGt found that
the birds had flown. We halted few
minutes Tor our men to refresh. sci fire to
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