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

being not sale 10 20 10 northumberland
BY land. We procured canoe. and with
Pence and ny JilIle cousin. we descended
Ihs river By night; ne came % Fort JeR-
kins belnre day. where | found Col.
Kelly and about one hundred men enesmp.
ed out Of The fnr; he came across from
the west branch by the heads Of Chiles.
lcusks 10 Fishing Creek. The end OF ihs
Mob Maunisin. so called Al thai day.
where my father and brother were killed;
he had buried my father and uncle; my
brother VAS burnt. small part Of him
only was 10 be found. Col. Kelly inform.
ed me that my mother and her children
weTe 10 the fort. and il was thought that
l was killed likewise. Col. Kelly went
into the fort 10 prepare her mind 70 see
me; look ~ my he'll Of sezlps and hand
ed them 10 an officer to keep. Human
nature was not sulirient 10 stand the
interview. She tad just lost husband
and son. and one had returned 10 take
her by the hand, and one, too, thai che
supposed was killed.
The day after | y eni 10 Sunhury, where
was received with JOY; my scalps were
exhibited. the cannon were fired, &c.
Before my return Commission had been
sent me as ensign Of a company 60 be
commanded by Capt. Thomas Robinson;
this was, as understood. a part Of tie
quota which Pennsylvania had 10 raise
for the continental line. One Joseph A.
lexander was commissioned as lieuleR.
ant, but did not accept his commission.
The summer nf 1850 was spent 10 the
recruiting service; our company was or
ganized. and was retained for the defence
Of the frontier service. In February 1891,
! was promoted TO liuiensncy, and en-
tered upon the active duty Of an officer
I by heading scouts, and as Capt. Robinson
Was no wondsman nor msrssman. he pre-
lerred that | should encounter the dan.
ger and head The scouts: we kept W a
constant chain Of scouts around the from
tier settlements. from the nnrth 10 tie
west branch Of the Susquehsnns. by the
way of The head waters of Little Fishing
Greek, ChilIisqnaka, and Money, &c. In
the spring Of 1881 we built fort on the
widow MClure's plantation. called M
Clure's fort. where our provisions were
stared. In the summer IL 1871 a man
was taken prisoner in Buffalo Valley. but
made his escape; he rarne in and report
ed there were about three hundred Indi-
ans on STRENGTHENING, hunting and lay
ing in store nf provisions, aud would
make descent Oh The frontiers; that they
would divide inio small parties. and at.
tack the whole chain of The frontiers q,
the sane time ON the same day. Col,
Samuel Hunter selected COMPANY oil
4 five 10 reconnoiue, viz. Capt. Campbell
Peter and Michael Groves. Lieut.. era.
mer, and myself; the party was called the
Grove parry. We carried with US three
weeks provisions, and proceeded up the
I west branch with much caution and care;
we reached the Sinemahoning, but made
no discovery except old tracks; we
marched up The Sinemahoning so far thai
Se were satisfied, il was false report
We returned. and little below the Sin.
emahoning, near night. We discovered I
smoke: we were condien, il was party
Of Indians, which we mus. have passed
by or they got there some oher way;
we discovered there was large parry,
how many we could nu, tell. by, Prepar.
cd for The attack. Az sam as Il was
dark we new primed our rifles, sharpen
ed our hints, examined our iomahaw (
handles. and all being ready, we waited
with great impstience. and tll they all
| lay down: The time came. and with the
utmost silence we sdsancesl. traded our
| rifles in one hand aud the tomahawk in
The other.s The. night was warm; we
found some of them rolled in their blank.
cts a rod or two from their fires Hav-
1 log got amongst them, we first handled
our tomahaw ks; they rose like dark
! cloud; We nSw fired our shois. and rails
ell the war-yelt: they took TO fight in the
/ utmost confusion. but few taking time
! 10 pick up. their rifles. We remained
masters ofsthe ground aa,liaii their plum.
der. AMI took several sralps. IL was a
party of twenty five or thirty. which had
, been a. low down as penis Creek. and
had killed aad scaiped iwe or three fam,
lilies; we foaad several scalps of different
ages which they had taken, and large
quantity of damesIc cloth. which we
carried Z, Northumberland aud gave to
the distressed who had escaped the TOM
ahawk and knife. In december Isl, our
company was ordered TO Lancaster; We
descended the river in boats To Meddle-
town. where our orders were coUnterman-
ded, and We were ordered TO Reading.
Berks county, where we we're joinsd by
part Of the third and filth Pennsylvania
regiments, and a company Of the Cos.
gress regiment. We took charge Of the
Hessians taken prisoners with Gen. Bur
Egoyae. In The latter par. Of March. al
the opening Of the campaign OF 1882. we
wete ordered by Congress to our respec-
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