The native American., 1839-06-22
THE GREAT BOUNDARY BATTLE.
Now tell us all about the war,
And what they slew each other for
Southcy's Rlenheim.

[Southcy's Riendeim.
The author of the original JACK Do,Uning Let
ters has been Of late engaged i'll a correspond
enoe, from near the disputed territory, with hi
brother officer, Gen. Morris, Of the New Y orl
Mirror, the most of which, under the head O
/" Letters from John Smith, of Smithve, Dowl
East in the State of Name IS comprised o
lepIstes from his son, private in the border ar
my during the late terrible campaign.
The following is the sketch Of a dreadiul dis
charge OF musketry over the boundary line, which
must have carried dismay into every kingdom il
England. 1t is told inimitably. We must pre-
mise that, having nothing to do, detachment 0
the main army, fired with valor, determined tc
see the boundary line, and toe the same. Mr.
William Wiggins clomb tree, to get the frs
view.
What upon earth,' said Sargent Johnson, lis
Billy arter now?'
A squirrel, guess said L; IN bet potato
Billy has treed squirrel.
| When we got along up little nearer, Sargen
Johnson called out 10 him TO know what he was
doing up there.
I'm jest looking off here to sec if can see
the llne,' said Billy, stretching his head way to
eastward, and looking with all the eyes in his
head.
We'll. do you see it!' said Sargent Johnson.
See ii! no., said Billy;'I don't see nothing but
woods. and woods, as fur as can see.'
Sargent Johnson told him he guessed he would
see 1t quicker if he was on the ground than he
would up there. So Billy come down again, and
we logged along. Bime by we come to a tree
that had some old marks and spots on two sides
of it. And we looked along, north and south of
this tree, for Sargent Johnson said the line runs
due north from the monument, and we found
some more trees marked and spotted Jest like it,
'Ah, says Sargent johnson, we've found it.
This is the boundary line; we've got it at last
Now look and see if you can see the British on.
'tother side of it; and let every man hold on to
his gun, and be ready to fire, if say the word
we looked across the line, and looked and
looked, but we couldn't see nothin' but trees and
bushes, and woods and swamps. We hoered
across the line as hard we could holler, to see
II we could raise any of the British, for we all
felt as if we wanted to have brush. And we
thought at first they answered MS; but when we
come TO holler again, we found it was ONLY the
echo Of our own voices, that come back from the
hills a little ways off. So we marched along the
line two or three miles. but we couldn't see nor
hear nothin' of nobody. At last we sot down,
and got the victuals out Of our knapsacks, and eat
our dinners, and rested awhile. When we cot
ready TO start again, to GO back to our fort, Sar-
gent Johnson said we should give the British one
broadsde before we left 'em, jest to let 'em know
what the Yankee boys are made Of. So he told
us to see that our guns was all right, and then he
ordered us to stand up all in a row, and toe tht
line, facing TO the British side; and then he give
us the word
Make ready!-take aim!-firer
'Ihere,' says Sargent Johnson, now can 90
home contented, war or no war; for ,cc ve poured
one good glia INTO their fersitory and they may
help themselves If they ca,a'
This account, which is doubtless from life, is
the only record of a battle during the whole cam
paign.