The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-10

,cross the swsmps Of Portage river. iolii
I'D IN The Pr.jse'sd asissk % Loser San '
dssky. Q
As early .. he 2Isi Of Ar'il. q his :
year. Gen. Hanison. In lelierta he Se-
cressry % War, 10 speaking u The ulleri- :
or operations of the campaign. remarked:
IL shall cause the movements Of The en- I
envy 10 be nsrroaly watched; bot in The |
event az their landing .. Lawer Sandns.
nv. that post csnnol be saved. The sl0rrs
there are not sf much consequence. sx-
cepling aboul Eve hundred stand Of arms.
which I will cause 20 be removed As soon
Is the roads are prseslc4blr.-at present
IL is impossible" These arms were
subsequently, removed. Jusl before The
express from Fol Meigs reached Gen.
Harrison, be, in company with MJar
crnghsn and other officers. Lad exsmin.
ed Fon Stephenson, and concluded that
Il could not be defended against heavy ar
iilleTy aud. IL The BRUSH should APP
proseh IL by water, which would raise
presumplinn that they had brought their
heavy srllllefy--Ihe Tort must be sban-
doned and burnt. provided . retreat could
be effected with safety. 10 The orders lslt
with Major croghan, IL vas stated -
"Should The BRUSH troops approach you
IN force with cannon. and YOU can DIS.
cover them 10 iime 10 effect retreat. you
will do 90 Immediately. destroying oil
The public stores.s You must be aware
that ihe attempt 10 relrea, in The face OF
an Indian force, would be vain. Against
such an enemy your garrison ~ould be
more safe. however grea, The number.h
On the 29,h. Gen Hsrrson was IN
formed. that The seige Of Fort Meigs had
been ABANDONED. The scouts sent out
by him. reported that from ihe indications
they believed an attack was medi.sted by
The Indians, then lying in numbers on The
souih side u Fort Melgs. upon Upper
Sandusky. Upon this information, .
council OF war was called, composed Of
Macarthur. Csss. Ball. Paul. Wood. Hu'
kill, Holmes and Graham. who were
unanimously OF opinion. that IS For
Stephenson was un,ensble sgainsl heavy
arnllery. and as il WAS relatively an baim-
porlsni post, that the gsrrisons should moi
be reinforced. but Withdrawn. and The
place be destroyed. The follosing OF.
Ger was forthwith sent 10 Maj. Croghani
.Sir--Immediaiely on receiving this lev
Ter. you will abandon For, Stephenson
Sc, ere to il. and repair with your CON
mand This night 70 Head Quarters. eros
The river. and come up on the other side
II you should find or deem il impraciica
Bile 10 make good your march 10 ihi
, place. take The read 10 Huron, and pur
sue IL with the utmost circumspecliol
and Jispe,ch. Tne bvsrer Of ,hi. dis
patch losing his way, il did not reacl
Maj. Croghan until eleven o'clock Of III
mex, day. The Major was then Of opin
/, ion that he could not relrea, with safety
90 the Indians were around the fort. i
, considerable numbers. A majority Of hi
officers concurred in the opinion ,hs, 4
retreat was unsafe, and that The post coull
be maintained until al least further in
!. struclions were received from head quar-
iers. The Major. therefore. promptly
returned the following answer: "SIr:
have received yours Of yesterday. ten o.
clock, p. NJ, ordering me to destroy ihi:
place, and make good my retreat, which
; was received too late 10 be carried into
execution. We have determined to main
tain the place. and. by heavens. we can. y
The strong language Of this note wal
used on the suppositioa that il might fsl
into The hands Of the enemy. Il reach
ed the Gener.l On the same day, who,
not fully understanding the motives ua.
der which il was written, sent Col. Wells
next morning, escorted BY Col. Ball. aud
a detachment OF dragons, with The fol-
lowing order:
"Sir The Genersl has just received
your letter OF this date, informing him
lha, OH had though, proper to disobey
the order issued from This office, and de-
hvered to you this morning. Il appears
that The information which dated the or.
der was incorrect; and as you did not re.
ceive il in the night. as was expected. il,
might have been proper that you should
have reported Tie Circumstance and your
situation, before you proceeded 10 its ex-
ecution. This might have been passed
over; bn, | am directed 10 say 10 you,
tina, an officer Who rresumes ~ aver,
tina, he has made his sresolu,iou, and
that he will act in. direct opposition 10
| the orders Of his General. can no longer
be entrusted with a separate command.
Col, Wells is sen, to relieve you. You
will deliver the command to him, and
repair with Col. Balls squadron to this
place. By command. &C..
II. A. n. HOLMES,
Asst Adj. General"
| In passing down, the Dragons me-,
with a party OF fourteen Indians. and
killed twelve Of them. When Meier
Croshan reached head quarters, he ex.
planned 10 the General his motives in
writing the note. which were deemed sa-
lsfactory. In the mean time the scouts
mad reported TO Gen. Harrison that The
!, Indians had not gone in the direction OF
: Upper ssndusky. Upon receiving this