Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-09-14

req SKINS under yOnder bank ;thcre can be no
hlnching,-no backing out now; remember
Inc VOW we made at the rude grave Of poor
-. They will have the first fire de-
pend upon it. Some of US must fall but
take our chance. We all know for what
we are about 10 contend, and what the con-
sequences will be if we fail, Five of YOU
must remain 10 hold the horses, while the
rest with myself, will march to the encoun-
ter with our foes. We must creep I'D eau
tiouSly, with our pieces ready for an in
slant discharge. One thought of home,
and then our whole minds''and energies for
the immediate emergency
=! the Pecatoica, perhaps it is necessa-
ry to state that the banks are generally
very bold; the point where this adventur
Gus band was now about t. approach. was
particularly so, and entirely bald Of tim
Der. The five were detailed 10 take charge
Of the horses, and others, after examining
the printing Of their pieces, again set for
ward for the encounter.
On they move with the cautiousness Of
old veterans IN the service. "Bc firm
cries their leader, as they drew near the
bank, " carry your pieces TO an aim, and
as your sight lights upon them, blaze it
into them Now the exciting moment
has arrived; each had thought OF home
but only transient; it vanishes before the
work i'll hand. They near the bank
But what causes that momcntary hesita-
ton and wavcring? The Indians are there
but they cannet be seen yell 1t is the muz-
zles OF the Indians pieces, resting on the
bank, and directed deadly towards them,
read TO belch forth death and destruction
in their midst The quick ear of the sa-
wages had already discovered that there
was danger near, but they had no chance
to flee. They raise the bank, and are in
full view Of a party Of Indians about 25
or 30 in number, who Immediately fire
upon them, stretching three Of their party
in the agonies Of death. Nothing daunted,
the survivors return the fireswth a most
destructive precision. The pieces dis
charged, are flung upon the ground, and
those on their backs are unslung, and in
stantly discharged before the Indians can
reload.
Now, my men, shouts the leader let
us rush upon them and make despatch, in
Kidding the earth Of the survivors"
lis done! They are among them using
their pistols and knives. It's now a strug-
gle of personal prowcss. The Indians fight
well, but at great odds, and fighting, thew
rally around their chief, who is severely
wounded. While he chants his war song
as il TO incite his followers to fight till the
last gasp. One only of them attempts 10
escape; and he is nearly in the middle Of
the stream, swimming for the opposite bank.
But there is no escape for him. That we'll
sped ball has done It's business; he sinks,
he's gone
"Close upon them," cries the leader,
" bat leave the chief to me; be mine the
task to despatch him!'
Upon the instant the few remaining In
dams are hurried from time to eternity:
while at the same time a ball from the pis-
toll Of the white leader has stretched their
chief upon the earth; but his spirit is still
unsubducd. In an almost naudibc whis-
per he continues his song Of deharce.-
But the film Of death has GLAZED his eve;
with that spasm he 100 is gone, =" like
strong swimmer in his agony, with a CUR
Cling noise!" Not an Indian escaped to
tell the tale Of their defeat.
And thas persisted by the hand Of VIC
lcncc, men whose hands were roeling with
the blood Of innocence. Alike they slaugh-
tered those who would befriend them, and
those who would have heaped injuries upon
themselves or race. The strong, the aged,
the helpless, all was the same to them
Under other circumstances, and guided by
the rays Of civilization and education, thew
might have adorned nation.
Reader! the above is "o'er true!'-
Many of the actors in that ARRAY are still
living at or near Mineral Point. They
arrayed themselves beneath the stars and
stripes, and under the same leader rem
dered good service, and contributed essen
tally to the bringing of that bloody war to
a close. In that leader, behold the late
Governor of Wisconsin-IIENRY DoDGE.
We append the following anecdote ia
ken from the article in the Express, before
alluded TO:
:" In the heat Of the enga cement, man
by the name Of Leach. had advanced SO
close TO an Indian, probably a chief, that
the savage made desperate thrust at him
with war spear. The man instantly
dropped his gun and seized the blade, some
thing like two feet long, the Indian still
holding to the other end. AS the blade
was sharp, the man was in no small dan
ger OF being run through at every plunge.
The General, discovering this, lost no time
in drawing pistol, and with the rapditv
Of thought, shot a ball through the centre
of the Indians head!"-WtS. Eng.
A boy. speaking ofthe greatest man he
ever saw, was told by his mother he must