Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-09-07
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We ex,rac. the following iiFn: letter

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We exirac. the following ifFsls letter
to gentleman in this city:
MADISON COUNTY, Aue. lSi2. s
IL have jus, returned from 6as, OF the
sevnres, and, al The samesiisne one ol tlie
most successful scouts aiier ihe Indians,
thai has been made for alaog sssle. We
followed them one hundred miles from the
scene Of their late huicbeFies. before over
taking them, and finally, afief trltslng
through water and boss and mud. about IL
o'clock 4; night. on the 4,h day We came
in sight oi tho smoke from siIleir camp,
which We proceeded very sisalthiIy TO ap-
proach. On accommodating sheirencamp-
ment we found that their rear was protec-
ted by deep rayine, ski,ted viii, paime,!
to, through either Of which lilFas irapossi-
bic TO pass, without making snfiiesen, noise
10 awake them. 1t accordingly became
necessary to Gre upnn them fromshe rear
aud we therefore cautiously ereptjas near
them as we possibly could. say within Az
yurds. and the 7aIneltnes being low we
cnuil plainly sec them lying aT0uad theis
camp Gre.
W. prepared to fire. AZ The sifnulta.
menus click -four locks the tndisnss,a
up, and in a iwinkling, we ptt'red them
iuIo volley which made ihe boys emu
hammocks cciio aud re-cchu To the sound.
A, the crack Of our guns, and sc all bad
douhlebarrels, we heard the deep and snmb-.
like groan from Que of tl,e loFsnisn, who
seemed to yield up the ghnsy. We all
spraus across the deep rayine aaIioccnpied
their hastily deserted camp. We fpnnd
nouo dead on tho spot. aud, ndt think Ing
il pruden, to 90 in search, nswekad bu' 25
or 80 men along al the lime, we piled up
the Indian packs and plumber, toiaSe back
some three miles beyond a tremendous
swamp. where we had left our horses end
some forty men. We were, however, soon
joined by them, and We encampod on the
battle-ground:
We had now been two days. sptreSf US,
wilhou, food for our horses, an6 ! had that
morning taken my las, morsci. y Eel, like
eating, but lay down aud resied an hour
and half, until day. We ilicH hcgan 10
look for blood aud Indians--we found
here one had fallen dead aud been drag
ged forty yards. like hog, and thrown u
into deep lime sink. near nj hand. On
dress OF the chief. with waying plume,
all stained with blood. Near this, was
another trait ofbloo.I which four ofus fol-
lowed some 200 yards and found there a
wounded Indian. Of savage laok, ordiuary
sue and apparently about % years.
Him we took TO the camp. He SAID
there were I'D Indians emeamped there;
ihst the head dress which, we showed him
was that Of Iheir chef Othla. Pow. Tusten-
uggce: Ina, he was shot iusfhe bead, etc.
We found no other dead Indians, though
the camp was literally streweti will, blnod,
and six trails leading of. 1'hronah one OF
these dead man was dragged MI; found
Que wounded lndiaI; aud one escaped, /,
bleeding al the lungs or mouth, as we
found splashes OF blood at every step or
Two, as though il had been lfypwr, oii'w
The hand; he staggered ffequentiy as he
ran. aud plunged inlu lake hard By. and,
of course pcrisicd; the three other trails
were marked with bIood, agd tae tracks OF
the fugi,ives were riddIciI naihe ground
agts Ne tisrhhss s.sedas Npans,- 7I,rrf r66Gris
glasses, raizors in abundaners! !Rl.cps, soap.
coffee. jeweiry. clothes. &e ahe captive
we hung. Col. Bailey detnised a court to
sentence him. consisting Of Judge Seehee,
Maj. Mcintyre. and myself We had
nothing TO so upon or we would have pur,
sued them 10 the Steinhatch.e river, where,
our captive informed US. they lived"