Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-07-24

called to Hays as he approached "Charge,
charge!'' When the Texans reached The
foot Of the hill. from the nature Of The
ground they were concealed from the view
of the Indians. At that point Hays
wheeled his little band al fnll !speed some
Two or three hundred yards around the
base of the hill, ascended it at the same
pace, gained The level ground above, aud
made his appearance at full charge on the
flank of the Indiuns in the direction in
which they little expected to see him.
They at once leaped on their horses, aud
before they were well prepared to receive
him he was in their midst. The Indian
line gave way when the shock of the
charge struck il, but wheeling on each
flank they charged the Texans, with wild
yells, secure of their prey, since on horse
back thev deem themselves invncible.
But never before had they encountered
any thing like discipline. Back to back the
Texans received Them, and The close and
deadly fire Of their pistols and yaugers
emp,ied many a saddle. Thus hand 10
hand the fight lasted some fifteen minutes,
the Indians using their spears aud arrows,
the Texans their repeating" pistols
Scarcely man Of the little band that was
not grazed by spear or arrow; their gun
stocks, knife handles and saddles perfora-
ted in many places. Walker, and Giles
pie. Two. of Hays band, were speared
through and through, and several were
wounded. ltwas loo hot to last. The
Indians fell back, closely pressed by the
whites. Again and again were they rail-
lied by their Chief, whose voice, after the
FIRST onset, was alone heard, directing their
movements, only again TO be routed, To-
sing, in each well contested conflict, some
of their bravest warriors. The pursuit
had now been pressed for nearly Two miles.
The Texans had loaded their arms in de-
tail, some ahaliing for tia, purpose, whilst
The others hung on the rear of the enemy.
The Indians had made their last rally,
reduced in numbers 10 about thirty FIVE,
were driven hack with great loss, when
the voice oftheir Chief gain rose high, ex-
horliug them to turn once more, whilst. he
dashed backwards and forwards amongst
his men, 10 bring them back to he charge.
The Texans had exhausted nearly all
their shots. HAYS called out to know
which ofthe men had a loaded gun
Gillespie rode forward and answered that
he was chargcd-"Dismount and shoot the
Chief"' was the order. At distance of
thirty steps she ball did its office. Madly
dashins few yards, the gallant Indian
fell TO rise no more, aud in wild alright al
the loss oflheir leader, the others scattered
10. every direction in the brushwood.
J Thus ended battle which is almost
without parallelin border warfare. II
was "fair stand up fight" and The In
dians never evinced greater bravery
Twenty-lhree of them were counted dead
upon the field, and as many more are
known 10 have been wounded, many Of
them MORALLY. No shot was fired at q
distance of more than eight or ten steps,
with the exception oflhe last, fact which
shows the desperation Of The conflict. or
Col. Hays men, Peter Fox, was shot
through the head and died on the spot, R.
A. Gillespie aud Samuel Warkef were
dangerously wounded with lauces, the lat
Ter supposed to be murtally. He was one
Of the Mier prisoners who escaped last
year from Tacubaya, near Mexico. Col.
Hays was at Washington at last dates.
He is confident there were several Mexi.
cans among the Indians.
Another battle was fought near the Co.
leto on the 18th June, between party of
some 25 Indians aud small number of
men under Capt. York. Three of the In
dians were killed on the spot. Two of the
Texans were wounded, Jackson Bell and
Col. Neill. The laIler, like Walker, had
been prisoner in Mexico and escaped.
We have before stated that The Texas
papers are saying little at the present time
in relation to Annexation. We publish
few extracts from a letter we have recei.
we'd on the subject. 1t was dated
Houston, July 7, 1914.
The news Of the rejection OF the treaty
of annexation was received here with won
derful equauimily, and the public seuti-
ment has changed much upon the subject
since last winter. When annexation was
first proposed, the people were almost
unanimous in favor Of it; but the discus
sion Of the question, both here and in the
United States, has satisfied US that the
arrangement, is vastly more prof.
table 10 the United States than to Texas,
and that independence is more preferable
than annexation. We are bound 10 60
ahead and flourish any how, for with such
vast resources as Texas possesses she can
not stand still,
The vote in the United States Senate
has probably settled The annexation ques-
ton forever. Had the treaty been passed,
it would have been promptly accepted
here-as it is, We do not much care about
having the question again raked up, more
TO make capital Cor political as
pirants in :hs United States. We do not
care about being called hard names an
other winter in Westinghouse not
anxious to have such loads of abuse;shov.
elled upon us again, without rhyme or
re ason hecauee xUe ODce knnckpd at ponr