Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-11-27

sible precaution. finally submitted him
self and his gallant comrades. prisoner
of war Between four and five hundred
men thus fell into lie hands Of The enc
my, OF whom grea, many were wound
ed. and doomed next day TO horrid assas
sination. The British account claims &c
have killed between four and i've hun.
dred of our people, Adju,an, General
Baynes, in his official report, boosted
tina, the Indian chef, Roundhead, with
his band Of warriors rendered essential
service by their bravery and good con.
duct; and that all the Americans who at.
tempted TO save themselves by flight.
were cut off by The Indian warriors. 1t
was ROundhead who captured General
Winchester and delivered him 10 Colonel
Proctor, to be the amiable and good ma
tured instrument for his vile companion
Such was The battle Of the River Rails.
in on the 22d Of January, 1919. proceed
ing the massacre Of the next day, which
covered nearly every respectable family
in Kentucky with mourning. filled every
generous American bosom with indigna-
ton; was visited by condign re,ribuiion
at the battle of the Thames the following
October. and should ever be exposed
among the de,es,able acts Of English bar.
barIiy in that war. which, nevertheless,
found disaffected Americans graceless
enough. if not to vindica,e. at all events
to palliate and rejoice over.
After the capltnla,ion, Major Madison
strongly demonstrated with the British
commanding officer upon the necessity
aud duty protecting the wounded Amer
lean prisoners from the savages, who
were lowering abou, like blood hounds
thrs,ing to prey upon them. The stpu.
lated protection was again promised with
renewed assurance tina, the terms Of capi,-
ulalion should be faithfully and Justly
complied with. Mex, day, after General
Winchester and other superior officers
had been removed TO Maiden. when but
two of the seven American surgeons sur.
vivrd the action of the day before. our
wounded officers and men, in wan, OF
every thing and suffering the rigours Of a
winter the severest almost ever known in
that cold climate. when, il they had sur
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humanity and principle Of manhood even
without regard 10 articles of capiula,on,
required their Prntecllon, were given
up bv Brush officers To the ruthless brn-
tailies of The Indians, and put. To death
according 10 their most barbar"us proceed
in9s on such occasions. Never giving
or taking qulrler, they make no prisoners
bu. exercise what Is. perhaps, the stern
est right Of war, but putting all their cap.
yves to death. According TO the reeula-
TONS OF civilized hosiliiies. this right does
MOI exist but IN the case of absolute ne.
cessity for self preservation; and under
no circumsi lance can i, be exercised with
tortures, mutllaiion. scalping, burning.
and other abominable excuses
All our prisoners were, according TO
promise. TO have been conveyed in slelghs
from the Raisin to Walden. Instead of
that every one of them unable TO march,
was not only murdered, but most Of them
tortured 10 death by The savages, as mis-
chlevous children torment insects bv
tearing them to pieces. Captain Nathan.
| iel Hart, MIR Clay's brother ln-law, had
been wounded in the battle in the knee,
and was unable to walk. He had great
| ly sIgnallzed himself by undaunted ntre.
pidny. A half bred Indian. Elliott, hold
ing the king of Epgland's commission,
who had been a college companion of
Captain Har,, promised TO have him car
ried to Maiden, and there taken care Of
in Eliou's own house. A band Of ruffian
savages, nevertheless, tore him from the
bed on which he was lying, and were
about TO kill him when he was rescued by
brother officer. Soon after, while
mounted on horse on his way to Nal
den. ION the 23d Jauuary,) he was shot
by party of Indians, ionahawked and
scalped, his body lief. on the road unburi
ed, TO be devoured by hogs. The fate
of many other mos. respectable men was
similar to Captain Harris. Nearly all
our prisoners were stripped Of their cloth.
ing. rifled Of their money. The officers
swords given up TO the savages; men Of
education, talents, and the highest res
peclabllty, treated by British officers OF
every grade, from the highest to the lowest.
with superclious i,arshness, unmanly Jun
gentlemanly and inhuman. When an
American officer urged the necessity Of
British surgical assistance to the wounded,
(as five of our seven surgeons were killed.
Elli"t.'s execrabIe reply was. the Indians
are excellent DOCTORS. Sixty four wound.
ed Americans were left on the ground
under The care Of Drs Tod and Bowers
(,he two living surgeons.) with every as
surance and full reliance that iliey would
be kindly removed i'll sleds next day ,c
Maiden.
At sunrise on the 23J, large body o
Indians stripped them, as they lay ex
tended on the ground, tomahawked ant
scalped all who were unable 10 march
(such was their frighlful SURGERY ant
took away with them few survivin.
prisoners with them for further and NOR,
excrutiating tor.ures. Among those as
sas>ina,ed were Captains Hickman, Mead
Edwards, Prince. McCracken, many val
liable and highly respectable snbsllerl
officers and pr,va,es. nearly all ut whom
we're among the mos, considerable CHI
zens OF Kentucky. Seldom. il ever, ha
a greater outrage been committed. Tn
murdered PRISONERS aud poisoned web