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

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tor and his savage allies. The British
had posted six FOUNDER behind small
house. about two hundred Yards down The
river. which considerably annoyed the
camp ill its supplies Of ammunition which
were brought in sleigh, were arrested BY
killing The horse and his driver, Mai
Graves, in passing round the lines, was
wounded in the knee=lle sat down, and
bound il up himself, observing ID his men,
never mind me; but fight on Abon,
ten o'clok, CGlone! Proctor. finding il
useless 10 sacrifice his men in vain at
tettipts 10 tlisludge this Ii,,le band of he.
roes, withdrew his forces To the woods.
intending either to abandon tile contest, or
to wait the return of the Indians, who
had pursued the retrea,ing party. The
loss sustained by our men was inconsid.
cradle; and when Proctor withdrew. they
employed The leisure to take breakfast al,
their posts.
AS soon as Proctor wds lnfdiified tina,
General Winchester was taken, he basely
determined TO take advantage Of lis si,u
alton to procure the snfrendef Of Tie
party in the plcke,ing. lie represented
to the General, that nothing but an imme
date surrender would save the Americans
from an indiscriminae massacre by the
Indians. A flag was then advancing from
the British lines, carried by Major Over
ton, one Of the Generals aids, and
and severalolher officers. Having halted
at respectable distance, Major Madison
with Brigade Major Garrsrd, proceeded
to met them, expecting that The object of
the tag was To obtain a cessation of hos
,ililies for the British to bear off their
dead. They were much mortified 10 find
that Major Overlon was the bearer of an
order from General Winchester, directing
the officer commanding the American
forces 10 surrender them prisoners Of war.
This was The fist inlinalinn they had that
their General had been taken. Colonel
Proctor, with great haughtiness, denan
ded an Immediate surrender, or he would
set the town on fre. and the Indians
would not be restrained in committing
an immediate massacre. Major. M adj
son observed .lha, i, had been customary
for The Indians TO massacre the wounded
and prisoners AFTER a surrender, and that
he would not agree to any capilulalion
which General Winchester nigh, direct.
unless Tie safety ald protection Of his
men were Stipulated Colonel Proctor
then said Sir. do vol mean to dictate to
met No replied Madison. Il mean to
dictate for myself, and we prefer selling
our lives as dear as possible. rather than
be massacred in cold blood Proctor
then agreed to receive surrender ON the
following terms; that all private properly
should be respected, that sleds should be
sent next morning TO remove the sick
and wounded To Amhersburg. on the
island opposite Maiden that, in the mean
time, they should be protected by guard,
and that the side arms of the officers
should be restored to them at Maiden.
Major Madison. after consulting with
Garrard, though! i, most prudent to capi,-
ulate on these terms Half the original
force was already lost; the rest would
have to contend with more than three
times their number; there was no possible
chance of retreat, nor any hope of
reinforcement TO save them; and worst
Of all, their ammunition was nearly ex.
hausted, not more than one third of a
small keg Of cartridges being left.