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


The weather was severe winter. IN a
climate OF unusual rigor 10 our troops s.
The ground was covered with deep snow
yet the everlasting swamps Of ,ha. tegini,
were MOI hard frozen. The gallant vol
unteers we've i'll provided with clothing
and camp covering; too many Of The Off
GERS Ignorant, and negligent Of indispensa.
bic precau,Ions in the midst OF an Indian
country. within twelve miles Of their
English allies under Colonies Proctor
and 81. George. Major Muir, and other
thoroughbred soldiers. INSCRIPTIONS Of
Whatever means would lend to the great
end of success, and relying for it chiefly
on their numerous auxiliaiies. As is
generally ,hd case small error or blunder,
snperadded To the imperfect state Of The
forces altogether. occasioned; probably.
the terrible calami,ies of the ba,,e of The
22d, and cruel massacre Of the Odd Janu.
airy. a, the River Rai-in. which will long
be lamented in The account of Western
warfare.
When Winchester arrived al the Rails
IN with some three hundred men, he
found Lewis with six hundred posted in
garden yards. and the enclosure within
Them well prepared for any emergency.
On Lewiss right was an open field
bounded by another enclosure like those
IN which he had posted his men. With
General Winchester came Col. Wells,
who, being OF the regular army, ou,rank.
ed Colonel Lewis of the volun,eers.-
Lewiss advice 10 Winchester was To post
the 800 men with Wells in the enclosure
on Lewis's left. TO This Wells objected.
requiring the RICH, of Lewis, which Gen.
eral Winchester allowed him to take. in
All open and exposed field. instead If be.
ing under The cover of The enclosure.
10 this slight circumstance may be a,lri.
buted much OF the misfortune of a fatal
day. The BRUSH and Indians attacked
early in the morning of the 22d January,
1918. Colonel WelIs's Detachment, resis.
ted. unprotected by any cover, the fierce
attack OF superior numbers, Tough, not on.
| ly with unfiinchiug braver>, hut with
| great effect, ull their ammunition began TO
fail; Sad deficiency winch ought no, to
have occurred. General Winchester.
who cOurageously commanded, ordered
| Wells TO rellre lnlo the enclosure, where
Lewis was stationed. Attempting 10 ex-
ecule this difficult movement, 10 Withdraw
~ the face ct superior Ell envy pressing
upon Them. Weiss men fell in confu.
Slnn. Directions Ia fail back mo Lrwis's
enclosures ere mistaken Tor an order To
retreat. Instead ~ falling back upon
Lewis, which would have rendered them
safe, with an officer OF experience as
well as courage, The wildefed men I'M
happily passed over the river IN the zee,
and retired mic The woods, towards The
rapid. They were Immediately. in fact.
constantly pursued by the Indians, who
surrounded and cut them 10 pieces, fight
ing to the last with The utmost resolution.
selling their lives dearly, aud inhictng
on their assallants heavy loss. All of
Weiss detachment were killed but TWEEN
" eight and abou, forty taken prisoners.
General Winchester and Col. Lewis.
who accompanied and attempted TO rally
them, with the generals aid and son.
were taken prisoners. The Generals
official account of the action. written at
Maiden The next day, says, the few of
us that remained with the retrealing
party, borne down by numbers, a, length
submitted BY Thus losing their two
principal officers, our troops. never more
than half the number Of their enemies,
were not only reduced 10 less than five
hundred remaining with Major Madison
within the pickets, but were deprived OF
their principal commanders and a. leas.
three hundred Of their companions.
Thus reduced. however, the remain.
der maintained their position with un.
daun,ed and even desperate spirit. repul-
sing The BRUSH regulars several times
and killing many more III them than their
official accounts after the battle acknowl
edged. The false repor, Of the British
Adju,sn, General Edward Baynes, dated
at Quebec. the 9Th Of February. 1918,
was thus lha, four hundred took refuge in
the houses of the town. aud kept up a
CALLING fire from the windows. The fac,
was, that Madison repulsed every attack
on his position and maintained i, from
near noon till daybreak, when the battle
began; the British having suffered so Sc.
verely tina, they deemed it necessary to
resort to slraiagem. in which they un
happily succeeded. Falsehood is, per
haps. no, among the forbidden arts Of war.
and the mere ssra,agem by which the
surrender OF the remainder Of our brave
men was effected, nigh, no, be deemed
contrary TO the usages Of legitimate hos
lili,les. But the vile use made of, at any
rate. rather an unmanly trick, calls for the
strongest reproba.ion Of a base con,ri.
vance. General Winchester was prevail
ed upon, when taken prisoner, from mo.
lives Of humanity Ia send his aid, Major
Overion, with a flag Of truce TO Major
Madison, with proposals for an honorable
capitua,ion, il he would surrender. Al
that lime The firing had SO FAC leased, that
our men supposed lha. the British Gag
had come 10 propose cessation Of hos.
,ili,ies. General Winchester had only
acceded TO Procsor's proffer Of an honora.
BILE capi,ulation in order TO cave the lives
Of many valuable men, the flower Of the
citizens of Kentucky. who were with
Major Madison. Proctor told him thai
unless they surrendered. the buildings in