The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-08-20

ssely gonr OIL 81 he Fofs. - . fariy.
ansr me eomaaEd 81 :. ne Pro- he'."
.sknosn % Re ,kslkirg shout. TIER
ss ii he .tlrksde. . uunbsr af siek.
iaweaen ard sh,lJH n, md al 6ilstn |
o. slssn men G, fa dsiy. wsiiing unul
aoling. capi. r., lnr thsn seat cut
sml party, "a Isarn IL possible lie ean'e
% e frirg the night Prstious. The
h03s IL ate Iwo yerng men ssre inuhd
,esltt, and IhsTa lie mui.laled: lhfir Fe.
mss we're brnuaIi ito The Fort and
bufb. A communication as ssnn 81. |
isrsrts rstsised from the P.orhs', thar
If. % doubt ihsi hostile siisrk might
soo be expected. Capt. Tsylnr. 81.
shosh having ju.t ierovsrfd hom
ssste indispos ton, p rssnally inspe"isd
The ifr.fe, / dsfenees. examined The gars
aaddelivsred ammunition 10 his mrn.
Essy precsution was taken 10 guard
.gslsi surprise, l, b. inc BY hin resolved,
ADO surrender he For while he lived.
hos yer great fnrcs might be brought
against u. Al mldniaht he vas ea'lrdlrom
HE ia.i,ts with the snEouneem' nj, ihsi
The Indians had fred The lover hloek
houc, building that contained . large
parion Of the .iores Of The army eon'rse-
,o,. The enemy 81 the same time. %
si.,d By The light. Commenced with Their
rsils. ORDERS s're Immediately issued for
itebaekels tn be gri ready. and for water
20 D drawn from The veil, 10 exiIrg"i.h
The cor hsgrsmon. which hsd not yei ex-
tened far. The men. however. either
frna sickness. or apprehension Of dsfess.
did noi spring TO their work with spirit.
.hsfre rapidly excluded. reaeh'd ne
.ios room and exploded q quantity Of
whlkey. throwing the fans IN the roof
81 he building; the men IN The Fort gave
up n despair.
The srene wss now terrible; the illu-
mintion mste BY the burning building.
IN ne DARK night. gave every iLirg a
mysterious and rspul.ive look. &c fist ting
upan i've faces Of hundreds Of. painted
ssv,pss, Who were minsling their wal
.hoop, and rifles. wnh the cracking oil
the burning building. and the STREAMS oil
the women and children in the Fort. So
comf leieIy were the soldiers paraly zed.
that tao OF the sloutesl in the Fort desert
ed their posts.
The whole OF The resources OF Capt.
Taylor were now called into requisision.
He ordered nsmbtr olhis men TO mount
the roof uf Ihe barssek hoild,ng, and throw
ea sach -sarts No were in eon,sc, with III,
block house; he then kept The gabIe EN-
thoroughly yet. Laboring with hls men
he pointed ourte them how the building.
eould be saved. Hops began 10 revive a
the prospect Of success, The men labores
with spirit. ,hs block house gradually burn
ed down. wi'hon! nmmunicatng it's 6r.
10 the adjoining buildings. TO prUtee
the opening thus made in The fori, breas
work had been erected in advance, wh'cf
completely prosr cied il tom the assault.
of The Indians, who found ,henstlse,
foird and defes,ed. when ,hey slough
they had accomplished an easy v'ctory
over The fort. The Injisns' fire vas nov
tetared from the fcit, upon the Mlamis
who finally sullenly reuea,ed. Csp'sir
Ps, lor having only loss one mar.
With a modesty characteristic ef hi.
dispatches from The Rim Grande, Capt
Taylor related The attack and rernlse o
The Mismis upon his fort 10 Gensr | Har'
rison. President Ma hson shortly after
wards. conferred upon Capt. Tavlor III,
bre,etrank oI M.jHr. for his gallsniry.
In 1899, Col. Taylor was actively en-
gagged in the Black Hawk war. command
INC The ls, Inf.ntry and The Oh. In 1885,
he was ordered to FloIida. AID d singuish
ed hupst II by beng among the feremcs
in danger, establishing lasting fame b.
his CELEBRATED battle Of the O.ke.cho.tep
3 DRY bath il. that Col. Taylor was chal
lenged To battle BY Alligator; an inyi
ta,ion 10 6ehi readily screpted. Tie In
dams were confident Of success, as they
we're TO be met 10 their own entreneh
men,s. The Ok -cho-bee. being The only
place in The Florida wat where the In
dams voluntarily met our troops. Th'
lndisns. seven hundred in number, were
en,renched in suong position, in. = lhicl
swamp, covered in front BY smslFs.resn
which vas rendered totally impossible b.
qu,ck.ands. Gel. Taylor charged on th'
Indians, with sbou. four hundred men
CON pos ed Of The let, 4,h aud 9th Regi
men, of The U. S. Infantry. and numbe
of M,ssour, VOLUNTEERS. The battle VA
holy contested for three hours; our troop
sustsine d a deadly fire, driving the lodlsn
before them, inch BY inch. with the pom
of The bayouet. One hundred and thirty
mine Of our troops were killed. te,ni
nearly cne-,hird Of our whole force. Col
Taylor was on horseback throughout to-
whole contest. exposed TO the deadly fir
of The enemy; frequso,ly 10 the, tlckss
of,he fight, encouraging his troops by 81
presence. and cheering them on 10 IN
deadly charge. Victory was complete
ahs battle Of O.ke cho-bee. was The ks
stand where ,be Indians. in any body
me, our troops. Alter Eve years afdaou
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