Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-09-02

From The Plaiusl

A'"i -nANNi July ID. isl-
We are nov encampcd between -. -
and thirty miles from the crossing az ~ five
sas, and about half way between For, NIkan-
worth and Santa Fe. 'Na'en-
On the 29th - Tuesday laa-tvo,,....
miles beyond the Pawnec Forks, on ,be eN
sas river, we were attacked By larre "a Ian
Indians, who succeeded in killing cigh, - VI
men, and dangerously woundine f6gr o,h ou'
The attack was made at 3 o'clock, + NJ o.5
iust as we weru pitching cur tent. Tor tho n;gS'
cncampment The Indians were coneeslsd
among the sand hills on the opposite side ., M
river; and as our men were crossing the r;rs-
unanned, for the purpose Of obtaining wood n,
cooking, the enemy rushed from their plaee -
conccalment upon them, aud, before any a,;.,
ancc could be rendered, the work Of lcsiructos
was done and the red skins beyond our reach
This was the work Of moment and happened
in one-half the time ! have been relating
The indians were mounted on fine hor.r. ana
armed with lances. Owing to the nature Of tbe
ground, THEN umbcrs could not BE- well as,er.
tanned. The men ON guard at the tine a. ,bs
attack estimate the number as high as five HIM.
drcd. The attack was made by near two HIM.
dred Of the enemy, and q still langer bo.lv l,v
concealed behind the hills. had lust come M
with the rear guard, end went around to ,be M
Of the encampment, when / heard the Whom a
Indians, and 10 king across the river. and a6su
half a mile distant, saw them pursuing our men
who were defending themselves manfully NIL
any thing they could lay their hands on, and j
though surrounded by more than twenty time,
their number, yet some fifteen or twenty nads
good their escape. We were encamped four Or
five hundred lr,ls from the river. and the In.
dians charged our men to the middle Of II. wlere
they killed one man and wounded two. In he
mean time, five or fix men from the enoamp.
ment ran TO the river bank with their musseis
put the enemy fight, and thus saved the lives
Of several men When the alarm was given.
Col. Easton sent Lieut. Allen of the dragons in
pursuit. lie was obliged to return without being
able to kill OF capture single Indian. Nsa
never showed better disposition to fight ihsa
on this occasion In five minutes from the tine
the alarm was first given, the battalion Wa u
formed and aly for action.
OF the killed and wounded, Capt. Pau. con-
pany D) lost Two killed aud three wosAsd.
Capt Barnes's company (E) six killed and o.
wounded. Herr is a correct list: COMPANY Z.
priyates Barlow. johnson, Reag, Turcoit, Dun
can, Tanner wounded, Frost, dangerously.
Company d, Porter and Fuss, killed-Sounded.
Warner, mortally; Stanley and Mcbride, dan
gerously. Private Frost was not found until the
next morning, although every search was made
both by Dragon and Infantry. He was heard,
early the next orning. hailing the camp for A.
sistance- A p y of Dragons were instantly
sent TO his relief, who bnu,L. him into camp,
scalped and stabbed in a dozen diHercn, places.
He can convene very freely about the occur
rences of the day, although he IS not expected
TO survive He says he hal no recollection Of
being scalped, or Of any thing that happened
till near 3 O'Clock the next morning, twelve
hours from the time he was lanced. He thought,
from the time be came to his senses until morn.
ing, he was passel aud repassed by several hun
drcd Indians, many of them going across towards
the camp. Exr citing he had been left to perish
by the battalion, he crawled on his hands and
knees 10 the edge Of the river, where he wa.
found in the morning.
We werc called out several times during the
night. and Indians were shot at seven or eight
times by the guanl. We are still on the sharp
lookout for another attack