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be left only an entrance Of lS or 90 feet for
the Indians 10 enter, after the house should
have been consumed; and he saw further
that temporary breast-work could be erect
ed SO as TO p event their even entering al
this breach. Al once he convinced themen
that this could be done, and il appeared 10
inspire them with new life. Never did men
act with more firmness or desperation.
Those who were able-while the others kept
up constant fie from the other block
house and the two bastions-mountcd the
roofs of the houses with DIR. Clark at their
head, under shower Of bullets, and in less
than moment, they threw off as much Of
the roof as was necessary. DR. Clark acted
with the greatest firmness and presence of
mind during the whole time of the attack,
which lasted 7hours. The removal of the
roof was done with the loss Of one man
killed, and two wounded, but not danger
ously. The man who was killed was a
little deranged, and did not get off from the
house as soon as directed or he would not
have been hurt. Although the barracks
were several times in blaze and the beat
of the fire was very intense, owing to its
immense volume, the men used such exer-!
ton, that they kept it under, and before the
break Of day, raised a temporary breast
work as high as mans head, and all this
in the face Of a heavy fire of ball and an in
Vulnerable quantity Of arrows, which the
Indians continued TO pour in during the
whole time of the attack, in every part Of
the parade.
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There was only one other man killed,
and he lost his life by being too anxious.
He got into one Of the gullies in the bas-
tons and fired over the pickets and called
out to his comrades that he had killed an
Indian, but neglecting to stoop down, in an
instant he was shot dead. No others were
wounded inside the gate.
One Of the men. who jumped over the
pickets, returned about an hour before the
break Of day, and running up to the gate,
begged, for Gods sake, that ii should be.
opened. Captain Taylor, suspecting that il
was stfatagam for the Indians to get in, as
he did not remember the voice, directed the
men in the bastion, where the Captain hap
pened to be, TO shoot him, let him be who
he might. One of them fired at him, but
fortunately he ran up 10 the other bastion.
where they knew his voice; whereupon DR..
Clark directed him to lie down closely to
the pickels behind an empty barrel that
CHANGED to be there, and at daylight he was
let in. His arm was broken in a most
shocking manner, which he said was done
by the Indians and which was the cause of
his returning The other man, who Jump
ed over the pickels was caught by the Indi-
ans about 100 yards from the garrison, and
hewed into pieces.
The Indians kept up constant fire all
night and until O'Clock in the morning.
and as soon as the garrison began to return
IT with SOME effect, they moved out Of the
reach Of the guns Of the Fort
On the morning of the 9Th Of September,
1912, party Of the Indians drove the hor-
SEES and hogs that belonged 10 the citizens in
that quarter within sight Of the Fort and
shot the whole of them. All the cattle,
numbering IS head, as well dis the public
oxen, they carried away with them.
Before the evening Of that day, Captain
Taylor had caused the vacancy occasioned
by the burning of the block-house to be fill
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ny pulling down the guard-house.
The garrison lost the whole of its proyi-
slons by the burning Of the block house in
Which they were stored, and was compelled
to subsist upon green corn until supply ar
rived.
1t is believed that the whole of the Weas
or Mlamles were among The Prophets party,
as one CHEF, whose voice rescmbled the ia
nous Stone Eaters, gave his orders in tile
Miami language. It's thought also that the
CHIEF, Negro Legs, was among the ennemy
The Indians suffered severely, but they were
SO numerous that they carried off all their
dead. They disappeared from before the
Fort before the close of the 9Th.
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