The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-09-10

under him. the poor brute kicking ieaifully in
the aeoblos Of death. Retreating TO the middle
Of the field We fornird h line, but as yet 90
enemy was to be seen. sill the dee FROM
the woods seemed to Increase fesrfuly in
weight. Iu a short time The Indians came up
to the fence IN great numbers, u few of them &C,
tualy coming over Il into NE feld These soon
found themselves in a hot Place and made tracks
again for the woods We were then ordered to
attack them in the woods, and We charged up
on them like perfect devils, the ripe, red straw
berries, cf which the clearing was full, ctush-
ing beneath our feet At every step.
All this time had no sensation of fear; the
prevailing idea was, Should like to stop and
eat some Of the berries. But such thoughts did
not last long. just as | came to the fence
many Of us saw sight which filled IA all with
a desire for vengeance. A short time before. at
the storming of Fort George, British officer
had fallen. One Of our ucn, very popular
fellow in the company, had b7 some means be-
come possessed of this cfioers coat, ard wish
ing to preserve 1t "a trophy, wor, L under his
own blue coat. This must have been noticed
for at he first fire he icll, by nj least dozru
buiets, end as we chorgcd into Tie woods, thcrc
he lay, close beside the 'cnco with bis toioat
cut from car to ear. lie was no doubt rega,d-
cd as dcserter and hence he deadly hos,ility
OF which he was The vlclim.
In a battle, when one 10 really interes cd IN
the work, men are insensibe tu time. min
~. NAV 4, sor,o ,,e., 90. N, III ~, b,r ,,,lil
in Others, on hour is far shorter than a minute
For this reason osnnnt tell how long we fought
in he woods but jndging from the course Of
events when ! next became sensible of the hour,
it must have been some considerable time Be
this as it may, u courade named wilkinson and
myself had reused up two Indians who dis
charged theis rifles at us and rau. We gave
chase, aud when a favorable chance presented
itself fired, both Indians fel' bnt whather they
we're hit, or whether it was only fent to draw
US still farther on. we could nos tell. While we
were thus engaged, an order 80 retreat 10 the
clearing had been given and oheyed by ull ex.
cept Us two. After our LAST shot mentioned TO
Wilkinson that we were the only Americans in
the woods and it was time to go. OFF we start.
cd together, but he was so much heoter than 7,
aud TIE woods so Tick, that soon lost sight Of
him. Travelling on towards the sound Of the
firing as fast l could, had arrived at point
about one hundred and fifty yards from tho
fence, beyond which could get glimpses Of GU
men standing in the field and shooting towards
the woods when | saw, standing behind large
tree, about iorty yards ahead of me, a t,ll In
dian in the act of loading his rifle jumped
behind tree, the red-skin evidently heard me,
for he stopped loading, and looked round very
cautiously. l thipk he made up his mind al
last it was Que of their own men, for he present.
ly resumed the work of forcing down his bull
let. Ny first thought was TO fire the second,
if | miss he can hu sh loading before ! can load
again aud then will be at his mercy. wait
ed till he was done and took aim; and as he
aimed so did l. Waiting till I heard the crack
OF his piece, fired and must have shot him
right through The heart, for he bounded up
| wglked up to, ard stood close beside him,
while put another load III my moshet Just
as was returning the ramrod felt 40 though
man lad pnshed his finger forcibly against the
thick part OF my thigh. l immediately started
at II run and reached the fence without further
accident but as threw my right leg over the
top, found that my pantaloons on that leg were
saturated with blood. got oft the fence, took
a step forward and tainted. How long lay
there, of course | cannot form any idea. When
/ revived got upon my feet but could not
stand. then began to crawl on my hands and
knees towards our line, Tor by this time saw
the Indians were again nearly up 10 the fence
So long as the fence in some measure kept nc
out OF their ghr, did well enough, hut She 80.
staot il no longer served iur a covIr rrgulsl
shower OF balls whistled around me. My car
teen had one hole through it, my cop two, and
my clothes we're cut in several places, bus my
skin remained untouched While in this con,
dition | was seen by Col Boersller, who came
to me on foot. As he was about to raise me
reached for my musket, but he took it from me
and broke it to pieces over stump Few will
believe it, but the loss OF my musket was tai
greater source OF sorrow to me than my wound
But there was not much time for feeling OF any
sort. The Col whose strength seemed equal tc
that OF giant, picked me up in his arms rar
with me 10 place whore trpe had beer
bOWu down, sud laid me in the hole iciJ by the
ROOFS | had no. been there long till the doc
tog, with Two men, came 20 ne. The doc ol
cut OFF the leg Of my trousers and wrapped a
rag, dipped in whisky rouud the wound. "
then carried TO "a baggage wagon, whjC III
tanned nothing but barrel OF whisky, on out
side of which was seated. / did not wait long
for company. In few moments Captain
M'Chesney was brought in, wounded in The
arm, and in The course Of half an hour the wag
on was filed.
During all this time the firing went on, the
Indiai,s evlhtur plraN to come 20 anything
like cj,sr qn7r'rs. Al iR-t our amnuaiti1u
gave out, and our troops could 10 longer r5tnru
their fire \ council OF officers was hed SO il
was aid, aud the plan adopted Of dghdog on,
way back at the point Ct the bayouet
While all this was going on, sat peeping out
under the wagon cover, wondering how the mat
ter would end While thus engaged, nay eye
caught sight of q British officer, splendidly
/ mounted, waving a wbile handkerchief on tie
! point Of bis sword, In a moment afterwards
he was speaking to Col Boerstler, and, as ] af
/ terwards learned, represented to him that escape
OF victory were to US alike impossible, the force
surrounding US being far too numerous for US tt
cope with in any way. Soon after this ! saw
| Col. Boerstler leave the Englishmen with Other
officers, and walk towards the two wagons
which were now full of wounded. He appear
( ed very sad and cast down, For mcmen. o.
'wo be stood apparently in deep thought, theI
rousing himself, came aud lifted the wagon GOV
ers aud counted the number of wounded Ate
looking az US for perhaps minute, he said, "a
though he was talking TO himself, Poor tel
lows il it wasnt for you / would never surren
der" He then went back to the red-cuat, whC
soon rode away, re-sppearing few minutes at
terNards at the head OF about three British sol