Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-11-26

come down to see you DC brave, bu
you run away from the white sol
diers, and they are ashamed 0fyou
Comenow, letuskill the pale-faces.
While these speeches were going
on, the Great Medicine Man sp
peared in full regala, and, beating
his drum, he sang song which
amounted in substance to this:-
"The medicine is good; the Great
Spirit is with us; the bullets Of the
pale faces won't strike. the brave
only towards are killed bythem
l am not afraid Of them. You must
kill the white soldiers, or the Great
Spirit win forsAke Us; our medicine
be Bad, our children and women die
. ofstarvation. Warriors, be braveA
He sang in loud monotonous
voice, riding about in circlesamong
the warriors, swinging his body to
and fro, and beating furiousy with
stick upon his drum To show
how harmless the bullets of the
whites were, ,the Medicine man rode
around tie fort, beating his drum
and singing about his good medi-
cine and bravery. An old scout
who had had his thigh broken early
in the fight, and who had been
watching the Medicine Man, fired
at him, and the ball whistled so
close that the Great Iedicine with.
drew to a greater distance to per-
form his antics, and preach to the
young braves about the safety of
fighting the pale faces. Raising
himself up in his sand.hole, the old
scout again drew a bead-on- Great
Medicine, as he approached a little
NEARER, and fired, this time with eff
feet. for the Indian was seen to reel
in his saddle, and drop his drum
stick, as his pony carried him Off
"He has got his medicine" said
the scout, as, exhausted with pain,
he fell back in the damp trench.
Notwithstanding the speeches of
the Chiefs, and the encourage
ment of the women, the Indians
could only be indeed to make two.
charges on the whites, and then res
sorted to a safer mode of Indian
warfare--strategy. Filling all the.
hills and rayines, they availeathem.
selves Of every hillock and bush to
creep upon the fort. As soon as
these sharpshooters were all posted,
horsemen were sent to- ride around
the fort, and as the /hesieged raised
up to fire, the sharp shooters pour
ed upon them a shower of bullets
that rarely misseatheip mark. Col.
Forsyth forbid his men ito fire un
less charged, and calmly awaited
the result. The Indian sharpshoot-
ers picked off the. horses, and as
the iaSt tohe felFPiereed throHglr the
heart with rifle bail, an Indian
from the hill side called out, "There
goes the last horse down, now We
have got them!"o All day long the
fighting lasted, and at nigl glfailnot
less than two hundred warriors
were close about the fort Colonel
Forsyth fcaredaa night attack, and
had the Indians charged@in the.
night with half The bravery theYhad
exhibited in daylight, Col. Forsyth
and his party must have becp.mur7
dered Greatly to their joy, how
ever, the rIndiaps Bithdrew,sl Leaving
only aafcW pfckdts to4giaflsthemS
Watchfres were, however, lighted
on all the hill tops, and close watch Z,
kept to prevent their escape, At ;
noon the women had changed theil {
sopgrof battle to- q wall for the h
dead, and ono Indian pther rush 4
ed WITH outstretched arms toward 1
the fort, beating her breast and
crying, HMy chincha, OH, my chin
cha" (my son, oh, my SOM who Il
had doubtless been slain in the bat
e 1m the Ih9rning; Wien Col. For
syth's men had retreated to the is
lard, they had left Behind their
pack saddles, containing all their /
provisions, and these, with five
hundred rounds 7of ammunition, 3
had fallen into the hands Of the In
.dqDs. ITBe bnly food QflaRDkild
in the Fort was a few handsfull of
crackefs)and d pound OF coffee. -ai
These were given the sick, and they
were made as eeihfoItableAs posi-
ble. Lieut.. Beecher died early in
fhsR ightln ball IaSlng Penetlated
bis side and broken the spine, DR.,
Moore, thesSurgeon, had been in,
stahtly killed, ,va 1oall passing tmo'
his head while engaged in dressing
Col. Forsyth's wounds. Col, For
sytR Had been Struck Fbyla Ball in !
the left leg. shattering the bone be- \
low the knee, and another ball had
passed throughhis righttliigh, near i
the body, To add to the misfor-
ta1ids OF thenbesieged9 s the rsinlbe
gan to fall soon after dark, and the
sand washed down upon tho wcHn-l
ded, and got into the locks of the
g1hls.0 2Nevertheless, all Kept their {
courage up, and continued to work (
nanfully. They could hear the In |
dians moyiRgfabont the fort quite t
close, and twice they prepared to 4
reeeiye aleh4Fge khat tleY thought I
was about to be made. Col, For X
syth detailed two scouts with a. h
strnctons tounakc their way tIro !
the Indian lines, ifpossible, and 60
as fast as they could to Fort Wal {
lace, a hundred miles distant, for
relief, Bidding. their brave com j
mander and comrades adieu, the {
two scouts, on their hands and {
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