The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-23

uuuE euu oulInuulIlOn Wefe wholly trana
ported on pack horses a. the road WA i'm
passible for wheel carriages. Aitera pain
full march OF nineteen days the army ar
rived on the first Of October ct Point Pleas
ant where an encampment was made,
.., Gen. LRwia was. exceedingly dlSRppoint
ed at hearing no tidings Of the Earl Q
Dunmore who, according 10 previous or
rangement, was to form Q junction viii
him at that placeO DO immediately dis
patched patched sops scogtS y So By land n ~
gence OF the route which the Earl haC
taken and then return with the uttnos
dispatch. On The ninth three men, Wit
had formerly been Indian traders, arrive:
In the camp on express from the Earl 4
inform Lewis that he had changed hi
plan OF operations and intended % marcel
% the Indian towns by the way o
Hooking and directing Gen. Lewis: &
Commence his march immediately ior fhl
old Chilicothe town. > IsIlf
Very early In the morning Of the tenth
TWO young men set out from the camp L
hunt up the river. Having gone about
three miles they fell into \ camp. OF In,
dams who were then In the oct ofprepar.
ing to march TO attack the camp Of Cen
Lewis. The Indians fired upon Them and
killed one Of them, the other ran back q
the camp with intelligence that the In,
dians In great force would Immediately
give battle. ..
Gen. Lewis instantly ordered out q de.
tAchmentof the Bottetourt hoops under
Col. Fleming, and another Of The Aueusts
troops under Col Charles Lewis; remain,
ing himself with the reserve for the de.
fence Of the camp. The detachment
marched out In two lines andmat the In,
dians In the same order about two. hun
dred yards from the camp, The battle
commenced q little aftery sunrise by q
heavy firing. from the Indians, a Al The
outset our troops gavesback some distance
until met by reinforcement, on the ar.
rival OF which the Indians retreated a
little way and formed q line behind lons
and trees reaching from the Ohio to that
OF the K4nawha. By this vancouver oul
army and camp were completely invest,
ed, being closed between the two riyers
with the Indian line Of battle In front &C
that no chance Of retreat Waslelt, An
incessant fire was kept up on both sides
with but little change Of position
until shutdown, when the Indians retreat
ed and in the night recrosSed the Ohio
and the nextday commenced their march
10 their towns on the Scioto. &c.
Our losS In this destructive battle was
seVenty.fve killed and one hundred and
forty wounded. Among the killed were
Col Charles Lewis, Col. Fields, Captains
Bptord, :, Mprrey, Ward, Wilson, and
n, elehichAns EieutenSn Alien; Goldsby
and Dillon and several gdhalJeFh officers
Col. lewis q distinguished md meri,
torlous officer, was m6rtally wounded BY
the first fire Of the Indians but walked
into camp and expired in his own tent
The number Of Indians engaged in the
battle OF the Point was never ascertAinet
nor yet the amount Of their loss. On the
morning after the engagement twenty.oue
were found on the battle ground, twelve
more were afterwards found in different
places where they had been concealed. A
great number Of their dead were said "a
have been thrown into the riverzduTinp
the engagement. Considering that the
whole number Of our men engaged III NH
conflict were rifemen, and from habit
sharp shooters Of the first order, Il d pre-.
sumable that the loss on the side Of the In.
dians was a. least equal to ours. 1l.g
The indians during the battle were
commanded by the Cornstalk warrior
the king Of the ShaWanees. This sen Of
the forest in his plans Of attack and re,
treat, and in all his maneuvers throughout
the engagement, displayed the skill and
bravery Of the most consummste General
During the whole Of the day he was
heard vociferating with the voice Of
stenor, "Be strong be strong /" It 4
even said that he Killed one OF his mer
with his own hand for coWardice,
The day after the battle, after burying
the dead, entertainments were thrown uI
around the camp and competent guard
was appointed for the care and protection
OF the sick and wounded. On the day
following Gen. Lewis commenced hi
march for the Shawnee towns on the Sci
OTTO. This march was msde through q
trackless desert, and, attended with al
most insuperable difficulties and priva-
tons. ~ N-T
In the meantime the Earl OF Dunmore
having collected o force and provided
boats at Fort Pitt descended the river L
Wheeling where the army halted for {
few daYsand then proceeded down TIT
river In about one hundred canoes, few
keel boats and perouges, 10 the mouth O.
Hooking and from thence over land until
the army had got within eight miles q
the Shawnee town Chilicothe, on the Sol
OTTO, Here the army halted and made .
breast work Of fallen trees and entrench
ments Of such extent as to include abou
twelve acres Of ground, with an inclosurI
In the centre containing about one acre
surrouned by entertainments. This wa
the citadel which contained the markeel
OF the Earl and his superior officers.
Before the army had reached tina
place the Indian chiefs sent several mes.
sages to the Earl asking peace. With thi
request he soon determined TO comply anC
therefore sent an express to Gen. Levi
with an order for his immediate retreat
This order Gen. Lewis disregarded anC
continued his march until his lordHhip il
person visited the camp, was formally in
troduced TO his officers, and gave the or
der In person. The army of Gen. Levi
then commenced their retreat
1t was with the greatest reluctance AMI
chagrn that the troops Of Gen. Lewis re
turned from the enterprise In which the,
were engaged. Tho masSacres Of thei
relatives and friends OF the Big LevelS AM
Muddy Creek, and above all their recen
loss at the Point had inspired these BIZ
knives, as tho Indians called the Virgin
ians, with an inveterate thirst for revenge
the qualification of which they suppose
was shortly to take place in the total de
struction OF the Indians and their town
along the scioto and SAndusky river
The order Of Dunmore VaS nhAved. I'M