The daily gazette., 1877-02-26

treating 10 the cabin, without making a
single effort TO repel them. They then
rowed the boat TO the shore, and at once
tomahawked Captain Greathonse and a
boy about fourteen years old; and plac-
ing the women In the canoes, and recruit.
ing their number from those on shore, re-
turned again to the attack Of Captain
l!ubbelIs boat. Ashley approached, they
placed the women In such a position as to
to shelter themselves, and those in the
boat were obliged to run the risk of shoot
ing, them, or allow The Indians to APP
'proach without offering any resistance.
They choose the former alternative, be-
lieving that If they were captured them
selves 1t would not benefit the women;
and II they should happen to hit them, 1t
would y w@ a most likely save them fnljis'rn from = \
There were now but four men on on the
boat capable Of making resistance and
the captain himself was wounded in two
places, and hardly able to handle his rifle
but they were as resolute as ever and
determined never to surrender. ? As soon
therefore, as the Indians came withina q
proper distance, they fired upon them, and
having loaded all their rites, were able
70 give them warm reception, and kept
up q constant firing, by passing the guns
to their wounded comrades as soon ss
they were discharged, to be again loaded;
and although they were only. about as
one to twenty, such was their courage and
determination, that the Indians became
discouraged, and again, one after the
other, returned to the shore. Just as the
last canoe was leaving, Captain Hubbell
called to the Indian who was steering and
as he turned round, fired at him, and with
. yell he sprang up and fell over the side
Of the canoe into the water. They had
now twice repulsed the Indians, but the
danger was not yet all over, for on turn
ing from the canoes they found the boat
had drifted almost on to point of land,
which the Indians on shore had discover
ed, and were rushing down upon it to
the number of four or five hundred. n5, !
Ray and Plascnt, who were the only
men on board who were uninjured, i'm
'mediately took the oars. and hanging
some blankets 80 as to screen them from
the shore. rowed out toward the middle
OF the river; the rest Of the party threw
tuomoclVoS tuUO UHo bOUtOu VI DORt,
with the exception 9f Mro Fitzpatrick,
who occupied a B position in which he
could see the Indians on shore; and noE-.
serving one who appeared to take
more active part than the rest, could
not resist the temptation to FIRE at him,
although warned Of the danger by Cap
tam Hubbelf, and raising himself, he
had hardly brought the gun to his
shoulder, when a ball struck him in the
mouth, and he fell back dead, almost in
the arms of his daughters 49,, #, ...;i,
So near had the boat drifted to the
point, that before they could get head.
way upon her, she was within about
twenty feet of it. The Indians had
kept up a continual firing upon them
until they were beyond their reach.
Four out Of FIVE of the horses which
were on board were killed, and the oars
in the hands of Ray and Plascut were
repeatedly struck with the balls, but
they remained uninjured, Their escape
seems almost miracle. f.'.
Thus ended the conflict, two of the
party only having been killed outright
Tucker and Kilpatrick-ando one mortal
ly wounded, Stoner dying the next day.
All, however, but Ray and Plascut, were
badly wounded. .ai = H7 e',
The women and children escaped in
jury with the exception of son of Mr..
Plascut, who, after the battle was ended
came to the captain and cody asked him
to cut ball from his head. Captain
Hubbell could not at first believe there
was one in; but upon examination, found
that a ball which had passed through
the side of the boat. and becoming
nearly spent, had entered the forehead
of the little fellow, and still remained
under the skin and taking his knife. he
easily cut it out. "That is not ALL" said
the boy, and holding up his arm. showed
a piece Of bone hanging by the skin from
the point of his elbow, which had been
struck by ball, and a piece of the bone
sympathy. asked him why he had not
spoken of It before. Because" said the
little hero, "the captain told us to keep
still during the battle, and / thought il
told you, you would be frightened, and
make q noise" .I=.i. ..5i f ...a...
They reached Limestone about mid
night of the same day, where their story
was hardly credited by the inhabitants.
The bodies of Captain Greathouse, and
the women and children who were with |
him in the boat, were afterward found |
near the spot where they were attacked;
and from the appearance of the women
and children, it was supposed they had
been whipped to- death, as their bodies
were covered with stripes, and large
rods were found near them, which SEEM
I'D to have been worn out with use.