The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-04-06

GOODNESS requested him to take ball
out of his head. On examination it ap-
peared that bullet which had passed
through the side of the boat and pene-
trated the forehead of this little hero
tam took 1t out, and the youth observ-
ing "Mat is not aH," raised his arm
and exhibited piece of bone at the
point of his elbow which had been shot
off and hung only by the skin. His
mother exclaimed, "Why did you not
tell me of ths?" Because" he cody
replied, "the Captain directed us to be
silent during the action, and thought
you would be likely to make noise if ]
told you"
The boat made the best of its way
down the river, and the object was to
reach Limestone that night. The Cap.
tain's arm had bled profusely and he was
compelled to close the sleeve Of his coat
in order to retain the blood and stop its
etfusion. In this situation, tormented by
eXcruciating pain and faint through loss
of blood, he was under the necessity of
steering the boat with his left arm, till
about ten o'clock, when he was relieved
by Mr.. William Brooks. who resided on
the bank Of the river, md who was in
duced by the calls of the suffering party
to come to their assistance BY his aid
and that of some other persons who
were III the same manner brought to
their relief they were enabled to reach
Limestone about twelve o'clock that
night
Immediately on arrival of Mr.. Brooks,
Captain Hubbell, relieved from labor and
responsibility, sunk under the weight
Of pain and fatigue. and became for
awhile totally insensible. When the
boat reached Limestone, he found him
self unable to walk and was obliged to
be carried up to the tavern. Here he
had his wound dressed and continued
several days until he acquired strength
to proceed homeward
On the arrival of our party at Lime
stone they found considerable force OF
armed men about to march against the
same Indians, from whose attacks they
had so severely suffered. They now
learned that the Sunday preceding, the
same party of savages had cut off de-
tachment of men ascending the Ohio
from Fort Washington at the mouth Of
Licking River and had killed with their
tomahawks without firing gun, twenty
one out of twenty-five men of which the
detachment consisted.
Crowds of people, as might be ex-
pcctcd, came to witness the boat which
had been the scene of so much heroism
and such horrid carnage and to visit the
resolute little band by whom it had been
so gallantly and preservingly defended.
On examination it was found that tho
sides Of the boat were literall Y filed with
bullet holes. There was scarcely n
space of two feet square in the part
above water which had not either a ball
remaining i'll it or IL hole through which
a bal had passed. Some persons who
had the curiosity to count the number Of
holes III the blankets which were hung
up as curtains in the stern of the boat
affirmed that in the space Of five feet
square there were one hundred and
twenty-five. -Four horses out of five
were killed; the escape of the fifth
amidst such a shower of balls appears
almost miraculous.
The day after the arrival of Captain
lIubbell and his companions, the five
remaining boats which they had passed
on the nightpreceding the battle, reached
Limestone.
Those on board remarked that during
thc action they distinctly saw tho flashes
but could not hear the reports of the
guns The Indians, it appears, had met
with too formidable resistance from a
single boat to attack fleet and suffered
them to pass unmolestcd; and after that
time it is believed that no boat was ever
assailcd by Indians on the Ohio.
The force which marched out to dis
perse this formidable body of savages
discovered several Indians dead on tho
shore near the scene of action. They
also found the bodies of Captain Great
house and several others, men, women,
and children who had been on board Of
his boat Most OF them appeared to have
been whipped to death, as they wero
found stripped, tied to trees and marked
with the appearance Of lashes and large
rods which seemed to have been worn
with Use were observed living near them.