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support, of Ujrtov.'s n jCivijjcs.;' ty 'T
atreiition was thin ut..ef lv v fir- .".' fc
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Beef, - - - Barrel 8 8.50
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do. Apple 62 ;
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JSlcal, . - 60
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CblTee, - - 16 IS
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Tobacco, - -
nor Haryison's tvo letters to the .Secre
tary at yar, on the. subject of tbe hlte
,;en gagement with trie Indians on fthe Via
bash waSrlaid before Congress on Thurs-
day. : - i .
To the Senate and Ho we of Representa
tives of the United States 1 j '
. Llay before Congress two letters recei
ved from Governor Harrison of the In
diana Territory, reporting the particuiars
and the issue of the expedition under his
command, of which notice was taken an
my communication of November 5i l' ;
VViiile jtfisIeeply lamented diat so ma
nv. vuiuabjej lives hive been lostitnheiac
tioh which too'i place oil the ftHilftrm,
Congress will i see. witn; satisfaction the
(liiundess spirit and fortitude victoriously
displayed by every descriptiort of thje
troops engaged, as well as the collected
firmness whfch distinguished their -enm-
mauder on an occasion requiring- the;litpj
most exertions ot valor and discipline. ,
It n;ay reasonahlj- be'expected that the
good effects of this"' critical defeat and dis
pt rsion of a combination of savages which
appears to have bceti spreading to a great
er extent, will be experienced not only in
had in&deMttiafc I Outf io ori;and en
mp at tHejbasljJ and. ihihe morn i rig
5uld,haye7hinttT
Uvfat4'cble1; and' explaitf to. dieiil 'the
h c?ards and interpreters bein still
with -.'neVatlvranced'jmard; and taktner the
iHrecilbn of the" to wh .the armv followed
acd ;bad advanced wit liri ahoiit 150 vards
whef50 pr 60 Indians sahit d out and with
l6uJecram4tiplis(aUed to tJse cavalrj &
tl die mil itianrjiry, which' were1 on our
ri$'t flank, tov4iIt. imfiiediatey. advan
ce! if to the frpnt, causeCrthe arrivy to halt,
alri directed an hiterpreter to reqbest
syne of the chiefs 40 come to me. In a lew
trioments the man, wha'had been whth m
before made his appearance. J informed
himthat my object forthe' present was, to
3 ' procure a eood piece of trround to encanio
i cessation of the murders and-dt predatir n where) we could cet wood and water
tioiis committed On our frontiers but in thr ; hi informed me that there was a crefck to
piVveution of any hostile incursions other- the north west which he thought would
wise to have been apprehended, i . . sait our purpose. l imme'diatelv disoach
nil j" ' r m i t '--.I.I.
lne tamiiies ot. those brave and patna4 etwo officers to examine it, and thev re
tic citizens who have lailen in this sevfiai ported that the situation'' was' excellent I
?ould
and htchia; and1 exDlai
rcterlnatiii3of tbe JreidOnthat in
the mean-ti? 1 hostilititahoiilde'cdm-
m:tted. lfft ce,medArtucli pissed with lhg on the Lit ot the rht nir.g, vlu-re.
ibis, and jyomisrd that-it' should be obs'er-j nrr stationed the hinrdl uTonra'.'ir, oi" the
Ved ort tHrpjrt. ' - j U.' S. riftSrr.en (hrn hrwevr r drinett With
lthtli7sUmedmy: march ; we struck muskets) ndhe coUipanies M Bac:, Sne?.
" -Trr-tv'-. - I 'itVi.Jl.
rards btfifcw town but as theie extendc-dii maiorav if-s4"f:irihnii .fh- It' ArWtv.W
to tiie Wthss oT tne .vy aousn tliere was noi rear ot those companies : ar.d ntidt iCa'?d-
i l- ! a a Id' . . . ...... - - 1 . . . . -
possibuiot geitmgun ericampaient .wh'icni mg that the h ,:ivic:it p.rt of the enemas
was pre viaea . yitn ootn wooa ana watei-vi tireprtcteded irom !'Mmf tr es abotCt XS
' k ft - - - ... - ... x i - .... i ; ,x
or 20 pices in.yi?a oi thonr compares ;X
directed the maj, to - disifJi.!e thein with
FRANCIS V. CONWAY."
TpAKES the libertv of informing .hia
i JL friends and the publir in geueral, that
Whas- 1st; ly been-appolctrd. .
4r lwiil: be th inVful to all ihose who mv
th'vk -proper to .entrust hiiii with tho sales t
of tbeir 'property. .
Besides a fdthful discharge of his dutv
truvjrda'the interests Of his ernplovers, all
Oods, Sec. sent to his Auction Store for
? rn-y remain frce'of Storage for twentv,
ci ;n5, and ii not sold within that time, the
o-rntr must expect to pay the customary
prices of Storage. ' , ,
He occupies the store latelv;bccuDied
by Mv. Adam 3anU as an Auction Store.
Dec. 7y 1811. 1 ' :
conflict, will doubtless engage the favora
ble attention of Congress.
Washington, December IS.
Here follows the first letter, dated'.Vin-
cennes, November 19, which, Bw Its
great length we are -obiie-ed to abridge,;
retaining, however, all ihti' mdstftmpbr-f
win ucuuis. vjoYcrnur utrnsf ;i com-!
mences with dttHilmjfr the
Wabash, and the fmaiiini'cb his
; jforces' were fcrmed,blisMerest-'
" ing' topmost .readrsi -ItBptmkh
During the whole othSlast M fi march
partit s of Indians wercohSaboat us
teas to speak -to thctm, butvsnain new
attempts, of the kindviw,; jiowmade, ' -btu
proHng equally inenctufti,
iois oi the spies and guVdevffering to 9
with a fl'ig to thc tovwn, "l yspatched him
wii i an uurr nrf tcr to requijz a ccnierence
wun tne i-ropnet- in a . ij.
then took leave ot the, ciiiel arid a mutual
promise was agahi made for a suspensiop
oihoilities urftil We could have an inter
view on the" foirowing day. , 1 found the
ground destined for the encampment hot
altogether such as I could wish it- it was
indeed admirably calculated for the en
campment of regular troops, that were
opposed to regulars, but it afforded great
fiitility. to the approach 9 savages. It was
a piece of dry oak" land, rising about 'tcn
teet above the level of a marshy prairie
irjt-front (towards the Indian town) and
nearly twice that height above a similar
prairie lp the rear, through which and near
vith willows an ij. other brush wood. To
irafds the left flank this bench of hi civ land
widened considerably, but became gradu
ally narrower in the opposite direction,'
arl at the distance of one hundred and fif- j line Snelling's, Posey's ;(iinder'Ueu. Ai
tv yard irorh the rijrht. flank, terminated i brio-ht) and Scott V. and frnnv fbWir 1ti-
; , 0 ' . 7 -- ---- -- - ...y
a part of the '-'dragoons..' Unfortunately
the major's gailrMry dctLr :?intd him to
execute the carder with a smaller qrce lhh.
was sufiicient which: enabled the !ertemv.. t6
avoid him in iiont, and attack hifijksv
The major was mortally wotinded, avid hrs
party ckivenbak. The Indians wtve
however mmtdtately. aud gallantij'tlilQ. -ged
from tlieir. advaiujgeius. position by
capt. Snelling at the head cfhisj company.
In the course' oi" a few minutes? i.fter the
commencement of the vat tact,, the fire ex
tended along the It ft 'fiark, the v hole of
the front, the. right flank- and part oi the
rear line; Upon Spencer's niouiued rifle
men, and th;- right of Warw ick's ccaipa
ny, which was posted on Uie right the
te-ar lineitWas exceasiv'dv ' severe : Capr.
Spencer aiidbi first anu 2d lieuts. Aycre
killfd. am cypt. Warwick wrs nmHv'
woUmled thtse c'omrianies . -howevVr- still
bravely chferidiU -and' jnaintainvd .theirr
-posts, 'bui-pe nct r. hk 'feufferd, so siverelv;.
and having crJgjnMI)tbqs much groundto,
occupy, I tpKrceci them ;withRobb's
company of rrfiemen$ winch had beiV dri
ven; pr by mistake ordered lroii their' po
sitionr on the left fank toward' the Icentre
of the canvp, and filled th vicaiicy that
had been occupied by Itobb jvith Prescott's
company of the 4th' U? S.regt. iMy great
object vvas to keep the lites entire, to. pre
vent, the enjerhy -from breaking! into the
camp until day licrhW'Hhich would enable
me to make a general and effectual, ch:mre
-With this view I fed rcinloitjcd-eviy
prt of the line that had suffered much : fsc
as soon as the approach of rnornihg disco
vered itself, I withdrew from the Uorit
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; BANK OF NEWBERN
A Divi lend of five per cen on the
Stock of this Bank? has been declared for
the half year ending on the 31st bfthis inst
ri lie same will be paid to the Stockholders,
or their -'If gal 'representatives anyHirhe af
Wr the 3rd of January, 1812. 0; 1 '
M. CSTEPHENS Cishler.
Dec. 21, 1511
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7 Ja'N'M VlilN-k I..ST'S"t7U ANGE' COMPAN
' A Dividend of five per cent, on .each
" " - nas neiTi aeciarea for tne hau
vear
;,;ng 'the 30th. Inst, f he 'same, fTll be,
P itoShe Stockholders' hnjtplijiojl: o
Bink Of ' Newbern, on," or :" after ilief 3d
of j2niwrv. T8t2 '' - , r;;; '
SAMUEL GER0CK; SecIrV.
XrivSeri &ec. 28, ISit1" '
. i1 l-r-v, i ' '.-.';' ';Wfixt 1 k
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NDTICr:V
pr-VBPro.ifre4utlv received injariei'
bysdme of those ihVf followDuiinff
Anting, Cutting Wood, and ihotKefW
TS'passkntnn rr.v T nntir, f.CL' 111 1
from -Hunting' & tlief; witK ddg or
. - r
iues5itijc,vs sent ov canttftf jju jm to m
form me thatinhiatteipts to advance,
the Indians appeared ' oiOth his flanks,
and although he -had spken to thetii in
the ruo:t lriendly;Jmam they refused to
answer but beckoned tonm to go forward
and constantly i endeaWed to cut him off
from the army. .Upothis information I
recalled the Captain, ind determined to
encamp for the! night Mid take some other
measures for; bperiiur a conference with
the Prophet. Vhihf i was engaged, in
tracing the lines forV-le encampment. Ma
jor Daviess who.conf.atided the. Dragoons,
Came to inform , me I hat j;he had penetrated
to the Indian pejlf j that 'the gr umd was
entirely ojien Mvorabiethat the In
dians in frohV'Iind )nanilesed. notW but
hostilit' and hid ryertd ever'' attempt
to bring tliem'to jl pirleiVwith contempt
and insolnce. I was ihVpediately adv ised
by all the jfficarounctae to'move for
rard. A similar w!i.indeeci pervaded
all tne arnvit,yasjrawp up in excellent
order and every- maV appeared eager to de
eide the c6ntest immediately. , Being'in
formed that a good eidampmentmight be
Had "upon the Vabash,Ll yielded to what
appeared the. general 4 jWish, and directed
the troops' to" avangetaking; care hovve
ver tbplac 'the interpreters, in front with
direction to nVite. a conference withany,
Indian, thp, miht rnet with We. had
not anyanted above 4 hundrecl yards,' when;
thatthree lndlans;"had ap-'
prpachedthqadn(;ed;gard ah&W ex
pressed , a'- wish to speak tome,v I 'found
upbnjhetr,; arrival .that'D'noTihein twas a
man in geat estimation .with theiProphet.
Hp' informed me that the cHiefs- Were much
ijW momerts a jlm an abrupt point.
surpfisfedat my: advancing.uponUhemVd
rapidlywdiat they were jgiveh to undeSf
'Til' I 4i"" :
r 'mmmmm
H):5jimc' L J th'eroaQh'thesouth;
stand py the- :Delawares f and . Miatnies
whomT hadseqt tatHemr&&w days-be-ore,.
thatI would; iioj -advance . tatheir
town,;until-: bad "recurved ai; answer to
my, derpands : tnatlei through ibe'm'That
this Jauwer h
Putawatamic chief;' W,inemac,iwho had ale
compamed'theMiamies; aridTelaware8
on theif returp,; tfiatthey had left the Pro'
r"r v;m wu wa ociore;wun aaesign
unjorrunateiy taken
6idc of; theC yabash.
;Ui,e Governor lure irjjtde the necessary
i dispositions' for tncanlpmtr t, and had
I the respective' companies disposed in or
!? derof batrJevP case of surprise, and e
1 very precaution taken to prevent such
i aiy event. 'f - '' ' st .-.
I On the morning of the Ttn, I had risen
at a quarter after 4, and tin: signal for cal
ling jut the men would have been given in
fcwo minutes, wberi'tKb attack commenced,
It began on our- left flank--but a . single
gun wns fired by 'the centincls Qithe gdard
in that direction, vvhich made not the least
sjstancv but abandoned their officer and
fled into xamp and the -first notice which
the troops of that flank had of the danger
was from the yells of the savageg within a
sihortidistahce of 'the Prie but eyen under
diose circumstances the men were not 'wan--tjng
to themselves or the occagionV Such
dt them as were awake or -w ere easily awa
kiened seized their arms and took their sta-tions-others
that . were mdre tarjdyV 'had
to contend with the i enemy in the door of
their; tents. t.fThe; storm first fell oh capti
Barton's company of the 4th U. S.-riji-
nlentv . and capu Qeiger's - company df
mounted rmemenv-wnicn iormed tne lett
aigle of the rear lirie. The z fire- updri
tHese-was excessively severer and tliey.suf
fefed considerably .before1"' relief cb'uld be
crqugbt to thttixr. SomVfer' Indians pas-!
sdnto, thencampmenl nr the;anglj,
and one or twq peetrted to sime distance
before thexTnreltilIed.;I'43eIit've all the
other com pani esi Werelinder arm s ! an d to -
leraoiy iorme.a uetore fthey were;hred on
T"U.. JLJJ .rlT i-fd '
fiies .afforded fa rrtl ; light, - whlqlfif
Wilson's companies ancTdrew tuemunnn
the left flank, and at thr same time fod
dered Cooke's and Baen's companies, tle v
former from the rear arid the lattfcr '.jVorti. '
the front-line, to reinforce the right flard; ;
foreseing that att nese; 'points th'etreitiy j
would moke their lasteflorts. Maj, Wells r j
who commanded on the left hVnk, notv
knowing rny intentions Dreciselv) had" taken; i
the command of thes :omprn:cs aiid char-, ' V't
'ged the enemy bci')re - I h.id formed Abe -.''fK'
bo d v of d r agoon s" . wi th ' vv 1 nth " T meant to - r 1 :
support tpe intahtrv ; a small; detaoiment
of these were however redely, ' ana proved1 V -
amply sufiicieut for the purpose. jThp In- "
dians were driven bx the infantry at the ,
point oi ine cayenetand tne, firgoos i
pursued and, drbve t therh into a Jniawh"
where they could not be'foTlo wed. Capt.. ' v
Co ')ke and lieut. .jLarabeehad, agreeably . , v
to my order, marched their fpompniest6''-
tne ngnt nanK, had tormed' them under
tpe fire of the' enemy, and being tlien join
edby the nflerhen of that flank had charged
the Indians,' killed a number,and iput the
rest tt a, precipitate flight f. A .favorabje
opportunity was here offered to pursue the
1 1
gavem5-spme .opportunity of Hakingour
uuai.iuu a-vota auii'iuurc-. auvaniaGreousttQ'
theenemy"affprding;: thein'" ther means vcff
wMu.a.auj ci iiu i ixicy.,,were uiereiore
ettn'gmshed as-sboii as' possible; Under
all these discouraging Ycircdmstaricesi it&'e
iiwii .uicrcu ivveucuis;oi trwxipnr,naa
rfeVer,been inaCti
a;nanner that can 'e verb6 tda mucK a'p;
pfauded.' , Theyltdok-thcirpIacesVitHout
noTise and yvith less confusion (thari.couItP
hayjft been expected Trqm Veterans placed
intention of atr pap y had "suffered -severely) and the"' left "6
t -c I. .
enemy witn aragoons, out oemg engagea ,
at that time .bn the other flank, X"4id 'riot :
obslerve.it Until U'was too late. " ' . JJ: f s
culars of'an action jtyhich was certaiiiHsup- f. vt . h
ported.with the 'greatest pbstmacv per- -,:-svv "
severance; bv tboth parties The IncUans,- -s? ih -j
mamJested a ferocity uncemmoneven with ;
them to theirsavage fury bur troopsf pp . .
posed that cop , deliberate valor ; wpich ;is ; t y7 !:
characteristic of the chrisiian soldienx "Tv ! I.
11 he; governor then enters into su minute . : u
; 'Tecitaf oLthe merits and services of eve; t t - -. J;
- rv olnccr and: tomnanv. -shf aka in.the - t - - - fr
1 highest v terras jpf , th'e? yalo'r ; Vnd;:good
'I'll a, - ' a ti::
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those who fell "in . t a . action. rnariv of
,whoin are3n.Hina. :. 'cfrebnstancer..
ij ; All the officers ; whb - fel),ecept. c
; liaen, have families some of them .
. With' respect to the number, of -that
were enlaced ' against -"us, J
sessedotsno data by -which I c
correct statement . -,It ro r "
have' be,en copsideibie,-an f ....
much inferior, to 6ur oHm : . . : '
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