Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 December 1812 — Page 3

is extremely difficult to fix on any probable number. Our loss in killed probably exceeds 100, and that of the enemy much the same number. Our troops atchieved all that bravery could accomplish. The misfortues of the day are to be ascrived to causes as yet undeveloped. To express an opinion on this point would be highly improper, as an official account of the battle may be shortly expected. The militia prisoners, we understand have all been discharged, on parole, not to serve during the war. We cannot learn that any officers were killed above the rank of capt. and but few were wounded. There was a brisk exchange of cannon shot during the whole day at the different fortifications along the river. The jail and a brewery at Newark, were fired by hot shot from fort Niagara, and consumed.

ri 1 h fe of s en. Brock , and col. M Donald, w ere conveyed to JMewa k , . d interred a ur the fort With martial honors. Gen. Brock was 5 J yfciTS of age, a real gentle, man," I one of the beft general: hi the Briufh provinces. We underftand that feme of our troops in recrouing the river, ' 1 ) ever eight or ifa priibuers, among tvhom was an Indian chkl. THE WESTERN SUN. rACi WES, Dec ttai n 9, I3i2. We are indebted to the polite beta oi cn. Gibfon, lor the follow, jug glorious information G ice it was received, col. RuiTel has him-f-elf arrived, from the report of a fquaw taken prifoner, it appears there Were in the town about 12 warriors. : 'J lie colons i has in this afiVir proved htmfell worthy the confidence of his country, and realifed the mod (anguine CXpeclatl ons of his ft tends Too mucl praife cannot, perhaps,, be afcrib to the colonel, his officers &. m for their perfeverance, activity a i bravery both in their advance into the Indian Country, their conduct on the morning Ol thr aClton, and in their return to the rettlementa. Camp Russet, 3s: Get. c:2. Sir I have the pleafu C to inform you, that after leaving Yin cennea with parts of two pompalues of U. Slates rangers, I arriv ed at this place, whf re 1 joined golerner Edwards, from whence, -w ith a force of only 360 privatesff We fct on foot an expedition. We penetrated very far in the Indian country with an expectation ol cooperating with general Hopkins at Peoria, on the Illinois river; in this we were greatly dii rppointed, and could not hear from him in that quarter this prevented ui from doing as much miff hiel to die enemy as we Would otherwife havvc done, I s our force was too wejk to make nnv liay in tint quarter, and was farther than an army lias yet gone. We Hole a march upon principal KickapOo town, fitu ited about 20 milea up the Illinois river

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above Peoria, and immediate!' at I

the head o( Peoria lake ; this was a Well built town, and contained a number of Indians; OppoQfe to this town, and alfo between th said town Slid river, was a dilmal swamp, in which they immediately flew (01 fhelter, our men purfued them for three miles t! ft1 this sWamp, up to their waifts in mud and w ater, 8-: killed many of them as they were eroding the Illinois river. The governor (lutes to me that there were tm wards ol twenty . 1 RAmd dead the men alio purfued them to the other bank ot the river brought back their canoes with dead Indians in them. Tins was a finurifhing town, with an im menle quantity of Indian plunder, tog ther ivith a great deal of corn, all of which wal dchVoyed I heiieve i. it Lis I ban 80 horfes fell in to oui han Is belonging to the enemy. Several white pcrfons fcalps weie i und a ongll the Indian plunder. I had the immediate command c'l the battalion, but the chief command tvas lodged with hisexcellenoj govr. KdwaHs. Inthtsexp ditioti ive were forrntintf) as tve had V Vl lit VV tour v ouik d. ed, none or which are mortal, a.id the molt Severe wound only through the thigh, w ithout any damage to the bone. This tour was performed horn this camp and returned in 1 3 days. I am at this time engaged in pro., tttotingan expedition tins fall in the fame neighborhood, and have lor that purpofe addretTed a ic tter to his excetiency govr. Howard we cuoid c ale. go on to lason, on the? Miliiflippi ri iiOi be lulpectcd, then luddenly i nake a dalh acrois to the Illinois river , where we (houtd, without doubt, catch them by furprifc however, i this letter 1 have not as yet received an anfwt r. J have tnc honor to oe with high rclpeC your obt. ierv t. W. KUSSKLL, Coi. f'h regt. c Dis. Loin. ;o: "To an officer of reipe lability bt o to the army uadcr the Command ol mj. gen Samuel Hopktna, who atu ideal hun in the icceut expedition to tinpecanea in a capacity peculiarly fltorttj n)t "nIf ior ouferving the order of evtnti, hut atoutrinar a V. jwitde ot the rcafona Which produced t!iem, we are indented for the foilov r,g communication, which we hiftettt with pleaiurc to lay btioie our readers. J he rain winch oad prevailed without I mtermiiuont and with anufiial violence, irom toe moruintr f tiie 7th, until the tv tnmg ot' the I Oth of November, hating terminateii, on ine ird his am y v on ch ptii, H otk tl s mat - o r ; t i lai r .Ion, purfoine t e road thr 'a:):i which had been o ade bi - ti. Harnfnn'a aimy 12 months f wa before ol liar" ur wasd.-tached with a battalion of his regt t take charge of fe ren lare keel boats, heavily laden with provifiona and mditary iK)rts, with direction! to proceed to that piiit on the rtaet at which th troors had bfcn Cfoffed the preceding autumn, and thete await the irivl 1 the army Ytte army tiowtet notwi h (landing the difficulties encountered s: coon crcrk, whofe fulnefs crmr W-ii M t devMe alnoU tue wluleof th- 2: day to bridging ai d rfting it, a' rived there lirlt. O.) the 14th the Itnc of much was rrlum rd under the following difpoutiti the troops to proceed up the Eatt fide ol thr VTabafll, .i near the rive; 'atl he nata'e bi tl e ari - u : i J a would Dermit the ntiin ier o r Ci luuii dependant on t e fatne rauf X k-o pce vith the proffrefs of the bots. I ich rrottl the fwell I thf liver w as ne Ccffatit protracted, coy uiht encamping

on the banlc thus the boats, and

rendering the Camp at leu it on one tide im pregnable. The event fully iifuftrated the wifdom of this policy. The rcalons which op-rated ir. detri minto g the Commander in chief to make choice of the eaiiern fhore f the Wabalhwere not lefs convincing than obvious th- our army wasexpedlta oy the enemy, could not be doubted that it would be looked for on thr fame rout which had been puriurd by ;fii. Hrrdon, wu highly probable every inch of it was known to the enemy, and corifequently be h id the certain opportunity of advat:ta6eous attack wbereeer admitted by the inequality of t,,c trotta,s the army proceeded through a tracieia wnacrneis, the opportunity of ambutcadc w?.s proportionally diminifhed I) the ignorance of the enemy oi the COtirfe it might follow. Bar the road oil the writ liJe of tne river, by widely depal ting from the mc.ndciings of the 11 ream would have thrown us to fo great a d;.'iance from the boats, as ofien to place ti em beyood the reach ot oui protection in fhort, the eafrrm fide affords the be it ground, as well as forage, and prefenti fewer ftreami to obflrntt the progrefl of an am . 1 he npits wrr feto;-d curing thr't daily rrogrrfs by a ltr ig idtui riMrd, and Carried on Soard pi tc oi artillery, which at once couid be ul"d as i wr ; n of rtl-ncc, and a Ugnil of danger. I I js the arroy procerdeti up the Wabafh, crofling Suar creek at the mouth With "5t tdti i y in t!e boats, with a practice and caution, which admitted rctrcely a pofitoiUty c fttrprife. On the evening of tiie iSth ve ariivfd within tbree nnies of a W muebago village, (ittiated or" njiic from the W'abafli, up the "POTcfispaffau creek. An attempt watltiade flTfty on the moitiing of the 19 ii to iurpri!e ana t riy th.s place, by a detachment of 300 men, u dcr the command of gn. Butler but this corpi had the dilappcint me fit of finding the town eatuatedit tonfifted of 40 h uiVs, moil of them i. i ire e they vcr intinedratrlv con111 ned, and the cr iMury op 'i ophet town havn g been - cutty reconnoitered, j - - . 'in: itsiniit ,., iiiiu ft4 i. 1 ched the point of gi und Oppi Gte to it, at n early p riod i uc dy i nc latter howev , u i fo if 1 t J' mu h, howevei j was left, Ul deftrucUtrn ot which, could hot fail to indict the deepeft (nBeringa n the enemy The Prophet'a town, nd th.Ki' kapon town immediately below it on the fame hole, and together containing upwards i f 200 Cabbina ind turs, weie loVrfumed, rtii'i a line ci fence ab '.it three r- a w lenath -and i,-roe om::t",v ol crn. he vo.id tii- fo,:;,' ot our wants d ltyed. J J 4 1' i he rorni nu ance o t or-r in unci ourim; uir COnll heie drv; ilations, ss not nnmindful of the comfort and fafety of his irtny An efiible piece of ground having been felecled on the river, lie cauled his camp to he ;o"g!v fortified, at,d in inner work of lirong pickettin to be errfled for the reception of our lick, ai d the fecority of our Korea Tiie country tor many mil-s around being inlti-Itrioully rtconnoitrred an indun encampment was diftoeered 7 miles diftantj in an eallern dirrC i n on t!ic Poncinp tT.iu frveral fmall partes f;:ving been near tins camp, from ens of which a vtu"g gentleman was unfortunately killed on the 2 1(1 a p srty ot rear fO horiVmen, cm tilling of many of the ofiiie's of the army, ot caj?t. Beckci'l ron'pany Of rr.ners, under tne command of col. Tiil'er, went ot;t on the 22 1 to make forther difco venes, a d r.itfi the body of the gallant, lamented Dunn. This party Wat ambufcaded, attacked by fupertor naawhera, 16 of its menhers k 'hd, and thr lefidue forced to tetrrat. i he arny was unwillingly del i ed in its fertified t an p :he next day, hy weather, the bo.flrrt us teveftty of which forbade them to muvr. Qn the 24th it proceeded to tne hoflile ceajib, which, tttho' almoU impregnable b) its natural Htuation, the enemy hd haltdy abandoned. Tm nature of th faftneiTea, whither they had ictne the rigid ne ft of the weather the Dakednefl ol the tro; -i.d the menacing ippearance of the river, alnd totally lockrd up as it was w ,th ive, v arnrd u-i that it Wl continued longer it a plate. vhcre ?ll that w H within our reach had Ven eff rCedf we mull neon 'r:ly fubajlft to the abl'iud alternative of rliitrefing curiVlves, Without infltQing injury on e ir ene s. I be army commenced on .he 25th r t a ie marcn ot return - it advanced w:tn ouraie, it reti ed with dignity it gained not v, .r, bot merited it it met no enemy, tho' it HiJtoufly foafftit one. Tne

injury it fuftained wai partial xhc wourda it in Hided deep, the deflation broad ar.J permanent. Of the commncier in chief, and the officers under his command, I nothing their conduct can receive no additional luftrc from the tribute of my fumble praife. The army having reached this place in fafety, the Commander in chief isanxioufly employed in making luch arrangrmentj tor the comfortable oifpofnion of the troops, as will render them molt ufelu), healthy ai d contented. Off til he reenvrs from the proper department, further orders as to their defoliation. l i e following is a lift of the killed and wounded in the flfaii of the 22d, thole not belonging to the rangers are maiked thus thofe in capt. Modrtll'f c ompiny are in Italic; the balance bcloi gcd to captain

nc ckrs s company. Killtd. Lieut?. John Murr, John dwatds, Enfign Jamri Marrs,9 J-mes Vebh Corhornl S-Jlitt. T.r:-.? E i j j - Pierre Vodery, Benoy B..fT.ilion, jonatkaa uewtau, Dami. coiner Ion, SrnaDaa Young Willi -n StoekweH, William Broun, John Cijrty, 3td John L ?np. Wounded Li;nt. Little, Richard Weftrope and ' i Shannon. NOTICE. ALL thofe indebted to us are reqtjefled to make payment by the lit day of J i nary, a? ore of oi will fet ort for Philadelphia 5c Baltimore on that "y. y bines y Dubois 2d D.c. 18:2. 350 Thirty Dollars Reward Q TH A YKDor flolcn irom the fubferibef l3 living in the forka of V"i itc river, on Mcnd.y the 2d djy of this inft. twom-rea and thiee hor.fet - ot :'.c m.-rrs bl.ick, the ether a b y ; the l!" k ivte h-s a fmall Oar in he i forehead, and the biv haa ioO her tight eye one of the hotfea is v bright for i el, ot:e a dark foriel, snd the other bright b y the bright forrel haa a ball face, and f ur white 1 ga )-,? or.rk lorrtj i aj lafseyrs they are all except thr bay Ii.ii lc, l,i, . tt. wi'h an S on the nigh fb ulder and buttock 'he bay 1 orfe is brauded With figure of 2 on tin niph boulder, and an S on the nigh butocka tiie fio-. ire 2 fomwhat blotcheti any prrfnn taking up laid treaturea and returning hem to rre, or riving luch information that th.y m y begot again, flial! receive thr afCM e reward, or nn equal proportion foj eitl.er ot them, and all reasonable rxyenfcai paid by n(e, Samuel Prrrts. November 20th, 1812. 3 50 NOTICE. TX7 HEREAS a number ofperf nrs have been in the hbit of diging Sc catryingoff $T0XE COA L from my laod on White nver now if any perfor.s (liall hereafter be found trefpafttng upon ti e premifea, they may reft affujred that 1 will proiV cute them to the utmptl extent of the 1 w. John Stealv. D-cem!j?r 8th, IS 12. 3t 50 JOHN BRUNER BROS leavr to inform his frientra, and the public in general, that he has a. k;am commenced, St will lontinue o carry on (provided the cuflom will jult.fy him) BLUE DUNG. nnd is rcfolved by attention and pnniu?.!', ty to merit the patronage of the puohc. November I 5th, 1812. 50 3t DOC I OH K. McNAMKK ARKESTLY reqoefll his debtors to J2v maki payaient, by the 35th ot De lember next their whofe acroohts rre l long (landing, need exprc; no farther incul-p-ence. More forbearance on r y p t to colled, would not greath bri.cfit t! em, but materially injure their f ieid. November l Ith, 1812. 3t 50 NOTICE. ' LHE fubferiher bavi 7 rhtp rf th& L buBnefi of Genr- Wall ee, duriog his ahlem e, rr quells thole indebted to hm t pay their accounts befrr the 1 ft hvc next, at which rime he will nuke remittance to Philadelphia, Jrtvin Wallace. November , 1SI2. u

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