Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 February 1813 — Page 2

Tnaiana ttrfttdrfj at iht hfettM of licut. TnOrfttl fcmifoH, rn the 17th February. 1813. The meeting haVtUg taken into conii J -rati It) gfUi William Henty Hrtifon's intimation ol giving tip the com iiiani ttltM north welUrn army, Rnd retiring to private hi., have uuanimouiiy t.mie to ln fallowing relolutisns Mii :V'j. I hat this meeting vie ws the foil ol luc'i a gen-r it it this cutical juncture of nr aft.nrs ns crt of the greaurt etils that can b -f 1 our country. tti&fatdt I ' a', the pretideftt and fenaU Oi the United States do receive the follow Iflg m the prayer oi litis meeting for the a N M-itmrnt of gtAi William H. Harris n cvnmlnder in Unci of the north wrl'mi army. Zi'efire:, That it h the wifh of this in -eti iig thai tlit If ;UUuirr of this territory n )w ,ihi far Ward a fimilar prayer to the nrc H S I i nd Left I If of the U. State3. ti vtJ, Thai a copy of thefe refcluti on he forwarded to v;!. William Hi H irrilon, praying htm to IfCtpt thi above ap point ntfntt AV That we Itttitt our fellow ll tilfttt oi ti e ttttttof) and the neighboring II trs, to unite with thil tfitetlftg in enuea Vonro to keep gj ihthc id of .he north weT tein ii'iu1 a man. wh ill known expeiirnte ami Mttlttaty kalthti ins ftudtrti 6onfpicua cus kttffHtgriftttt ihl Wi St ate?. ftetgfoet, lht the editor of theWtf tern Sun, tnd all other editors 01 newf pa-p-s that .' jvro this our choice in a tun minder IN chief of the north wrfte-rnarim, b- r qneih. to inlVrt the foregoing refolu ttOltl at lrll RHttttl their paprte. ZrVjotW, That a copy of thefoluMon? br forwatd d Q the pr title nt of the Unittd Statrs, ami that Ifto liri copy he prelVntd to the HrtflUattlri of the Indiana territory WM BRUCE, Chairman, Witt Pol kf , Siwh . Extract of a let er from M. J). Jlardbts to Us excellency govt Shelby dated tarn i on Carrying or Eortajt n;vr, January 3 ill, litis 'Dear Sir, 11 ( Wl otc you two or three davs npo, somewhat at large ftncc then a French mn, who ir, uuc of General Perking spies, and went with Our men as a h;n jrut in He lays thai the left wiog iu a tit Mined in ground until an hour m .u hour and t halt by lun In the morning, when n lurrendered in a hotly I hat the fla for the surrender was lit It hoillrd In the liritifll i hat the Atljutar.t then cann aiul told them that CW'ti. In chetler had surrcDdtred and agreed for the surrender ol the Whole whu h wisaccor diiigly done, lie did not tee V inchefter nor L wisf nor Could g've any detail! as 10 any ot thole who liar ted on the retreat nor could he name anv ot the officer that w t e w it h them at the surren der, except the adjutant M' Coller, and Major Garrard He sayi thei e v ere at leatt six hundred prifonert or up v irdt I he pi ilotiers ei e I71.r Jl; d off about I 2 o'c lock. 'J he talk was, ihat they ere to ffp back to Stony creek iix milct tpwadt Maiden) thai Dighti He tayi the Indians took all t!:e hoi f'c , but did Dot molett tlu persons ot the prifonert ; he believes te wounded were left ut.hut t In

the houfe where they were. few Indian! remained he could not tell whether any Brl (It)) forees remaied- I lie houfes of thofe Inhabitants who came off were plundered I he others remained unhurt He left there about mid night, the second night after the battle. M lie says he heard a Col oncl In the IStitifh service, ipeaking to some of his men, say they had nothing to brag of for we had killed as many of them as they had of us This I apprehnd mult have been without eiiimaung thole killed in the reft eat for a to them this man knows nothing he lays he counted 6t ot their dead, which he faw put into fleigtlS to be carried olf, 1 apprehend that thofe who were with VVincheOer, were, while the left wing faught, catried to the enemy's rear, and then the flatj was hoiHed by the IVitilh. This account:, for this man knowing nothing of them. 11 I he t !ght wing was on ground entirely open, the left covered by garden picketing. ' A doctor with whom I am not acquainted has volunteer ed his lervices to carry a Rag to tlie liver Kaifui, he ftarts this this rooming The more

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fee and provide for the woun ded. 'Col Allen's (ituation was CI itical will 11 I latt heard of him ; but i hope lie is with thofe w ho I ii i enderedi he was feen but few minutes be tore unhurt, ant! two or three helping him 10 get on.1 Anotkn L iter of the Stime date at: J from the tame gemletnany to bh excellency gov. Shteby Dear Sirt M I wrote you this morning, and hope tins will i each you with it. Two Frenchmen feni to the rivet Kaifma returned j u (I now -vI he) got within two miles, and were? atlviled to return Die account they received from the inhabitants w-as thai the left wing fought mall glo i ioufly 'I hat white the In dlans purfued thole who re neatcit from the right, the !el t chai ged the Bi U till moll Sallantll , and hit rendered for .a want of ammunition! ;;ftcr the return ot the Indians from the porfuit of the liltt iog. The lols ot the enemy l.ud to be great ; it is alfo Hated that only about loo of our men were killed This

account is favorable and Hat- I icr'mg. Our bopei DOW run j

high. I cannot yet give the tatc of any named officer or Ibldier, fave thofe i have before named, I write in great hade, &c." From the Scioto GaMettf Extra, of FebruQt y 6. Lad evening an exprefsar l ived in tow n from gen. Harrifon. We pnbliOi extracts of two letters written by him to governor Meigs, t is with pride vvc flate, that thu ov ci powered by numbers, yet the brave Kentuckians have done their duty. Gen. Hariilon and tiie army under him at e in good health and Ipirits. Extracts of letters from gen. Harrison to gov Meigs ctatedy Head Quarters Portage rivcr January 30, 1813, A frenchman arrived here this evening by way of LOva er Sanduiky, from the river Kai (in, which place he left on

the night of the 23d. He lays there mud have been 600 ot our troops taken prifonei s, that the greater part ot our men fought mod defperat ly, and would have beaten the enemy, if the centte of the line had not given w ay, and they had been well fupplied with ammunition, which had been unfortunately placed in a houfe at fome didance. He counted 6r of the enemy's killed, which were removed alter the action in fleds, and he aflerts that he heard a Jri tifh colonel admit, that the lofs on their fide in killed, was equal to ours. I lent two men two days ago to appertain the lit nat ion of the enemy and our wounded. The Frenchman dues, that the latter were left at the river Kaifin I lb .a 1 1 march the day after to morrow for the Rapids; and from there as loon as 1 get up the artillery, the progrels of which has been (lopped by the exceflive rains 'I he Frenchmen is certain that gen. Winchedcr, col. Lewis, md brigade major Garrard, arc among the prifoners.' Head Quarters, Portage rive r, 3 1 11 January, ) 8 1 3. " This morning two fpies whom I had lent to the river Raifiii, have .( turned. They give a Rill more favorable account al' the action than that before received. They say thai a conlklerably larger number of the enemy were killed than of our men. and that alter refilling iry affault ot the Britifh, and charging the latter fticeeisfttily, levcral times, they did not (hnrender until after the return of the Indians from the purfuil of thole who had retreat d in the commencement of the dclion. M l'liere was 3100 men on the part ol the BrilUh.'

FRIENDLY ADFICE.

ALL peri'ons irul-bfcd to the Ijbftriber arc refipecVutty invited :o give him a call, and iffurei them t!,a: no patM Hull be fptrtd, (on their feUlioff Bp ibfiff account?, whuh he hopei Vlf not be protraded beyorul the middle of next month) 10 accommodate them with good, dear and genuine receipts.

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Four Dollars Reward, STR AY ED troiu the IttblCfiOCf in A pril left, a bay horfe, about U bindf high, 7 yars old next fpring, branded on the n.;ht IllOulder M li p.urs and tiots, fif pet fan who will deliver him to ne thai: rc. enve the above reward. Mitcbt I Brouillette,

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Ten Dollars Reward LEF T the plantation of the iTubfrribef near the White Oik fpring, Knox county, Indiana territory, two mares, one a bay, with thr m lit hip deformed, the other a brown, with a ftar or hr-art in her forehead, altQ a horfe ma brown colour, droop tump, hit t'-tiork joints bends forward whoever will inform me wheit they are, it' not convenient to biiiu: them, be paid tor their trouble. Thomas Milbortu January 25, 1813- zi J

ATTENTION, THE OFFICERS ef the Indiana Tr. ritoiy, who by lw thou Id have execute 4 and lodged their bonds in my cfli-.e, are hereby notified tlt.it Utile fs they who havf; not dom , ilo execute the requifite b(inds with fecuritv. mid filf thrm 'u mv aD v.

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voe urn u.,y v ivr.rc nnext, the:r conjiniili. om will immediately afterwarda be revoked, and others appointed in tluir place. John Gibson, Vincennes, February 2d, 1H13.

K E s T. THE fubferiber informs his friends aid the public in general, that he has opened a BOUSE of ENTERTAINMENT in Jeferfonville, (L T.) in the h-.re and convenient houfe formerly occupied by man Harrifoo. He flatters htmfelf, that from the large fuppliei on hnn:i, nt a'l ttmrs to accommodate Travellers, w!:o may farvoor him with a call while they fuy, ;,nd s4-.h the necetTiry prnvifions for tranelling thro wildernefs country. Gentlemen ti ; vellin with their fmili1 ran he fvrniOied with private rooms, lie alio keeps a irnvior the transportation of travellers acrrf the rivrr, and to which attention will alfo be paid by t tf Marsten G. Clark. LAST NOTICE. INTENDING to leve this place fof Pittiburgh, by tlie n.(t ol May next, I therefore invite all thofe having claims agrfh ft me, to con-.e forward an-1 receive their dues - and all thele indebted to me are earncltly requeued to fettle theii ;.c. counts on or beloie that time, tl.ofr failing may estped to be called on by the pr per of ficer, as no longer indulgence will be given I alfo intend to fell on the iidt day of

May, at public talc, fome boofehold Furn turo, and oth.er valuable articles upon tl following conditions : all funis under tc

dollars, ofh in hand .11 furns over ten cc not exceeding fifty dollars, iix months eredt and on all fums au ve fuy ucr -, nine months credi; porchafcrs in either cafe to give at leatt one good and fufficient fecurity. I do furrlier give public notice that I will fell or lrale the dwelling boaife which I at pre fen t occupy, the terms can be heard on application to mr at any t me. Thomas Jones, Vincenne?, Jan. -2d, 18i. " notici; IK LL perfons ;rr hereby cat-tionrd a. x V. gainfl trading with my wife, Mary Ilerlhe, for any of ir.y j ti ri :y, or in any way on my account, as I u .'1 not be anlerable for ifryol her ti icraAs,

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