kashaws, 250-Oughtenons, 400-Kikapous, 300-Del awares, 300-Shawanese, 300-Miamies, 305-Upper Creeks, Middle Creeks and Lower Creeks, 4000-Cowi tas, 700-Alibomas, 600-Akinsaws, 200-Ansaus, 1000 -Padomas, 500-white and freckled Pianis, 4000-Causes, 1600- Osages, 600--Grand Saux, 1000--Missouri, 3000--Saux of the Wood, 1800-Blances, or white Indians with beard, 1500--Asinboils, 1590--Christian Cauzes, 3000--Ouiscousas, 500-Mascotins, 500-Lakes, 400-Muherouakes, 250-Folle Avoines, or Wildoats, 350-Puans, 700-Powatamig, 350-Missa sagues, wan dering tribe, 2000-Otabas, 900-Chipewas, 5000-Wiandots, 300-Six Nations, 1500-Round Heads, 2500-Algoquins, 3000-Nepisians, 400-Chalsas, 130-Amitestes, 550-Muckniacks, 700-Abinaguis, 350-Conaway Hurins, 200.-Total, 58780.

FINIS

Gov. HARRISON's engagement with the SAVAGES on the Wabash, November 7, 1811..

WE should have been extremely happy to have closed, as we anticipated, the list of Savage barbarities with the last chapter; but, after a cessation of hostilities on their part of more than sixteen years, we find them once more collecting in a formidable body on our frontiers, and (instigated by a blood-thirsty savage, of the Shawanoe tribe, termed "The PROPHET") commencing an unprovoked attack on the American troops stationed thereon.

The conduct of the Wabash Indians, becoming suspicious to our government, in consequence of their many thievish excursions and hasty preparation for an offensive attack, Gov. HARRISON, with 1200 men, (350 regulars and the remainder militia) were ordered to proceed from the neighborhood of Vincennes to the line, and demand of the Prophet the object of his real intentions. The troops commenced their march on the 26th September, and nothing important occurred until their arrival on the line, where they remained near a month, and built a strong fort, which in honor to the commander in chief, was called Fort HARRISON.-The Indians in a friendly manner almost every day visited camp, and held councils with the Governor, but would not accede to his terms, which were that their leader (the PROPHET) should give up the pro perty stolen from the Americans, and send all their warriors to their different tribes ;-the Governor therefore determined on attacking them. On the 29th October the groops left Fort Harrison and took up their line of march

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for the Prophet's town, where they arrived on the 6t November. When within about half a mile of the town the troops formed the line of battle, which the Indians perceiving, sent three of their chiefs with a flag of truce, begging that their lives might be spared, pledging them selves that they would not take up the tomahawk against the troops, and that if they would encamp near the town, in the morning they would come to such terms as the Governor should propose.-This lulled the troops into security, and they encamped about half a mile back of the town. "Fifteen minutes before 5 o'clock the next morning the savages commenced a furious attack on the left flanks of the troops-but a single gun was fired by the centinels or the guard in that direction, which made not the least resistance, but abandoned their officer and fled into camp, and the first notice which the troops of that flank had of the danger, was from the yells of the savages within a short distance of the line-but even under those circumstances the men were not wanting to themselves or to the occasion. Such of them as were awake, or were easily awakened, seized their arms and took their stations others which were more tardy, had to contend with the enemy in the doors of their tents. The storm first fell upon capt. Barton's company of the 4th U. S. regiment, and capt. Geiger's company of mounted riflemen, which formed the left angie of the rear line. The fire upon these was excessively severe and they suffered conside rably before relief could be brought to them. Some few Indians passed into the encampment near the angle, and one or two penetrated to some distance before they were killed.

Under all these discouraging circumstances, the troops (nineteen twentieths of whom had never been in action before) behaved in a manner that can never be too much applauded. They took their places without noise and

with less confusion than could have been expected from ve. terans placed in a similar situation. As soon as the Govermor could mount his horse, he rode to the angle that was attacked he found that Barton's company had suffered severely and the left of Geiger's entirely broken. He immediately ordered Cook's company and the late captain Wentworth's, under lieut. Peters, to be brought up from the centre of the rear line, where the ground was much more defensible, and formed across the angle in support of Barton's and Geiger's. His attention was there engaged by a heavy firing upon the left of the front line, where were stationed the small company of United States riflemen (then however armed with muskets) and the companies of Baen, Snelling, and Prescott of the 4th regiment. He found major Daveis forming the dragoons in the rear of those companies, and understanding that the heaviest part of the enemy's fire proceeded from some trees about fifteen or twenty paces in front of those companies, he directed the major to dislodge them with a part of the dragoons. Unfortunately the major's gallantry determined him to execute the order with a smal der force than was sufficient, which enabled the enemy to avoid him in front, and attack his flanks. The major was mortally wounded and his party driven back. The Indians were however immediately and gallantly dislodg ed from their advantageous position, by captain Snelling at the head of his company. In the course of a few minutes after the commencement of the attack, the fire extended along the left flank, the whole of the front, the right flank, and part of the rear line. Upon Spencer's mounted riflemen, and the right of Warwick's company, which was posted on the right of the rear line, it was excessively severe captain Spencer and his first and sesond lieutenants were killed, and captain Warwick was mortally wounded-those companies however still bravely

maintained their posts, but Spencer had suffered so severely, and having originally too much ground to occupy, the commander reinforced them with Robb's company of riflemen, which had been driven, or by mistake ordered from their position on the left flank towards the centre of the camp, and filled the vacancy that had been occupied by Robb with Prescott's company of the 4th United States regiment. His great object was to keep the lines entire, to prevent the enemy from breaking into the camp until day light, which should enable them to make a general and effectual charge. With this view he had reinforced every part of the line that had suffered much; and as soon as the approach of morning discovered itself, he withdrew from the front line, Snelling's, Posey's (under licut. Albright) and Septt's, and from the rear line, Wilson's and Norris's companies, and drew them up upon the left flank, and at the same time ordered Cook's and Baen's companies, the former from the rear and the latter from the front line, to reinforce the right flank; foreseeing that at these points the enemy would make their last efforts. Major Wells, who commanded on the left flank, not knowing his intentions precisely, had taken the command of these companies, had charged the enemy before he had formed the body of Dragoons with which he meant to support the infantry; a small detachment of these were however ready and proved amply sufficient for the purpose. The Indians were driven by the infantry at the point of the bayonet, and the dragoons pursued and forced them into a marsh, where they could not be followed. Capt. Cook and Lt. Larebee had marched their compa nies to the right flank, had formed them under the fire of the enemy, and being then joined by the riflemen of that Hank, had charged the Indians, killed a number, and put the rest to a precipitate flight.

The action was maintained with the greatest obstinacy