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1) O M R H 1 I C.HALT! MOHR, May 27.F1IOM THE WEST.Extract ofn letter from a gentleman at C.hillicothe, ton geuUemau m ll.it city. listed 16ih May, 1813.\\ c now receive newt fiom the army almost • 'tiy dav. I ho enmmnnu ition bcl«lt;Tn ut and Fort is nowcnrnple cly open, ami gor* on asuvml. Since my |»\t no hurc received the most plcnsing intelligence from the Kentucky militia, who were taV-o at Fort Mtivrs. Of the six hUt»-i!red ami fills who wcie cm ulftVun the fort,near Iv five hundred survived the dreadful conflict anil surrendered themselves prisoner*. Of these, ahuut thirty i tin* t^rc-iter part of whom were wounded') •■re m. sftnercd liv tin* aav.igcs, before ll.c liiituli officers could rflVsctu l*\ ilt; •..lt; fere. They were im medial r!y, tlm same tiny, pnrolled, ami about tour Inquired wd fift v * f them hurried on bo:«td of hunts a iiheill down the has- amithrough the lake, coast* vise, to the month of Huron river, whore they were landed. A number of them passed through this place yesterday and today, on tliclr way home to Kentucky, and arc expected all to pass throughin n few day*. 1 h ye received from several offlu in the particulars of their captuic,aml the cir cumstunccs attending. There wt.« a great tlaiigli-ter among the officers ; some ootupanica having been lei*, without any officer higher than a sergeant. Colonel Dudley u.it woundid in thecouflir!, and when the Kent ■lt; ki-ms were endeavoring toreti eat, lie wai noticed ly the liilimu, who pursued him mid two men who wire suppot ting him were obliged to abandon him to his fate aiul ho wag immediately tomahawked and ucatped.Among the few who were turn*: areal, several instances ofsavage bai h iritv r.rc stated by the Ken*turkinns one which it indeed truly horrible, Icannot forbear mentioning. One unfortunate victim, a stout well looking man, was tingled out, and drawn out of the croud mid knocked down with their Tomahawk*, he was then hold while three scdpn were taken from hit head ; anil Ins naked scull be itcn with a Tomahawk. ‘I be w ret. bed jmfTerer Iny on the ground w rithing and groaning m njnny. In this filiation, one of the I .dinut attutuptod to cut big throat with a buirlier'a knife, but^oidv succeeded partially by the exertions of tho sufferer to prevent it. He w.*.g then held dow n |,y three or four others, w hile he received several gt hs jo his hods, w hich terminate I together hit Bufferings and hi* existence.Even after :i strong iplnrd ofllritith soldier* hud been phounI rourd tlic |n iwmcis to protect them from taVage cruelty ; such u ■ the thir*t for blood of time horrible hell Imtinds ofsavugo warfare, that thev several timet fired into the ctnud, would then rush through tfiogunrdantl drag but the shin, sculp amI tomahawk them.All the inwii with whom I have conversed, attribute I heir rapttiic wholly to their own imprudence. {I Itry acknowledge the aiders • their offieera w «.rc g to retreat to tin: fort itiiiiicdiutely after spiking the I h cannon ; but elated with thcii liirctfta, and I elicr. mg victory complete, they tin ught they had only to pursue the enemy and out them off. *
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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia, US
Mon, Jun 07, 1813
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