The Party Attacked Must Have Been In Great Trepidation, For, From What I Could Glean, The Survivors Put Spurs To Their Horses' Flanks, And Galloped Off To Fort Andrews, Leaving My Poor Friend Entirely At The Mercy Of The Enemy.

The survivor, who accompanied us, stated, that they were riding in Indian file, as is customary there; that poor

H - - was in front of him; and that, directly the Indians gave their fire, he saw him fall backwards from his horse, at the same time raising his left hand to his head. He could tell no more, the horse he was on having wheeled round suddenly, and been urged on in retreat by its rider, who was in the greatest imaginable terror. Had the party halted, and returned the fire, for they were well armed, in all probability some of the marauders would have been laid low, or, if the Indians were but few, they might at least have rescued my poor friend.

We found footmarks of Indians, which we traced; by these it appeared that they were in small force, and that when H - - fell from his horse he recovered his feet, and ran from the enemy, in the direction of the plain, for about two hundred yards - here it was evident he had been overtaken, and his skull cloven with a tomahawk from behind. We soon discovered his remains in the sand, denuded of every particle of flesh and muscle by the vultures and the ravenous wolves. We collected the bones with reverential care, and placed them in the waggon, for transit to Fort Andrews.

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