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very thin, free from brush and underwood: 

 so that light-horsemen may advance a con- 

 siderable distance before an army without 

 being much exposed to the enemy. 



" Just as the council ended, an express 

 returned from the above-mentioned party 

 of light -horse with intelligence, * That they 

 c had been about three miles in front, and 



* had seen a large body of Indians running 



* towards them.' In a short time we saw 

 the rest of the light-horse, who joined us ; 

 and, having gone One mile further, met a 

 number of Indians, who had partly got 

 possession of a piece of woods before us 

 whilst we were in the plains ; but our men^ 

 alighting from their horses and rushing 

 into the woods, soon obliged them to aban- 

 don that place. 



" The enemy, being by this time rein- 

 forced, flanked to the right ; and, part of 

 them coming in our rear, quickly made the 

 action more serious. The firing continued 

 very warm on both sides, from four o'clock 

 until the dusk of the evening, each party 



