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others were throwing their dead into the ohio, and 

 carrying off the wounded. After twelve the ac- 

 tion in a small degree abated, but continued sharp 

 enough till after one o'clock. Their long retreat 

 gave them a most advantageous spot of ground; 

 from which it appeared to the officers so difficult to 

 dislodge them, that it was thought most advisable, 

 to stand as the line was then formed, which was 

 about a mile and a quarter in length, and had till 

 then sustained a constant and equal weight of fire 

 from wing to wing. It was till half an hour of 

 sunset they continued firing on us, which we re- 

 turned to their disadvantage, at length night com- 

 ing on they found a safe retreat. They had not the 

 satisfaction of scalping any of our men save one 

 or two stragglers, whom they killed before the en- 

 gagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather 

 than we should have them, but our troops scalped 

 upward of twenty of those who were first killed. 

 Its beyond a doubt, their loss in numbers far exceeds 

 ours which is considerable. 



Field officers killed Col. Charles Lewis, & Col. 

 John Fields. Field officers wounded Col. William 

 Fleming; Capts. killed, John Murray, Capt. Sam- 

 uel Wilson, Capt. Robert M'Clannahan, Capt. James 

 Ward. Capts. wounded Thomas Buford, John 

 Dickison & John Scidmore. Subalterns killed, Lieu- 

 tenant Hugh Allen, Ensign Matthew Brackin & 

 Ensign Cundiff; Subalterns wounded, Lieut. Lane, 

 Lieut. Vance, Lieut. - Goldman, Lieut. James 

 Robertson; and about 46 killed and 60 wounded. 



