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Indians about Camp in the Night and fired on 

 them. Those we expected were hors-stealers as 

 they had Taken Many of our horses near fort 

 Washington, and on the way and killed a few of 

 our Men. 



As Soon as it was Light in the Morning of the 

 4th Novr the advanced Guards of the Meletia fired 

 the Meletia Being incamped a Small distance in 

 frunt a Scattering fire Soon Commenced The Troops 

 were instandly formed to Reserve them and the pan- 

 nack Struck Meletia Soon broke in to the Center of 

 our incampment in a few Munities our Guards were 

 drove in and our whole Camp Surrounded by Sav- 

 ages advencing up nere to our Lines and Made from 

 behind trees Logs &c., Grate Havoke with our Men 

 I for Some time having no orders [indevanced?] 

 to prevent the Soldiers from braking and Stil finding 

 the enemy Growing More bold and Coming to the 

 very Mouths of our Cannon and all the brave ar- 

 tilery officers Killed I ordered the Left whing to 

 Charge which with the assistance of the Calient offi- 

 cers that were then Left I with deficuaty prevailed 

 on them to do, the Second U S Regt was then the 

 Least disabled the Charge begat with them on the 

 Left of the Left whing I placed a Small Company 

 of Rifelmen on that flank on the Bank of a Small 

 Crick and persued the enemy about four hundred 

 yards who Ran off in all directions but this time 

 the Left flank of the Right whing Gave way and 

 Number of the Indians Got into our Camp and Got 

 possession of the Artilery and Scalped I Sopose a 



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