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Remaining Brave officers I think we must have Lost 

 looo Stand of arms Meletia included. It is impos- 

 sible to Give any Good account of the Loss of men 

 at this time but from the Loss of officers you may 

 Give Some Gess a list of their Names you have In 

 Closed the Brave and Much to be Lemented G. B. 

 at their Head I have Likewise in Closed you a Small 

 Rough Scetch of the feald of battle. I at this time 

 am Scarcely able to write being worn out with fa- 

 tigue Not having Slept 6 hours Since the defeat. 

 This fatigue has been occationed by the Cowardly 

 behaviour of Major John F. Hamtramck, and I 

 am Sorry to say Not the Same exertions of the 

 Govenor that I expected. Hamtramck was about 

 Twenty four Miles in our Rear with the first U S 

 Regiment Consisting of upwards of 300 effective 

 men and on hearing of our defeat insted of Coming 

 on as his orders was I believe to follow us Retreated 

 back 7 miles to fort Jefferson we knowing of his 

 being on his march after us and was in hopes of 

 Grate Releif from him in Covering the Retreat of 

 perhaps upwards of 200 or 300 wounded men Many 

 of whom might easily bean Saved with that fresh 

 Regiment with whom I should not have been afraid 

 to have passed the whole Indian army if they had 

 persued as the would have bean worn down with the 

 Chace and in Grate Disorder when we Got to the 

 fort 31 miles in about 9 hours no one having eat 

 any from the day before the action, we found the 

 Garison without more than one days bred and no 

 meat having bean on half alowence two days there 



