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descend the Ohio to the mouth of the Hockhocking river — as- 

 cend that, to the Falls, and then strike off to the Pickaway 

 towns, along the Scioto, whither Dunmore ordered Lewis to 

 repair and meet him, as soon as possible, there to end this 

 campaign. On the 10th of October, two of Lewis's soldiers 

 wefe up the river Ohio, hunting, some two miles above the ar- 

 my, when a large party of Indians attacked them. One hunt- 

 ing soldier was instantly killed, but the other fled and safely 

 arrived in the camp, and gave notice of the near approach of 

 the enemy. General Lewis instantly gave orders for two de- 

 tachments to meet and repel the enemy. Colonel Charles 

 Lewis commanded the detachment of Botetourte militia, and 

 Colonel Flemming commanded the other detachment, of Au- 

 gusta militia. Rushing out of their camp, they met the ene- 

 my, about four hundred yards from it. The enemy instantly 

 fired upon our men, a whole volley of rifles, and furiously com. 

 menced the battle. At the first onset, our men faultered, a 

 moment, and began to retreat, but the reserve came up from 

 the camp, and the enemy in turn, gave way, apparently, but 

 in doing so, extended his line of battle from the Ohio to the 

 Kenhawa, and by that means, completely hemmed in our 

 men, in the angle formed by the junction of these rivers. 

 There the enemy posted his warriors behind old logs, trees and 

 drift wood, and fought with desperation, and without cessation, 

 from the rising of the e^un, when the battle commenced, until 

 the sun sank below the horizon, when the enemy drew off his 

 forces, and retired from the field of battle. In this desperate 

 action we lost two Colonels, viz : Charles Lewis of the Bote- 

 tourte volunteers, who was mortally Avounded in the first fire 

 of the enemy. He was enabled to just reach his tent, where 

 he immediately expired. And Colonel Fields was also killed 

 in battle. We lost in killed, five captains, viz: Buford, Mur- 

 ray, Ward, Wilson, and McClenehan; three lieutenants: Al- 

 len, Goldsby and Dillon, and many subalterns, besides seventy- 

 five private soldiers who were killed in this hardly fought bat- 

 tle. The wounded amounted to one hundred and forty officers 

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