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ed; one hundred and fifty wounded. It is highly probable that 

 their loss was at least, three hundred. Our troops were all 

 sharpshooters, and real backwoodsmen, who were well accus- 

 tomed to the use of the rifle, in the woods, where they dwelt, 

 when at home. The fate of the enemy would have been much 

 more disastrous, had not our new recruits, half starved^ as they 

 were, while pursuing the flying enemy fallen in with a drove 

 of fat hogs, in a corn field. Leaving the pursuit of the enemy, 

 they killed many hogs, until attacked by the Indians, and los- 

 ing four men killed, they turned on the enemy, and drove him 

 over the river. The British returned to Detroit, and our 

 troops returned to fort McArthur. 



bAssisineway expedition. 



On the 25th of November 1812, General Harrison ordered 

 a detachment of six hundred men, mostly mounted, to march 

 from the head quarters, at Franklinton, to attack and destroy 

 the Indian towns, on the Missisineway river, one of the head 

 waters of the Wabash river. The expedition consisted of Sim- 

 eral's regiment,of Kentucky volunteer dragoons of six months 

 men; Major James V. Ball's squadron of United States dra- 

 goons; Captain Elliot's company of the 19th regiment of infan- 

 try ; a small company of volunteer riflemen, from about Greens- 

 burg, Pennsylvania, commanded by Captain Alexander; the 

 Pittsburgh Blues, volunteer light infantry, commanded by Cap- 

 tain James Butler; Captain Markley's troop of horse, from 

 Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania; Lieutenant Lee's de- 

 tatchment of Michigan militia ; and Captain Garrard's troop 

 of horse, from Lexington, Kentucky. All these troops amount- 

 ed to six hundred men, Avho were mounted; and they were 

 commanded, by Lieutenant Colonel John B. Campbell, of the 

 United States 19th regiment^ and James V. Ball, a Major of 

 the United States dragoons. Marching from Franklinton, this 

 expedition passed through Xenia to Dayton, where they were 

 delayed some days, before they could procure the horses neces- 

 sary for them in addition to those they had already. They 



