There I understood that a war had broken out with the Creek Indians, and that it would be extremely dangerous to at- tempt to pass on the stag1e route through the nation to Columbus; but being anxious to reach home, and finding there a party of about fifteen others who wished to come through, we determined to make the attempt. On Sunday evening, the 15th May, we left there in two mail stages, 1passed on that night, and next day early reached Tuskegee. There we got breakfast, and learnt there was great trouble with the lllldians: we then passed on to the next stand and found that it h.ad been plundered. As we continued on, we found every house and place plundered or burnt, and some burning, until we reached Thorn's Stand, about 20 iniles from Columbus; there we saw the houses in flames, and after we had got a short distance off I no injury was done. Our drivers then put whip to their horses and run them nearly half a mile, when we came upon the stages that had been taken the day before, so piled up across the road, with the dead horses and one dead white man, that we could not pass, and the stages were therefore stopped, and we saw the Indians in dose pursuit; the drivers and passengers loosed the horses from the stages, and as soon as possible, alJ who could get on them, mounted and made a start, but in a few min- utes they were fired upon. by a considerable party of Indians, who seemed to be coming in u,pon all sides. Not having been so fortu- nate as to get horses, myself, a Mr. Hallet of New York, a Mr. Williams, Hamil and Lackey, were all on foot running after the horses. The two latter were killed, and the moment after they were shot I ran directly through where the Indian$ were that had fired, and as l passed two or three others fired al me, but without effect. I made the best of my way towards a swamp, which I saw distant 300 or 400 yards, and discovered 1 was pursued by two lndians. Just before I reached the swamp l turned and discharged my musket at the foremost, who was within 40 or 50 yards of me; I saw him fall, but before I entered the swamp, I saw him rise again. the skeleton of this Indian was found after the war was over. The other Indian ram up to him and stopped a few minutes, during which time I had got in the swamp and reloaded my gun: he then came down to the swamp and appeared to be searching for me, and while he was in the act of parting the cane, I shot him in the body, not more than 15 or 20 yards distant: he fell dead. 1 ccmained in this swamp three days, living on green whortleberries,
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