and had the honor of an introduction to the Governor and commander in chief, who politely thanked us for services rendered on so momentous an occasion, and assured us of his high esteem and respect for our conduct.

On the Governor's consulting General Lewis, it was deemed necessary that a garrison should be established at Point Pleasant, to intercept and prevent the Indians from crossing the Ohio to our side, as also to prevent any whites from crossing over to the side of the Indians; and by such means to preserve a future peace, according to the conditions of the treaty then to be made by the Governor with the Indians. Captain Arbuckle was appointed commander of the garrison, with instructions to enlist one hundred men, for the term of one year from the date of their enlistment, and proceed to erect a fort, which was executed in the following summer.

Note. It is perhaps due to the memory of Lord Dunmore, (to whom we otherwise owe so little.) to add here that the charge which Colonel Stuart so strongly insinuates against him, of having colluded with the Indians in this war against the people of the West, appears to be without any foundation in fact; and the addresses of congratulation which were presented to his Lordship on his return to Williamsburg, by the public authori ties there, by the Corporation of the Borough of Norfolk-and by the people of Fincastle, (still extant in the old Virginia Gazette,) seem quite sufficient to answer this accusation without proof.

ORIGINAL REPORT.

[We add here the "Original Report of the Battle fought at the mouth of the Kanawha, 10th of October, 1774," which we take from Niles' Weekly Register, vol. 12, p. 145, where it is introduced in these words:

"The following article details an account of what was, probably, the most obstinate battle ever fought with the Indians. It was communicated to the editor from a source that guarantees its authenticity-with the following remarks:

I enclose you the original report (and a copy lest you may not be able to decipher it) of the battle fought at the mouth of Kanawha, 10th of October, 1774. This statement is official, and was made on the ground the morning after the action; not more than five copies of it were preserved, and I have been credibly informed, that it is now the only remaining official document in relation to that important transaction.'"]

CAMP ON POINT PLEASANT,

At the mouth of Great Canaway, October, 1774. For the satisfaction of the public, in this they have a true state of the battle fought at this place on the 10th instant. Monday morning, about half an hour before sun-rise, two of capt. Russell's company discovered a large party of Indians about a mile from camp; one of which men was shot down by the Indians, the other made his escape and brought in the intelligence; two or three minutes after, two of capt. Shelby's men came in and confirmed the account.

Col. Andrew Lewis being informed thereof, immediately ordered out col. Charles Lewis to take the command of one hundred and fifty men, of the Augusta troops; and with him went capt. Dickison, capt. Harrison, capt. Willson, capt. John Lewis, of Augusta, and capt. Lockridge, which made the first division; col. Fleming was ordered

to take command of one hundred and fifty more, consisting of Botetourt, Bedford and Fincastle troops-viz. capt. Buford, of Bedford, capt. Love, of Botetourt, and capt. Shelby and capt. Russell, of Fincastle, which made the second division. Col. Charles Lewis' division marched to the right some distance from the Ohio; col. Fleming, with his divis ion, up the bank of Ohio, to the left. Col. Lewis' division had not marched quite half a mile from camp, when about sun-rise, an attack was made on the front of his division, in a most vigorous manner, by the united tribes of Indians, Shawnees, Delawares, Mingoes, Iaways, and of several other nations, in number not less than eight hundred, and by many thought to be a thousand; in this heavy attack col. Lewis received a wound which in a few hours occasioned his death, and several of his men fell on the spot; in fact the Augusta division was forced to give way to the heavy fire of the enemy; in about a second of minute after the attack on col. Lewis' division, the enemy engaged the front of col. Fleming's division, on the Ohio, and in a short time the colonel received two balls through his left arm, and one through his breast, and after animating the officers and soldiers, in a most calm manner, to the pursuit of victory, retired to camp.

The loss of the brave colonels from the field was sensibly felt by the officers in particular; but the Augusta troops being shortly (after) reinforced from camp by col. Field, with his company, together with capt. M'Dowel, capt. Mathews and capt. Stuart, from Augusta, and capt. Arbuckle and capt. M'Clenahan, from Botetourt, the enemy, no longer able to maintain their ground, was forced to give way till they were in a line with the troops of col. Fleming, left in action on the bank of Ohio. In this precipitate retreat col. Field was killed; capt. Shelby was then ordered to take the command. During this time, which was after

twelve o'clock, the action continued extremely hot-the close underwood, many steep banks and logs, greatly favored their retreat, and the bravest of their men made the best use of them, whilst others were throwing their dead into the Ohio, and carrying off their wounded.

After twelve o'clock the action in a small degree abated; but continued, except at short intervals, sharp enough till after one o'clock; their long retreat gave them a most advantageous spot of ground, from whence it appeared to the officers so difficult to dislodge them that it was thought most advisable to stand as the line then was formed, which was about a mile and a quarter in length, and had till then sustained a constant and equal weight of the action, from wing to wing. It was till about half an hour of sunset they continued firing on us scattering shots, which we returned to their disadvantage; at length night coming on, they found a safe retreat. They had not the satisfaction of carrying off any our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should have them; but our troops scalped upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable.

Field officers killed-Col. Charles Lewis and col, John Field. Field officers wounded-Col. Wm. Fleming. Captains killed-John Murray, Samuel Willson, Robert M'Clenahan and Charles Ward. Captains wounded-Thomas Buford, John Dickison and John Skidmore. Subalterns killed-Lieut. Hugh Allen, ensign Mathew Brakin, ensign Cundiff. Subalterns wounded-Lieut. Lard, lieut. Vance, lieut. Golman and lieut. James Robison, and about 46 spies, sergeants and private men killed, and about 80 wounded.

CAPTAIN STOBO.

[The association of this worthy officer with our youthful Washington in one of his early campaigns, at the Great Meadows, and the patriotic spirit which he displayed in the service of our State, at a trying period of her history, seem to entitle his memory to a brief record in our work. We have, accordingly, compiled the following account of him from Burk, and more particularly from a communication of our highly valued correspondent, Lyman C. Draper, to the editor of the "Olden Time," published in that magazine, (vol. 1st, p. 370, &c.,) which we think our readers, or some of them at least, will find highly interesting.]

It appears that some time before the surrender of Fort Necessity to the French by our young Washington, then commanding a small force on our frontier, he had arrested a Frenchman by the name of La Force, who had acquired considerable influence among the various tribes of Indians at the back of our settlements, and after the seizure of Fort Duquesne, had been employed to obtain information of the state of things on our border, and to embroil the savages with our people; and Governor Dinwiddie, regarding him as a dangerous character, had caused him to be brought to Williamsburg, and confined in close jail. But now, on the surrender of the fort, under circumstances which we need not detail, the opportunity to redeem this man, so meritorious in the eyes of his countrymen for his activity and sufferings in their cause, naturally suggested itself to De Villier as one of the terms of the capitulation, and for the performance of it two hostages were demanded and received. The hostages were Stobo and Van Braam; who were accordingly detained and carried off to Fort Duquesne, where they were kept in custody. While here, however, Captain Stobo, contrived to convey intelligence