The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

It is with sincere pleasure we inform the publick, that Major Doughty of the Federal troops who was reported to have been killed by the Indians on the river Tennessee, safely arrived at Fort-Harmar, on the Ohio, the 15th of last month. This valuable officer was charged with important publick business to the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations of Indians. While ascending the Tennessee, on the 21st of March last, he met a party of 40 Indians, in three canoes, having a white flag hoisted.

This party were a banditti of Cherokees and Shawanese, with three Creeks.

The Major was in a barge with Ensign Sedam, and fifteen non-commissioned officers and privates. The Indians appeared very friendly, and their Chief and several others even came on board of the barge. They received, with the greatest apparent thankfulness, presents of corn and tobacco. They endeavoured, by every means in their power, to persuade the Major to land, and pass the night with them promising to hunt turkeys and buffaloes for him; but he, being suspicious of their design, evaded their entreaties. After having thus passed upwards of an hour they shook the Major by the hand, and left him: but the men had scarcely got to their oars, before they received from the Indians a severe fire, which was instantly returned, and the boat put about. The barge then floating down the stream, an incessant fire ensued for four hours. During this time the Indians manifested an intention of boarding the barge; but the cool and well directed fire of the Major's party prevented the design. The Major lost five of his party killed, and six wounded, one of whom died afterwards.

Having his force thus reduced, he was unable to return up the Tennessee, against the stream: he therefore descended that river, and the Ohio, into the Mississippi, and arrived on the 25th of March last, at L'Ance-a-la-Graisse, a Spanish post, about 45 miles below the Ohio.

The Major was received by Monsieur Foucher, Lieutenant-Commandant of the Post, with the greatest politeness and attention; and every tenderness and care were shewn to the wounded, three of whom were left at the post, being too badly injured to be removed.