The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

From Williamsburg in Virginia we learn, That a Party of Indians attacked 6 Men in Wettens Meadow, on Loony's Creek, the 20th of August past 11 o'Clock at Night, and killed 2 Men, took one Prisoner and wounded another whom they Tomahawked, Scalped and left for Dead: but the poor Man crawled to some Hay, and covered himself up, where he was found the next Morning perfectly in his Senses, told the whole Affair circumstantially and lived two Days afterwards. On receiving this Intelligence; two Companies of Volunteers soon after pursued the Enemy 120 Miles, over the Allegheny Mountains; and came up with them on a Branch of the Monongahela, in the Night, and crept within 30 Paces of the Enemy's Encampment, and surrounded them undiscovered: The Orders were not to Fire until it was light enough to see all the Berths where the Indians lay; but a large Indian rising up to make the Fire, one of the Party fired on him too soon, [This is to be attributed to the young Man's eagerness who fired, to revenge the Death of his Father, who had been killed and scalped by the Savages.] And in a short Time routed the Indians, took 3 Scalps, and wounded many more, and took 13 Guns from them, with all their War Equipage, and retook a Number of Horses, released the Prisoner they had taken, and recovered the 3 Scalps, without any Loss on their Side.