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being enough for each of my men to get a little
You are from Kentucky, Gentlemen, said she
I suppose. Yes Madam was the answer. May
God bless ye & prosper ye, said she, & give ye
health & strength to defend the country. Brave
Kentuckians said she, we know, you are real
men of stout hearts, who will not run, & leave
the frontier unprotected, like our own cowardly
men have done. Repeating our thanks to the ladies,
we marched on - our strength & spirits greatly
increased by the old womans buttermilk and
compliment. We found at St. Mary's [?] a block
house & a considerable depot of provisions. Poague
& Jennings Regiments were moved on the direction of
old fort Defiance - Allens & Lewis's Regiments
were in the neighborhood of Fort Wayne. Jennings
Regiment was halted about 35 miles from
St. Mary's, on the [?] Glaise. Poague's moved
further on. On our Regiment devolved the hard
& disagreeable duty of escorting convoys of provisions
to the troops & posts in advance. One of
our companies (Petersons) was detailed to fort
Wayne distant 60 miles to remain during the
winter. McNair's company was ordered to an
Indian village called Waugh-paugh-ko-natti
distant 12 miles, leaving only 6 companies at
St. Mary's. On one occasion, having a large convoy
of provisions - cattle &c. to send on, Col. Barbee
detailed two companies, to be commanded by
Captains Jordan & Burnett to escort it. They
did not return as soon as they were expected
nor had a word of intelligence been rec d from them
until another large convoy was ready for the
same destination, & an escort of one company to
be commanded by me, was detailed. It was
considered hazardous, as Jordan & Burnett had
not returned - the conclusion was that they
had been captured by the Indians. Just at the
moment when I was ready to march, a man
came in, who had been one of the escort [?]