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I heard nothing more of it, until I met with
Col. Jennings at Cincinnati, on our return home in
the spring, when we settled it very amicably over
a glass of wine.
Our Regiment (the 7th) commanded by Col. Barbee was
stationed during the winter at St. Mary's in Latitude.
A battalion of Ohio volunteers, commanded by
Maj. Jenkinson, was also stationed there. Our Reg t.
was inside of an indifferent stockade fort, erected
by ourselves - Jenkinson's battalion was on the opposite
side of the river, without any protection but their
fire arms. The weather was excessively cold. Snow
two feet, all winter - the water courses all frozen
up - and until about Christmas, the men were very
badly clad. When they left home, they did not ex-
pect [expect] to be out but a three month tour & they were
generally clad in linen or cotton hunting shirts
and pantaloons & these were nearly worn out.
Genl. Harrison had been appointed Commander in
Chief of the North Western Army & he early made
an appeal to the patriotic ladies of Kentucky
thro' Gen. Shelby - for a supply of clothing - for the naked volunteers.
About Christmas, an ample supply of clothing
and blankets was recd., a donation from our
wives, mothers, sisters, etc. We were also abundantly
supplied with provisions & being not more than
30 miles from the settlements, after the snow
fell & other roads were broke, the citizen of Ohio
brought out butter, vegetables, poultry, etc. for sale.
We had also plenty of game in the woods - such
as deer, raccoons, porcupines, turkies, pheasants,
etc., etc. Upon the whole, we lived very well.
We erected small cabins for barracks.
We had not been long at St. Mary's when an ex-
press [express] came from Genl Winchester to Genl Harrison
who was then at that post, informing him, that
he was in danger of being attacked by the enemy, near
old fort Defiance, to which he had been ordered
by a superior force that the allied army of Bri-
tish [British] & Indians was superior in number to his own