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482 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
" My last was of the 26th instant. On our march to Toonaloways, about 5 miles this
side Stoddert's Fort, we found John Myer's house in flames, and 9 or 10 head of large
cattle killed, besides calves, and several horse-kind and sheep. About 3 miles and a-half
farther up the road, we found a man (one Hynes) killed and scalped, with one arm cut off
and several arrows sticking in him; we could not bury him, having no tools with us for
that purpose. Half a mile further (within a mile of Stoddert's Fort), we found Ralph
Matson's house burnt down, and several sheep and hogs killed. When we came to Stoddert's Fort, we found them all under arms, expecting every minute to be attacked.
From thence we went to Combes's Fort, where we found a young man about 22 years of
age, killed and scalped; there were only four men in this Fort, two of which were unable
to bear arms, but upwards of forty women and children, wdio were in a very poor situation, being afraid to go out of the Fort, even for a drink of water. The house caught fire
during the time the Indians were surrounding the Fort, and would have been burnt
down, but luckily there was some soap suds in the house, by which they extinguished it.
The young man mentioned above, was one Lynn's son, and was sitting on the fence of
the stock yard with Combes' son, when they discovered the Indians, upon which they
ran to get into the Fort, and before they reached it, Lynn's son was shot down, and
an Indian pursued the other man with a tomahawk within thirty yards of the Fort,
but he luckily got into the Fort and shot the Indian. We searched the wToods to see
if we could discover where the Indian was buried (as they supposed him to be mortally
wounded); we found in two places a great quantity of blood, but could not find the body.
We saw several creatures shot, some dead, and others going about with arrows sticking
in them. About half a mile on this side Mr. Kenny's (in little Toonaloways), wTe found a
load of oats and a load of turnips in the road, which two boys were bringing to Combes's,
and it's imagined the boys are carried off by the Indians. When wTe came to Mr. Kenny's
we saw several sheep and cattle killed. From thence we went to one Lowther's, about
two miles further, where we found his grain and two calves burnt, two cowTs and nine or
ten hogs killed, and about 150 yards from the house found Lowther dead and scalped,
and otherwise terribly mangled; his brains were beat out, as it is supposed with his own
gun-barrel, which we found sticking in his skull, and his gun broken; there was an axe,
two scythes and several arrows sticking in him. From here we returned to Combes's and
buried the young man, and left ten of our men here to assist them to secure their grain,
which, as soon as they have done,- they purpose to leave that Fort and go to Stoddert's.
From hence we went to Stoddert's Fort, where we laid on Friday night, and yesterday, on
our way down here, we buried the man we left on the road.
" ISAAC BAKER."
At this time an effort was made by the enemies of Washington to remove
him and place Colonel Innes in the chief command of the Maryland and
Virginia troops. In consequence of this, Washington again threatened to
resign; but men who knew his worth, and the injustice of his calumniators,
urged him to entertain no such thoughts while the peril and distress were so
extreme. Governor Sharpe, in a letter to Governor Shirley, dated April 10th,
1756, says:
" The inclosed letter I am desired to forward to your Excellency from Col. Washington, and to request you to commissionate and appoint him second in command, in case
these colonies shall raise a sufficient number of troops for carrying on an expedition or
making a diversion to the westward this summer. As Mr. Washington is much
esteemed in Virginia, and really seems a gentleman of merit, I should be exceedingly glad
to learn that your Excellency is not averse to favoring his application and request.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000515 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 482 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. " My last was of the 26th instant. On our march to Toonaloways, about 5 miles this side Stoddert's Fort, we found John Myer's house in flames, and 9 or 10 head of large cattle killed, besides calves, and several horse-kind and sheep. About 3 miles and a-half farther up the road, we found a man (one Hynes) killed and scalped, with one arm cut off and several arrows sticking in him; we could not bury him, having no tools with us for that purpose. Half a mile further (within a mile of Stoddert's Fort), we found Ralph Matson's house burnt down, and several sheep and hogs killed. When we came to Stoddert's Fort, we found them all under arms, expecting every minute to be attacked. From thence we went to Combes's Fort, where we found a young man about 22 years of age, killed and scalped; there were only four men in this Fort, two of which were unable to bear arms, but upwards of forty women and children, wdio were in a very poor situation, being afraid to go out of the Fort, even for a drink of water. The house caught fire during the time the Indians were surrounding the Fort, and would have been burnt down, but luckily there was some soap suds in the house, by which they extinguished it. The young man mentioned above, was one Lynn's son, and was sitting on the fence of the stock yard with Combes' son, when they discovered the Indians, upon which they ran to get into the Fort, and before they reached it, Lynn's son was shot down, and an Indian pursued the other man with a tomahawk within thirty yards of the Fort, but he luckily got into the Fort and shot the Indian. We searched the wToods to see if we could discover where the Indian was buried (as they supposed him to be mortally wounded); we found in two places a great quantity of blood, but could not find the body. We saw several creatures shot, some dead, and others going about with arrows sticking in them. About half a mile on this side Mr. Kenny's (in little Toonaloways), wTe found a load of oats and a load of turnips in the road, which two boys were bringing to Combes's, and it's imagined the boys are carried off by the Indians. When wTe came to Mr. Kenny's we saw several sheep and cattle killed. From thence we went to one Lowther's, about two miles further, where we found his grain and two calves burnt, two cowTs and nine or ten hogs killed, and about 150 yards from the house found Lowther dead and scalped, and otherwise terribly mangled; his brains were beat out, as it is supposed with his own gun-barrel, which we found sticking in his skull, and his gun broken; there was an axe, two scythes and several arrows sticking in him. From here we returned to Combes's and buried the young man, and left ten of our men here to assist them to secure their grain, which, as soon as they have done,- they purpose to leave that Fort and go to Stoddert's. From hence we went to Stoddert's Fort, where we laid on Friday night, and yesterday, on our way down here, we buried the man we left on the road. " ISAAC BAKER." At this time an effort was made by the enemies of Washington to remove him and place Colonel Innes in the chief command of the Maryland and Virginia troops. In consequence of this, Washington again threatened to resign; but men who knew his worth, and the injustice of his calumniators, urged him to entertain no such thoughts while the peril and distress were so extreme. Governor Sharpe, in a letter to Governor Shirley, dated April 10th, 1756, says: " The inclosed letter I am desired to forward to your Excellency from Col. Washington, and to request you to commissionate and appoint him second in command, in case these colonies shall raise a sufficient number of troops for carrying on an expedition or making a diversion to the westward this summer. As Mr. Washington is much esteemed in Virginia, and really seems a gentleman of merit, I should be exceedingly glad to learn that your Excellency is not averse to favoring his application and request. |
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