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Little Turtle took his station, as also a tree near it behind which his nephew fell. This was a second defeat, the United States troops having been routed the day before on Eel river. 6th. Spent the day in the neighborhood of Fort Wayne, in the course of which we visited Captain Whipple. This afternoon several In-dians from different tribes arrived, bringing with them skins and furs. These are mostly brought by the women upon their backs, the men thinking it sufficient to carry their guns and hunting equipments. We saw this evening a white woman, who, when a small girl, had been taken captive, and has ever since lived amongst the Pottowatamy tribe of Indians. She tells us (through an in-terpreter) that she has no knowledge of the part of the country from which she was taken, nor of her family. That she remembers her name was Dolly, which is the only distinct recollec-tion she retains of herself previous to her cap-tivity. This woman is dressed in Indian habit, is painted after the Indian order, and has so effectually adopted Indian manners, that a nice observer would not discover from external ob-servation her origin, except from the color of her eyes, which are grey. 7th. Visited William Wells, and rode with him up the St. Mary's about five miles. On our way we passed several sugar camps, at which were Indian women and children who were em-