—The army under Colonel Williams & Genl. Williamson was marched to the Indian Nation and on the Seneca River were attacked in the night [August 1, 1776] by the Indians & Tories who killed and wounded a great many of our army, but we still kept the ground. After this Battle the army retreated and was joined by the reconnoitering party that had been sent off a few days before—then a part of the army, this declarant among them, was marched higher up to Brass Town. There we had a Battle [August 8, 1776] with the Indians, from thence retreated to Tomassee Town at which place we had the battle afterwards celebrated as the Ring fight [August 12, 1776]. In this Battle our Major Jonathan Downs was badly wounded with a musket ball in the abdomen and one of his fingers cut nearly off. Then the army marched to Seneca fort & was there again dismissed. The army remained there some time and was then marched against the Indians & had the battle in the Cherokee Nation at a place called the Black Hole [September 19, 1776] —after this we were marched further on into the Nation as far on as the Chattahoochee , from which we returned to the Seneca Fort again where we were dismissed.”