CHAPTER XIII.
THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE.
The Rebels make their Attack .-- Albert Pike and his Indians .-- Scalping Wounded Men .-- Death of General McCulloch .-- The Fighting at Elkhorn Tavern .-- Close of a Gloomy Day .-- An Unpleasant Night .-- Vocal Sounds from a Mule's Throat .-- Sleeping under Disadvantages .-- A Favorable Morning .-- The Opposing Lines of Battle .-- A Severe Cannonade .-- The Forest on Fire .-- Wounded Men in the Flames .-- The Rebels in Retreat .-- Movements of our Army .-- A Journey to St.Louis.
About nine o'clock on the morning of the 7th, the Rebels made a simultaneous attack on our left and front, formerly our right and rear.

General Price commanded the force on our front, and General McCulloch that on our left; the former having the old Army of Missouri, re-enforced by several Arkansas regiments, and the latter having a corps made up of Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana troops.

They brought into the fight upward of twenty thousand men, while we had not over twelve thousand with which to oppose them.
The attack on our left was met by General Sigel and Colonel Davis.
That on our front was met by Colonel Carr's Division and the division of General Asboth.

On our left it was severe, though not long maintained, the position we held being too strong for the enemy to carry.
It was on this part of the line that the famous Albert Pike, the lawyer-poet of Arkansas, brought his newly-formed brigades of Indians into use.

Pike was unfortunate with his Indians.