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■ #*'’ i b s.: rdew, which
I } ■ iS? entry i-;rht be rx^l-
I Mfo receive; of the ‘tarv
■ i vat ionci:ior* c.r mv horses.
I I »hey having Inil neitherc*rn
I / nor Vane ior two days and
I nrht*; of ibe /carcirv o'
■ Supplies tor my mew, the fn-
B i laws who joined me at Tai
■ hdega having drawn done,
W end being uhpiiy dellitute ;
B a d because, it die enemy
■ pursued me, as it was Jikclv
■ they would, tiie diveriion in
B favor of Gen. Fi >vd would
■ be the moreCQmoieat sndef-
B Jedtual. Influenced by these
B c onflde ration:', I commenced
B my return march «t half as-
B ter ten c n the 23d, and was
I fortunate cnomjn to reach
BK c.
B Fnptachopco before night,
W ayl/av’ing palled without inter
■ iupfi,.u) a dangerous defile,
I occafinned by a hurricane, j
B I nga-.n fortified my camp,
■ and having another defile to
W paio in the morning, across
■ a deep creek, and between
■ two hills, which ( had view*
I cd with attention, as I pafT
-1 ■ fid on* and where I expected ‘
I 1 might De attacked, I de- j
■ termintd to pa(s it another!
V point, and g-vc di region ato I
I my guiue and fatigue men S
I accordifrgly. My expeCta
i tion of an attack,in the
1 morning was irscreafed by
■ the ligns of the night, and
I with it my caution, before
1 moved the wounded from
the interior of nay cam pi I
ha;: nay front and rear guards
firmed, as well as my right s
nod Id 1 columns, and mo
ved oh mv center in regular
omfir, leading 1 1 • o *v 11 a hand
lome ridge to Enutachopco
creek, at a point where it
was ciear of reed, except
immediately on its margin,
i r<: vionfly iflued age-
J t]f ral t rdc r , pointing out t.he
manner in which the men
f old formed in the e
vent or. attack on the front
01 rear, or on the flanks, and
hid pv.tmnhrjy cautioned
r ! ie oilkeis to halt and form
vcc (no ■- •** <! y, the instant the 1
«< 'a i hop hi he given.
c*
if c- boot guard had crofT
ed v.jth pa tci the flank
column?, the w< under! were
fi'* -• * and tin' artillery in the
a ' : ’ ; i-i tmelhng tne creek,
v ‘t>'n an alarm gun was heard
in tiae rear, j heard ft with
out h,r prize. and even with
picaime, calculating wi ll
toe o’nudt .onfLierueon the
im !s of mv troi ;u, from
t; : manner in' which 1 had
tetri t :, r:n atfrjßn 'he 2 2d.
■ *h-1 • . Act: Col, Carrol at
tl.cad m lie c»-i:t'e co
b :nn of tile rear guard • its
rii ht cc’.urn v\ as command
l fid by O 1. Perking and its
i/d! ; v C L Mump.
\ ir K fi-r ten the ground, 1
vx .tvlrd d ere‘:o hW tm
fi-fi t k ft tl>e enemy, F,
vvi, --‘ l -‘'Z tli-- right and U f
I v< - < n Ihur pwmt, ie
' /'* 'm ‘ -fi fi'*fivk above atio
Cdimg n, upoi
d.rir fl.-nks and r r cr. P.*jt:
to n, v adoniflmient mor* j
dfleation, when the word i
w s given by Col. Carrol, to
bait and form, ana a few
ifum had been fired, I beheld
the right and left columns of
the rear guard precipitately
give way. This fhameful j
retreat was dilaftrous in the ;
extreme: it drew along with j
it the greater part of the
center column, leaving not
more than 25 men, who be
ing formed by Col. Carrol,
maintained their ground as
long as it was f oflible to
maintain it, and it brought
coudernation and confufion
into the cenrer of the army,
a coihUmnation which Was
not c;ifi)y removed, and a
confudon which could not
soon be restored to order.
There was tlien left to re
j pulse tne enemy, the few
who remained es the rear
guard, the artillery company
a rid Ca.pt. R u fFe Si’s company
of loies. 7 hey however j
realized and exceeded my;
highest expectation* Lieut.
! Armstrong, who command
| ed the artillery company in j
1 the abfcnce of capt. Dead- !
I rick, [confined by deknefs] j
ordered them to form ana j
advance to the top of the
bill, vvhillt he .tnd a few
others dragged up the fix
pounder. Never was more
bravery displayed than on
tilis occasion. An idil: the
moll galling fire from the
enemy, more than ten times
| their number, they afeended
the hill and maintained their
pod tion until their piece was
hauled up, when having le
velled it, they nouied upon
the enemy a fire of grape,
reloaded and fired again,
charged and repul fed them. ;
The mod deliberate bra
very was dt(played by Con
-5 (tantiue Ferkins' and Cravin )
Jackion of the artillery, adt~
mg as gunners. In the hur
ry of ihe moment, in fepa- 1
rating the gun from the Inn- 1
bers, the rammer and picker I
of the cannon was lert tied
to the iimbtr: No sooner
was this discovered, than
{ cicfon, am id (l the galling
j hie of the enemy, pulled out
jthe ramrod ol his rnuiket
J and uled it as a picker ; pri
jmed with a cartridge and
!b ed tne cannon. Perkins
having pulicd oft' his ruyo
net, hid mu fleet as a
rammer, drove down the
cartridge; and Jack/or. niing
| l.is former plan, again dit
charped her. The brave U.
Armstrong, just after tl?"
-dril hie ot the cannon, with
; Capt. HrmihoM, of £ Tei -
ndiee, litad/ord ana M«Ga
vetic all Itli, the lieutenant
* * •
! vxciai filing as Pe lay, my
I !' r: y jrtfou's, S'me of you t/uiy
> j/ ‘> cut you must save the
cah/im. vbout this time,
i number crefled the creek
( ann entered into the chate.
I brave tapt. Gordon of
\ t: c w ho ban milled
f
! from th* fiort, 'r.deavared
I to taro .the left flank of ;he
i enemy, in which he partial
j 1/ succeeded, and col. Car
; rul, cal. Higgings, and cap
tains Elliot and Pipkins pur
j lued the enemy for wore
j than two miles, who fled in
| confirmation, throwing a
j way tneir packs and leaving
1 26 of their warriors dead on
the field. This Jaft defeat
was decisive, and we were ;
no more ciitturbed by their
! veils. I fllould do injaftice
to my feelings if I omitted
to mention, that the venera
ble Judge Cocke, at the age
of 65, entered jnio the en.
gagemenr,and continued the
purluit ot the enemy with
youthful ardor, and laved
the life of a fellow soldier, by
killing his savage antagonist.
Our loss in this affair was
killed and wounded ;
among the former was the
brave Cap:. Hamilton from
Edit fennclfee, who had
with his aged rather and two
others of his company, after
the period of his engagement
had expired, volunteered hi l }
I fcrvices for this excuifi.n,
j a nd attached himlelf to the
! artillery company. No man
ever fought more bravelv or
j fell more gloriously • and by
his tide feil with equal bra
very and glory, Bird Evans
of the lame company. Cap- '
tain Quarles who command
ed the center column of the
rear guard, prefenng death
to the abandonment of his j
post, having taken a firm j
Hand in which he was foi- I
lowed by 25 of his men, re- '
ceived a wound in his head, j
ot which he has since died.
In these leveral engage- !
ments our loss was 20 killed I
j and 75 wounded,4 of whom !
i have since died. The loss I
| of the enemy cannot be ac- j
! ciirately ascertained ; 189 of
their warriors were found
oead ; but this mu ft fill con*
; fiderably thort of the num
ber really killed. Their
! wounded can only be gueflV
ed at.
Had it not been for the j
unfortunate retreat of the '
rear guar.i in the affair of '
the 24 th in ft. I think I could !
lately have laid that noarrnv !
of militia ever acted with
. more cool & deliberate bra- i
very ; undifeiplined and in- i
experienced as they were,
their conduit in the several
| engagements of the 23d,
could not iiave been furpall
-led by rejjhiars. No men
ever met the" approach of an
enemy with more intrepidi
ty, or re pul fed them with
j more energy. On the 24th,
after the 'ctreat of the rear
guard, they leemed to have
101 l all their Col letted nefs,
and were more diirkult to be
l re(loicd to order than any
• troops I had ever seen But
, this was no ooubc owing in
1 a great mcalure or altogether
i to that very retrear, 6c ought
rather t© be afenbed to the
1
} of conduit ir. of
their cfl;ccr9 than to any
cowardice in the men, who
on every occasion have ina
mfelied a wiliingnefs to per
form their duty as far as they
knew it.
All the efFe&s which were
designed to be produced by
this excursion, it is believed
have been produced. If an
attack was meditated against
Fort Armstrong, that has
been prevented. If Gen’i
Floyd is operating on the east
hde of the Tallapoofa, as I
iuppofc him to be, a most
fortunate diversion has been
made in his favor. The
number of the enemy has
been dim-in [(lied, and the
confidence they may have
derived frem ‘the 'delays I
nave been made to expe
rience, has been destroyed.
Difcontcnt has been kept
out of my srniy, while the
troops who would have been
expo fed to it, have been
beneficially employed. The
enemy s country has been
explored, and a road cut to
t e point where their force I
will probably be concentra- j
ted when they {ball be dri-J
ven from the country below. •
But in a report of this kind,
and to you who will imme
diately perceive them, it is
J not neeeflary to (late the'
! happy conlequences which
may be expected to result
from this excursion. Unless
I am greatly fnistaken, it
j will be found to have haft
-1 the termination of the
j Creek War, more effectually
i than any measure [ could
have taken with the troopb
under my command.
i atn fir, with sentiments
j of high refpeCt, your obe
! dient lervanr,
I Andrew Jackson,
Major-General*
Silo any, Jan. 25. j
T v‘/s are authorized to fav, '
that Maj. Gen. Wilkinson’s
'ate visit to Waterford, was
. not only for exercise to favor
| the restoration of his (hatter
; ed health, but also to take
| prompt measures fur the
1 lafety of Socket’s Harbor,
| wnicli he received advice
! was menaced by the enemy j
j to fnis end, we underfland
: that five hundred men will
move from Greenbufh, in
sleighs, to-morrow or next
, day, which will increafeour
1 force at the Harbar to 3000,
an i place our squadron in
f ifety against all the Teas &
Hams in Upper Canada.—
lhe General has suddenly
let out for ihe French Mills,
in consequence, we under-
I itand, ot advice received by
, expreh, of a meditated at-
I l ic k upon that place, by the
enemy under Col.- Scott of
tne 13th British regiment,
1 who lias been ftaiioncd at
1 C*teaude Lac with five com
panies of his own regiment,
< 00 artillerifls and 50 rocket!
i
t
j r 1 - 0 ’ * for J of
' ■u> 650 men. Col. {>.„
1 a » «J U. Col. Ooekbu, '
■ brother <0 the admiral, 3 ,‘
, al Cornwall, with a batalio,
°, marines, four companiti
!of Glenga„e S , some
I and about 40a Indians, I!u .’
I k,n S the whole a force of
aboutone tho aland Argus,
MAN-STEALING!
, To ‘h* ~n imfr tmnem
wi '?" “P?"' 11 ««‘h= execrable „,j
«'»aroj»p„c,ice of e , u ,„
i» no. .uScumiir e,pres.„e cf
abnorrc.ce we wi.l. . 0 >o4
inspire n „ too mod . phra,e,an,l
11 use, to create ,
.1 1». »w »l be wrong it. mi,,.,,.
ul« subject, an *uw.
{* ia V«ng before our readers th*
SU 'J 0 ! 0 *! CO P? Os H l e . ter> wa
wouiu aak each one of t h crn to a P
p!y to himself the case it exhibit
L=i nun imagine hioi.df iha b
reared, poor, and h(j| £
parent of they doth w«o- 00 «r suffen
in a loathsome at.cur.ed »n 4 s i
f ua s!, P* and pining away
•ih amencs, Si gaiug tor liberty
sud home ! 7
Daniel JacklsonJus. the writer
0 ; hc *«"«*«<* letter, is a native
of His part nlB rc , id{|
J 10 Ytr oodbridge, iu this coun-y—
--, tntir pecuniary circurmtances *i a
I extremely limited—old age hi*
| furrowed their pallid cheeks-— and
j tufi mity and affl.ctioa are last hur
-I yl ■*S 10 that 4 coua ry irotii
Tviiosr bourne no traveller returns,*
Co behold them mourning the nard
fate of a son on whom they aiaialy
* depended for a comfortable subsis'.
, ence, Would wring the tear of aym*
pathy from the coldest heart.
The ‘ plain, unvarnished’ sty I*
in which Mr. jfacksoa exhibits hi.
ca*e, does not diminish tt» interest!
or lessen its aggravation- His firm
indignant, spirit is t'ul-j displayed,
and his noble generou« heart pain* *
for vengeance ca hta coun ry’s
cruies. Hut v/e are not deposed
to amplify or embtilliah ; die sub
ject is one whith a.ldreises itieit
to ih e Jet lings of tv«ry than, and
needs nut uic aia v s exterior oma*
incut *0 attract attention. — Fred 9“
man.
(copy or THE LETTER.)
Ship Hector, Plymouth, June 19, ljl*.
Honored Fathei and Mother,
I now write these lines clear es
the tyranny of English u k mas
ter*, but not clear of prison. In
} ths moil h of June I got my clear •
1 anee from an English man of war,
atcr being on board ol different
oo«# for Jour years end a half.-~-
Thanks be to God, i led myself
more happy hers m prison, an A
merican prisoner, than to be an
Admiral in the English navv!—
'I her« are here r.uw seven hundred
sou It waiting for exchange. VV’e
are short provisions, b»t we live
in hopes thit we shall soon see tha
uav when wo can et.ioy our liberty
—and thinks be to wo all so*
joy oui health rc.y well conjider
ing our discontented minds and
hard usage, 1 will stioe a paitoi t
Cat dunes*; we have four daysin
the weok an bait a peuud of bt«-
a id one kquucl ol bread pec da) ;
ttie remainder ol tho week,
pound of potaioee undone pound
ot li-h per day. i ,
Tin auov« sevf*
dred, ate confined in one ship fil
ing in ihi «irc in, guaided by *y r4li ‘
n.eai Eagliulini. n, otr.erwue brute*.
O that I may see the day wnea
every American can have
tion.
I nopl! our country will L»k« P ,f#
on on, anti u» horn* as »° f ' n i$
poas’.b.e. i have uo news at pY‘ *
•cut, lor we hear uc.htag we
believe,and they soil mean tO T‘ ’
u . tguoratit. 1 have nothing
i> it nope in a ehort time tob<i vru •
yj.i, 1 desire to be r<rtn«niljcrc»
vo all rnv rtlaiiousrud h
I'rofu your ab'cui ion,
u \mi l
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