Macon Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1836-1844, June 23, 1836, Image 2
I 4 CO N GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
CHEEK 1VAR.
From the Washington Globe.
Extract from a let ter oj Gtn. Winfield Stott to
the Adjutant General, :l tie.t
“Head Quarters. Attar <if the South.
Columbus,Geo., June 2. (836
“I have the honor to reportfor the information
of the Secretary and Geueral-iu-Chief. that I ar
rived hero three days ago, in company with his
Excellency Governor Schley and Major General
Jesup.
"No eveut of import’*--'- : rts occurred in or a-
bout the Creek con. «, in a week or two. A
small party of the enermy crossed into Georgia
the Jay before I arrived, murdered a few individ
uals. and burnt some houses.
“Until the troops are mustered into :ho service
of tbo Uuited Slates, they are not under my com
mand. This ceremouy commenced yesterday,
and will proceed ns rapidly as possible. In the
meantime, the Governor, whose owu military
views are excellent, and who has the best possi
ble disposition towards the Geneial Government
aud its officers, makes me the compliment to con
sult me ou nil points of importance. He has al
ready taken measures- to guard tbo frontier of
Georgia, above aud below this place, agaiust in
cursions, and particularly to proveul parlies of
the enemy from escaping across the river, in the
direction of Florida- Additional measures shall
be imtnedi itely adopted, to effect this great ob
ject: first by the employment of a steamer, hour
ly expected with a company ou board, and by
pushiug some companies of mouuted meu, to
points fifty aud sixty miles below. It is not
thought here, that there is auy danger of the In
dians attemptiug to cross the river lower down.
miles above Fort Jones ou Thursday last. A I another i»caissiug supposed to ke killed* They
boat foriy of the Gwinnett cavalry, under Capt. I were in tjie field at work; and one of them by
Garmimy were stationed at the house of Mr. tbe name of Edwards, the other names not re-
Shepherd. the halanoo of the company having
been detailed for some other service. Capt G.
in the forenoon of that day, had promised to Col
Jernigan, who was then out ou a scouting party.
collected. I have ulso just heard from Tuskegee,
which is Head Quarters. Orderr were, 1 under
stand, for tho army to have marched yesterday in
quest of the Indians. Geu. Jestp stated that he
to assist him in case he was attacked. At three I had reformation of fifteen hundred Teuuessceaus
o’clock in the evening firiug was beard at a short
distance, which was supposed to he an engage
ment between the aforementioned scouting party
and the Indiaus. Capt Garmony immediately
set off on foot with bis forty men. who, nfter pro
ceeding about half a mile, discovered several In
dians, who retreated towards the branch to their
maiu body, consisting of about 250. The whites
advanced aud attacked them, when a Hattie of
more thau two hours’ duration ensued. It was
evident Horn the movements of the enemy, that
their object ivas to out flank and surround the
cotnmaud of Capt Garmony, who ordered n re-
being on life march, who wero expected daily to
join hint. There are about the same number of
fricudly Indians at Tnlassce, also teadv to pro
ceed, The forces of this county ordered out. a- j
mounting to 3 or 400. aud beiug.one half of the
men in it. are stationed for the pteseut at Fort
Henderson and Fort Koss, just over the southern
bouudary. Tbe excitetneut still keeps up, aud
the alarm is as great or greater than it ever has
been. Somo families are uow moving off-who
have hitherto remained. The lowqr part of the
couuty, particularly, is considerably thinned. If
someiliiug is uot soon done to prevent it. there is
treat back to tbe house. The Indians pressed j no teiliog to w hat extern the spirit of emigration
upon bis tneu, keeping up a constant fire, which j may spread. Each dislikes to be on the frontier,
was returned with tbe desperate cournge of those i I, however, do uot perceive cause for so great an
who were determined to sell their lives as dear | alarm, except from the consequences of leaving
as possible. Nothing could have exceeded the the couutry an easy prey to the Savage, whose
brc.vcry of this little baud, who, though compel
led to retreat, disputed every inch ul ground, and
seut many a lawucy savage to his last account.
Capt. G. whose uamo will lie remembered fot
bis intrepid aud dauulless conduct, slew three of
his mercile>s assailants after he bad reireated to
the house- oue of them, after he himself had
been shot dowu. His men too, uo less brave than
him tc!f. kept up a constant fire upon their pur
suers until tbe arrival of a reinforcement of a-
bout twei ty meu from Fort Jones, who charged
the Indians aud relieved for the time the exhaus-
The strength cf the eucmv is variously esti i ^.troops that had fought the first hard battle -
ted hv Well iofcimed persons, from 2.500 10 I ,h,s "'“forceineut bung however, too small to
* contend with the overwhelming force of the ene
mated ny wen iiiicimen persons
5100 Capt- Page thinks that there are at least
3000 hostile warriors.
••1 suppose there may have arrived ou this fron
tier, .ibout 1,500 Georgians, mostly, 1 thiuk. vol
unteers. As they are distributed over a line of
more than forty miles outhc river, the Governor
has not bceu aide, as yet, to obtain returns of the
dotacbuients. lie expects as many more, and
the companies almost daily arrive, but it is not
expected that all will be up before the 12th, per
haps (lie 15th instaut.
"The Governor of Alabama will probably
have iu the field about an equal number o/men
Jly his letter ofthe 28th ultimo, a copy of which
^enclosed, it will be seen, that be thinks ha will
be ready to march upon the enemy the 5ih iust.
1 doubt, however, whether lie has heeu able to
secure subsistence for bis men, in advance, for
eight or oven five days. On this side, there are
no magazines. The troops have not suffered,
hut the supplies have been rather precarious.
Tins state of things must continue at least eight
days longer, when tho one hundred thousand ra
tions, aud other indispensable stores shipped
Irom Picolata, St. , Augustm#. Savanuah, and
Charleston, may begii to arrive from Macon and
Hawkiusville, ontheOak.nulgee. by wagons,
the supplies ordered from New Orleans canuot
he expected before the 18th or 20th inst. Late,
long and heavy rains in this quarter, have greatly
injured the roads, bur improved the navigation of
the rivers.
“I ® nclo V 5 copies of my two letters to Governor
Clay, and a copy of my instructions to Major
General Jesup, who will probably set out to-mor
row for Montgomery. He will require a goodcs
cort to Tuskegoe, for miles, Beyond that point,
the communication is understood to bo n-rlectlv
free.”
my, weie compelled to retreat, after fighting tfii
to one, for almost half an hour. In these en
gagements some twenty five or thirty Indians are
said to have been killed. These who have siure
visited the battle grouud, suppose,, fr^m the sign
that was left, that the number slain was much
greater.
Whatever rumor may say of this tight, thore
can be no questiou of one thiug, that every inan
engaged in it did his duty, and fought with a cou
rage rarely t quailed auu uever surpassed by iu-
experieuced oldiers. Gwinnett and rite wart
counties have a right to be ptoud of their sons,
who. in the hour of trial, have uohly done aud
nobly died. J. V. Tale, James II. Holland, t\ ai
Simms, James M- Allen, Hubert T. Holland, Jas.
C. Marlin, Henry \V. I’eden and Isaac Lacy, of
the Gwinnett Cavalry, were killed, aud Captain
Gitrmauy, .Mr. Alexander. Mr. Hunt and Mr.
Stepp were wounded. Of the rcinlorcement
from Fort Jones, Robert Billups, David Dell,,
Esq. Mr. Irwin aud .Mr. Hunter were killed.
The two volunteer compauies under Capts.
Urquhart aud Evans, have bceu ordered back
from fc'ort Twiggs to this place, and arrived on
Saturday last. Whilst iu service below, they
were cugngi-d in every arduous aud dangerous
enterprise which the circumstances required, re
pairing. at a moment's warning-, to the scene of
supposed dangei, and fearlessly scouring the al
most impenetrable swamps iu search of the eue-
rny. If they met w.i h uo liidiaus. it was surely
uo fault of theirs, for they went through places
where -the sign that is found iu the hearts of brave
men would have been apt to have fallen down to
a i award s hiels. They have done well at home
and abroad, aud will be remembered forit by town
aud couutry.
delight it is to plunder. S. J. McAlORRlS.
Dr. Shepherd’s plantation, between a detachment
of Georgia Volunteers, composed of a part of
the Gryinuett company commanded by Capt.
Garmauy, with a part of the Stewart company,
uuder command of Capt. Ball aud Major Jerni-
gau. and a party of Creek Indians, deemed it
due to the character of the State and her brave
sous, to obtain a correct statement of the facts
connected with this unfortuuate though glorious
achievement. For this purpose ho applied to
Capt. Garmany. notv confined to bis bed by a
wound received in tbe.battle, nud has obtained
the following circumstantial account of the ren
contre, which it is hoped will disabuse the public
mind of the false impressions made by the vari
ous slanderous repoits which have been circula
ted to ilie prejudice of this small though gallant
baud. Georgia may well be proud of such sous,
and may rest assured that her hbuor will never
suffer wlieu committed to tbe care of Georgia
Volunteers, whose motto is “DO OR DIE.”
By order of the Commander-in Chief
OS SIAN GREGORY.
Aid-ieCamp.
From the Columbus Sentinel, June 17.
THE CREEK WAR.
We are still without news of a decisive charac
ter from tho ludians. With the exception of the j three picket guards, four meu in each ; oue
actiou between a party of about two hundred Iu
Columbus, June 14th, IP36.
His Excellency WM. SCHLEY:
Gear Sir.—Ou Wednesday eveuiug, the 8th,
my company was by order of Maj. Howard, sta
tioned at Dr. Sheperd’s plantation, about four
miles above Roauoke : that night I placed oyt
dians and Caplaiu Garuiany’s Gwinnett Volun
teers. we have nothing further of actual hostili
ties which have come to our kimwledge. Capt.
Garmauy's statement, with tbe Governor’s ad
dress to the people of Georgia, will bo found iu
another part of this paper.
This action, though small, has beeu a most
brilliant affair, aud reflects tbe higb.est honor on
tbe courage aud couduet of those engaged in it.
Thirty or forty of tho savage foe were slain, as
many as were at auy one time engaged against
them. We regret that elevcu of Georgia’s brave
suus have fallen in the contest.\
A message, it is said, was recently forwarded
to NeabrMicco from Geu. Woodward atTuskc-
gee, saying to him iu. substaucp, that if he and
bis men were frieudly to come iu to the whites,
or otherwise he would he dealt with as hostile,—-
picket two and a half miles from thccamp, where
the Iudiaus were expected to cross; one picket
oue nud a half miles, aud the third oue aitd a
quarter miles from camp. My picket guards te
uiaiucd at their po. s till about an hour by sun in
the morning and returned. I had sixteen police
guards outlhe same night, which were relieved
every two hours. That night no Indians were
seen by either of tbe guards. Next morning 1
received au order from Maj. Howard to send an
officer and 20 men up to Fort McCreary, four
miles up tbo river, to guard that place until 3 o’
clock when he wool*' scud auother co:npafty<
down to take charge of the Fort, which had
been vacated by the troops whose time of service
had expired, which order was obeyed. As scon
as these 20 men left, Col. Gibson and fouj of my
inen weuttothe river, iu order that Col. Gibson
would shew them all the places where the Indians
led, but Col, Gibsou who has since visited the
battle, ground, is clearly of the opinion tho num
ber of the Indians killed, mpst have beeu much
greater.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
HAMILTON GARMANY.
Captain of the Gwinnett Mouuted Men.
Those of the Stewart company whp fell in the
battle were. David Dclk, Esq. Jared lrwiu, Esq.
Capt- Robert Billups,'and a young man by name
of llunicr. They were all gentlemen of the first
standing. .Mr. Delk was a member of the bat,
and occupied a very respectable station iu his
pri.fessin. Mr. Irwin was Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Stewart couuty. Their loss will be long
regretted by the citizens of Stewart couuty and
their numerous frientls.
means necessary for carrying 0 „
the General Government, as th„ * War far
.u most
white inau in the country anil »!!! 0 * t ' 1
that a step of the kiud would lea ? **
tire destruction. Still we cou-ider’'°
-1
gan’s men, four killed ahd three woundo.d- Of
my men dead, Ensign Lacy, Orderly Serg’i.
Jas. C. Martin, Jas. II. Holland. Robert T. Hol
land, Jas- M. Allen, YVtn. AI. Sims, (by exhaus
tion) J. A. V. Tate, aud 4. W. Peden. Woun
ded, Captain Garmauy, John It. Alexander, every County, in the Cherokee ^ rBae »i, .
Thomas W. Hunt and Wm. Stapp. I thought l ,are hself for auy and every e 0ui >ty, to^
these were from twenty-five to thirty Indians kil- might occur. u ‘ er geccy |l..
every County, in the Cherok.
From, the Athens Whig, r,,„ „
Injustice to Mr. Taylor, we la»Ur '
ders the folfotying letter, and will , e0Sr *s I
that if our correspondent misreDre° Dy re, »»rt I
arose front the circumstance of his l leti *Sr|
misinformed: as he is a genUe*,,^ U
acter for veracity is above Suspici“ ° c kv '
■ 1
Mr. J. W. Jones— * 18$
That upon receiving the message, the old chief j would lie Ijkely to cross, he bring well acquaiu-
Sir—I Boticed in your last nnmi.
Whig, a letter from a highly re,^^ *f ife
mini of Gainesville as you call him
Dick Taylor & Sou had passed
vilie on their return home from Wash;*? '* , *i
dissatisged with the Treaty, au d
Taylor repeatedly said there wouhn ' 0Jc ;
shed. 11 is uot to be wondered at that v ^
pie are becomiug alarmed when , )e .’“ c I**,
such mistakes as your Gainesville f - * r ' le
his letter respecting Dick Taylor and Son" ^
Taylor never was in Gainesville but,, • ^
his life, which was about eighteen niom'h
It is true I came through Gainesville a ’ S , 5 \ 0 '**
were several gentlemen very inq u j s i.j v “ l “ (, «
suppose their object was to ranrepowJ* [
should say to item, I was asked whether *° ai *
believed there would be blood shed I ° ril<11 *
ly replied that 1 believed that the VnlfTf
nation would have been better satUei ifi>
had made the treaty, but in as much ai j.
From the Cotumhus Euquirer. June 16
THE CREEK WAR.
It vrould be impossible to find space, if we
•wore disposed to record them, for the number
less reports which originate in tbe prcsciii txci
ted state of public feeling. Many of them hav-
ing in truth no foundation, seem tegniu cr. dene.-
from their absolute, absurdity: whilst others, .ba
ving .something of a beginning, increase as they
lly. and swell so far beyond their proper o'imcu-
*i'us, as scarcely to be recognized by their ori
ginators. At a time like this, there counoi be too
much caution, either iu relating or believing the
thousand and one marvelous stories with which
the public ear is daily filled. Hitherto, we have
endeavored to ascertain ns correctly as possible,
the truth of the various transactions connected
with tho present war. and relate them without
partiality or prejudice, fear, favor or affection —
1 his course we shall still pursue, believing that
our readers will prefer what facts we can gather,
to the enmities* rumor* that float in every breeze.
In our last, we spoke of the number of Troops
which had, up to that lime, rolled like the mov
ing ocean, wave after wave, to tho banks of the
Chattahoochee. Since then, at least a dozen
beautiful companies have arrived and joined thuir
patriot brothers ou the tented field. Nothing is
now wanting but arms and provisions. These
are on the way and hourly expected. A few
more days, and as fiae an army as Georgia, or a-
ny oilier State, ever sent iuso the battle field. • . . . - • r , r
will march in quest of the foe. May victory "? v °<ted cru.se, confirm rhe facts as stated by
perch upon the banner, of ,he brave,^nd 0 ? r j ^ '"JMitfic-uo. of CapiLtoyd.
5«eenemVZt r T e hlII^ ry ? ,en £°*V° " I l‘t Lieut of the Fauci,e Volun.ters.
vago enemy, tuJiz tne blood of raurrleresl women , irwrpii i«r c i YF<n>h
and children, will uot sink into tbe ea.th rn.heed- »1 li. SANFOKI),
cd and uiirrveuged.
Ou the arrival of the steam boat Metamora, on
yesterday, from a cruise down and up the river,
uuder my command, with the “Fauchc Volun
teers,” of the county of tireene, aud a detach
ment from the ludepeudeut Artillery coinpauv,
of the ciiy of Columbus, i understood rumors
were iu circulation, that when the boat on her pas
sage down was attacked ou the Uchee Shoals,
bv tbe Indians, from both sides of tbe river, which
rumor, in part, i understood to bo, that John R.
Lloyd, Captain of the boat refused to rouud to.
when w o were attacked, (aud other reports wnich
need uot he noticed,) though ordered so to do
Now . in justification of Capt. Lloyd, I feel it my
duty instate the facts. Uhen the attack com
menced. I iuimediotely ordered the boat to round
to—to which Capt. Lloyd of the boat replied, im
possible, as she »as then in the shoals, nud if
rounded to, would bo lost, or words to that effect:
bi t Le immcaiateJy caused the.engine to be stop
ped ami let the boat drift, and in my view, done
ail that he could do to comply with ray orders.
I am perfectly satisfied on a review, that the boat
could uot be founded to—I take great pleasure
in stating that Capt Lloyd, during the whole
cruise, acted with the greatest firmness and iutre-
pidilj. aud done all that was expected of him, to
pr„moin the objects of tile cruise.
WM. C. DAWSON,
Capt. Ciiinuibhding.
W’c, the undersigned Officers, under the coin
inond of Capt. Wm. C. Dawson, during the a-
madeau attempt to carry his party as desired, but
cauld not get more than about three hundred to
join him, the remainder, (about five hundred,)
determined to fight. It is further said that Nenh-
Micco finding his party so generally hostile be
came apprehensive for his personal safety, aud
fiually slipped away from them duriug the night,
with a few friends, aud made his escape to Tus-
kegee. where he is ntnv withy iu all, about one
hundred of his people. Previous to Neah-.Micco's
aflight the hostile ludians killed bis cattle, and
sbiuw’ed other deiuoustratious to convince him
that his persoual; safety was incompatible with bis
remaining among them. The rumors in regard
to the conduct of Neah-.Micco have been very
cutrad ictoiy (as p’robably his course has beeu,
so he is quite an old man.) end we do not vouch
for the eutire correctness of the above though we
can state that we have received it from a source
entiled to full credence. About thirty men and
as ninuy women and children, w ho are frieudly,
from Neah-Micco’s camp, have come iu to the
friendly Indianscucamped opposite this city.—
Others have goue to Fort Mitchell, and others,
it is said, to Chambers county. They were ob
liged to go off from thehostiles clandestinely, and
consequently in small squads without concert of
action.
Old Neah-Micco’s camp has consequently been
broke iip, and the hostile Indiaus are concentra
ted with their places of crossing. After scouting
up aud dowu the river, they returned about 10
o’clock without having seeu any Indians, about
that time Major Jernigan, w ith about 25 men,
came to ourcuuip, and about 12 o’clock he left
on a scouting party ou the river, aud wheu we
separated he told me if I should hear him iu an
engagement, to come to his assistance. That
being the first day from the time we entered the
service, wo b id bad that opportunity| of wash
ing our clothes, I recommended to my men for
some of them to wash their shirts, as they were
very dirty, having left our clothes at Fori Inger-
sol when we were ordered dowu the river on the
Saturday previous, with an expectation of re
turning iu two days to get our clothing. The
men had finished their washing and hung their
clothes out to dry, and just eating their dinner.
Between 2 au<! 3 o’clock. I heard firing com
mence about half a mile from whore we were;
supposing that Major Jenigau and his tneu had
been attacked, 1 ordered my men to parade im
mediately, and leave their diuner. We left our
horses and all our clothes, and indeed every
thing we had except tho clothes we had on, and
several of the mcii_had no shirts on, aud we re
paired immediately to the firing, leaving oue inau
iu the house to take care of our things. After
we marched half a mile, and found the Indiaus
prepared for battle, we tnado tile attack. I di-
THE CREEKS.
The recent excitement so prevalent on account
of the depredatious committed ou the settlers of
the new counties, by a portion of the Euchees
and Creeks Eastof ih ; Tallapoosa river, appears
to have greatly abated—Col. Young, of Talla-
poostr Co. commanding a Company of Volunteers
composed of about au equal number of Whites
»nd frieudly Indiaus, arrived here last Sunday
tnoroing ou their way to .Montgomery Jail with
Five of the hostile warriors charged with the
murderand robbery lately committed at Henry
Catling’s Store—next morning they proceeded . „
ou, after having received anothor prisoner at this uia<le and ratified by the Senate, tve tun],).
place by the Dame of Win. Earle, wh° beeu *° ‘1° the best we could with it, ami that I (w;'*
previously arrested, tried aud found guilty upuu v, ( * *h :lt “ oss ta ^ e a proper and
charges preferred against him, of aiding, abetting course in the matter, and would use his inliae/
iu aud bciug otherwise allied to the hostile par- ! to prevent his people against any thing bkeU
ty. . > | tilities. I hopo you will do tne the in,:;,,..
We learn that Col. Ytyung and his little mixed ■ sert the above,
band was warmly received at Montgomery, aud
that haudsotne presents were made to in-'.uy of
tbo ludians as a tribute of respect for .heir gal
lant couduct. We also learn that about 50 ot the
hostile tribe, consisting of men, women aud chil
dren have lately been captured aud are now at
Tallassee. From the fact of a strong military
lorco having been ordered to ibe relief of the set
tlers, we lufer that further hostilities will be en
tirely suppressed whithiu the borders of the Creek
Naiiun.
• ou uiu sne justice to
young Taylor.
THE CHEROKEE INDIANS.
We have been favored with the perusal of
letter from a highly respectable young m ;n r J
inerly of ibis place, dated Chattooga, (WaV
County,) June 1st, 18-6; in which he state, T.
an excitement in relation' l«i the hostility
Ch«rokees, prevails iu that section of the Staj e
and that a Company of Volunteers had
med, consisting of fifty men. whose duty i: sh,i ; ,;j
be to examine the County thoron-lily, urnUstn.
Capt. Bryaul who was despatched from this j * a, . u ’ if possible, whcihertho Lberokees deap
place ou Monday the 15th uit. with a Company , «L»i:iJ5 any tniscfiiei or not. Me wouldih-tnkour
of mounted men, to scour the country between ) f rie,, “ s quarter, for auy informationcoa-
this place aud the Chattahoochee lias returned, j ceru ' u K future movements of these people.
Ou his arrival at Tuskegee tho Company were j Covington Hearll
joined by a numberof Volunteers from the neigh- j **7*
boring counties, and by Opothlahola, Tusten- j Caswilm, Jut* I)
iiugga, Yaria. Tuckabatchee Kiug. Hitcher Kur-1 " e understand that two Imiiausv.ere Ulle.ii;,
uels, Clock Hajo aud Big I'otatoe! Indian Chiefs I’auMitiK cmnity, some lime last week. Th«
aud their men. A number of prisoners of tlu-
hostije party were taken, aud seut to .Montgom
ery. The Company fouud the couutry devas
tated. property destroyed, houses burnt and the
settlers dispersed. Capt. Bryan is of opinion
that 110 daugar need he nppreh»uded except
from a few positions of tho liestil.<s parr, and that
the settlers arc uow iu a situation iu a good
measure, to protect themselves against further
depredatious—Wetumka Argus.
were shot by the owners iu au attempt to «ci|
aud drive oil'their cattle.
ting on the Ilatchachubco under Eueab-Matlila, 1 reeled my meu to reserve their lire until they
Tho escort whirh accompanied Gen. Jesup to
Tuskegee, returned on Saturday last. It was
an expedition full of danger, in as much as the
gallant hand passed immediately through the
thickest of the hostilcs. In auother column it
will be soon that Gen. Jesup has done merited
justice in his general order, to the firm and fear
less conduct of tho officers and men who flinched
not, blit faced tho reported danger with a cour
age as undaunted as his own.
On Thursday last, a detachment consisting of
tho Fauche Volunteers from Greene, and ih<- In
dependent Artillery of this place, under com
maud of Capt \V. C. Daw>on, was ordered to
make a rruise up and dowu tho river, ou board
the steamboat Metamora, for the purpose of pre
Ensign of F. V.
ALLEN LWVIION,
1st Lt. Columbus Independent Art'y-
ASA BATES.
June 14 1836* Col G6th Reg’t. G. M.
I.aFayette, Chambers eo. Ala. June 7.
Messrs. Editors- &mcc my former couiminii
catiou.oue half of this couuty havo agaiu beeu
called into service. That communication should
have beeu dated the 29lli uit. instead of the 26lh,
and it should have boon stated that Mr. Buriium
went down to bury Davis’s family instead oft’apt
Seals. With pleasure I do that gentleman the
justice to correct the mistake, which was entirely
accidental. You have 110 doubt, before this,
heard of the cscapo of the prisoners, consisting of
venting the Indians from crossing {o the Georgia j 15 Lidians and two whito men. fiom Mout-
side. In a few hour, Capt Dawson with his com- « 0,ne 7 Ja ' j T f 1 '* ,ast week ’ f ftun ‘ la y
maud went ou hoard the boat, and forthwith dc I 8 ® mo I'ldmu* * a ! e " ,fof,na "0" <0 Col.
•ceded tho river. They had proceeded to the | ? ,0 , r 8; ,U i* U I p P? Se ? to
Uchee Shoals, when tho Indians commenced a j 1“ ,h ® "bteh had craped,) who had taken
quick and rapid fire, from both sides of the river,! r cfl! b® "in house about five miles this side of lal-
whicli was returned with spirit bv tho detach-[ a * ce j '°L Morgan, with two or three other*,
went under Capt D. No .njnry'wat sustained t «8 el,,er ' v " h fneodly Indians, tmmedi-
•U'tdo part of the whilbs, butfrom the balls pea a,e| y P ursu,lnf "hen he arrived
etrnting and in some instances passing through
the fortification, some of them must have nnroi-
ly escaped. Five Indians and a negro that was
with them, were seeu to fall, aud were supposed
to have been killed.
When the firing copimenced. Cnpt Dawson,
wo understand, ordered the boat to round to,
which, at tbe moment, was impracticable, she bc-
ing ht jibe the time, running down through the
slionls: So soon as tho boat could bo turned, it
•was done, and sho ascended the river slowly,
when the firing on both sides was renewed.. Af
ter this engagement. Capt Dawson continued bis
crui-o doivu aud landed, and in conjunction with
the forces stationed at Fort Jones, buried the re
mains of those bravo meu, belonging to Capts.
Garmany and Ball’s companies, who had previ
ously fallen in their desperate engagement with
the Indians, Tho Metamora returned on Mon
day, bringii.g the wounded belonging to tbe Gwiu-
..giett company. It is unnecessary for its to say
any thing of the officers and soldiers belonging to
this expedition. We all know* Dr. Hoxey’s nr
lillery moo, and if Dawson’s boys wont fignt,
' *r ‘1° very well to fool the world with-—
1 ho Maiamura left yesterday ou an expedition.
fine of the most serious and desperate engage
ments that has happened since the commeucq-
'Wen) vf- tbo present wat, took place qbout three
there they had all fled, except 3 or perhaps 4.
Those had guns with them, which they thrust
through the cracks of the house and shot two meu,
oue a friendly Indian, and tho other a white m.-|it
from Tallasee, by the name of Roberts or Robert
sou. Col Morgan had his horse shot under bun.
Fire wm then set to the houses, wheu one Indian.
in eudeavoring to ni;.ke his escape, was shot.
The others-were burnt up in the house.
Broad is now undergoing an ex-miiiiation, and
no doubt but he will be committed.
June 12.
I have just seen persons from Fort Henderson,
who report that nothing of importance has occur
red in that vicinity latterly. Fort Henderson is
situated 22 miles below this, n little w est of south,
on the borders of tho couuty, and in tbe neigb-
hordund of Lttchnpoga towu. which was destroy
ed some 3 or 4 weeks ago. by the volunteers of
Troup aud Chambers. A considerable quautity
of plunder was brought in tbe other day to the
Fort, by the friendly Indians, which had been
taken by the hosliles qtnJ left. Their never ha-
viug returned tp remove it, shows how complete-
.ly they have been frightened off’, ami. the good ef
fected by energetic measures indbc outset. The
probability is that they, have not set foot in that
town since: still, only teu or twelve miles east of
that, and only eighteen or twenty miles below
this, two mcS were killed <tn Thnrsday last, and
supposed now to he from one thousand to fif:eeu
hundred stioug. They are uo doubt preparing
either to give tbe troops vigorous battle when
they are marched against them, or make a de
monstration upon this or some other place on tho
Chattahoochee.
A gentleman, arrived ou Tuesday .evening from
Lumpkin, in Stewart county aud who is well
acquainted with the Indian character, states that
he saw several tracesof Indians on the road, pas
sing from the river into the interior of Georgia.—
He supposes they arc parties.ofJim Henry’s gang
of robbers making their way with their uegrocs
and other booty to Florida.
The Steamer Metamora. with Capt Dawson’s
command of I’ouche volunteers, which started
on Thutsday week upon a cruize of observation
dowu the river, returned on Mouday, They
met with nothing of moment iu their excursion, it
we except the little affair at (Jen. Watson’s plan
tation, aud a visit to Captains Garmany aud
Jernigan’s battle grouud. where they buried all
of the brave fellows who bad fallen that they
could find.
The steamer Reindeer took her departure on
Sunday morning, with the Twiggs aud Jones
COtintj" trtmywi o«» Imw ill. I -rflM fr~ •*•—•• «W
far as *rwintou. We have not heard from her
since her departure.
The Metamora left again on Wednesday, with
Captain Dawson’s company, a part of Captain
Hoxey’s artillery company, and two companies
of Col. Ilardiman’s rcg’inent, who lias been or
dered with his command to rciuforce Geu. Lowe
on the Georgia side of the river below this place.
The balance of Col. Hardimnu’s regiment de
parted 011 the same day from this city by land.
Since our last the Warren Riflemen, upwa/ds
of a hundred strong, and two other compauies,
whose names wo have not hcaid, have arrived
aud beeu mustered into service.
Two compauies of U. S. Infantry have also
arrived since oar last, am! marched to Ft. Mitch
ell. Gen Fenwick, with six companies of U. S.
artillery, arrived yesterday, and Col. Henderson,
with three hundred mariues, is expected iu all
next week.
The remainder of the arpis a,,, l ammunition
will be hero shortly, wheu it is expected that tho
array will forthwith be marched into the heart of
the nation, and commence active offensive oper
ations against the enemy.
Tho Alabama troops, it is said, refuse to .he
mustered iuto the service of the Uuited .States;
claim the Indian war as au affair of their owu.
and are determined to fijglit uuder the state ban-
Eight hundred Hoops, it is further said.
have already entered the nation from Irwiutou,
and others are expected to leave shortly from
Tuskegee, uuder the command of Gen. i'at-
tersou.
\s the Anna Calhoun, which arrived hero on
Wednesday morning, was passing tho mouth of
the Hatcheehubbee or High Log creek, a mail
from the Alabama shore informed them that the
Alabama troops, under Geu Moore, find a g'-u-
eral aud sevore engagement with the Indians uu-
der Encah-Maipiila that morniug, aud that he
(the itiformaiit.) left them still fighting. We give
this as wo received .it, without vouching for its
authenticity. A Ic.v days will confirm or dissi
pate the report.. •
Gov. Schley and Geu. #5cott still have their
head-quarters in Columbus, and Hanford has his
at Camp Georgia, where tbe Georgia troops tire
stationed, three miles below Columbus on the
Alabama side.
Col. Williamson, of Newton, has bceu elected
Celouel of the third Regiment of tho Georgia
troops,
would be sure to make an effective fire: When
iu about one hundred yards, I directed the men
to fire; a number of Indiaus fell: I am certain 6
or 7—they were carried back, and tile Indiaus
retreated till they came to their commander,
who was on horseback, and formed the line: we
then gave them auother fire, which they returned
my company rheu stood firm until they fired four,
rounds, the Indians keepiug up a regular fire.—
They again retreated until they reached the>r
commander. Every time they retreated they
reinforced to the number, 1 think, of at least 250
Indians; aud aslougns I could keep them in
front, they were repulsed every time. But they
became so numerous, ami my company.cousis-
tmg of only 42 men in line at the time, the eue-
iiiy began to flank us. • found it necessary to
order my men to retreat and fire on tho retreat,
which we did; directing half my men to face to
the right and the other to the loft, aud fire upon
their flanks, to keep them . from surrounding us.
Aftei having retreated and firing iu this way a-
hout half a mile, we. reached a small field, r.ud
used the fence as a breastwork, until wo fired
two rounds By this time the enemy hail suc
ceeded hi diyiditit: our >»■>- "" *1’°
reft Hank, myself and about tea men succeeded
in getting possession o f tile yard ; at the time I
entered the gate, the enemy had succeeded in
getting into the opposite side of the yard, but tve
succeeded and drove them from their position.—
They then fled to the gin house, aud we took a
position aud watched an opportunity to shoot as
they passed around the houses. I directed my
men not to fire until they could be certain to kill.
They obeyed my orders. 1 took a position be-
hiud two trees, so’situated that they could not see
me. and from that place I am certain l killed an
Indian who was attemptiug to get one of our
horses over the fetice. When lie.fell auother at
tempted to get the same horse, nud before he suc
ceeded in gtttiug the horse. I shot him and he
fell within three feet of the other. I the" levied
again, and just at that moment three other Indi
dians passed round the cot ucr of a small house
forty yards from us. T wo of niy men shot, which
stopned two ; and tile other sltr.t me through the
thigh, which caused me to fall. Thu Indian
drew his knife and made towards me. I raised
up and shot him and lie fell. At the time 1 fell
Mostgomkr?, Jane 6.
Major Gen. A. Patterson and his Staff - , arrived in
this towu on Saturday last, and ou Sunday left for the
seat of war. We understand that iu the course of the
present week, active operations will be commenced
against the hostile Indians, and kept up tliereafter un
til the contest is terminated.^
We have no intelligence from the nation of import
ance. Every tiling is at ease, awaiting reinforcements.
The Indians have ceased their depredations, and are
said to be embodied for the purpose of giving battle to
the whites.
Troops are daily arriving at this place, and in a
short period of time die full force ordered ont by the
Executive will be in the field. Two thousand muskets
and several field pieces have aiso beeu brought front
the arsenal at .Mount Vernon, and are now ready for
use.—Adcertiser.
THE CIIEROKEES.
From the Winners' Recorder June., II
The Chcrohces.
Through! the whole country, through which
we passed in our late excursions in Colu inbus
nud other places, much excitement uti.l specula
tion, its might very uuturally be expected from
the preseut Creek disturbances, seems to be »-
float with regard to the probable altitude the
Cherokee ludians will assume in relation to the
Creeli tyar. Already the couutry, a distance, is
rife tvith the appufiug stories of ail indiscriminate
Uutctiery of families; and ffestructiou of property
iiy the Cherokees A letter writer from Gaines
ville. in the Southern Whig of the 4th iust. says,
—“Dick I’aylor aud sun, reached there on Tues
day night.from Washington ci’y, much dissatis
fied with the ratification of Hie Treaty, and young
Taylor repeatedly said there would be blood
shed. That the people are becoming alarmed in
many places, anti particularly about ttaliloliucga,
—aud that Allen Ai ithetvs arrived there the eve
Nkwnax, June 16.
Express after express is passing from tints’:-
lion to the Governor, the people throughout that
country are In an extreme sb.tt* of inquietude Hud
alarm. Mauy families have removal, aud arc
removing The Recorder aud 8py published at
Daiohncgn, Lumpkin county, states that even as
far tip as that, the people are under great cxtitc-
ment—a person from .Murray couuty states tint
there are. aud have been for sonic tiiuefiOli Cmk
Indians encamped iu that county 011 nltat bai
ted the Bail-piny ground; an : that a family it7
p-rsons Were lately murdcredvbv the Clierokws.
The Governor 1ms required 500 men from Maj.
G -n. Hemphill's .Division, ami a draft of every
other man from the division of Wilkes, Elinrt.
Liu'coin, &c. to iioid t’lieneHves i 1 readiness;t
a minutes warning. XhaMheSetttinoles,Cret-L
atm Cherokees have an midw.stauiHng, and arc ,
closely connected there is no doubt; ami even
thing 111 iJtis quarter portends a lupg and idtnsb
Indian war. . «• '.. *
Another express—Mr. T. Johnson of Winot-
C j. has gone express to the Governor, givtcg au
account of the Cilorokces having burned a hints:
and destroyed the whole family, in Waiker. a
few days since. VI e may look out for 1ml '' ,Ik
before the leaves faII — Puttauium.
FLORIDA WAR
From the St. Augustine Herald. Jim: l-
Tue-K.01.1-KY.—'ibis is an ludii'.n timn, liio
residence of it well known ellief of tho uamr ct
I'hiiip and of h:-s tribe. The distauce fruni
Augustine to it is ov -r 100 miles, iu nearly ns**" 1
direction, hearing a little west, but by the im* 5-
aide route near 150 miles. Frt-m S>pritig-Gar-
den it is uear 80 miles, aud to Pilakiknha. ttl&c
lies west, it is about tlic same distance. I’lW
formerly resided at the Wakahoivia tuim. ni 11 ^
lies about lour miles west of the Ht. -Johns, who*
thu Indian trail to Topkoliky crosses jr, but L-'
some years he lias resided at rhe latter nlare-
We tire told that at Topkoliky there is a k.rr
Lake, in which are several islamls, upon site h ( ‘
gest-of which Philip has establfthed It is !«•“•
and that this island is surrounded hv water, w
deep that it cannot be forded except in one pi.™ - *
mug before with his family, auo said several I and that it cuutiot be approached from :iuypuiut
other families spoke of coming in.”—If the li t- | without a discovery. Here, it is said Philip >,!0 "
ter writer of the Whig, hail consulted Mr. Math-j residing with his women, children, old ii.cti- a ,; ■
ews, or the people about Dahlofiuga,. instead of] negroes, a leudiug to thcculuvationofiheirctflp,
an immagiiiaiiou rendered frenzied Irom a repo | whilst his warriors are marauding about tiie
tjtinn of blood sited by young 'Taylor, he would
have been iuforined of the true cause of bis remo
val at that time, aud the ’rue state of Marm a-
Inm: Dahloliuega. It is well kiiowti here that
be contemplated removing to that place as long
ago as last November, and that it was only.dely-
ed until uow, from circumstances beyond his con
trol- No one here ever dreamed that Mr. Math
ews removed to Gainesville for protection, from
anticipated Indiaus hostilities; and we now state
it produced a panic amongst those of my men I for the purpose of allaying the fears of a letter
who were present; and they cried out our.captian
is dead. 1 called to them I was not dead, hut to
fight on. After killing the Indian after I was
w'otmd.ed, I drew ;ny pocknt pistol, „determined
still to defend myself, and called to my men to
turn the horses out of the lot; which they did.—
All of my men that were near continued to fight.
During all this lime my meu, who were on the
other ffank of the enemy, continued to fight with
vigor anil energy.
Just at this moment. Major Jernigan, of Stew
art county, who was at Fort Jones, three miles
below the battle grouud, arrived tvirli it small de
tachment of men, uot exceeding thirty, ami char
ged upon the ludians, which diverted them from
us and enabled me to make my escape. One of
my meu seeing I was wounded, brought tne a
horse, took me up behind him. and carried me to
I'ort Joinis : and all the meu attempted their es
cape iu the best way {hoy could.
About this time my met; wfco -had ben sent to
Fort McCreary, and hud heard the firing, came
and charged through tho ranks of the euetiiy;
but they were too late to render much assistance.
Four of my compatiy had been left sick at Fort
Ittgersoll, and two others to wait on them, a uit
two or three of my company hnd gone to the shop
to get their horses shod. 'These things accouut
for the few men I had iu the action.
country. Tho lake shore-is .-urroiimicil !>y
hammocks am! Indian settlements.
if Philips’baud is hero, it is desirable that 1
should be dislodged atid nuni.-hed. lie It -' 1 " 1
more injury to the property of tbe inliabiiao-'*
than all the Iudi»ti$t'dl tho Ti rritiuy, i» o' 1 ' P rt (
sent conflict; and it seemed to us strange 1
great an enemy should have been left sol«t’S u *
disturbed, when there was a force at knuit siM
cient to have broken him up. But this *' s ara<,lle '
the mishaps ol the laid campaign. ,
There exists various opiuiors of the slre ^"
of Philip's party. It has been ciininw"** ’
low as 250 warriors, t ml as liigb asoOO, 1
is evident that it is from 350 ’o4W) ^triittg- c -
si,ve of negroes; and that tbo mlvsii'.nge «
writer, that the people, particularly about Hab-
lolieuega, did not then, nor do they now, appre
hend the least danger from Cherokee hostilities.
But young Taylor, on ludians, repeatedly said
“blood would be shed I” “Raw head and bloody
bones!!” But was that alllie said on that oc- „„ e ._
casiott ? No He further stated “there- would i an equal force to attac.. him i 1 his t« wn * l ' U 5;,j c;
be ti McIntosh ease.” .Meaning as any oue, ex- | ought to 5)0 done with as little delay : s F' 5
cept it frighted Fallstaff, would readily perceive,
that John Ridge, the leader of tho Treaty party
would be assassinated by some ouu of its np-
piiuants. This is the long and short o^thc Gai-
ou that oc- j tion are so great, that it will require iu<l ;' u!l | 1 ; j
sum iiy l‘ aV#
I . .... , , , ... 1 “ ,C “ “0-0 1 OUU IU IIIU <11. HUH*
Maj. Geu. Bailey, who^ commanded at West Now sir let me say to yojur Excellency, that
Point, has resigned, andGeti. Wood, of Coweta,
has beeu appointed to the cotnmaud of thu troops
io that quarter.
Heap Quaaters. Georgia.
Columbus, 15th June, 1836< (
ORDER.
Tho Commander-in-chief having heard various
And eerUracHctory ropprtsof the battle fought at none thought to bo 11 dagerous—of 5L£or Jorui-
those of my company who had an opportunity iu
the engagement, acted with grent bravery and
firmness. Every man of them stood firm . until
ordered to retreat and I cannot conclude this
communication without licariug testimony to tho
courage and bravery of Major Jernigan and his
meq, who cj)uie to our assistance. In my com
pany we have lost seven killed and fottr wounded
ucsvitle panic, ami the threatened Cherokee
war.
It is true, the Cherokees aro in a restless con
dition. but not more so than they havo heeu since
Georgia first extended her laws over them. And
it is also ti un that very many of them are bitter
ly opposed to tho Treaty. Yet the idea, that
there will be extensive hostilities committed by
these people upon our citizens, we consider wiio-
lly groundless and without reason. If any mis
chief is committed by them, it is our full convic
tion, tt will he nmoug themselves alone. The
provisioucs of the late Treaty nro so very liberal,
that we cannot re9i>nahly anticipate any more
hosliles from them for the uext two years, than we
have seeu since our citizens first settled among
them. Wheu the time arrives for their removal,
the Government may then have a difficulty of
some kiud or other with them. They have long
since, even the most uncivilized among them,
ahaudoned every thought of a ivnr with a Gov
ernment, and are now in a state of desperate n-
larui. and say the white people have become hos
tile towards them, aud that they fear an exter
minating w ar has been declared against them by
tho whites. And besides they are as sensible of
their weakness and eutire destitution of every
for until this is done, svo shall cutis
their scouting parties to disturb us. . .
There is a tradition amongst tho * 1,118 L.*.jge,l
when the Spaniards visited Florida, they ‘ ‘
themselves at 'Topkoliky; from ^
stance they have given it that name—''
said that the Islands in the lake shew ifi'^y BOt
vidonces of ancient breastworks. It c ° . . jj 1( .
have been Paniphilo de Narvaez who lin ' r - r , m
country in ' 1328,'^oi his course f J oro ,L P i , # d
Santo, pas north, through fields ot m j,
villages filled with provisions,! a » (l ' '®.“ inJ5 ,
-solitudes, deserts, thickets, forests • '
and frequently crossing rapid streams ' ' M
way to a country called Apalachee. « , UU( j.
reputed to he extremely lertilc ate
ing in gold. . Esviril*
Hernando de Soto, who arrived a>
Santo, in 15711), pursued a north easier ) . tf .
which course riius: have brought hint U P° rjr jj
likn « heretic probably may have ren, , al <s iDg
days to recruit, after the difficult aut ^ a .
march through swamps, over as it
gainst an opposing enemy, which aui j D
does now. The Indians were se 01 nD9t ai»l
force, but invariably retired to the sw
in small parties hung upun his flanks. k vi
ed him in his progress ; sometimes m ‘ r w
goroos onset and then retiring, t' 0 111 t
seeu for sonic days. .
Norr. TopJcoiibfi is the town of -