The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-12


4 hgurative, furnished him with passport to
the favor of his countiymen and followers
Silent and reserved, unless when excited by
! some great occasion, and superior TO the
weakness OF rendering himself cheap by the
| frequency of his Addresses, he delivered lis
| Opinions but seldom III council but when he
did SO, he was listened TO with delight and
| appreciation. His Judgment and elequencc
| mad, secured the respect OF the old his vi
ces made him the idol of the Young and the
unprncipled. 1t is even doubted whether a
| civilized society could behold this monster
without interest. In ms person, tall, ssraieht
and el-proporticned-liis eve black, lively
ana penetrating, and indicative OF Courage &
Sntcrprise--iiis nose prominent, thin and ele-
| CANT III its formation, while all the features
| OF his face tremendously arranged, bespeak
An active and disciplined mud. Passonately
| devoted to wealth, he had appropriated to
himself d fine tract OF land, improved and
| settled it; and from the profits Of his father.
| PACK, had decorated and embei!ished ito
| 1t he retired occasionally, ard relaxing from
=, the cares OF state, he inUiuged in pleasures
which Are bu. rarely found to afford satisfac-
ton to the devotees of ambition and fame.
Such were the opposite & sometimes DISCUS,
| ing traits o. character in the celebrated
Weatherford, the key and Corner stone of the
| Greek confederacyi
| This extraordinary man having entered full
! ~ into the views of Tec,lnseh and Elliott,
began to assemble his foilcS.ers, and sooIi coi-
lected, at the town of Eccanachaca, (Which
IN the Creek language means. hcip) about fit
teen hundred warriors. The newsof this
warlike spirit in the Greeks soon spsead a.
long the frontiers, aud dismay for awhile .sset
| on many 4 brow" The cloud was already
visible above the horizon and from the ele-
| ments which composed it, II was feared thar
its consequences would be dreadful. Had
| Weatherford proceeded directly to the exc
| Cutioh or his plans, he might have overr,in
the whole Mississippi Territory. Atthis time
| no troops were in the neighborhood of the ter
r1tory except regiment of six hundred Vol
| unteers, commanded by Gen. Claiborne, rails
ed through the personal influence of the Cen
| eral himself, who had devoted the early part
OF his life to war, and had in the field of bat
ele established reputation for personal bra
very and mill airy skill, which placed him a
| mong the first of the profession. This regi-
| ment was stationed at Baton Rougue, 500
miles from the Tomoigbie settlement. The
remains OF two old regiments were too far
on, beng = n. Orleans, to Cooperate with the
Volunteers, in defence of the frontiers. In
dne, the U. .. were but lily prepared to meet
this new and unexpected blow.
Orders, however, were ISSUED by Cen Flour
noy to Gen. Claiborne, on the 2Sih Iune 1918.
to march forthwith with the Volunteers to
the frontiers OF the Mississippi Territory
his order Gen. Claiborne executed with.
| zeal, supplying from his own funds the trans
por alton necessary for the troops; who arr-
we'd at Mount Vernon before any serious mis-
chief was done by the Savages. The Cener-
| al immediately adopted measures necessary
| tor the, defence Of the country $50 men
were directed to occupy Fort Mimms; other
| parts OF the regiment were divided amone two
other forts al! intended to protect the Tom
| bgbe settlements, which was the first part of
| the territory likely to suffer, from the inroads
or the Indians. The scintiliations OF hostility
| on the part OF the Choctars To tho IT, : had
already began to appear; and to guard a.
ganist them, fourth division repaired to their
| lines, while few, aided by some OF the neigh
boring settlers, remained at Mount Vernon
The foregoing arrangements being made.
with view to the protection OF the frontiers.
the General came to a determination to a.
dept more efficient system of operations on
| Seatherford, in the heart of the Creek Ma
tion--With this view, he wrote the Com
manding General on the I'd Of August, that
II you VIII authorize 10Y entering the Greek
Nation, l will do 50 in ter DAVIS after the unc-
| ton OF the 7th Regt. and if am not disap-
pointed, will give to our frontiers peace, and
| to the government any portion of the Greek
Country they please. Some force ought to
| enter the nation, before they systematise and
are fully prepared for war With 1000 men
and your authority to march immediately,
pledge myself to burn any town in the Greek
Nation Three months hence it might be
di'hcult ior three thousand TO effect what can
be done with third of the number at pre-
| sent They gain strength, and their NUM-
| tons OF war enlarge every day."-Unluck-
| lily the Commanding General was not au-
thorIsed to grant this leave, and the volunteers
were left to act on the defensive.
About this time General Claiborne visited
fort Mimms, and finding the works defective.
gave orders for two additional blo-k-houses.
! and concluded the order, With these words;
10 respect an enemy and prepare in the
| best possible way to meet him, IS the Ger.
tam means to ensure success" IIaving lear
| ned that Weatherford was about marchi,.r- To
| attack the forts, the general repaired to Fort
Early ana took command there in person.
| 10 this step, the General was led BY the con-
sideradon, that it was 60 miles more advan-
| ced III the nation than the other forts, and Of
course the first at which the enemy might
strike, In addition, its garrison was weaker.
| than anyo the other posts. As soon as the
General in consequence of this information.
went OF to Fort Early, he wrote Major
beasley OF tie ME ltated attacks Of the enc
my and again advised him Of the NECESSITY
of being on his gudrd.--'The Generals letter
was delivered un the 2Sth August, ard the
! next day Fort Mimms was attacked. and ia ,