Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-30
INDIAN NEWS.
MiNedseuiNe, Dec. Is

.HNledseuille, Dec. IS.
General Glascock and colonel Bsarly
arrived in town last evening for the pur
pose of making arrangements preparatory
to the march Of the troops for Fort Haw'
kins, This morning an express reached
here informing general Glasceck of the
arrival at the Creek Agency of general
Gaines. His object in returning to the
frontier 4 the present juncture. is proba'
bly, to hasd the movement Of the mill
tia, whose aid rom the smallncss Of tie
regular force, b believed to be necessary
to the commenced at of offensive opera
tons. Genera! GIN pck has returned to
Fort Hawkins, aud D troops under his
command will no doSa march forthwith
against the enemy
December 16.
Copy Of letter from major general Ed
mund 2. Gaines to his excei.ency 60
vernon Rabun, (received by express
yesterday msrnipg) dated
headquarters, Fort Scott, }
december 2, 1917. s
"SIR,--I have the honor to acknow-
ledge the receipt Of your excel!ency's let.
ter Of the 2O,n Of last mun.b. The de-
taChp ent OF militia have no doubt will
arrive in due tine to enable me to put an
end to the little rar in this gaarter in
the course of this or the next month.
"With view to ascertain The st!eRsih
of the hostile Indians in the vicinity OF
f'owltown, and TO rcconnC!tre the ada
cent country, /, a few days past, detach-
ed lieutenant colone! ArbrcAie with 800
men. The lieutenant cO.onel reports,
that party OF Indians had placed them
selves IN a swamp, out OF which about TO
warriors approached him, and, with a
war hop, commenced b isk fire upon
the detachment. They returned the 6!e
in spiriled manner.
1T contIscd not more than Is or 90
minutes before the Indians were silenced
and forced to retire into the swamp, with
a loss which lieut.. col. Arbuckle esti-
mates at from 6 to killed, and q much
greater number wounded. We had one
man killed and two wounded. The enc
my have since succeeded in an affair in
which the real savage character has been
fully exhibited.
"A large party formed an ambuscade
on the SOth u!ti.no upon the Appaiacha.
cola river, a mile below the juactien o,
the Flint aud CEattahOochie, attacked
one Of Cur detachments in buat ascend
ing near shore, and killed, wounded and
took the greater part Of the detachment,
consisting "t 40 men, commanded by iiea-
tenant X. ". Scott. There were also Oh
board the boat, killed or taken, 7 women,
the wives of soldiers; men only es
capped, 4 Of whom wounded. They re-
port liat the strength of the current at
the point Of attack bad obliged the lieut..
to keep bis boat near the shore. That
the Indians had formed along the bank
OF The river, and we're not discovered un-
til their fire commenced. In the first
voiley OF which lieutenant Scott and his
most active msn fell. The lieutenant
aud hts party had been sent from this
place some days before to assist major
Mnh!enburg III ascending tue river with
three vessels laden with MILITARY supplies
brought from Fort Montgomery and No.
bile.
The major, it seems, deemed t pro-
pee to retain only ABOUT % men OF the
party, and in their place put like NUM-.
Der Of sick, with the women and some