Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-27

tue boat, Killed or taken, I wohen the ,yivas ~,
s s. SIN men only escaped, of whom
wonnhrc- they report that the strength III
Tue curreut 81 The point OF attack had Obliged
The lieut.. 10 keep hts boat ncAr The shore NIh,t
'ne indlanN had iosinsd along the bamk OF the
fNcruuu were not discovered until tlieir FRO
commenced. In the first yolieN of which lien,
Scott and has most active men fell The lie,,t
amt iiIS party had been sent from this nlaee
some days before to assist major Mnhle,ibmr,-
III ascending the river with three vessels laden
witi' military supplies brought from Fort Mont
gomery and Mobile. The major a seems deen,
eu proper to'retan only about 20 nieu of the
party, ana IN thcir place put a like humber nf
sick, with the women and some rppinsn,ei
clothing. The boat thus laden was unfor
tunaieiy detached alone for this pace +,
is que 20 MAJOR niuhlenbury To observe ,l,,s
at the time he detached the. boat \ Lss,, s,'
son 10 heiiese lie was not appriSed of ,,,,v r.
cent acts OF hostility ,iayin.. taken niaco Ia
this QUARTET appears hewever, hN a letter
tfrni leuteilant Scott, received abont 'ihc bour
ih which he WAS attacked that lie h,d Re-
warned OF tae S1.iSer which awaited h,p,.I
, must therefore conclude, that he felt If to be
ms duty to proceed. hether he had rec,;,
| ed from mayor Muhicnbmrg a positive orIos'
inns effect, have not yet learned Upon tic
receipt ofileut. SCOTS letter, had two b,ats
ntle9 up "l'hc0'eis OF plank, portfolios, Sc
ior deience, and detached fhem unde; cantuin
Ciinch with aSnba!tern officer and 40 men viii,
| AN order 10 secure tie movement of lieutepaut
scout, and then 40 assist major MuhIenburp
ms detachment embarked late in the EVENING
| I,.'~Nu tiicSNtne OF
| ACTON, lhfte,n miles below this place. at nicIt
anu hours aiter the AFFAIR had terminated 4
| nave hot He' beard from captain Clmch--I
| Shlii immediately irengtlen the detacbn,ent
| under major Muhicnbnrr with another 'hoat
secured against the enemy's fire. He will
| ,he,rr,ore move up safely by keeping near the
| miduIe OF The ri'er which with ms vessels aud
| force is quite practicable. / stall ,noyeoyar
| take position with my principal torceueartbe
! Junction THE rivers al the line oflemark aim
| between the u. States aud Spain. and ,L,,I
,l....
| attempt to intercept our vessels orsupples be-
! low. PF"S' oe-
ihe wounded men who made their escane
| concur IN Tie opinion that they had seen IN
WARDS OF 800 warriors Supposed to se hostile y
at different places in the river below tl,e noinS
| oil attack OF the force engaged they differ I'm
| opinion but all agree the nu:.lber was yery
considerable; extending about one hundred
! ana My yards alGug the shore at the edpe of
| d swamp, in thick woods
am assured by the friendly chiefs that the
hostiie warriors OF the Iown on the Chattaboe-
cile nave been some time past moving off
down Tie river TO iOin the Seminoles those
now remaining on that river arc believed fo he
Wen disposed. One OF The new settlers ,here
however, has been recently Killed: but it i,ass
been already proven, that the refrigerator ~.
aus ACT, ioge ther with most of the warriors of
ms town Hieh Iown,l belonged TO and have
y -hed the hostile party. The friendly clirfs i'm
.he heish6ourhood promptly despatched auar-
" IN pursuit of the offender, " no made his es
cape towards the MickaSukee town. OhiS--
rendered TO me their services with their war
iloiS TO 20 against the Seminoles have nro.
missed 10 give them notice of The time that nav
DC nxed on ior my departure and thpn to !.
cept OF their services.
Inc enclosed paper contains the substance
otWi'at nave said 10 the chiefs who have vi
sited me; several ofwhoul reside soutI, of ,t,'-
Apalachacoia - '''
The chiefs were DESTROYS should eommuni.
cate 10 them my views aud wishes feIt am.
tnotised to say but iittie, ~ deemed il necessa-
ry III what should say, TO counteract the er
roheo9s impressions by which they have been
mlsied By pretended British agents
have Tie honor TO be, most respectfully.
your obedIent servant
His Exc. Governor Rabun.
AUGUSTA, (Geo.) Dec. 1.-THE fol-
loving information was communicated
IN letter from Gen. IHonias Giascoch. TO
the editors OF the Augusta Chronicle, da-
ted
Fort Ha,0hins, IiM Dec. 1917.
ltbecomes my painful duly TO commu-
nlcaie TO you the sad intelligence that
reached iiils place on yesterday.
a discharged soldier Ga person of con-
siderable iniormallon) from Fort Scott.
has Informed us, that a detachment nm.
der the command of Lieut.. Scott of ii q
army, was ordered, 10 descend the riv,r
as lar as the mouth of The AppaIachicoIa
tor the purpose of making some innuiri,
alter Major Muhlenberg, who had beea
some time expected at Fort Scott. with
arms, ammunition, clothing, &c. from
New Orleans, for the froops under the
command Oi Gen. Gaines.
HE Lieut.. succeeded in coming across
Tie mayor al The mouth OF The AppaIachiA
cola with all the necessary articles. and
tGok on board his boat 8 OF the women.
Tie Whole OF part Of the clothing. and
made liiS way for the Fort, but dreadful
10 relate, when having proceeded within
10 miles OF Fort Scott, they were fred
on from the banks by the hostile Indians.
ana The whole, Exclusive of men and /
| woHiau) Tell TO rise no more-Four Of
| Tie men that arrived at the Fort were bad
| ~ wounded, and the woman (fron fine
/ best Iniorniatlon,) detained a prisoner. for
/ the purpose no doubt Of ANSWERING their
| brutal and savage desires. The number
! killed is supposcdto have been so Car
! tam Clnch who also descended the RI
! yer Tor similar purpose, it is feared has
shared tie same fate, although not yet
/ fully asceriained.
! An express from Gen. Jackson to Gen.
! Gaines, passed here a few DAYS since
/ and has for his own safety, been induced
, 10 return, and has Just arrived. When
having gotten within 10 or 20 miles Of
/ Fort Games, distant about 20 miles from
! Fort Scott, lie discovered a trail of Is or
/ 20 Indians, but surprising thee were
! friendly, he continued on, but had not
| proceeded more than two or three miles
| when he discovered two men. who from
! appearances (aiter slight examina,ion1
! had just been murdered. This renort