Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-04

, war more than five or six hundred embadied
at any one place that from tAe nature of tue
subject, this statement must be coniectural !;
that the eneny's warriors were in general well
armed that deponent was told there were
about thirteen hundred souts at Suwanney OF
which two hundred aud fifty or three hundred
were fighting men that our army had one
man killed and four wounded in actions with
the Indians during the campaign, and killed
at the BaraucaS.
Deponent further says, that general Jackson
received from a private source, "A plan Of the
fortress Of ST. Augustine and AS the deponent
believes, IL was sent TO the general at st.
Marks or fort Gadsden, after his return from
Suwanuey.
That gen. Jackson had under his command,
IN Florida about eighteen hundred militia,
volunteers aud regulars, aud fifteen hundred
Indians under VI intosh. That these Indians
We're received into tie service while general
Ealne, commanded aud were e,i.arly mus.
tered III aud out OF service by Tie U. States
officers.
Col George Gibson. IF the United suites army
being duly sroTn, t,ytifcs ard says:
That he acted as quaiterG,aster general in
general JACK son's campaign a;.ainS; the Semi
noies: That on the 2Gth day OF Januacy, 1878.
AT New Otieans, the received an order from
:;ssPrai Jackson 10 procure and bring 10 fort
Scott a supply of ratiDnS, ordnance. and quar-
ternasters and hospital stores: 'fiat he
joined the general at fort ;iaisden au the 2ith
18Th of March That the general then
placed him in command of the post. with
orders TO send stores ronnd 10 fort 81. Marks,
which was done: That in Aprli, mai Hogan,
paNmas,er, jsined the army lie brought
information OF the mnrders committed in Ala
bdna and on the SapoSus. brasch OF the
CJuecsh by the Irdiaus About the same
time, information was brought by the sioOp
Hector TO fort Gadslen from Mobile that Il
large number oi indians We're in PenSacoia.-
THIS VAS confirmed by captain Rogers of
the Peacock, from Mo,ile In consequence
nf This information, The deponeni hjid the
transportation III readiness and sent ihi,iy
three thousand ratiOms to tort Scott, bale vus
tSGm The Information he bad that the army
bad move 10 the west. On the arrival Of
ne,ai Jackson, the deponrnt gave h m the
aforementioned inform ton aud "A nuinher of
letters on the subject Of the Indian war 10 The
westward of the Appalachicoll. That ON the
9th OF May, the general ordered the depOnent
TO Mobile by water with Instructions 10 send
artillery anu ammunition 10 tort Montgomery,
and TO be there ready himself TO meet him
win artillery, forage. aud provisions. The
general was to advise the deponent bV express
of The point at which lie was TO meet ann
That the deponent accordingly received an
express, and met ihe general twelve miles from
Pensacola: IT," deponCnt further SAYS, that
ht thinkN II probable that news OF the assem-
bia.e of Indians at Pensacola reached general
Jackson al or near st. Marks, by a schooner
which vent from Pensacola, ~ was sent by
i4nerariiy, and was a trading schooner, loaded
with suffers stores Thar She arrived at fort
tbe list and 1ih of MAY That lieut. Sands was
sent from u Marks 10 Mobile for ammunition
and artillery, as depOnent understood and
believes, aud conducted il as an artillery
ofnCer: That the army entered PenSacOl@ on
the day after the deponcnt joined, viz. oil, the
I'D OF MAY.
That the depoDent was at New Orleans at
the time captain Callwas sent 10 Pensacola in
February: That the schooner italiana arrived
| IN Pen>acOla III January, with load of provi
SONS from the contractor, which were landed
At Pensacola, ~ the duties paid by InneTarity
| IAat icw months before this, the contractor
had been refused permission to send pro ssiOns
| up the Escambia, and had been obliged to
carry them by land from fort Monteomery to
| fort Crawford: That, in the opinion of the
| deponent, n was impracticabe 10 supply iori
| Crawford IN the winter by land; aud that
| place was in suffering condition for want of
provisions, the attempt was renewed by water ::
| That II is about siAty III les from fort MOntgO
merry to fort CrawtIr That Arhuthnofs
| schooner, as deponent understood was given
| by him 10 Colonel Brady, who assisted him on
| his trial, and was sold. as he heard, for above
| three or four hundred dollars.
Doc. RRONAUGH.
l was attached to General Jackson's staff
| durinI the whole semi ole campaign. Al St.
| MARKS, the general received inioImation by ii
| vessel from Pensacola, OF large number of
| Indians lin iug collected there, where they
! w"ic furnished with provisions, arms, and
| munitions of war. Believe that Capt. Sands
! Saiisu from ~. MARKS tor Mobile, ~ quest OF a
train OF artillery TO have ii AT fort MOutg omery,
| suhleei te the generals orders. 1 understood
| from the general that he would have all his
| arrangements made and entered iuio, that
every Thug might be ia complete readiness,
! provided he should Intimately Gene to tie
conclusion TO visit Pensacola. am Impressed
with The heller, that an actual dete rminslion to
| occupy this place and The Barancas, was never
formed Hntil the protest OF governor Masol
| was received az The line of march.
j &. BkONAUGH, u S. Army.
Richard *. Call, captain II. ,. LIST infantry
! acting a. au aud 10 general Jackson, beng nv
sworn, testiie 5 and says that III lie campaign
against the SeminUles he first Joined general
I JacksoDa Fort Gadsden and afterwards, on
! the arrival of the Tennessee Volunteers he
| joined him again near ST. Marks that he
| understood that general Jackson determined
! upon gong 10 Pensacola, OF hearing that the
| governor OF that place had protested against
! tle passage OF supplies up the EScambla river
aud IN consequence OF subsequent information
relative to the asSembaee Of indians AT Peu.
| sacola that The depOnent had been at Peusa-
cOia, by orders OF colonel irimbie. commanding
| a. New Orleans; that he arrived there Oh tile
ZiNt Of February, 1918, and remained there III
| the 2bih; that his orders were to obtain
| passage Tor supplies up the EScambia to for
| Crawford: that the governor OF Pensacola
| stated To the dspOuent that he considered II
unsafe Tor him To give the privilege asked for
| ds he was under treat apprehepslOn II he did
| SO, the Indians would take possession OF Saint
| Marks. or give me Spanidrdsin that place gre At
annoyance that deponen made report of tbs
above 10 col. TrimDe, aud also gave luiorma
ton ofthis protest OF objection OF the governor
| To gen. Jackson.
That on the return Of the army from the
| Suwdney, lieut.. Sands WAS sent from ST. Marks
To Mobile tor cannon
! That at fort Gadsdem or St. Marks, deponen
| beard hat geHeral Jackson had letter from
| iuncrarlty 10 DOYLE or Hambly, m(Ormin.
HAT there were number ofhostle Indians q
| Pensacola the number, lie thinks, was sait
| to be 500
DepODsut further says, that hrbuthnot'
schooner was givenby him TO col. WIN. Brady
whO, - The dcpoueDt understood, defendcC
| him before the court martial.