Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-16

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| d'aieiy INTO the Seminole towns, driving
the enemy before him, and reduced them
to ashes. In the council house Of the
king of the Mickasukians, more than SO
fresh scalps. and in an adjacent house up-
wards OF 800 old sca!ps, of all ages aud
/ sexes, were found and in lie centre of
the public square "a red pole was erected,
crowned with scaips, known by The hair
10 have belonged 10 the companions of
| 1t. Scott.
To imAict meriied punishment npon
These baibarians, and 10 prevent a rcpe-
iiiou ot these maSsacrcs, by bringing The
war ioa speedy and successful iertnina-
lion, lie pursued his march TO St. Marks.
when he found, IN CONFEDERATION Of pre-
vions iniormaiien, that the Indians and
negroes had demanded the surrender OF
that post 10 them and tl,a, Tie Spanish
Eyarrison, according TO the commandments
| own concession, WAS too weak to support
~. Here lie asccrtained that the, enemy
had been supplied with ihe'means of car
rying on The war, from The commandment
OF The post; that foreign incenUiaries, IN
sf'gaiing the savages, had Tree comnuni-
Gallon with The fort for carrying on their
intrigues; councils of War were permitted
by the commandant 10 I've held by the
chefs asd warriors within his own quar-
! 40 spanish STORE houses were aD-
propllaled TO the use Of the hostile party,
and actually filed with goods belonyinp to
| Them munitions Of war were furnished
them, and property, known TO have been
piundered from our citizens, purchased
from them by the commandment, while he
proiessed friendship 10 the United States
General Jackson, therefore, had no hest
tation to demand of the commandment OF
81. Marks the surrender of that post, that
1t might be garrisoned with an American
| force; and, when the Spanish officer he.
STATED TO deliver il, he entered the fort
by force. though without bIoodshed, the
enemy having fed, and The garrison be-
| ing loo weak 10 make opposition. Com
WINGED OF the necessity of rapid move
menis, IN order TO the ultimate success
! he Immediately marched his forces TO SUI
waney, seized upon the stores of tile enc
my, and burnt their villages.
Having linus far effected his object,
Gen. Jackson considered the war at an
| END. st. Marks being garrisoned by an
| american force: the Indian towns al
| Mickasnky and Suwany destroyed; the
two Indian chiefs, who had been The prime
movers and leaders of the savages, one
OF whom had commanded the party that
murdered 1t. Scott and his companions,
and the two principal foreign insiigators,
| Arbutlinot and Ambrisier, being taken
and executed, Gen. Jackson ordered the
| Georgia militia 10 be discharged, and was
preparing himself 10 return 10 Tennes-
see. But he soon learned THAT the In
dams and negroes were collecting in COM
panIes west of the Appalachicola. which
| would render IL necessary for him to
send detachment TO scoiIr the country
IN that quarter. Willie preparing for this
object, he learned, that The Indians were
admitted by the governor OF Pensacola,
| anu enjoyed free access 10 that town;
mat they were collecting in large num-
bers, 500 being in Pensacola, on lie 18th
OF April, many of whom were known 10
be hostile. aud had Just escaped from the
pursuit of our troops That The enemy
were furnished with ammunition and sup
plies, and received intelligence of the
movements OF our forces, from that place
that number of them sailed out, and
murdered Is of our citizens. settlers up
on The Alabama, and were Immediately
received by the governor, and by him
transported across the bay, that thew
might elude The pursuit
| These facts being ascertained BY Gen.
Jackson from unqnesiiopabIe authority,
he immediately took up his line of march
| towards Pensacola, at the head of a de-
! iacbment OF about 1900 men, for The pur-
pose OF counteraciing the views of tile
enemy, andto execute his orders from The
War Department, by terminating the war
| speedily, and with exemplary punish
ment for hostiliies so unpT0yoked. On
The 10Th Nav, lie crossed The Appalaciii-
cola, at Tue Ocheese village, Wit, the view
OF securing the country west of ihatriver;
and, on the 23d of the same month, he
received a communication from the gov
eernor of West Florida, protesting against
his entrance into that province, comman-
ding HIM 10 retire from il, and declaring
that he would repel force by force,
provided he should not obey This COM
municatIon, together with the evident
indications of hostility in the COVER
| nor, who had been well advised of the
object Of gen. Jackson's operations, de-
termlned the measures whichhe pursued.
| Accordingly, he marched directly 10
Pensacola, and with but the shadow of
! opposition, took possession of that place
The following day, the governor having
He'd 10 Fort Carlos de Barracks which
| post, after a feeble resistance, was also
surrendered 10 gen. Jackson on the 2Sih
by which the Indians and fugitive ne
groes we're effectualIy deprived of all
possible means Of continuing their depre-
datIons, or screening. themselves from
the arm ofjustice. Thus gloriously ter
minated The Seminole war; war, reluc.
family entered into, but urged by dire
necessity, 10 protect from the tomahawk
and scalpiDg knife of the most ruthless
savages our peaceful frontier settlers, wbe,
from decrepid age 10 helpless infancy, for
more than two ysars, had been exposed
| to their crueliies--a war, in which our CT
| tlzens and soldiers, with their usual for
ttnde and valor. under their persevering