Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-15

the hair 10 have Lelcnged TO lie ccmp&-
Mons of 1t. Scott.
To infict merited punishment ppon these
hsrbarians, and TO prevent arepetitlon At
these niassacres, by bringing the. var to
speedy and successful termination, he rur-
sued his march to St. Marks, when he found
in corroboration of previous information, that
the Indians and negroes had demanded the
surrender of that post to thcra and th't
the Spanish garrison, according TO the COM
mandant's own concession, was TOO weak to
support it. Here he ascertained that the
enemy had been supplied with the means
Of carrying on the war, frum The com
mahdant Of the post THAT foreign incen-
diaries, instigating tie savages, had free
communication with the fort for cary ing on
their intrisues councils Of war were per-
mitted by the commandment TO he held by
the chiefs and warriors within hisown quar-
lers lac Spanish store houses we're appro-
-priated 70 the use OF the hostile party. and
actually filled with goods belonging 10 them;
munitions Oh war were furnished them, and
PROPERTY, known to have been piCnacred
from our citizens, purchased from them by
the commandant, while he protested friend
ship to the United States. General jack
son, therefore, had DO hesitation to demand
of the commandment OK St. Marks the sur
rendered that post, thai Il might be garri-
soned with IN American furce and, when
the Spanish officer hesilatcu 10 deliver it
he entered the fort by force, though without
bloodshed, the enemy having fed, and the
garrison being loo weak 10 make OPP osition.
Convinced Of The necessity ofrapid move
ments, in order 10 the ultimate success of
the expedition,he Immediately marched b,
forces to Slwancy, seized upon the stores
OF tie enemy, End burnt their villages.
Having thus far effected his object, Gen.
Jackson considered The war at an end. St.
Marks being garisoned by an American
force the Indian towns at Mickasuky and
Suwany destroyed !; the two lndan chiefs,
who had been the prime movers and lead
ers OF The savages, one % whom had COM
manded the party that murdered 1t. Scott
and his companions, and the two principal
toreign instigalors, Arbuthnot and Ambrs-
ter, being taken and executed, Gen. Jack
son ordered the Georgia militia to be dis
charged, and was preparing himself to re-
ttrn to Tennessee. But he soon learned,
that the Indians and negroes we're collect
ing in companies west Of the Apalachicola,
which would render it necessary for him to
send detachment to scour the country in
that quarter. While preparing for this OBJ.
J@ct, he learned, that the Indians were adj
milted by The governor o. Pensacola. and
enjoyed free access to that town that they
were collecting in large numbers, 500 be-
ING in Pensacola on the 9TH of April, manv
OF whom were known to he hostile, and had
just escaped from the pursuit OF our troops
that the enemy were furnished with amnu-
milton and supplies, and received inteli-
gence OF the movements of our forces. from
that place that number of them sailed
out, and murdered Is of our citizens, Set
tiers upon the Alabama, and were immedi-
ately received by the governor and by him
transported across the bay, that they might
elude the pursuit.
10 be continaed
Alex tNNPJA.