Delaware journal., 1828-10-28
Eom The MaYulm1Ier.

PURE SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY.
Extracts from General Jackson's Official Letter to
Maipr General Thomas Pinckney, dated on the
Battle Ground, in the Bend of the Talapoosie,
28'h March. l8l4.-Niies Reg. vol. 6. p. $50.
"Ifeel PECULIARLY HAPPY in being able to
communicate to you the fortunate eventuation* Of
my expedition to the Tallapoosie
DETERMINING TO ExTERMINATE
THEM 1000 Indians. consisting of men, women,
and children. detached General Coffee with the
mounted men, and nearly the whole of the Indian
force. early in the morning of yesterday, to cross
the river about two miles below their encampment,
and to surround the bend in such manner, as that
none Of them should escape by attempting to cross
the river"
Five hundred and fifty seven were left dead on
the Peninsula, and great number OF them were
killed by the hOrsemen in attempting to cross the
river it is believed than than ten have es-
capped :"
Extract from General Jackson's Official Letter to
Governor Willie Blount of Tennessee dated Fort
Williams, March 81, l8l4.-Niles Reg vol 6.
| p. 146 to s.
:. The whole margin of the river which surrounds
| the Peninsula, was strewed with the slain. Five
hundred and fifty seven found by officers Of
great responsibility, whom had ordered to count
them. besides great number who were thrown into
the river by their surviving friends, and killed in at
on the opposite banks'
"Among the dead was found their famous prophet
M0nahee-shot in the mouth by grape shot, as II
Heaven designed to chastse his impostures by ar
appropriate punishment. Two other Prophets were
killed, leaving no others as can learn, the Tai
: apoose.''
!" The battle may be said to have continued witt
severity for about five hours but the firing ant
r SLAUGHTER continued until 1t was suspended b,
he darkness of the night. The next morning it wa
a resumed and sixteen of the enemy slain, who hat
Il concealed themselves under the banks"
$ ne shaNnow pass from the Generals accounts 4
those Of Gen. Coffee and Col. Morgan.
: Extract from Gen. Colfee's Report to Gen. Jackson
IS Niies Reg vol. E. page l48
= From the report OF my officers, as well as fror
s my own observation, feel warranted in saying tina
1t from two hundred and fifty to three hundred of til
enemy were buried under water, and were not mum
bered with the dead that were found"
]. Extract from Colonel Nlorgan's Letter to Governo
BIount, dated Fort Williams, April /, 1874
Is Niles Reg. vol. or l48-9
l. "The Cherokees Immediately rushed to the por
e / assigned them, which they did IN regular order
d and in manner honourabe to themselves that is
,e the bank was in no place left vacant and those fl
gt:ves who had taken to flight, fell an easy prey
toll their vengeance.
III l received wound in the right side of my head
- which had like to have terminated my existence
as however, in short time recovered, and heard tn
O. HEAVENLY INTELLIGENCE that the 39t
n. had charged.
y, On counting their dead. 557 were found dead o
the field, many | know pershed in crossing, an
numbers were sunk in the river the whole loss
killed, could not be less than or 8 hundred.
We think, after reading these extracts, there a,
en- not many persons of candour and sense who wi
u question the correctness of the charge of COLI
10 booded massacre" imputed to the General Fl
'a own confession shcws that their determination hs
es been determined on, and the result of the bait
proves how we'll he carried his determination in
Die effect-according to the Generals account II
of more than ten of these miserable beings escape
he was the circumstance having caused eight hu
an tred fellow beings to be hurried into the presen
er, OF ther G0d, that made hm so peculiarly happy
ne There is, however, no accounting for tastes.
,us -
FL We doubt the genuneness Of this word.