Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-08
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THE CREEK war OYER.

Intelligence from Major General Scots Head G,,.
tiers il the Creek nation received by the last mas 100.
,ics the belief that tie Indian campaign IN that ql.
must have terminated if not finally closed, before ,s
dav One thousand hostile Indians have suIrcn:e-t.
and if they are prisoners Of without the d!$c!
of muskct or the loss Of one brave soldier, The BIZ
less triumph is not the less acceptable by christi,
community The number of hostile warriors which g,
remains TO be taken is vaIiously cstImltcG a, rom Il
twelve hundred; and ii they should hold ou:. cyI,.:
to what may be reasonably calculated, t.r adsr.oGs
efficient measures adopted by the distinguishes. an:
Aat Scott as we src ny his recent General O:Gcr> H.:
ensure their speedy capture by olce q arms, ,c:
actun (lcmucd III they must BE- by i:ir pan 4 c
ratlun<) hv unavoidable surrender Al The p1sse. +.
said u b: ctcctuaily guarded by the tco"ps saG .
escape to Florida, heretofore ASSERTED po:,, T. 4,
deemed 10 be mpracticable.-.IHt. Int.
(Trom tie GioJc.)
Official dispatches have been received from G,co..
Scott dated at Fort Mitchell. June "a We haze .ra
furnished with the annexed copies Of lsrs O: Gra-.
Jcsup General Patterson: and Captain Parrot, @aci
announce the surrender Of large number q t.y:
Creeks.
General jtSup to General Scon.
Head QUARTERS, FoNr MIrcHrir.
June 2j -
SIR have the honor to enclose copies Of report, .;,-
Major General Patterson and Captain Parrot, b.
you will observe that but little remains II Ne done j.
Henry is still out with about $50 warriors bu. IT,
al warriors, who have halted, and await my orders
Big Spring, say they can take him. have Just rcce'
ed information that Seminole Chief, with music:
his warriors, is with Henry. The information c.s
from negro taken last night.
Gcnirai Pan'rS0n to General LSwp.
CAnp NEAR HArcuEcuuBBLr
June -, l-&
SIR: have the pleasure 10 inform YOU that IT, .~
tile Indians, with the exception of portion OF the liz
tees and small party of the Ucll"es under jim TIE:
Ina "A surrendered i
Internationally prisoners. Their number: inciHi
women and children, is about cpD 10 100. II IS ::>
By the prisoners that the litchltres have gone %
Mitchell, for which place shall march with M CO
mand, together with the prisoners, tonorro" Nom:
CAPT. Parrot To Gen. JLSHp.
CaMr oy THE HArcuKcHuHNri,l
June 22, l>:V
t;ESrRAL--SOon after your departure yesie!iig -
prisoners whom you had despatched the dar bct,r1
the hostile camp returned. They brought with I'':'
few Of the hostile party, and their object appeal
be- to understand fully The terms on which the ao>.
Indians generally would be received. Gc@c!! u
lrrson repeated to them what had been sad By !g4:s
that they must surrender their arms, ana sro"I d.
conditionally, ana that justice should be Gca os'
them. Those who came in yesterday rcpreScn''i =
Uchre llilchitce, and Chchaw towns. They stated ::
UcIre warriors to be 900 and the C!ehaw and fi;ca@
60 each, making ;}2J in ALL and that these compns"d =
great body Of the hostile Indians To-day ncafy al
the ucllces have come, well OF lie ll!;f
and many Of the Chchaws. The Uchees are the n I
numerous and warlikc portion of the encmr. We r:i
reports that several of the host!lcs have zone % T.
iIadjo's camp and Fort MITCHELL rather tina Ste,
here. Two have been captured today by O?1th'e'
hro's Indians, and sent to this camp Gen pat:: !
will march for Fort Mitchell very early IN the tn'la:
There are great MANI Indian women ana ch.srro IL
many negroes in camp, wlIV have come III with l's4'
tile Indians.
It, is expected here from Il has,y examination. I'd:
Ick, ,,I 1;,cI. ,,d ChcL
bearing arms, have surrendered These are the nua'
very nearly Several hundred women and chci'n''
about 60 negroes, have accompanied them Inc '@s'''
formed III camp consider this finishn TO The "''
Extract from letter from GOccrnor Scicy TO tn >7
tnry Of 1car, dntcd -.
80 CoLuMGUs, Ca Odd Jane l-H
{; have been in this place since the 9Th a!!!@'
boriousy engaged in organizing the Georgia r1i';i
The number is between four and five thors'a+' -
would have been actively engaged against the e4'.
several days ago, if we had had arms lmm"fae:
the breaking of hoslIlitrs sent to this chg a"
which had been left in the State a'>ra"
Ml!icdgrvc after the drain made on 1t by TIE F''
war, and ordered from the arsenal Il, St"l"a'' II.
thousand stand Of mu3kcl,. These arms be9h5H-
Georgia are all that arrived here previous to 'Hs
instant, when one thousand stand requested oy ,">I
the United States Arsenal at Augusta, came to "'n'
None Of The ordered By Genera! Scott have yF
rived, nor can we calculate certainly on rc:r'!"=
before the 24th instant, when we shall get hve "o
Of Halls patent rifles. The delay has been 0eyCns
control. and is to be attributed to the bursting o. '
boat boilers, DC. ,...
GAS fast as the arms arrived the troops have pre-"
down The river TO prevent the escape OF The in''i..
Florida; and thus far, we have succeeded !" '"-'
this object.
'.Yrscrday morning, the main body =" the a'6n
ssting Of about 900 men, struck Their tents ana
the line Of march for Roanoke: "Hcn IS about ''%
miles below Columbus, where they will cross NV, >.
enernys country, and commence aclISc o,cnsi's
tons. Gen Scott leaves here ty.day. Ny pe@"
MON is, That The war will be brought TO cI2Sf ~ ~,
weeks. Except about 10 days, during when ' w..
fined TO his bed BY severe bilious the ercneta.
actively and lab0rcusy engaged in the "u'S' y