Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-12

general, and the fighting was at great dis.
advantage on the side Of our troops; they
were all more or less exposed, and it was
ONLY when the Indians forgot their customa.
rv Caution, that our troops were enabled to
fire with any accuracy.
"Our troops, those engaged, as -wcll rs
the others, behaved with the gscatest-bravc- |
ry; although for some time exposed to aga!.
ling fire, not an inch ofground was yielded.
No satisfactory account of the killed on the
part of the Indians has been reccivcd-lt IS
that at least six or reight have been
killed-thc wounded they ofcoursS carried
of, if any.
Our troops are now crossing tic St.
Johns, and | suppose in the course OF this
day, the whole force will have embarked. /
have only taken moment to inform you OF
this our debut in something like general
engagement -
sPicoAata, March 26.
81 have seen one Indian fight, and tho
awful pleasure Of shooting one, after an en-
gagemert of twenty-five minutes. There
were five Indians killed, four ofwhich were
thrown into the river. They carried of
their wounded. We lost four mon killed
and eight wounded. This is in allusion 10
the fight Of AsHBT's company.
"On the Oath inst. Lieut.. ARNOLD was
out with twenty mounted men ofCapt.. Glib.
SONS company of horse, from Lancaster
District, when they ftllin-with a small body
of Indians, and exchanged shots with them.
One Of his men was wounded, one shot
twice through his clothes, and the horse Of
the Lieutenant slightly wounded. The Ii.
cutcnant ordered a prccipitatc retreat, and
has had charges made against him for SO
doing, rs the Indians were inferior in NUM-
ber. 1t is said he might have taken them
all. One Of the Indians was killed."
Gen. Scorr left Fort Dranc onthc morn
ing of the 26 uIt. with 1900 men, for the
Withacoochee, battle ground ot' General
GAINES. Gen. EUsrs was to hayclft Fo-
lllsia, with the whole army, for the same
place, on Saturday. leaving only 90 men at
Volusia.
Extract of 4 letter from one of the Staff Of
1icers, ofCol. BRIsBANE's regiment, dat
cd West side ofthe St. Johns, E. +. op.
posite Camp Volusia,~ March %.
yesterday our portion o(thc Army com.
menced crossing the st. Johns River, and
had rencounter with the Indians. Two
companies of Col. BRIsBANE's regiment,
AsHBY's and FRIPp's were first sent over as
an advance guard, to project the landing OF
the balance. These companies having
crossed, were attacked by considerable
number of Indians. A sharp contest imme-
diatcIy cnsucd. Col. BRISBANE and most
of his Staff, among them myself. were on
the East bank of the River. The Irish
Volunteers and Capt. IlIsLEa's company,
and as many mena could be got over, were
sent in flats. Capt. PARKER's, DoUcIN, and
ALIENS companies, crossed below in the
steam boat to cut off the retreat Of the In
dians. Col. BRISBANE, mysclfand some o.
thcrs, crossed in q small boat. The, ln-
dams were rcpulscd und driven back, hay-
ing rs near as VIC could ascertain, five men
killed and several wounded. We saw four
places on the banks of the Rivers, where
their dead had been thrown over, and found
one lying dead about $50 yards from the
battle ground. We sawtracks ofb!ood on
several trials on the palmetto bushes. The
loss on our part was considerable. Three
men of AsHBY's company, named AUSTIN,
WEyalIER, and HANK1PILLER were killed,
and twelve men wounded. All Of the
wounded have been attended to, and placed
in the Hospital at Camp Volusa."
-[Anothcr letter mentions JAS. Cook as a.
mong the killed, and BLAcK, K,BRYAN, SIMONs
and FLOWERS as among the wounded.
"Thus we have had thehonor to give the
Indians the first defeat they have met with.
We are now in the Indian territory and cx-
poet in a few days to have a general en-
gagemcnt. We slept or rather lay in the
bushes last night under arms and ready for
action. The Indians arc supposed to be.
long to PowELL's gang. We expect to
leave here tomorrow, and march against
the main. body of Indians" ID.
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