The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-11-18

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The steamer Merchant CaptAin Baker. arrived
al ,hi, poJt from Tampa "a Tbs WJii.lacoocbs,
and =. MARKS ~ Monday evening last Tie
Merchant isit TAMPA tbs morning ~ the lpih
lusl having Oh b afd MAJ. Harro and Captain
Roberts u The Tennessee Volunteers, ard about
- (ficadly lndlaus, no expected 10 tall 10 wi.h
tie army under General Read al the mouth - The
Nnhlaco.pe hec The Camiucrep arrived 81 the
Wihlacooe nee 90 the 1lth, aud lsAfued that Col.
Read had sel out ior The dspot. aAopt b~i < Cstah
Ii,hcd al tie site u ths Oh Bock iiousr tho dsy
before. Al The mouth Of the ,isrf thry fourd TIC
steamer Nurrvs, Capl. Wond, haytng or board
MAJOR M'iuiosh and command together Ntih sotne
Indilus, ard Which started up tie river 90 The
morning Of tie 2lsl No CONFORMATION could b. Oh
tanned lron Col. Lane, sho had len Tampa some
time since, nor rom any part Of The array Three
brigs and tao schoontfs, lnacd NIth stores for tie
dept, also arrived Oft the Nl.haeUochco 40 coin.
pany With the Commerce.
On auiylag 1t ~ MARKS, Capt, Baker learned
that report hsd reached that place. conveying
the agreeable intelligence that Gov. all and
the 1onnr.ss volunteers bad been forced 10 re-.
tire from the n,igbb1fhood oi the Whhlsccochtc
by the want Of provisions Il was stated thal iout
hundred horses had p rished 10 2 d1ys-Wtlic
abundance OF stores remained at Tamps, orly
sixty miles by land, and nearer supply a, The
mouth Of the river somc T. Mules ~. Jet no means
Of transportation had been provided, and The men
and horses dying with hunger, whist plen
~ existed almost N sight We do not wish a.
cast unmrfiied censure ngtu any one bot u does
seem to US that such state 81 things might have
been guarded against, and ought not 10 have &C.
CURED And with al Governor Calls knoS ledge
Of the situation Of the country. and after all the
lessons taught him by the disastrous results OF Tic
last campaign, sc should imagine thst be acted
ptcmaiures ~ pressing bis brave troops into the
wilderness. before he had reasonable grounds for
believing that the means Of subsistence would be-
furnished when there.
Reports had also reached 81. Marks Of several
skumi-hes which had taken place between the
Tennessee troaps and the Indians, On ono occa.
sion thsy had fallen upon party Of Indian. in q
bend Of the river called the Cove, in which con.
siderable number were killed. The whole OF the
party which bad first shown themselves outside OF
The Hammock are known 10 have been shot
O~eola came very near sharing their fate, as hc
had jus, eil the party. Being destitute OF pro.
visions however, the whites were unable TO pur.
sue the Indians into their retreat After the
Tennessee troops had retired, lhcy learned that
Col Lane, with his detachment, and thc friendly
Indians, had nlso been at the same time fighting
the Same Yarty from the other bank Of the river.
But htle, however, vas effected, as the friendly
Indians discovered evident symptoms ct reluctance
for the service. They could not bo induced 10 en-.
gage with any spirit against their red neighbors
Cob Lane soon AFTER this affair, put period 10
his existence, BY falling IN his own sword lie
complained to Il brother officer Of pain ia his
head, retired 10 his tent and vas ionnd soon az