South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-01-23
From Florida.
DISTRESSING INTELLIGEN,

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DISTRESSING INTELLIGENCE.
From the Jacksonville Courier, Jan. q.
A battle was fought on the 3lst ult.,
in which many on both sides we're slain
and wounded. The battle ground was
on the Wythlacoochee river, about IS
miles from Camp Lang Syne, and within
few miles of the Indian warrior Pow
ellis town, where il is supposed the fndi-
an women and children are assembled.
The officers and men engaged on
the 31st behaved with great bravery.
In fact, such was the disposition Of the
Indian forces, their beldness and des-
perate fighting, that nothing but the
determined spirit with which the men
fought and charged into the swamp,
put the Indians TO fight, and sllenced
their firing.
The engagement. lasted one hour
and FIVE minutes.
AT the first onset,ths Indians on one
flank Ieaped from their hiding places,
and in front OF the thicket formed bold
ly into line, with Powell at their head
At this moment the fire of the whites
did execution /; the indians broke, ia
king to their covert again. II is
thought Powell is wounded in the
hand.
We insert below letter from Col.
Mills, containing an account OF the en-.
6 agement
HEAD QUARTERS, Fonr GRAMS,
Jan. 8, 1885.
General Circular to all the good Citizens
Of Duyal and Nassau.
The army took up the line Of march
on the 20lh ult., and on the morning
Of the s1st, at daybreak, arrived at
| the Wythlscoochee, and found the ri
yer too high to ford, commenced swim
ming horses, and sent one man over for
a canoe that was seen on The opposite
bank, and in it began 10 cross the reg
uIar troops. AT Ia o'clock there were
over all the regulars, and about fifty Of
the militia, when We were soon infor.
med that Indians we're coming, and
but few moments elapsed before Q
furious fire was heard in our 'front.'
Col. Warren and myself Immediately
formed, and extended our line from
the river out through the swamp 70 the
pine barren,and saw the regular troops
on our right holly engaged with a, leas,
500 Indiana. We were ordered to re-
main stationary, and prevent the Indi
ans entering our lines. After repeated
solicitations on the part Of Col. Warren
] and myself, we took the responsibility
on ourselves, and Col. Warren led the
the right TO the left Of the regulars, anc
was stationed on the left Of our own
line when charge was made, which
after about ten minutes more OF sharp
fighting, forced them TO retreat, and tht
battle ended. We make onl 40 lndi
ans killed, and wounded we suppose
in proportion /; the precise amount w
cannot tell, as they carried them of
The loss, is severe on our part. Gen
| Clineh says that, in many much grea-
Ter battles, a much less number ha'
been killed and wounded. Further
particulars will be told on Friday next
when We will be at Jacksonville. ]
can now write no more.
| w. J. MILLS, Lieut. Col.
Return Of killed and wounded IN the bat
/ tie of Wythlac oochee. Dec. 81 1885.
Regular troops-& artificers and
privates killed captain, ! Is
lieutenant, i I'd lieutenant, 2 sergeants
A corporals, 43 privates, wounded
| A killed, So wounded.
! Militia, 4th regiment !: wounded
Col. Warren, Major Cooper, severely
Lieut.. John Youmans, privates jane
Tyson aud J. Higginbolham slightly.
Leon troops, 2 privalss wounded
slightly.
Militia, total Z wounded.
| Aggregate, A killed, 50 wounded
out of 227 men in battle.
| Many we're shot thro' their clothes
and some horses killed and wounded
Col. Warren's was wounded. Gen
Clinch had one ball through his cap
and one through his jacket sleeve
The firing was heavy, and the bushes
! literally cut up around US. How j
was that more were not shot, canno
| tell.