Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-15
Zone hostile warrior only picked up, who decla'-
ea that be WAS roinr In to give himself up.

whole number OF prisoners al luskeEce, the hlapa'H
and friendly Indian camps west OF ts. Mao GrnPra'
esup is enabled 10 give with accuracy lie thinks irie
might have been yesterday about 3oU warriors at those
places besides women and children; and the pnrly OF
Neah Niece 49, whom / desired him snmc days ago 10
cause 10 he disarmed This service will probably be per
i::!ned to-day.
81 enclose note from Major General Patterson TO
Major. General Jcsup which shows that 100 warriors may
be added to the foregoing number, including noted
leader Jim lienry.
received yesterday 4 letter from Col. Henderson,
who is engaged in erecting shed, &c, this side OF
tho river, at the head of summer gatlon, for the re-
ccpl;on of army supplies from New Orleans. 1t con-
tains this paragraph:
81 am led to believe that the position you directed my
command occupy has been productive ct important
results The day after the expedition of our two
pairs and part Of Captain Loves troop, go Of Inc hos
tile Indians, men, women, &c, belonging TO Jim Hen
rvs band surrendered to Gen. Watson without firing
gun.
cannot now be in the la!e Creek country than from
forty to sixty hostile warriors Some Of these have sent
word that they will soon tc here. and are probably only
delayed by the swell in the Euchec creek, which rem
dcrs i, difficult to pass.
"a few minutes after my arrival at Roanoke, fifteen
miles above Twnton the 25th ut two Indian trails
leading 10 Florida reported 10 inc-one three and
half the other and half miles below me- and re-
sppctycy one and two days old. Not minute was lest
in organizing two detlcncnls Of horse 10 give pursuit
! have note from COL Bcall. who commanded one OF
the drtachnens (hrrc companies and SIX friendly lnd
with subsistence ter iOur uaYS) "l!:cH
afraid that he halted at Fort Gaines and, hearing that
the fugitives killing the Inhabitants OF Baker
county, conlened himself with sending thirty men to
their assistance instead Of marching with his whole force
about I75 men. lie Instructed specially aud minute
ly. in letter written with my own hand, never 10 give
up the pursuit Till stopped by slarvatIcn have better
hopes of The other detachment, commanded by an excel
lent partisan Captain JeD No report Is received
frun bin. Ii expected, however, that the two trails
would unite, and the two detachmcnts become one. !
think that other party has got across the river, ana
such the numbers, (slnce the ticorglans got
their ars and the vigilance displayed on the other side,
that it would Impossible tor tIngraunS paltts 10
escape to Florida .
believe that there has hardly been sharp skirnish
on this side of the river whilst there have been many hot
recouncrs The Gcorg bank The latter we're made
By The desperate Of the eneny and in every instance
probably to the passage OF families endeavorlng 10
eIngrate TO FIcda capture the horses, provisions,
&c. necessary to facilitate emigration Partial successes
obtained by the enemy in several OF those aaltS IN
Others they repu!sed aud i'll all was seen That 10
escape with families, packs &C. would be extremely
buzarous Consequently, the Hilchaces have general
y seat abandoned their families and, with les m
di7uas of tribes, have finally, by cxtTsord'-
nary neglect and below Roanoke, succeeded IN 2cGH
over the Chatluhoochce.
The genera! surrender, in most cases voluntarily OF
the enenT may be attributed TO many movements and
arrangements part II gas known that large i"7'
ces were gathering all around the country; TIM river WAS
carly pretty well guarded by the Georg ians aided by two
we'll manned steamers cruising up and down. one 0,
these destroyed many canoes, RATS: &c. Ha"r- neral
Sanford crossed the bridge at Columbus, and took up
his camp four miles furher, early III Jane; and although
he had about 1000 unarmed men, with but !DO armed
the enemy thought all Georgia was pouring into Their
country About the time, Major-Gcncrai Jcsup
made his entry into the heart Of the nation with large
force Of AlabamiaRs and friendly Indians. Tins latter
movement precpilaed and favored general surrender
shall necessarily be absent from this piece "i!cr
few minutes complete arrangements beo"': Ter two
days. As it is the centre Of correspondence ana tu&
: | cbunr ptur 4 ly, q
BriCadief General Moore, of tins State, wEcsc bass
Of operations has been lrwnton is placed BY my orde;
below the South branch Of the Cowag gee, extending
himself far the right ard left. shall instruct him tC
send company Of hn:se two far to The Southwest
as Pea river. He appears, from his movements and cor
respondence, to he officer Of much TcTt HIS force
! mostly mounted, CONSISTS of about ,GtU men.
81 shall direct Major General Sanford to keep out
small dclachmenls on the branches Of the Co%ar gee
and the Halclcc Chubbce. 10 prcciPate the snrren
der of the parties of tic enemy yet out Cen Jcsuf
will take Of similar character Oh the upper
parts of those streams which nearer 10 his depo!s a
! Tuskcgee, &c
have twice written 10 the Governor q! Florida in
great detail The copy Of NY last letter is herewith
closed, and would send copy oil The n,her but That
! am separated from my books and papers.
"A cory Of an order is enclosed respecting the Wcs
, TcnneSseeans.
nave directed Major. General Jesup to post two
small batsa!ions Of Artillery (ere) in positions OH tic
post read from Columbus TO Tuskegee. This will he
done III tcw days, and have caused the agent oil The
General Post Office to be advised OK the directions
On my return to this place, / shall open CORES
pordrnce with Brigadcr General Wool, and hope sonr
to be able TO spare him the detachment of United States
Marines, and companies Of Georgia and Alabama
! volunteers, sinud they be needed in the Chcrckct
! country. haze The hcnor TO be. DC.
| WINFIELD SCOTT.
! Rrgadier- General JOKES,
! "Adiutaut. General Of tile United States Army
F: IrApQrARrERs, AIMy OF THE Sov.Ir,
/ Fot !ilcl,clI July !, lc%G. !
il,orn
below, where think have arranged the service with
Nla-Gcn Sanford OF the Georgia iinc aud Brig &c
neral Moore, at the head Of Alabama brigad" as It
the rain!Dg objects To DC accomplished III these
. directions in this
No ocis! report had been received up 20 the time q
M leaving Roanoke, lroa Col Beall and Capt Jernigan
who commanded the two attachments of hose sent hy
NE On the 2th ullilno in pursuit Of the parties Of Indians
who had crossed the Chaltahoochcc the 23d and Gath
know, however, through respectable channels, that the
t"o attachments had ovcrtaken the Indians about the
2Sth, in Baker county, and had surrounded them in
large swamp The iugtves probably do not exceed Ut
warriors although represented by rumor 10 amount tc
than 800 Col. Beall, again hope, will give
good account of them. He collecting TIC forces
the Ie ghborhood 10 make of his game. By sin
gular mistake into which was led by litter supposed
be from This officer but which written by another
did him great in justice in my last report Of events II
this quarter. hope to be able officially to speak
! him with all the praise due TO
Parties will be continually kept securing the Indian
country to force in the hundus of the enemy remaining
out Major Generals Jcsup and Sanford, well as Br
gadicr General Acore have my instructions to that ct
feet The former, after detention here oTten twelve
days, proceeded last evening to the head quarters o
Maj General Patterson, to tile west Yesterday par
ty Of L. States marines, few mounted volunteers anc
friendly Indians, secured the country between the Eu
chez and datchee Chubbce thoroughly. and 10 the OK
tent of ahou. twelve miles up those creeks. Coming
up last night in steamboat | learned from Colone!
Henderson, Il, his camp, that sixteen women, boys ant
children were captured on the Chatlahoocee-tIe war
! abandoning their families. | immediately sent of ii
express 10 give the Intelligence to all the posts low