The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-12-23

Sas marched back 10 camp. whith IL
rearhed n late hour nf Inc night.
The next dag. thel9lh. the army marrh-
ed 10 The place appoinied lor iIs junrlinn
with the right division undrr c.'lanel
Pierce. nesI Dsde's basie grcund. posi-
ton more formidable inr che renewed
attack medilsled on The Wah0O Swamp.
This juneturs as stleeled late the next
day. and preparations were then mshe
for has.y inrnsd inlo The swamp. which
alone the redueed state NJ supplies would
justify.
On the 2iss. after leaving . sufficient
guard over the baggage train and waund>
ed. The army marched IN Ihrer columns
into the swsmP-The Tenn+sseesns Tor
The right Ihe regulars, with Colonel
Warren's mounted men. the centre. under
Colonel Pierce, and the Creek regiment
the left. On reaching the scrne Of con.
nici Of the 18Th. the emmy showed
themselves ready 20 renew the fight.
The Tennesserans and regulars formed
90 the night and centre. and advanced
steadily towards lhe hammock in line Of
battle shd were met by general IRE from
the enemy an their whole front. With.
out pausIng. and without firing = sun.
they marched into The hammock. sud
poured a destructive FIRE on the enemy.
The charge vas irresistible; The enemy
hed and scattered
80 soon as the direction oftheir retreat
vas discovered. Col. Pierce. With HE
division and Creek Indians. were ordered
20 pursue. snd. soon after. Col. lruus.
dale with his regiment. and Colonel
Warren with the Florida horsemen. we're
zen, 10 support them. The greater part
! Of the regulars and the Tennesseesns I'm.
! fortunately took trail TO the right. By
: which they became involved IN an almost
impossible marass. where no horsr could
move. aud where the men were wadlng
breast deep in mud and water.
A small body nj Creek Indians on Tho
lefi led ~ Lieut. 'olonrl Brown. lakng
: better path over firm Rruund. ioil"wed
closely upon the enemy aud found .hem
strongly posted IN cypress SCAMP.
with deep creek in front, and faBksd
BY swO deep buggy ponds: there they
were brlskiy charged upon by the Cfeeks,
and the galIsh, Msjor orice, IN a.
tempting Ia cross NE creek. fell dead in
the stream. and Us waters closed over
him. Some others nf the Indians cell az
the same time. and il was soon discovers
ed that the party was ,on small even 10
defend their own ground against The en-
emy without desperate struggle. Two
companies NJ FInrlds militia. und.r rnin.
mand of Captain Groves and I.,ep,rt aut
Myrick. i"llesed some companies Of ar
tihery. under @sjor Gardiner, CAPTAINS
Tompkins. Porter. aud Lieutenant Lee,
and by Colonel Ware with his pnnDied
men. coming successively into scsion,
enabled our men 90 sustain the unequal
conflict.
A desperate struggle ensued, sustained
|! with great animation on both sides, when
/; the superiority Of our FIRE was soon ex-
hibiled. The arrival Of Col Pierce ,h
the reserve of his battalion. and of CoIo>
mel Trousdsle with the Tennesseeans, so
soon as they could extricate themselves
from the morsss. rendered their Superior.
ity still more apparent, and Amos, sllen.
ced the Ere Of the enemy, YET the passage
was not gained; for all previous attempts
to urn or pass il had failed. and lis prac>
ticsbility was unsscertsined: the hostile
chiefs we're distinctly heard by the
friendly Indians encouraging their ware
riors. with assurances that the whites
would not pass il. and appearances all led
3. to the same conclusion. The officer in
command oil the troops engaged, decide
tina, the attempt should not be made al
so late an hour Of the day, with an entire
ignorance Of the country behind. aud
they accordingly Withdrew their men. aE
ter carrying of the dead and wounded,
and retired without molesta,ion from tho
enemy. and were then ordered BY The
commanding General to form in the adj
joining field.
In this las. affair. our loss was consis
derable. compared with any previous
fight; besides the heroic Moriee, Two Of
the Greek Indians we're killed. Captain
Ross. Of the Marines. commanding q
company in the same regiment vas Sc
verely wounded in the thigh. Five Of
the regulars were killed, aud seven of
them wounded, including Csp,ain all
land. The Tennesseans sustained .
loss Of one killed, and sigh. womUied.--
BY far the creates, loss, on our p,t, Sss
sustained in the las, couHict, whe. aur
brave troops were. for long time enc
gagged in an unequal cnnfic, with 'ns ea.
envy, before their comrades c"uld rr.ne
: /" their supp"r.. aud when, dut,2 ,he
whole time. they had Ia contend 4. AUST
The creates. natural disadvantages O. po-
{ siIlnn.
. The loss of The enemy WAS ascerts,ned
To he ten left dead na the field lr-,m