Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-27
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FLORIDA.

Some forty or fifty letters from the Richmond voun.
tcrrs reached this city by The last return of the fiildl
from the seat OF Seminole disorder. When we hear OF
the safe arrival of these brave fellows at Camp King, we
shall be disposed ~ BE- merry al their cxprnce.
One of tie letters gives interesting account OF the
Indian mode of fighting. The great Ganger is from
the first fire with their rifles Tlry then well iuad-
ed aud their bullets patchcd.-Thc discharge Of this
load is comparatively Alter THAI, when they en-.
battle, they ill their mouths with bullets GUESS
the powder, which is generally too small i'll quantity
and spi! the bullet unpatc'rd) from the mouth into the
gun hitting The butt tap Or wo the ground and then
ready TO Shoot again. Every rliielnan must Know,
such shots can rarely be effective The on thing that
can redeem their bad oti:g may he found in tie pro-
verb. ''lheres luck i'll walbe. We think many such
shots are accompanied By noted shot double wdbbir
The Indians generally load light ia. Isl with small
quantity Of powder. This is often the result OF scarcity
of tina, ar,ic" but frequently the result OF
rect ledge ot tie consequence OF what may bc
considered all uyerchargr. \ moderate quantity Of pow
der sends its lead with greater drrc.ncss-tco much
makes tic ballet shot fly wld-in the language of
the hunter Il diStracS has qua In The battle OF lna
btcr, the Indians had little powder That their balls
could han dy enter the Uhlcct they stuck. \ irO"
traveller WHO in that battle wall! brother, Io. U.s.
pasSi! e Of action, that the balls lifted by
lhrin, II ncary spent. with sound like the Eoise Of
blazing drop OF pitch falling from lorch-:ip--V-
an. II will be remembered that battle ImrStly
fought at night. Oar were crtsrcd IL lie down,
w,.lt. they did with their heads to the enemy. Ma
ny put l:g hwuud knots between their nodirs aud dan
ger. Our informant says that at the least noise. the
Indians who principally concealed behind large
ta!rn tree, would send shower Of Ij - bullets
the proper direction. His brother, who wild fell
low, becoming impatient Of doug nothing raised his
head, and in the act Of say ng " Wait I'LL day, you
ID rascals and wr II give Won Ill., WHEN ono uI
The cluster oil balls scrt 10 silence the speaker, struck
him directly the four front teeth which knock
ed out; but the bullet slapped i'll the mouth, without
iurtl!er damage, weak was the impeding power
The speaker cropped his head, with heavy gruml, and
waited patiently I'll Gay light would c.abe Ian 10 make
hIs gun do hs future siraklng-Wc irur the Semi
nolts not deficient in ammunition, 10 have
10 allowance ;leir rifles, Chic! is said TO have
fifty kegs Of pow der. Their wary leader is no cui-
mon man, and had Doubt all ms present movements
in concmp aiion long LrIoc he dipped his hands in tue
juud Of O"ialh!a and Thompson of whu. said
to have fallen by his individual han-Thompson by The
very rifle which he lad himself presented Ia Powell as
al evidence Of his respectful gard His followers are
acluatcd by the spirit which nprlS their lraLcr-
they hope not for success but are determined to sell their
lives dearly possible They are desperate, and their
despair guided by uEcou!LOn intelligence and cUuarp.
We do not expect llr termination oi war SOUL e.
termination linus! be the result ard who Will speedily
cNlinguls thousand warr"rs who, i'll their a:!uccks
capable Of burylng themselves Ike mud Turtles, aud
lying Tor days with nothing but their heads and guns
above the mud and waLcr:-.iUgUStH Courier.
FROM Sir. AuGusrlxE.-7hc Schooner Tuscarora,
Capt Sydlcman, arrived here last evenin. and brings
no later intelligence than is furnished by the following,
which lave copied from The 81. Augustine lierud
of the 18th Instant
INDIAN DEvASTATIoHs.-The whole Of the country
south ci ST Augustine, has been ald waste during the
past week. and building OF any value left standing.
There not sing lie house now remaining between tins
city and Cape Florida, distance OF 2ju miles all all,
have been burnt TO the ground. On Sunday morning
last dense smoke in the SOUTH in The direction
Of Eunw Vile and it cunjccturcd that the buildings
Oh that plantation in flames, and it WAS known that
there but Indians in that direction. The smoke
in the direction Tuesday On Thursday
il WAS reported that Gen llernanlczs houses al ST.
JGsrphs on fire; and in Tie afternoon this report
was confirmed by two of Genera! lcru.ndrz's Negroes
who stated that they had rode from Alaa Coinpra To ST.
JoSephs, that morning, and within quarter Of
mile of the house; aud had full view OF the burn.
ing buildings They state the houses 10 have been fired
abnut o'clock that morning. and thacvery house yce
the corn house was burning at the they were. there
The Indians had posted sen,inels at sune distance,
from the houses while the main body were dnuc
inr around the tire The negroes can give us no Cor
rel idea as 10 the number Vi Tie indians but saw
that there was a large crowd Of them The p!auta.
lion of COL James Williams also set fire and de-
s,rored at the same time. Mr.. Dupont's plantation of
Bnsn Retro is also destroyed. There remains no
Guus of the destruction Of BuIowye. his the opinion
of many that after The battle ut Dunuwon the indians
procured large reinforcement and returned 10 attack
BuowviILe The amount Of property destroyed is i'm
mcnse at Bulowviile alone, the buildings said to
have cost 600 dollars The property destroyed during