The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-04-01
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EItaets from letters rsecirsd IN Charleston.
"CAAr MRAE M,ECh -
1--WE are stlil here Gen. hull Is expected mo
menlly, aud We only val, tle ARRIVAL Of the mount
cd men to 20 right ahead Gen. Eustis Wi!i come
down with them the moment they arrive, they
should base been here | 0 days ago. We crp cCted
10 march South 10 ATTACK PhlItp a colored man
from Providence. r ! aud his 80 Indians, but
Il IS thought that the Greeks have joined the
Scminoles, We expcci 10 90 Nestin search Of them.
heard a man offer VI tor an ounce ot Tobacco,
aud another pfvi.red bottle OF Liquor 10 $40, 80
you can Judge hos scarce these aud many other
conYenlencrs are
Cawr M'Rtr, MARcu 10.
About daylight .nis morning Vas aroused
by the " hopping 81 about 50 Indians, and the ear.
ing Of their rifles. | rushed out, sword in hand,
and ound the Companies G. Jones, Henry poueiu,
Quatlebaum, aud Hacker, rushing from their
tents. We lell a lev to man Temporary Fort y
had before erected, aud pursued the Indians,
whose balls struck the Fort, vhich rs near our
tents. Thus lar We have pursued IN vain, al.
though counted % MoccaAin track. on one edge
OF The creek and others sA~ moro tlseN here
"1hiee OF our men got Killed, va Nv inter, "a
substitute, a Sa EIDE, CLERK 10 Conrad Grocer,
Iradd-stfcci, thafIestou,) Baseiict, Farmer,
from Santec both Of captain Doucns Cofps. from
Charleston, and popr Kennedy OF Captain Henry $
brave and generous Company OF IRISH Volunteers.
Kennedy vas mol scalpcd, but the other two we're.
All three were near the Camp getting wood, soon
after day break"
From Me JgelsoatiiI, C0gnsr, March III
GENERAL GAINES AND OSEOLA HAD
AN INTERVIEW.
The news from the camp oil Gen. Games
continues to be OF great importance. la our
last We stated that Gen. Chnch, with the Ala.
chua Militia, had Joined hun. The force con.
sisted OF four companies Of mounted yoluu.
teers from Alachua county, commanded by
Captains Williams, Carter, Horn, and Lieut..
Dell, one company from Hamilton, county
under Capt. Martin, the Richmond Blues,
about seventy friendly Indians, aud some
regulars, IN all about seven hundred men.
Verbal reports state that the Indians are
getting short Of lead. With this force
Gen. Chnch went to the relief of Gen.
Games. The night before his arrival, Csc.
ola (the Indian leader sent negro to the
camp Of Gen. Games, requesting an inter.
view, and promising TO stop killing white
men, if he would stop killing Indians. THIS
proposition was agreed TO, and Oseola, was
told to come next day with a white flag,
when they would have talk With him.
The next day, in company with another
chief, he came TO within about one hundred
yards Of the Fort waived his white flag three
times, and sat down upon "A log. Three
officers from the camp went 10 meet them.
"Oseoa informed them tina, Gen. Chnch
was on his way TO JOIN them, with large
number of horsemen. He expressed his
willingness tina, hos,lliies cease, and to give
up his arms. The officers required him TO
sign articles Of agreement by which he
bound himself 10 proceed Immediately TO
Tampa Bay, and there embark for the Mis-.
sIssppi. Some say that Oseola objected to
this mode Of removing, aud wished to 20 by
land. Others that he would not promise to
90 at all, but wished to live on the other
side OF the WIthacoochee, and to have that
tor the boundary line between them aud the
whites. Their discussion was interrupted
by the arrival Of Gen. Cllnch. During the
course OF 1t, Oseola inquired how they were
oil Tor provisions. They told him they had