The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-03-18

too c0Urier Of the 9th inst. has advises
from ii. Augustine 10 the 6th.
Balfle arifk fke Lndimas.-The s. Au-
gusline Herald contains Inc following &C.
counts Of q most severe engagement be-
tween GeaPrsl Gaines and the Indians.
We have besn favored with the sighlof
several letters from st. Augustine. which
gives some further details q The ADORE
engagemsaI. lhe substance 0f which Nc
give without Eouehing Cur their eoueels
mess. a. the accounts appear 20 be mush
confused.
One letter SAYS Gen. Gaines had hren
two days engaged With lhe Indians 1900
in number, II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
consequence 81 being shOTI of ammnnF-
/ ton. he Was loading his tirId pieces with
trace chains. and firing them Al ihelEdIAns
wg,h lTemsRdpus elfrct-ihal Zen. Games
had written 10 Ten. Cllnrh. u send him
3D0 mounted men aud provisions. and he
wauld put an snd 60 the war. The wrl
Ter expresses the opinion Ihat this Trin-
forremenl would not b. sent on. as sane
jealousy EXISTED between Generals SENT
aud Galae,. and that the latter Vas arIlhg
on his own responsibility. Without or
deEs.
A postscript 10 this letter informs that
six ii General Gaiues' men had bern kill
cd and wounded. alter iighIing 3 DAYS.
Another letter says our troops fought
the Indians for iva DAYS across the river;
and on the lhlrd Law. having formed an
enuenched canP. proceeded with 2OO
men Tor the purpose Of enilcing them
across the nhlsc0oehee. lie suceeed-
ed. aud the lhdlans stacked him in his
enueactled camp. when he committed
grra, slaughter among them. having kill.
ed 400 of their number. One ii the Of
6cers said To be wOuded on our side. il
Lleul. lizard.
The lOTce If Gen. Gaines Is stated 70
have been composed or militia from Ala.
bama and Louisiana
The Pensacola Gazette Of the 9Th nit.
states that when General Games reached
that place. " on hrs way from New Or-
leans TO Tampa Bay. he received orders
10 repair 10 the Mexican frontier. In which
point. IL seems, the 9th Regimen, IT In.
laniry has been ORDERED. On this fact
being know n To the Troops and volunteers,
the latter manifested much DISSATISFACTION.
and insisted. that as they had volunteered
ln 60 under the command Vi Gen Gaines,
he should accompany them. Under
these circumstances. he determined ~ do
81.
The editor Of the pensacola paper
says. tins /. tie only proPIIIuus moment
for operating eifeclually. a. the rainy
season eommeuces about the first Of
MsEch, aud iur a n,0ngh aiieTS ards a.
army will have abundant occupation in
conIendlng against the elements. No
man. be Continues. knows thrse facts
better than Gen. GaInes.
The following paragraphs are copied
from The 81. Augustine Herald.
Gen Gaines. wcleatn. had loined Gen.
CGnch with 100 men an the 2i!h Fe.
brnary from Tampa BAY via tie upper
crossing Of the Wi,lIlacnochee. aud had
started back again Tor Tampa with eight
days provisions. BY way of the lower
. crossing. We understand that Gen.
Gaines came through the scene of the
massacre Of the gallant but unfortunate
! Major Dade's command. and that they
found and buried the bodies OF 8 uihcers
: and 9S sneu. II is supposed that seven
Of this fated band had crawied of and
, persisted in the woods, or were taken pri.
' soners.
r The ceremony Of consigning them "a
E their graves Is presented as solemn and
D impressive, aud the effect produced upon
those present are such as never will be
/. forgotten. Every officer Was recognized
The Indians had not taken their clothe.
nor the jewelry. They had taken away
e the arms aud belts, but had leit the car
e fridge boxes.
D An express arrived here from Picolais
s this afternoon. from whom we learn that
0 il was currently reported there. that Gen
1 6. had had battle al or near the Nithls'
e coochee on his return; that they had been
/. fighting three DAYS; that the first day, the
e troops and the Indians were on opposils
. sides Of the river, and that on the nigh
$ OF the third day, the Indians attacked ths
Z. camp Of Gen. Gaines, and that there hat
e been 90 Of our troops killed aud wounded
e We believe tire report 10 be true, though
4 we have no knowledge from officia
i. sources.
e p. s. Since writing the above we learr
}, officially, that Gen. Gaines had beer
It attacked on the night Of the 29th Febru'
o airy. by about 1900 Indians as he suppo'
!; SEES, and after two hours hard fighting HI
4 succeeded in beating them of. The los.
i on our side is 4 killed, and 20 wounded
v among the latter two officers. Gen. Game,
! 10 in a dangerous situation; TO use hi,
r own expression, I" his wounded are in
I 4 l. i.