Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-26


80 not only beaten but we'll nigh tetotally used up
The following extract Of letter from gentleman con-
versant with the facts, gives The foS' cHeu'is'1"' ~
= count thai we have seen
gill A, far a. ha We been able 10 learn theG give
you some oi the particulars relative to Col beall hgh
in the Chic asawatchie. After marching about miles
in mud and water from knee deep to near their waists
the advance guard discovered the enemys tents ptchea
on dry ground, and such being their eagerness for gn'
= they cracked away at Indian who CHANGED to be "a
ing down TO the water TO wash his hands THIS aia rev.
the whole camp, and they rushed out and con'e sd
VI gular fire at men, behind the cover OF trees ' lii;
by chief who did all that he could DO 10 III HIM
men, until unerrng ball from deaaiy '. 81 mi
PROSTATE upon the Garth. The firing iaseu 49, AL ,,
nu,es when The CHARGE was made and the enemy fcu VII"
precipitation leaving 10 dead upon the he'd alu ar
evidence Of much greater numopL go s. ~ - 49,
were aeon "a be Dcked up aud carried on thev were P
.ned car s,ma distance The Indians had 80 tents, ana
Is an incredible quantity Of beef bacon horses cF
dies bonesrun cooking UTENSILS &C &c, all OF "h'ch
fell into the hands Of the victorious whites MANY H.
Ms were also taken in word, their whole camp equip
was taken and destroyed by the troops Their stua
on now is desperate The whites had nine wounded, Of
which one has since died, Mr. John llardsnn Of Early,
Mr. Buchanan, Of this place. gallant soldier, had his
thigh broken but is doing we'll. 1t is generally ad
ed that if the advance guard had reserved their fire
until the main body could have gotten up every rascal
Of them would have been taken. AS evidence OF
their desire to fight when it necessary for guard
to be placed the horses, during the absence of the
troops the officers compelled to detail men regularly
for that purpose, being willing 10 reman Alter
Buchanan fell lie called some TO him and begged
them to hold him up, until he could Shoot but his qua
had been wet and it would rot fire. Two dead Indians
have been found since the battle and some 70 or 81
yshorses ana mules taken The swamp Is IRON our TO
geight miles wide and fifteen miles leag, with now
and then dry spot Of earth, and infested with ALT
gators bears, wolves, nc. not human being, save
the savage. has ever explored it. 1t Is impossible
10 say how many Indians there Tom Cars es
Mate is generally believed 10 be correct lie was IN the
battle and fought gallanlly-he numbers them al :)c
there at any rate 81 cloth tents Bea had 20 -
t,,Ia a{1nr
to escape for their situation is, have before stated,
desperate. 1t is feared by soe that ihey have already
gone; if they have not their time has vel! nigh drawn
10 close, for the boys mad and determined to have
them. Beall has 800 men under his command our
battalion will augment that number 10 500. II is belieV
ed that yet greater number Of will be necessary
to force the Indians from the swamp to keep them
in it,
1t is the opinion of Col B. that the Indians have dis
persed, and that he will be unath 10 draw drive Them
to another battle 1t rather to be hoped that his fear
less band left but few Of them alive and hence bat few
can now be found The citizens of the counties below
would do well keep sharp look out, for recent cir
have shown that there small gangs OF
wages yet prowling about in the large swamps in Ran
dolph and Baker. This caution is however unnecessary
for discover that itowci down the river
wide awake, and keeping the enemy awake too.
(Fr0m the Columbus Sentinel Of Juiy l5.)
THE CREEK WAR-We consider at an end, and the
citizens OF the Indian country of Alabama, returning
their plantations After their many sutferngs and pr
vaons, there is still to congratulate them Ibis
event, most cordially DO Many, told, viii
make half crop more, and it hoped that in the az
gregate the planters in that quarter may make enough
nearly so, TO last them until the succeeding crop is
gathered. There few Struggling hosles, il sup
posed, still in the nation but that country well
filled with troops, marching and countcrmarching in all
directions, together with large body OF friendly incias
that Of opinion, there is little danger TO he
apprehended from the few hosliles no yet remain ot
They will pass themselves off for friendly Indians uh
remain neaceablc, wherever they have opportunity
The u. S. mail through the nation by the direct
route, and arrived here without the least molestuton
stage also through and arrived here Saturday,
bringing t,c0 ladies and number of gentlemen. This
stage three corps of u s. and Alabama troops diff
ferent stations along the road Another mail left for
Montgomery on Tuesday last. We mentioned in
last that Government had directed Gen Jesup post
bodies of u S. troops the mail escort for
the mail through the nation which consider will
der the mail entirely secure.
The infantry regiments Of Georgia troops, under the
command of Major General Sanford, have returned to
Columbus; and two Of them, the under the command
of Colonel Williamson, and the other under the
mand of Colonel Porter, have been discharged. The
regiment under the command of Colonel Hard-man is
still! IN the vcin, and is expected viii be discharg
ed in few days. Capt Love, with his company, ~ at
Fort Twiggs; Major Afford at Roanoke, and Col Bra!i
on the Chckasaha,chee swamp, in Baker county: Major
Hoxe is also somewhere below. The Columbus volun-
teers, under the command of Major Hoxie, wcnt down
to reinforce Col. Beall. These, believe, all the
Georgia troops in service, if We include few militia
companies from Early, Stewart, Decatur and ThomG2
counties, also under the command of Col Beal
The party of Indians of which COL Bes went in pur-
suit believed still to be in the Chickasahalchee
swamp, and COL Bea Is making daily efforts 10 drive
them out.
The account taken from letter published in The En-.
aurcr Of yesterday, gives the most circumstanal ac
count which we have heard Of Colonel Bcaiis opera
tions:
In the above engagement Colonel Bea took the camp
of the Indians, considerable quantity Of ammunition
and provisions, and about three thousand dollars worth
of goods. with entire pieces of homespun, Calico &c.
sopposedto have Peen plundered from Tie stores at
Roanoke.
On the 3d. 4th and 9th of this inst, there smart
running fight Of interest between body Of In
dams who making their way to Florida and por
ton of the citizens of Stewart county We have been
favored by Colonel VIM. Cooper, of thai county, rho
in the engagement, with his official report of the
transactions but too late for publication entire in 10 day.
paper 1t appears from that report that the Indians
ed the Chuttahoocee during the night Of the I'd instant
and made up the Hannahatchec creek AS they
were discovered by the inhabitants express sent
to the commanding officer at Roanoke, and h1alo AL
ford despatched in pursuit Of them After pursuing
tor some time and losing all distinct traces Of them and
belle wing them TO be very small body, if any, he gave
up chase The Indians reached the head Of the creek
and crossed through the pine woods to the Kitce
foony hammocks, where they laid down. and where fjty
t,co beds were afterwards counted. Colonel Couper
WIN. White, Galba Mathews, Edward e. Beard aud
number of other citizens Of Stewart county determined
to follow them. Eight of this party overlook and
got before them in the swamp they passing -
The parties fired each other, and both reteaed, the
whites knowing their weakness and the Indians fearful
of their strength The next day larger body Of whites
collected and followed the Indians down the swamp,
sometimes in water up to their waists In the evening,
the being much atigued the most of them OF
10 refresh themselves leaving but about eight
in the immediate vicinity of the Indians. These the In
dams attacked, and wounded one dangerously through
the shoulder The white think they killed several
Indians in the two engagements though they had NO
time TO stop to seek for their bodies Next morning the
whites mustered about sixty men, and after pursuit of
about miles further they found the Indians again in
large thick swamp. The party dismounted, and went
to the attack in three columns, the left wing