Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-15

and continued two days, neither party gam;
| ing any material advantage: Inc third
day Gen. Gaines retired, and threw ZIP j
breast work-attcr which nc advanced to
the river with two hundred men, recon-.
mepced thc ki..nish, and then retreated
with a hone OF decciving his enemy, and
dccovipa them into an ambush After
dark on the sar,c day, the entire body OF
! Indians, now largely reinforced by the ar
rival Of scat ring squads, crossed the
! river, and had the bravery to attack him i'll
his trenches. The strateycm WAS thus far
successtul-thc cannon opened upon them,
and PLAYED with such effect, that it is pre-.
sumcd, three huadrcd Indians aud Negroes
were killed. | say presumed. rs it IS lot
known, whether that number vas destroyer!
in the single engagement, or in the entire rrn-
conlrc. When the cannon opc4sd, the sava-
gcs began Il ''errible howling," and no VOL
der, for am told that all the trace chains
tclonging to the wagons were used instead OF
bulls, 81 literally moved them down like gas :
beneath the Scvthc. Two OF our officers
were wounded i'll that cngagcmcnt-onc OF
whom, il is understood has since died.
Gaines has since scnt into Clinch for provs-
ions: but afterwards, ccuntermandcd the
order, as the Indians would cal tire the wag-
gons. Tie is understood to be surrounded.
His provisions must be gone-and unless q
reinforcement has been sent b. Scott, his
fate, and that Of his gallant army, arc seal
ed.
Twas in Camp, between this and Ham
sons, when Prince, tho Express came in;
the Indians having attacked him in true mil
itarv style. within eleven miles Of TINS, aud
ordered him to the fright about" with
shower of ii!tccn Or twenty bullets. The
top of his cap was literally shot away, and
scrcra! balls passed through his coat. \
detachment from Lieut.. Colonel licwltt'S
Battalion was on tins morning ordered out
10 skin the country. and cut up the varlcts
"li&c il group
The Postscript to another letter da;cd St.
Augustine, March ,.
u. :. Since writing the above We learn
officially, that Gcr. Gaines had been at
tackled on the night of the 29th February,
By about 1900 Indians as he supposcs, and
after TWO hours hard fighting nc succeeded
in beating them oil. The loss on our side
is / killed. and 20 wounded, among the lat.
tertwo officers. Gen. Gaines is in i dam
gcrous situation to use his own expression,
1" his wounded arc increasing and his horses
decrcaSing." He is short of provisions and
cntrenchcd and surrounded b. the enemy.
On Friday last, Jim, 4 free black, and Car
los, 4 slave went in the country in the neigh
borhood ofPalatk;,, to drive in some cattle
for MIR. Solano. They had collected ID
head, and were returning with them when in
crossing Deep Creek they were surrounded
by party ofIndians % in number, and
made prisoners, about noon on Saturday.
The Indians travelled with them until dark
when they ciica,,,Icd und killed n b~~r ..'io
feastcd, sung, and danced several hours It'll
they all got asleep, and the negroes made
their escape, arrived in town on Monday
night about 10 O'Clock, having travelled
through the woods all the way, and avoided
cvcry path.
The Governor Of Alabama has issued
ORDERS for raising a Regiment Of one lhou-
sand mounted men to be stationed on tho
eastern Boundary otthc State, to observe
the movements of the Creek Indians. Tins
order it scenes is the result Of ofintormation
conveyed to the Executive of Aabama OF
manifestations calculated 10 excite sus-
picion ofhos.lc designs on the part OF these
Indans.