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T in that almost inaccessible region they
are now concealed. That officer, 1t
is said, caused Powell and his chiefs
to be Informed, by way of inducing
them to agree TO accept the Withlacoo
chee as temporary boundary, that
large armies were appl oaching, which
would fill up the Indian country, or
crush every thing in the way. The
willy chiefs profiled by the informa
tion sent, off their families, and disper
'sed their warriors into small parties.
In this way Powell expects 10 make
good his threat, viz: that he tOouId
.prUtract the tUor, three gears.
To end this war, ! am now persua
tded that not less than 5000 regular
troops sreindispensable; 2,40o foot
and about 600 horse; the country to
be secured aad occupied, requires that
number. 4 have no particular desire
TO conduct the operations of the new
forces. Thatis duty which i shaII
neither solicit nor decline.
OF the 5000 GOOD troops lNuT vol
unteers) five hundred will be necessa
ry TO garrison Eve posts for the depos
it Of supplies, say one on the ST. Johns
Z miles below Lake George; one up
the Peas creek, say Is miles above
Charlotte Harbor, one at Tampa Bay;
one l2 miles from the gull Of Mexico
Fup the Wythlacooche; and one on the
sameriver, near the Fort King road,
with 100000 ratiOns deposited at Tam
pa Bay, and thirty or forty thousand
at each Of the other posts. Five col
umns with baversacks, and alew one
horse carts, may operate securely and
with every prospect Of success, at
least TO the north and west of Char
lotte Harbor. For the country below
additional means will be wanted, viz:
two or three steamers of light draft
of water, and fifty or sixty barges of
different sizes, capable Of carrying
from Ten TO. fifty men each.
! give these items, in order, it ap
proved, that the necessary appropria
lions may be asked at once. i beg
leave TO add, 10 haste, that new ,resi
mentS, or regiments Of recruits, would
be worth little or nothing ia this war.
will, therefore, earnestly recommend
that the companies Of the old ,regi
ments be extended 10 eighty or ninety
privates each. Recruits mixed up with
old soldiers in June or July, would be
come effectively the first of Decem
Der; and ! repeat, that operations can
not be carried on by GnytrOops wha,
ever, in this Peninsula, except be
tweenAhe Goth Of November and the
end Of April. The intermediate peri
cd is'too hot or Ioosickly to be endu
red.
The boat is about 10 depart, and j
must, for the present conclude.
At the end ofJanuary,I aSked'for
troops Of the Governors Of several
States. The last Of the South Caro-
Iinians arrived al St. Augustine the
8 h of March and at Volusia The 25th,
The Georgians, in part, arrived at Fort
Drane about The same time; but six
companies of'horse not ill The oh of
this monlh--alter the campaign was
nearly over. AS it was impossible
for them 10 join either Of the columns,
Lieut.. Colonel Crane sent them back
10 their homes. The Albany regi
ment that was to reach Tampa Bay
about the 25th Of ofFebruary, did moi
reach that place ill Il think) the j 9Th
Of March. These extraordinary de
lays it was impossible for me to fore
see or TO guard against.
Aportion ofthe Georgians eiust
arrived here 10 embark for their
homes, and the remainder of the SO me
quota will follow. The South Caro-
In'dHS VIII % ulScharged al 81. Au
gusllne and Jacksonville.
l shall write again by The first up
portunity. Ia the mean lime j shall
hare, or at ST. Augustine, wait the
orders Of the Department,
remain with great respect,
Your most obedient servant.
(Sigued) WINFIELD SCOTT. |
Brig. Gen. r. JONES, Adj't Gen.
u. s. Army.
From The Tallahassee Floriaan,
April 3Oth,
Major WATSON of Columbus, Geor