Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-05-10
TIE WAR IN rLoRDA-LArrsr ACCOUNTS

TIE WAX IN FLORIDA LATEST ACCOUNTS.
B,su str.vsl % Scw York from Charleston :. & pa
pers have leca had from the latter place TO Ii; May
They bring ouu', from the army in FLORIDA 70 very
late date We give below some extracts from letter, aud
papers which twl De that the plan Of Gen. Scot
for 'uirounisrias theta Ian, nus been frustrated.
The following brief account Of some Of the loci.
dent, attending the march from Fou Drsne 10 Tampa
Esy a, related 20 correspondent fan Augusta (Geo.)
paperby Moi Dousl So. Moi d. lef, Tampa on the
antruo,u Ct the 18th, aud srvcl IA Louisville the 26h
% iprl, VIA repsacoa.
Major Douglas states that or tie march 10 Tam
pa they had two battles and several skirmishes
Nth the Indians The fret battle was at ham
mock near the WthacoocIee. On approaching
the hammock, the advance guard fell back aud re-
ported 800 or more Indians ia sight. Gen Scott
then prepared Tor seton, ard advanced with all his
army within a few hundred yards Of The hammock
when the Indians were discovered on the opposite
side, ina cleared place, holding up their hands
without their arms. Gen. S. suppossing they did
not wish to fehi, sent an interpreter TO them, but
they would not receive him. lie then ordered n
lieutenant with an Indian negro and one or two
men, to ride into the hammock and hold white
handkerchlef-N hen several Indians came out to
meet them. The Indians suited that they did not
wish to fight, and would come that night and have
talk with Gen. Scott. They returned and report
ed to Gen. $. but the interpreter informed Cen
). that IT was his opinion the indians would not
come in, and only wanted time to remove their wo.
men and children; that The hammock they were 10
was the place Oseola Dragged about, and called it
the GORE Of the WlthiacoocLee, and said that
white men could never enter there. But the &c n
still believing the Indians wished to make peace
End would come IN, ordered his army back Il short
distance, and commanded that gun should not BE
fired, which order created great dissatisfaction a.
monG the volunteers, seeing the Indians Just across
the hammock, 10 considerable force and they not
permitted 10 make battle will, ,honn. Tho Indiaus
not complying with their promise, on the next
morning Gen. s. made an attack upon the hammock,
the Indians commecced tremendous yelling and
bowling for few minutes and then ceased; the
Gen not knowing whether the Indians had retreat
I'd or not. still continued to advance Oh the ham
mock, and when within about $50, yards, the lnd-
ans commenced heavy firing upon them, they
however, succeeded in routing them. Major
Douglass thinks that the loss he part of the
Indians must have been considerable from the very
many signs Of blood and the number Of places
where the Indians dragged Off their dead. They
then pursued them to another hammock, where
they had another battle with them after which, for
tho want Of provision, Gen. Scott was compelled to
take up the line OF march for Tampa Bay.
/ Maj Douglass states that Gen. Scott and his
army lett Tampa on tie morning Of the l6h for
+. ranc; he took with him Line days provisions, In
which time he expected TO arrive at T. Drane and
then discharge all the volunteers in Florida from
the se,eral States, aud remain himself with the
regulars; and that in consequence of tho sckly
season coming on, and the ndispostion of his men
he would not be able TO end the war during tho
present campaign
The following particulars are given in lettet
from officer in the army, dated Tampa Bay
April 18Th.
"Gen, Scott, with Clnches command, consisting
Of troops from Louisiana, who had been with GaiLc,
and the troops from Georgia, On al, 1901 arrived
also ON the Oh and cncamped two miles fro m TIN,
place. They !cf +. Drane on the 20,h ult., yis
ted the battle ground on the Oulhiachooche upon
which the enemy had engaged Gems. Clinch ana
Games. and d.scoyeged that The "olrd had flown
The Indians always ylgiiaut had rctreated to SON,
other strong hold; which sc have yet to find
In passing hammock ten miles from the riyci
they were attacked on the 50.A b. party Of Ind
ans. Supposed 10 be a hundred 10 number battlc
onsuel, the hammock vas charged aud the enc
nv. as usual, routed. They Grod as they retreale,
killed { aud wounded ofClncl's men,
The expedition, 20 far, s failure. Scott ex
pccted, by marching the army in three dticrcu
quaers, 10 surround and capture the enemy and pu
them 10 the sword; aud iite or nothing has beer
done. Another movement viii be made to morrow
mixed Indian, half Spanaird hslf Seminole va,
brought 10 prisoner, The other dsy by CAPT
Greene. Of the L. s. Cutter Dallas; this fellow wa
captured by friendly Spaulafds on The coast uca
Chsrlouee's Iiarbur ale Wss Intercepted by u
interpreter snd he confessed that the women an,
children piunde' and negtoes, Of 'be Indians, wer,
concentrated at the head OF Pea Creek within he
miles ot Charlolie's Hsib1r. Gen. Scott ha
thought IT advisable TO act upon this information
The spanafd has been taken around 20 Charlotte
Hafbof 10 the cutter. Three or four hundred O.
the Louisiana troops have been seut BY waler. -
To MORROW morning The $. Carolina troops VII,
take % the line q march. with days pIo,isioui
On iileir backs aud iwo bushels corn on then
horses for Pea Greek, which by land, distant 90
~ TORY miles from tbs place. The spsuuird hai
pfomiseJ 20 conduct The troops 10 tie camp ~ 40
enemy II be Is 20 be relied %, and the iHiisn
are uuWsfy, sc may s,rlse the finishing bow yet
The greater part az Ciache's command All re-
torn BY ths Esy Of the OliaiacoocAe 10 =. ling