Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-04-18
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
IRON ILORIDN

FROM FLORIDA
Cuastl,ruy. Apul J.-Sincc uIr asi pnble.t-
,un. W lave received count, from Flurita, CIV
in, ii,ir,n,o at .,iIl iurr,r loss Of lite on tire
part ot our troops IN tal section 81 country all Tia
particulars If which. ~ iar as We have been able
10 .oll,,t, viii hc found below.
Extract, Of hfhr, nc,irtd IN IN, city.
"PpotAr., March 10.
=. have ,r,n one Indian li.hh, and had the a" hi
pleasure OF shooting one, altei AN engagement vi
twenty-five minutes. There were five Indians
killed, four Of hch were thrown into The river.
Trey carried OF their wounded. We lost ioof
men Killed aud eight wounded. Til, IS IN allnslon
to tie Gei Of Ashbl's company.
On the 9th inst. Lieutenant Arnold "a' out
with tucnt, mounted msn Of Captain NILSSON ;
company al hnrsc from Lancaster Distiid, WIEN
the, fell in " i,h u small body OF Indians, and eA-
changed shot, With ,lum. One OF h's men way
soun led Que shot twice through his clothes, AID
the horse ofthc Lieutenant slightly Wounded he
!. Lieutenant ordered precipliatc retreat, ahd has
had .haIne. made against HIM toi 80 dong, as the
Indian, were inferior in number. II ~ sa'd liz
might have taken tkcn, ALL Ono Of the Indians
va. killed"
Gen. Scott left Fort Dran, ON the morning Of
the o6tll ul, with ROO men, for the W lll'lacoo-
,l.r battle ground of Cen. Gaines. Gen Ensti'
was TO have left olu,ia, with the whole army, iof
the same place, 90 SATURDAY., leaving onl, oo men
at Nolu,a.
Extract Of :, letter from one Of the Staff Officers
ofCol Bri>bau's u, ginrnt, dated Wcs, side Of
the ST. Johns, f.. f., opposite Camp Nolus",
March u.
"lcSicrlay our portion Of The Army comncn-
ced crossing the ST. Johns River, and had rcn.
counter with tie Indians Two companies oi
Col. Bf,,hanr's regiment, Ashbt's and frlPl",
were first ,cut over a> an adv ance guard, TO pro-
tee, ,lr landing of the balancc.-1hcse companies
having crossed, were attacked by considerable
number Of Indians. A sharp contest Immediately
ensured. Brisbane aud most u lis stail, among
Them myself, were Oh Ike Las, bank OF the River
The Irish v"Mnt,,r, and Captain lliLler's compa-
hV, aud as many men as could ho 20, over, were
senf in flats. Captains llalhcr, Doucin and Aliens
comp crossed below in the steam bout to 'nt
of the retreat OF HE Indians. Co.. brisbane my
self and some Others, crossed IN small ooa'.
The Indians were irpulord and driven uath'
Ina, lnp as near AS W. could ascertain five men lll-
led and several wounded We four places
ON the bank, of the river, where their dead had
hccn thrown over, aud found one y 'ng dead about
$50 ward. from the battle ground. We Sd"
track. Of blood ON several ,rnll, un the pa'mello
| bushes. Three men Of Ashb,'S company, named
Austin, Wr,mi,r, and iiunhill-r, wclck'tle'. and
Twelve men woundcd. All OF the Wounded hay.
been attended to- and placed in the hospital al
! Camp olu,s."
Thu, We have had the honor TO i've the In
dian, tie first defeat they have me, with. \" {
ore nov in the Indian territory and eArec' III 4
a few DAYS to ha>ca general engagement. we
,l,,t or ,aIl,r law in bushes last night under arms
and ready for action. Tie Indians ans s"lpf'-
,ed 10 be, long to Powell, gang. We expect To
! .,,I h
bCdy'ot Indians"
[From tie st. .iugustint U,roH, Nnr.h25
i inpOIiont tran Oiasd.--'Thc Steamer Sant'"
arrived At P,cohta, las, nieit from Nolu,,a, by
which ". learn that Tia, detachment OF 800 |onn-
ic~rx which had been SCAT out under Lieutenant
Colonel Butt, r. had not returned or heard OF up 10
Yesterday morning. On the 23d a detachment
! consisting Of ~ volunteers and Two guh's were
sent IN search of them, with or.hts 10 p'"'e'a AS
lar as New Smyrna, and ON ueir way, about ~"
niles from olu,ia. they fell IN with n part, Oh Il
bout 10 Indians, ~ open pine barren, ABOUT y" q
miles from any thickct OF shrub. They attacked
the Indians and killed one and wounded aho'iti
another. when the Lieutenant commanding tbc..c-
! ta,Lmrnt ordered a.rcticat for rcIniortcmeh'
We are informed that every man in the d"ael-
men, behaved admirably, and tie whole party OF
Indians miall have been taken or cut ur, had II
| not been for the conduct Of ihe officer. cour'
martial was ordered to try him imm, diatclN. Cen
tusti. has been DETAINED nj \oIusia, waiting The
return OF Co Buffers detachment, and want o
guides. and has tlus been unable 10 comply VIII
Gen. Scouts orders to meet Him at the ihlaeoo-
chec ON the ED. Col Butler had two gee,
guides " ili him when he lett \ olusia.
We are verhuli, Informed that this dctaclimeh
consisted of 400 men, who had only one da,
provisions wi,h Them, intending, when, HEY started
,, on, to proceed a, far us Spring Garden; and
On ,hi, account much anxiety was i.lt iol iliet
,eirly.