The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-08-03
LATE FROM FLORIDA.

Extract of letter from gentleman il
Florida to his FREUD in this District, dalec
July I6.
4" An express has just brought intelligence
that party of Creek Indians, (2Ou) wbcI
were surrounded by the Georgia troops in 3
swamp near the Flint River, have cluded
the vigilance oflhe investing parry, and were
making then way to East Florida 10 Join IN,
Seminoles. The Gcorgans gave pursuit
and overlook them on a small tributary
stream Of the Suwanee, over the Georcin
line. A fight eusued, but the indians beat
back tie whites. fear nothing effectual
ca. be done with the SeminoIcs until next
winter, although Gov. Call has wish to
destroy their crops by an immediate expe-
diion into their country, if he collects a
sufficient force"
The annexed extracts from Georpin. and
other Southern papers refer, we presume.
to the action mentioned m the above letter.
but give an opposite account Of the result. |
From the Standard Of Union, Extra,
July 30.
GOOD NEWS.
The following letter from Gen. Wilcox
to the Governor contuins the cheering in
telligence of brilliant and decisive battle
between corps of Volunteers from the
county OF Lowndes, and party of hostile
Iindinns, supposed to be the same which
lately passed through Baker.
TELPATR County, July I6.
GOVERNOR ScHLEY Dear Sir: have
this moment learned by express from one
of the posts on the head waters Of the Su-
wannee, that they had an engagement yes
terday with party of Indians, in which
our friends succeeded in killing and cap
turing the whole. We lost in the engage
ment three killed, and six or eight woun-
ded. The Indians have nineteen killed,
regret to state there were three women
and one child. Twenty prisoners, all
women and children.
am not able to state who commanded.
but suppose it to be Col. Blair, of Lowndes.
You must excuse the shortness of my letter
as it is written on a temporary table, and
in great haste.
Very respectfully, your obd't servant,
MARK WILCOX.
p. S.-The persons killed are Penny
well Folsom, Mr.. Shanks and Mr. Paris
MONTGOMERY, (Ala.) July I6.-About
three thousand Indians left our wharves on
Thursday last, on board the steamboats
Lewis Cass and Meridian, for their destined
homo across the Mississippi, under charge
of Lieutenant Barry, of the United States
Army.
From the inauspcious season Of the year
and the crowded state of the boats, it is but
reasonable to expect that the Indians will,
on the route, suffer much from disease.
We look forward to such result, but hope
for "A different one.-Adrertiser.
=. Previous to the departure of the Indians
from this place some days since, many SER
ious Disturbances occurred. Upon the re-
QUESTION of the Governour of Georgia, pre-
parations were making to so chain and iet-
ter some twelve or fifteen of these deludcd
wretches that there could be no escape,
when one by sudden and energelick effort
succeeded in getting from the grasp of those
in whose possession he was, raised ham
mer, and inflicted severe blow upon the
head of one of the guards, gave the war
whoop, and then took to flight; he was
Immediately shot dead by Mobile voIun-
leer, and another bayonetcd and died in
few hours.-fb.