The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-07

hundred and lif,y men; they brought 10
= supply sufficient far four dave. Dur
inc that day, The friendly Indians aMach-
ed 10 lhe command killed chief called
Charley Fixieo. leader Of about eighty
1--WE men. That night the senlinels were
fired upoE occasionally. and also on the
3lsIs bul without injury. On the same
day. an ailempl was made 10 procure more
beef. Being sixiy miles from lhe depot,
with barely enough provisions % reach i.
Without any prospect d being able 10
keep The field, Cor he purpose Of co-ope-
ration, and having obtained 20 response
10 The signals made Tor eight days in suc-
cessioa, coloael Lindsay deemed il adj
vIsable % return 10 Tampa. where he arr
rived on The nigh, Of the 9Th q April. In
The interval between the depariare from.
and return 70. Fort AlabaIna, that post
was attacked BY force of between three
and Tour hundred Indians, which result
cd IN loss on The part Of The troops. az
ter an action oftwo hours and twenty mi
nuies, Of one killed and two wounded;
the supposed loss Of The enemy was If
teen killed. The enemy continued 10
lay around the work in considerable iorce,
! both day and night until the return Of the
ceatre column.
:" The several columns which arrived
al Tampa abous The 9Th Of April. remain
ed al that place until The l4lh. for the
purpose II recruiting the men and horses,
which had become much exhausted from
the heat II the weather. and the fauguing
and difficult marches. The army Was
here divided into i've delschments. CO.
lionel Smith. with the Louisiana volun-
teers. sas detached 10 ChsrlOlle Hsrbor
aud up Peasr creek, accompanied BY q
naval farce. when, slIsr operating some
days upon the country. aud discovering
no Indians, he returned 10 Tampa, aud
thence t. New Orleans. where The volun-
Ieers 3ere discharged.
" fne Florida volunteers under Major
Real, were sent to The mouth 0i The
Wyth!ac0cchee, 90 operate up that river.
The object Of this expedition was not el-
fecird. and the troops were conveyed TO
81. Marks and Tallahassee. where they
we're discharged
" The rigni wing. uader Gen. Cluch.
consisting Il 27s arullery. - dlsmoun,-
ed Dragons. 202 infantry, 1870 Augusta
volunteers, 40 mounled men. marched
for Fort Draus, wa Forl Cooper, on The
Wylhlacaochse, making short marches
10 consequence IT the heat Of The weather
aud The debllnaied rpndluon Of the hors-
-. Un the 18Th, three miles from Fort
Copper GENERAL Clinch despatched two
companies with light wagons, with IN
slrncunns to MAJOR Cooper 10 JOIN him.
The detachment vas fred upon from a
hammock. aud one !leatenanl and PR.
vale severely wounded. The enemv fled.
Fou Cooper mad been invested from the
| 5ih lo the 18th Of April, with loss OF
| one killed and i've wounded: the force oi
the enemy estimated al $50. On the 22d
one Of the bankers was fired on from a
hammock, when prompt pursuit was
made, but without effect. the Indians re-
turing through a thick underground. The
troops reached Fort Drane on the 18th,
the men and horses much exhausted by
sickness aud The heat OF the weather. An
other DAYS march would have occasloned
the abandoning the train. Fifteen hors.
es and mules died ON the road, and eight
were turned oct that could not be got
along BY leading. The term Of service
Of the volunteers having expired, they re.
Iurned 10 their homes. On the goth, the
enemy made an attack on Fort Drane,
bu, were repuIsed BY the garrison--,hey
carried of some negroes and horses.
"rhe left wing accompanied BY Gen,
Scott. moved. via Pilakikahs aud the
upper crossing Of the ocklawaha, fol
VoIusia. On the night Of the 22d o.
April. the camp was fred upon BY par
. " Of SIX or eight Indians. They were
pursued at daylight, without any result
. On the 24lh a party OF the enemy vat
. met. hui without any other result than III,
! capture Of their horses and packs. the en-
! emy escaping into the hammocks. A
: body ii the lef, wing reached Volusia OF
the 25,h. All the volunteers Of the lef
wing marched under Colonel Goodwin
: for 81. Augustine Oh the 2SIh, via To
. moka. The regulars were left TO garri
| snn veIusia, aud superintend the evacu
, aton Of the post which had become We
4 ~ sickly.
1.-The centre column. under Col. Lind
: say, moved for the forks Of the Wy.hla
{ coochee. Passing over the Hillsborougl
/. a WAGNER was killed by the Indians
aud on tina, night the Alabama regimen
a was fred on and sentinel wounded.-.
. The remainder Of the march was effect
4 ed without annoyance from The enemy
!, No signs Of Indians we're discovered OF
g the Wyihlacoochee Being ensumbere,
with The SICK. the troops returned to FoI
Q Alabama. The wagon train was insult
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