The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-17
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fully recognizing at that time as is commanding officer After having by stealth broken his arrest two three times, the 27th he gave us nll the = stp and went to Fort Gibson as we atterwaras learned and was reported by me to the department az eeserter. Ejslflenda n camp denied all know ledge oi his destination. These tacts l immediately communicated to Gen. Afbacfie, #ifo informed me again that he had no authority. Howell raturHed. bout the ftth of November to camp Liberty, pied 5y his own aud hayanaugh's companies about i miles ffoa my own camp, Independence, occupied by the other fve and after various attempts by elnis earles to excite nlttiay in my camp, at length eama Tn person and as usual with him cIandastnely at- tempted Its consammaton, when ] promptly caused him 10 be seized dnd lodged n tbe guard toase.- Here he was kept under the point of the bayonet, until the little excitement which he had produced had subsided, and he had humbled himself when lis application int proper nIsaaeFhs limits were axtend ed. On this last arrest d1d intend to put him in irons, bGt knowing that hls party among the troops 8as but slender, and that himself, KaVa naugh and Simpson, had proved themselves entirely destitute of that tact and bel3ness which renders mutineer dangerous, declined it as unnecessary. But whilst had Howell in confinement, a matlny was set on foot among his misguided adherents at camp sfbefty. to Wrea3hm from the hands ef inc law by force and bIoodshed. Howell, I<avaaaugh, Simpson, It. Hays and sergeant amison, afterwards dubbed ldeatenant by the IsVt Briqadler were the prominent nstigaors to this foul nutiny. Hays WAS the spy to reeoRnoi- tre the strong hold; Simpson and daalson tae lead-
 
 wards dubbed 6Eajorpereeg@ for his es92city or ths occasion-unforfunatel took the beg-aehe, gfsat commanders sometimes do, and retired to Doaks4Ia until all danger had blown ever. Ihe number e5 mutineers was probably between 30 and 35b Anna niton was distributed among them bE their officers, and under thar da1gg leaders Simpson and JatGson, fthe former cqed, by the volunteers account of his numefous ssl-told aangainary battles in Black Hawk < war; fBIood Thirsty, took Up their line ot march full of fight and glory As they passed Fort ToWseR, towards my camp, Capt <louht of the vol umeers saw them and g&llopped to my quarters with t9Ie news. Tn five minutes had two hundred men under s4a4s ready fo cut them to pieces The com Taanday of tIe regulars at keet Fowsoa, seeing them, ro3a o,f and ordered them to halt and after some nerenptorY exposta1atjon on hs part connected with their knowledge that Wodtd 5s appfiz53 oi taef aR- proaeh and ready to receive them. t4e5 returned to their quarters. Thus ended the mh9fnY ID the lBnguaes of ono of the soldiers engag9a m H. who has since disclosed the particulars, g3ey atFftsd fierce and hot as bu-dOgs but the they went the colder they got unt taa order to return @sthe sweetaet sound tI&G ever fell upon their ears. Capt
 y ysyaaauqa was immediately arrested, and deprived of his connand; and 3imBson and .lauison put in close eoafaement;- aheet humility saved them also from laanaclss. Hays was notaffestad because had t4ea no proof of his gailt-it tas bsef stace turajahed " thn faw days after these occgrren- ces, forwarded threngh the proper channel sen. Gaines who ga8 then still believed to De ID command, charees arainst Howell, Kayanaaeh, Simpson and Jamison the substance of which wilt be iound below. During Elowell's confinement in the guard house, letter was written in his name but not by him, to Gen Atbacke, repete with falsehoods, and III ptifa manner imporng assistance And although every facility of communication was offered to him both by myself and the comtaandant at Fort FoWson, this extraordinary epstle, which but tor It's prolixlty
 would give to Ghe public as curiosity, was sarfeq titiously snlungled o to Tort Gibson by vagabond called Eliinger whom Gen. Arbuekle recognized as .l55Pns to tp iB a Ph for 0i cious and infamous interference Tn the matter. iiis return produced m order from Gen. Arbuckle. call
 ng the volunteers to Fort Gibson, releasing Howell from arrest, and placing him in command Of the bat tlsn of volunteers as Colonel; aiso s9spendlng the arrests of tho others and ordering them tO duty with
 rhcr rank than they had ever before claimed Of me. This he did with full knowledge that tey had all been egaIll arrested, and that HoeoeH had commlt- ted offences for which the law oft the and would have cashie9ed h51 teahom dHeg31Glge 1t seems that the Bvt Brigadier had been recently clothed with new powers, and was perhaps anxious to exhibit his aatho
 rity to his new troops, and did not stop to consider whether it was warranted by law; or he may nave considered the prouptngs et his Little ock eofres- poadents superior to law, and in his own words coR sidered # 4o paIttieai G6al1, which in these days, and by the glasses through which he looked, has no connection with either law justice. In any ration al view he palpably outraged both; and totally des- rroged the efficiency Of the finest body 6 volunteers ever organized west of the Mississippi. Considering subordnation the first duty or soldier, promptly turned over the command to Howell and lnculcatod upon officers and soldiers the propriely of implicit obedience to his orders whilst in command. At the same time protesting aganst the legality of the cen
 erals act and intending to go yoluntartly into arrest ss coon as reached Fort Gibson, if he refused to restore me to the command Dsobeaeaee of orders is sometimes cxcusable--though rarely. Had we heen coaDelled to march 4-s- danger across the eneny's war-path--rather than h0ve pac
 ed the lives of my gallant comrades a the charge of such an inbecle, would lave held the command by force, naagchad the corps to Fort Gibson, and surrea
 dared myself into tba hands of my countrymen for Justification under tba circumstances The boy of
 5andusky immoftazed liis name by dlso5edieaee of orders; the Lion Of tae age saved the South by
 stretch of autAoritg. and though by comparison per
 Aapssaareely speek n shs dim distance of the hor-
 izop in similar circumstances shoeld not hesitate to place myself il tae satae path, and abide results.
 I,nf tbera was TO uecessity for such coursc-f felt