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

pOflalion from Tampa. relieved from the |
circumference OF The sick. The march |
10 Tampa was uninterrupted by The enc.
my; and, after resting day and half.
Col. Chisholm, with he Alabama Tegi-
meat, and four companies 0f infantry and
twenty artillery. returned 10 remove all the
public property and stores from Fort Ala
bama. The troops reached Fort Alaba-
ma, and, 90 their return march. were az
tackled about three o'elnrk IN The afier-
noon Of the 9th, as The advance guard
was preparing IN cross Tholonolosassa
creek; The Indians firing from dense CO.
vert ON ihe front and both tanks Of the
column. The FIRE was vigorously re-
turned BY ahe troops. and aller twelve or
thirteen rounds from field piece. Col.
Foster, a. the head &c The infantry. chsrg-
ed into the hammock, attacked and drove
The Indians, estimated Al three hundred,
and thus put an end 10 ile conilicl which
had been kept up for an hour, resulting
IN loss. on The part Of the troops, Of five
killed and "a wounded. The troops
reached Tampa the next day, and the vo-
lunieers returned TO their homes; The rainy
, season having SET in. and the weather 50
hot as 10 render il impossible To keep the
field without great sacrifice of life.
The strength OF The enemy during
the campaign j. estimated by General
Scott not To exceed 1900 lighting men;
and he y Of opinion that net more Than
500 had al any time. since the com
mencemcnl Of hosiilIties. been brought
within the sane ten miles square; and
thai, in ell his operations for thirty days,
no party larger Than 100 had been found:
but that parles from 10 10 80 had been
encountered almost every where.
After the return o. the troops from
Tampa 10 their several POSITIONS. Gene
raj Scott deemed II necessary, in cOnse-
quence IT the exlTeme heal Of The wea-
ther, and The sickness 81 lhr troops. 10
put them into summer quarters, which
vas approved BY The Secretary Of War.
in letter Of The 5.h Of May from the
AdjuIan' General. and thus closed the
campaign.
The Court. after full consideration
Of the foregoing facts, aud the testimony
from which they are drawn. comes TO the
following opinion:
1.-The Courl, after careful review OF
the great mass oil testimony taken in the
foregoing investigation. finds that Major
General Scott was amply clothed s.h
authority To create The means OF prOsecu-
tug the Seminole war to a successful is
sur; but Is Of opinion that. al the time he
vas invested with the command. the sea-
sou was too lar advanced Tor him TO col
lecl, appoint aud put into motion his for
ces, until day too late TO compass the
object II appears. that, slIer using great
diligence and energy, he was not in a
condilion To lake the field. and enter The
enemy's strong holds, before the 2s,h Of
March, and then without sufficient, means
for Transporting the necessary supplies
To enable him 10 remain there long enough
to seek out the scattered forces Of the en-
emy.
/ HG NhuENs NHCIClults dsNtNuC tuC tdlt-
ure Of the campaign TO the want Of time
TO operate: the insalubrily Of the climate
after the middle Of April; the impervious
swamps and hammocks that abound in the
country occupied by the enemy afording
him cover and retreat al every step; an
absence of all knowledge by the Gene
raj. or any part Of his forces. Of the to-
Biography Of The country; together with
the difficulty Of obtaining, in time, the
means of transporting supplies for the ar
nv.
THE Court is further Of opinion,
from the testimony Of many officers Of
rank and intelligence, who served in the
campaign. tina, Major General Scott was
jealous and interchangeable in The discharge
Of his duties, and that his plan Of cam
paign was we'll devised, and prosecuted
with energy, s,eadiness and ability"
2. Opinion Of the Court in reference 10
The delay in opening and prosecuting
the campaign in Georgia and .7iaba-
ma, against the hostile Creek Indians.
IN 1895,
II "The Court finds, from careful re.
view OF the testimony, the following
facts: That, under instructions from the
War Department of the 10Th May, Gen.
Scott arrived at Augusta from Florida on
the 25th Of May, on his way TO take the
direction Of the Creek campaign, having
previously to leaving Florida, ordered es-
sen,ial stores from Picolala, 81. Angus
tine, Charleston, and Savannah, to Haw-
kinsville, on the Ocmulgee, within seven
,y-fve miles Of Fort Mitchell; and had al.
: so ordered $4,000 complete ra,ions from
: New Orleans to the highes, navlgable
point on the Ca,,ahoochee; that he des-
patched ten wagons with subsistence from
Augusta on the 2s,h May for Columbus,
| and appointed an agent, aud sent him to
Hawkinsville 10 hasten on supplies and
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