Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-26

Hoberg left Dade's buttle- ground on the 2lst Lee. zen;
Jrsup left the day before, leaving al Dade S battle glpGnu
about quo regular troops and 800 lndians' uno '"NIns
with him to Tampa Bay, 3UO AiapaLaiahsS an II In - s,, Sin
make on expedi,ion to Pease Creek; IN winch a'lecIon'
all the signs indicate that the hostlles nave gone. uen'
Jesup will return to Dade's battle-ground IN zen uays'
with sufficient additional force 10 nuke ZOoo IL
- In consequence Of Indians being near Mclhlosl $,
on the l2tl december, Lieut.. Hinder, U. S. a, com
handing at Fort Drane, despatched nine regulars uhctI
Sergeant Greenwood, u. :. A., on me ION. lucy mi
in With about the same number of Indians with badges
ON their heads. The Indians fired the first v"Hfy, ana
disabed three men. The Indians retired. he suiaLeis
kept their ground, and afterwards brought away 'Hc!r
wounded, one of whom is since dead.
1.-THE whole country from Fort Drane To Dade S pat-
lie ground has been scnurcd; but no hcs;lles to be 1uunu.
A sufficient number Of cattle had been driven IN 10 sup
ply The Indians until Januury.'
(f,Om 0ur Corresprndcnt)
Fort GLLILAND, Dec. 20, lcE.
Gentlemen On the night OF 18th inst. Il party oil IN
dams approached i house near Fort Mills undiscovered,
and killed Mr.. Alfred OStecn, who had that day ana
but a few hours previous, returned TO his family lfrih
the army. He was fred at through a crevice in The
CHIMNEY while sitting in his house unsu$piclous Of
danger. The Indians Immediately fled. They were
pursued the next morning by l. party from r OIL H!uis ana
q drlaclinicn' from this post, as Tar as The Salurai DElose
on he ST. latir, where their trail was lost, and IN
consequence The pursuit vas abandoned. GA lhurs-
day evening last part OF 4 Regiment OF ocoFslahS
arrived al tins post on their march 10 JON The army, aiu
Gp'Ittu luuId slnHe "ilIlh Il ~" ih"S'
cIelt men pursued their trail the next morning. and al
Ter a prrsevcring search, discovered that they had en-
canprd in II Hammock near the plantation oi MI J. H.
Hague. The scout had divided on different trails; tlosc
who made the discovery, four in number, nisln"hh'ca
uad c!ept cautiously aiung tic margin o! the ftld 10.
wards the calnp Of the enemy: the hammock oorcefing
on The field was 50 dense that The enemy could not oe "is-
covered until within ~ steps OF their encalnpineh'; at
that disluacc. Mr.. Robert YOungblood saw an Indian SIT
Ting on the ground, evidently unsuspicious OF an attack.
tie levrlled his irusket and fred. The Indian lel aead'
III. party then charged upon The camp, IN hopes RI hnd,
Ing oilers Of the curInr. but they were absent and c"u'I
not be found. Three rifles and accout-ements were ioihd
their PROVISIONS and cuuking utensils and three PACKS
containing principally corr; from these Signs = was ~
dent that The party consisted of but three. Inc ueau
Iadian was idt utilized as 4 Seminole by the name " re
tiku, and from other circumstance S there is no d"upt te
s,ue party killed Mr.. OStcrn. The scout, alter con.
su!lulIun. concluded that TIE other two Indians ""uiH
not return 10 lie camp, and accordingly they returned
In tirir post. They were however HIislaktn, Tor t"e
next day The camp vas visited, and II was ascer'aihtd
that they had returned and covered The dead Oooy WIN
blankets und boards. Ihey had taken nothing away x.
ccpt two pair Of mnccasins, leaving une pair winch had
been The property Of the dead Indian.
Last uisht three men from FtA Cljnch, belonging to
miGalr Florida, arrived here and reported mat NiCy h.n
len Fort Clincl with . mrr-lhat Ut Ncint"s'I : Ti"n'a'
ton they were attacked by eight Indians, who tied and
escaped after the first iirc-lcarlng three whites woull'
Grd-une ulorta.ly. These Indians wore white icrbans
in imitation Of tie friendly Indians, and by this means
derived the whites, who supposed them 10 be a party
Of friendly Creeks. M GAl.tA@oH,
Captain Commanding.
Tallahassee, JaHuary II.
THE FEoyrIrR We understand that an express ar
rived in tuwn on Thursday, bringing intelligence, that
The house OF Mr.. Ostirn, OIL rhe Suwunnec, was attacked
ard %ulundercd last week. The Indians fired on ard Kill
ed u man who was driving i cart ncar The house ny
which means the family were alarmed. and made their
ESCAPE. While the lnGians we're in possession OF the
house, a nsigIihor rode up, was fired on, and wounded
The parly is supposed 10 have consisted Of five. They
were pursued as suon as Il sufficient number could be
collected, but without success -FfOFtdtda.
CREEK ISDIAys.-We are Informed by friend r"sid,
ing in the eastern part OF Alabama, that 'Hu7 hu''cfth
Creek Indians are quarteted at Fort Mitchell, and
double that number al Echo llyc's camp, about i"Fty
miles vest from that station. We learn from the same
source. that three or four hundred warriors OF The hos
Tile uar,y lave come in since General Jrsup left the
Creek country. Their numbers. the fragrant injustice
! which many Of them have suffered from tie whites,
THEN insitinus and revemgrlul charactc!, and the WITH.
! d.uwal Of The United Sta es' troops to Florida, make it
probable they Will pcrprlratc oulragcs, II permitted 10
Observation-Disclosures U"io".