Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-08

is rceon Of low prairie, or glade. We stny here lie"
DAYS collect supplies, and then follow The MAJOR
raj, w!.o wcnI Of will! suO lorseInen 10 J'" O". =.
Tor We are III. 1rsrrEc The Indians nave not a
reached the Big Cypress, party passed on heoi
Yesterday The gud-s are bad places tor iour'nosse
coaches-somc al stand, but look out lot u" o ,
10 pack our nags: and then on we nave nne 's d.
but the mosquitoes buzz about US So mat we mus Nv
our duty in This region and be off May we not see le
month Of March in It, H.,
From another letter we learn that Fort Pierce is on The
West side OF Indian river, about four miles SCUM OF ,e
inlet and if line drawn from II Fort ferct) nut
West il would strike the kssimmee near where foft
Basirgrr is placed-lha Cen Euss ION The oth ins.)
was encnmped ON this line about ~ miles last OF Tue
Kssinnee, and the whole distance between OFT rIe1ce
and Fort Basnger is not computed 10 be more IMAM ID
or so miles There is now Gordon Of posts across the
peninsula and Gen Jesup has ordt another one 10 oe
established the San Lucie, which vii! make The line
shorter one.
We uIso learn that n small force is stationed at Fort
Christmas to cover depot Of provisions and forage, and
20 keep open the communication between + oIt Lane,
which is The head of Steamboat navigaton and Fort lay
lor which is the head Of bout nav gnon MAJOR LpniaS
commands at Fort Christmas Q5lh inst and Major
Gardner at Fort Taylor.
Since the above was in type, we have seen letter
from Fort Lloyd, (ot The lStt) which furnishes Tue io
luwinJ particulars:
last wrote you Jan 7lI) from camp near Fort Nc.
Mel What has TRANSFERRED since that time VIII relate.
On the !hh march party OF the Alabama voluh.
came npon party OF lO or IL Indians ana N''ea
one, aud took prisoner, who proved 10 oe one VI
those who escaped from St. Augustine and IS known
among the whites by the name oil Big Jim tie inform
ed that Sam Jones and his with all The chiefs,
were down on Tie Oco.chnbre. We marched OIL unllI
the l4,h when forage and provisions giving out, we
went Indian river, about 30 miles East OF tins pest Tor
supplies While there, Lieut.. Powell OF the Navy: re.
turned from Jupiter Inlet You have, this, heard oil
his brush with the sayagrs. ] do not think the old
squaw is worth the krg Of powder lett in one oil Inc
buats and which the enemy will not waste in idle game
We left there yesterday Col Pierce regiment lst artIl'
lery about 700 men, besides The naval Iocc
On our arrival at this FORT called after Captain Lloyd
BcalI OF end dagonns who occupied it in absence,
We found Gen. Euslis' Command, with company OF
Dragons.
There are now here besides Gen. Els command, in.
GLIDING I'd Dragons, (Col Twggs, 900 Tennessecans,
and Two companies Of Aaburnans-about l2OO mounted
From COL Tqylors post fort Basnger) 90 miles west
of this we day learn that they have taken GOO head
ofcalle which, with what we have taken, makes about
700 hend-nnd ponies about 40
The Indians, believe down on the Oco.che bee,
about thee days march from Gen. Jrsup Is here,
and hope will.'go ahead at once and the enemy
may be ours for if do not end the war very shortly,
ii will be futile to hope for its termination THIS winter,
il Inns raincd two three times lately, and think
three days more rain would render it wet and miry
operate in this low county, almost Hooded with
water.
From the correspondence Of The Republican OF last
evening" (:on CarksvIl!e, Jan sd we lenrn that "a
numbrr OF Indians land negroes) are lowering around
Fort kns,--lG0 have been seen. Col Snodgrass Is
there with some Alabauians as likewise Capt Gait
company They bu,chercd some cattle close by, the
ot.ler day. aud within gun shot fearessy
Gc0rgiGR.