The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-02
FLORIDA WAR.

lei''T lrnm a EeTi'nrlnns young officer,
n"w stationed al Fart IIsilmsn. East Flo
Iiia. Hhirh contains later intelligence
from the scat IL War, Ihaa ans W. have
seen. ! he Mri'er is NmIh-Csrnlinian,
aud sketches with graphic pen The hard
shiFs and dIiiirulIles whirh those UNDER
s". Who are engsg,d in Ibis " inslnrious
Uar." Raleigh Register.
Fo'i I;.ls,aa. East fiuTids. Jaly Is. 1853
Y0u viii STE that ! have advanced
rapidly in rank, and u seems Ia ne that
every ihlng has assumed n prosperous
hHe since have been in ille military line.
iti. | mu>i say. that he who enters the
seIEice with the belief that there il not
,hurh duty to perfarn,. becomes wofully
misi.ken when he enirIs up"n his l>bnrs.
We hate had 4 severe tine ofn, wa.llng
IA Inorassrs and swamrs. AMI sne"uu-
,erins difficulties. aud enduring ai.i,"u,
murhaT har,iships "f which no ene eau
rourelre whn is at a Distance. Our
maria irnm F"n Mrll"n I'd The southern
portion oi Fi"uda. Was marked with much
suffering and fatigue Ia officers aud sui.
diers. aud great lss,rUctlnn Of III. finest
hoTses that | have ever seen. Our re-
e'Iaem suffered great luss, Que that I
fear will not be- made up in sumo time:
nearly the Whole 10 now mounted, but
upon intllT, reul horses. We have all
the scouting To 90 Al this season Of The
year. a. II il tho wsrm Tor lool troops.
assure yru shis war IS lar from being
al an end. The Mirkasukies have now
abou, 500 Warriors, and they can remain
here until they deem IL proper 10 surren-
der. TO say that We can perish them
0ui. is nonsense. ss the whole country is
filed with fine beef. tie woods abound
v iih deer aud iurkies. snl ihe streams
aud ponds have an abundance Of fsh.
The enemy can elude Us, a. any moment,
wien We are 10 pursuit. IN she dense
hamnorss which afford a sale shelter 10
them. In many hammoeks, no troops
can operate; bit the enemy have small
beaien trails, with which they are fami-
lis'ly acquainted. and ran pass gu, Of our
reach. often see il asked in many
p,inis. why do the troops not surround
the hsmmnck! can only say. tia; the
hammocks ATE sometimes 20 miles long
aud 10 broad. There is another great al.
vantage I" tie enemy: they can always
| tight from their own pnsitiun, and they ars
warriors rn"ngh nnI TO take ans position
" hich can he surrounded before they are
warned by their seEtinels whom they
have always ,krn~n out from their iIanks;
aud you are always in ignorance oil the
enemy's being near, until you hear the
report vi tic ride, aud then The savage
yell. ~~.,
You have no conception Of lae manner
Of our living IN .hc field; We scsrcely
have transportation enough ID carry the
Pork, Bread aad Coffee. which alone
compose our bill Of fare, and the blanket
which shields US from the storm. Yet,
amitls, all this. our trUops, of'tn bare.
tuo,e,l and their panialoons GIL, oil as high
as the knee with the saw Palmetto. press
forward in the defence uf their country
aud in checking tie depreda,ions Of the
savage upon the inhsbllanis Of This region
whose presses TEEN with abuse upon the
army uaw serving in the territory. TIE
Officers are alirnaled from home. kindred
and friends. aud compelled to remain ia
this ingiorinus war. defending a domain
which eau never be dcnsrly populated
and protecting snme o( it, inhabi,ants
who would sut!rr much in comparison
with the savage"