Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-04-19
SAVANNAH, AprilO.

noon ol INC steamer James Adams, Capt.
Chase, from Black Creek, and through the
attention Of Captain c., we have received
from correspondent the following inlelli-
gence confirming rumors heretofore prevail
ing.
"Io the Editor of tho Gcorgian:
BLACK CREEK. (E. Fly April a..
forward you a copy of Brig. Gen. Mel
sons official report. You may rcly upon
the following as facts. Gen. Jesup had ar
ranged with the chiefs of the camp near
Jupiter, TO meet him in council ON the Goth
nit. but they failed to attend, and from the
driving in of ponies and other indications.
he believed they were preparing to fly from
the swamps.
The General determined that they should
not escape, and ordered Col. ID. l.. Twiggs
OF the I'd Dragons TO secure them. The
Colonel arranged matters so admirably
that he succeeded in taking every indvid-
ual on the morning Of the 4lst.
There were upw ards Of 500 men, women
and children, and among them over one
hundred and fifty warriors. In addition to
these there were taken $50 negroes, about
forty OF whom arc capable of bearing arms.
So you perceive that Gen. Us operations
in the vicinity of Jupiter Inlet have resulted
in securing upwards of GOO prisoners, and
silencinS near 200 rifles,
General Jesup was up to the 9th ult.
busily employed in disposing of his prison
ers, as he was anxious to push south, i'm or
der TO join Col. Bankhead, who was in full
pursuit Of Sam Jones, and with some pros
poet of overtaking him. The General has
admirably managed the whole business
The force Of the enemy is broken and dis
piritcd, and NIL hands agree that he has done
all that man could do, under the same cir
cunstance."
Extract OF n letter, dated
"FORT JUPITER, March 27.
l dare say you have heard Of our late
grab of 500 Indians, which, including ne
grocs, make upwards Of GOO prisoners that
the General has shipped for the west since
the Tocha-hatcliie affair. IIailcck- -ha,lio,
and several other warriors have gone on, 10
bring i'll some more Of their people, and as
this subchief is young man, believe he
will he useful to us.
HEAD GUAR. 1st BRIGADE GA. Vol.
Camp Salems, near Charles Ferry,
March 11th, 1888.
Brig. Gen. ARMIsTEAD:
Sir-ln obedience to orders, I took up
the line of march from my camp, left bank
ofthe Suwannee river, opposite fort Fan
ming, OH the morning Of the 9TH instant, for
Deadman's Bay. On the morning of the
7th, after thoroughly securing the in,erme-
tliate country, and encounterine much wa
Ter, produced by the recent heavy ruins. I
reached the Steamhatchee river, within six
miles Of the bay, that stream inundarine
the country for considerable extent.
deemed II improvident to pass without
further apparent necessity. turned down
that stream for some two miles, when the
country became too soft and wet to PASS
further, when directed my course up, and
as near that stream as I could by way of
its sources to this place, which l reached
this morning. examining critically evcry
point calculated to harbor the enemy, with
out finding the least trace of one made for
ponths, except those six or eight " no cross
ed the Suwanneo at Clay landing in Janu-
ary last, and commilied those murders in
Middle Florida which have caused SO much
excitement.
was not aware Of the apprehendsd danger
by the citizens of that section, until [ met
you OH the Suwannce, 1st of March. 1t
is true that discovered in few dnys after
the murders were committed, where the
Indians had crossed and re-crosscd, and
deemed pursuit except to their retreat fruit
less and | will add that ! do not believe
that any of the enemy have been west of
the Suwannce this year, unless there be q
few now constantly on the coast. Howev-
cr, whether have or not DISCHARGED the
duty assigned me by General Jesup, tha, of
protecting the frontier, i feel conscious of
having made faithful efforts. 1t is true that
/ might have estabishen posts, sarrisoncd
my troops, and waited the approach of The
enemy, but preferred to meet him in his
Businesses, and destroy or capture him when
found. Although have been unluckv in
profitable results, yet the accompanyinc
mcmorandums, furnished by nv quarter.
master, Major Rogers, will show the num.
bcr of miles we have marched, and il must
be borne in mind that he furnishes the
marches and counter marches of the trains
with the command without any regard to
the detailed duty of the command when
with the trains, after leaving a bare guard
for the day and the command Joining NJ
night. The various reports made from
time to time will sustain the memorapdums.
his account being 1850 miles. we add
only one-fourth for the scours, which, il
much too small, that part of nv command
Immediately with my presence, since the
10Th December, 80 days, have marched and
countermarched 1850, or 16 miles per tlav.
including rest days; built TWO pickcts. forts
Baker and Jennings, bridgcd WitlIacoo
chcc, at fort Clinch, Wacassasa river, and
numerous other small streams, opened roads
&c. all of which show. hope, that have
not been idle.
have the honor of being, with very
high consideration and respect, your obcdi.
cnt servant.
Signed. C. II. NELSON,
Brig. Gen. Com. Volunteers.
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