Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-05
JOSEPH MASON. Ch0irman
Florida.

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the Register But ii furnishes later intelligence
from the immediate point where peace was to DC
docidcd mon and contains faithful and practical IL
lus,r,ton of the Florida war; far as II goes We Of
fer that alone as apology for inserting H. having
omitted several paragraphs, howrrcr--Nat Regt$'r
FoEr LAuDERDALE, Oct. > l-3'
Cb,, Tu,k,uurwcc, some tune back. said to rs, u
am my, sitting bv the great water spread before Us, ana
in IT,, rr.scnc. say shall stand by my word at For,
King, il all my people abandon ne 70 hi!sen. >,
ncvcr AGAIN raise nv hand agains; the white man,
s,;d sam Jones' .ior am old now, and what can IN
old man Ike me do Yet the other day, when Nv"
soldiers and the interpreter visited urf camp, cam
Jon,s son Sponge, and Chic younger brc'her ocicc
Hado were the first who fired upon tlcin. WI.
tail /, you few OF the circumstances connected WIN
this rupture of the last hope of peace -,
On the 18th of September Col llarney delivered ms
las, talk to the Indians here demanding ille lot
They REQUIRED lonr days to consider upon u. ~ "e
and ~ four DAYS Chi,te T,Skcnugger and Plyhclatali
,n, j., Aud delivered their reply Sam Jones would
have come with them but he was drunk hcy rei'Ir-
cd thr, three sticks ldays To collect Az lr INDIANS
,ronnd orr most at which period Wild Cat would also
he here, and AL the praacabr indians, ana thcy "o"o
then all concert measures against 'lc ho,'" I'LL
Col Harvey and Capt. Mayo having departed, We
awaited here patiently the end Of The hntytlree days
Meanwhile the Indians continued 10 yi"t us oa'iy-
SAYING that they had great camp up the RIVER where
their numbers were constantly increasing oi we
18th Lieut. DAVIS of the navy, erected hag.staii on
,,ro ar three warriors came down their canoes 10 vIsi
us We SAT a; the foot of the STALL and there chat-
ted and eoved the evening breeze ana lhc siS VI ic
surrounding surf ChItic sad, ''ilcy all intended To-
morrow night, have ball dance up al ler camp n"
an III. ne yt night after, there would bc sun greater
onc Sam Joncs he said chad gone over TO see alter
the hostile indians and expected back siior'y
He was going to remain III camp win Us ""i'hS '"'
night and wished 10 give slight dance IN our camp
Accordingly he with his half dozen warriors, gave us
a, b, StF,1r Af m,
rocket was sent up into the dark sky They continued
their dance az If nothing occurring: Chii'c nun
self however, stepped out and stood regarding i""tm"o
Another rocket then sent up, and then buc hgnl
afterwards brass tour-pcundcr dschargeo' aa as y
grew late retired to bed, and shortly alter our camp
was all onct After midnight were awakened by a
war whoop. but the excited youth was quickly secured
by his Indian comrades, who tied his hahds behind INN
and hushed him up. When warrior gives i's war
whoop he is considered delivered over TO the i'ries
and is about to commit any freak OF hostile zee
Next day they repeated their invitation to nj the hhcers
10 visit tier camp During the day told the ntcrprc
ter to hold himself i'll readiness 10 canoe me up to tlc
Grand Il-hancc, of course, II permitted During Tie
day Chitte appeared TO be III hc sp'rts Laughing ana
talking In the evening III dusk George the intcrprc
ter and two soldiers sent up Nith gallon OF WIS
kew and 10 say that the officers wonid 30; come thai
evening. 1t was left optional with them I" ~ or no. hu
no entertained suspicious OF their intentions len
clcvcn-.wclvc clock came, and neither returned 10
Meanwhile supposed they had become intoxicated, or
had bccn persuaded to remain ill morning. that time
flew faster than they aware OF III their tnJoymcnts
and therefore l went TO he'd. 81 four, Lieut. lomp
kns became extremely uneasy-Lcut. DAVIS pr6fered
his boat and at FIVE they both went up the river. APP
preaching the spot of the Indian camp, they could per
ccve no indication of fire or of human presence
"fIere" .'comc here, ''here ! am, noaed voice
from The dark shaded bank. On rowing thl1lcr sol
der Hopkins was discovered in the water, where he
H. LID am nUpu he
sand they have killed George and Royce The boat
fastened back TO camp Hopkins estimated lcir mum
Der 800 warriors; (much too high probability II: I'm.
gcrcd six hours, and then died. The ball had passed
from the pit Of his stomach through the abdomen, and
lodged Il his left hip, about inch deep, whence II was
extracted. On the 18th, the day Of his death, We fol
lowed him. arrived his grave, and listened TO the
funeral service from the Scrgcant-a.d the "dust To
dust" and a, the end of the third farewell discharged
the flag winch had hung at halt.maSt, again assembled
10 the peak.
At breakfast. expedition the narrow river to
the bodies lost was sngsrscft-bu Lieutenant
Tompkins consdfrcd it Yet lmprudcnt. Lieutenant
Sloan volunteered TO 90 with three marines: Lieutenant
Davis replied, if went out, he was the one TO go
When not laalcntng the fate OF d yEg sonr, or pay
ing the last tribute his remains, We wcr" all day
specializing upon the tragedy Of the pas, evening
Hopkins had partially led 10 believe that the most
friendly warriors massacrcd. asccmGcd the flag
staff and saw a crow carcerng in the sky above the
scene. Possibly Chittc deludcd by his own peo-
pie, and they had killed him Possibly he had been
aW cd into paSsvcncss. Possibly hc was one OF The
actors No prcvous incident could be called TO
us of any treachcry on his part be had partakcn so
literally of the white iayors. bribery, If they
would SO cons,ruc it. Hush was that distant haoo:
1t mus, have been owl or some bird Il heard that
cry again, said another voice, shortly after But no
| thnT certain could be- detected and our commander
thought f.r discreet To keep the conccn-
| tratcd III camp Durag the night oil the 2-th We
all Oh The alert, slept, before the peace with
our al side, and ears open. On the 18th
the question was rcpcatcd-'sDidn't YOU hear a dis
tant cry 1t could no, be again detected If there
| lad been halloo, at might have come from some
refugee friendly Indian, thought Davis-but still
all was uncertain. At . o'clock soldier remark
ed ''What large alligator is that yomder: '.Let me
have the glass it,, said the corporal. at looks
like man-and alligator, too near It, ''Ihc sol.
| der dead body, called out another boat was sent
out for IL o'oyces body is floating down the river,
went from month 10 month and Lieutenant Davis has
tened TO recover it. cry came instantly alter from
the other side of the thick nangrove swamp. and The
naked eye could discern, in relief from its yarrgarG
thic kets the form of black 'Gcorgc sallve
/, | fastened into another boat, and, with the Ser
geant and Lieutenant Sloan, crossed over immediately
| and took him in. He without wound but tx.
hausted with excessive fatigue and long peril, and lis
tened with rap attention TO his details which We got
in more connected form bringing him back 10 camp
Bovces body was taken up and found without wound
He was drowned either by fatigue by the grass or by
friyht-hs head and neck swollen with blood, and blu
ish purple in color AT IL o'clock we followed his
body TO its grave with The funeral march, and standing
armed listened again to the Il the resurrection and
the life. All our feelings assumed the seriousness of
tragedy and the liability Of an attack, or of trrachc-
rous murder, was considered again more imminent
TO each life. No one felt if he might not be candes
timely scaped
On the a0tl, all hands employed in contracting
the open pickcts, as to form perfect rectangular
enclosure, with bockhousc at three of its angles the
three guns placed in order to sweep the most as
saabc points, and all left III state of prccautlon
and ulertncss. George said, that he had suspicion
of any treachcry when lie went up in the canoe with
the two soldiers He landed Just below the old picket
shook hands with some of the Indians, and asked,
" Where is Tuskcnuggcc = $50 up yondcr TO that
fire. As he passed by the picket he saw it filled
with Indians stark naked Whispering and chattcrng,
and h. ,cns nhnuf q