Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-10-18
(From tie Florida Herald, 26'h at }
very respectfully,
Your oneG.ent servant,
r K CALL, Coo. Fiofid


By the 7. Sa!nond arrived here on Monday three
days from, Key Bscayne we have the following authentic
information, Tor which we are prncp indebted 10
Lieut. Tompkins, Sd Artillery nl For iauderdelr New
Rrer) officer whose prpcaCiion discretion, and
duct during the past summer, IN commanding thu
exposed aud inp".,an. post in Florida The highest
encomirms; and Mr.. slasam, OF the Quarter Masters
Department who passenger in the steamer:
"Fosr LAUpERDALE 18th Sept 1879.
81 believe The main force OF The Indians concenlal
ed The head Of this New R,ver) They have
fields Of pumpkins. dc disposed 10 be p,Gceabtc
and If inspred tci confidence me ,rOrd If the srites
would conduct themselves quietly They have bren
gathering their men, and when aided by Goa coochlr
intend attack The hostile party In The lhCr
camp be removed 10 this vicinity, and they
send out runners and draw together all the sragg!rts
Such the entcred into by Col Harvey,
and it appears Ia there De bu, opinion 10
the policy. What other rs there? What can
we do against them, LIS all idle 10 talk about expinr.
ing the everglades with handful of men, and at
this season of The year AS j: is, few weeks will at
least bring crisis, and then the arrangements 10 be
made By the Government Gun be properly planned
On The lIth September, Col Harvey, in an interview
with Sam Jones' demanded The, 20 indians, concerned
in the at Catoosahalche, should be delivered
up Sam promised 10 reply the next day. On The 2th,
Chitto Tustenuggee, Blue Grass, aud few other In
dams with four squaws. met the Colonel and several
officers Of the Army and Navy board The steamer
Sam was SEX and could come, "a universal excuse
with the lndans.) but sent for answer 81 sticks, with
message that when those broken days passed he
would bring his people, and do Wha, right The
Colonel indignant al this piccrastinatinn Lu; there
being no help for it, told them he going 10 Key
West, and would them ognin in twelve days. Ia
reply his enquiry for watch and other private pro-
perry aken a: Carloosa they said the Spanish Indians
had them.
An Indian named Ca,cha Chopho, who i, is So opposed
may be relied on, has made The following disclosure
Lieut. Tompkins:
When Sandy Perryman, the negro interpreter, (who
appears not killed at Caonsa) returned um the
interview with Gen Macomb, he was day carous rs
xpitb Snp, Nd 8 Ipdo
dale, when Sam remarked Tint interpreters were gene
rally liars and he feared the brought by Sandy
100 good TO be true. Upon this, Sandy took Ca,chu
Chopho aside, and said that he would tell nothing bu,
truth because he wns born among the Indians and his
feelings were with them All the promises and profes
sions Of the whites pick Of lies; they at war
with eight foreign and frontier nations, and had been
beaten; they had sufereda grea, deal end afraid
which made them sue foI pence "ith the ndians that
the hovsemen and soldiers might be withdrawn 10 help
tue people in the back but that the next wear
the whites would hold another council. and take ne
measures TO drive the Indians out He advised the In
dams TO say in their hiding places, and only go out
few at time, else the whites woald seize hem-Ihat
he would from time TO time go among them give nfor
nation, and would JOIN them when he got good supply
of ammunition He exhTeG them all TO belle ve
the Whites and his story became, 1t is said, gene
rally believed among the Indians, that great numbers
joined the hostile party. The whole plot If The
ere at Caoosahache, il is said, conceded by The
interpreters Sandy and Sampson and lGdan prisoner
released from Black Creek
The steamer William CASTOR, Captain Poinsptt gut
ashore on the 18th inst, in attempting the Bar
at New River. but go, eff with the assistance OF The
boats OF the steamer fo,nseu With loss Of spnnd
uss and other damage; she has gone Key West for
repairs
The U. steamer Poinsett, Conn Mayo SAILED on
the 2lst from Key Blscayne on cruise r Indian Kew
Key West, and the ioriugas-ofFicers aud crew all well
Our own deductions, iron all can pathar resnect
ing the Indians amount 10 This: large body conpr,s
ing probably half the warriors IN the Territory reside
habituay with Sam Jones' rear the head Of New Rive
and have continued during The summer friendly com
muncaon with the two posts in that vicinity A por,
OF them went over TO Carloosa, and parties in The
massacre but suits their convenience make scane
goats OF the SPanSh Indians, and mike the negro
whole, the sole nsgaors of the plot, As 10 Sosnisb
Indians, there ne none, but il suits Sam to make
bugbear Of small band ha, has habi,uay resided al lie
extreme South and seldom come North any purpose
THIS band psooaoy less hostile than hsown, but Sam is