The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-18
FROM FLORIDA.
NOPE INDIAN MURDERS.


UEdsr date Of he I5sh slsimo. AN
Prizsdsyos Of he nesoeisaioa going %,
and 81 he sxpsetatiohs Of maay 10 rela
lion thereto. bul warned you nal 70 plses
any reliance upon he Indiana. Have
ny predictions been verified! Listen:
Yesterday. Lieut. Albursis. eommssdlnf
company h. % infsnry. xss attacked
Il his posi Fort Brooks. on me 0clsws-
IA By 100 Indians. supposed 20 Be
Allsck.lus-le-nuggee's bsne-lhe eireum-
stances. leo FAR - they have been sscsr.
tanned from soldier Just IRON the scene
Of action. sre ihesf:
A Corporal out hunting was killed;
some Of bis comrades who escaped, re-
ported 10 Lieut.. Alburtis lhs, The Indians,
70 force. were near him. Taking wilh
him 10 men, he sailed oui. leaving lhs
real oil his company in lie block house.
with orders in case hey were STACKED
NOT 10 yield. Iieul. Alburiis. in d Few
moments. fell in wilh the Indians, and an
action commenced which lasted upwards
Of m hour. Our brave men were forced
10 reirest. but did 50 in good order. keep
ING up continued Gre until their ammu
milton was exhausted. Being cut OF
from their own post. they retired 10 For.
Russell. Capt. BaInum. with o large
force. Immediately started in pursuit. A
command Of City men from Fon Holmes
are also oui. together with 100 dragons
from Pllaiks. The soldier from whom
The above 10 derived, says be believes su,
one man Was killed and Eve OF six
wounded. A number OF Indians were
seen 10 fall during The action.
FURTHER AND LATER FROM FLORIDA.
81. Augustine. March,.
Information reached here last evening,
that an express arrived q, P,lslks. from
Fora Russell. on The night Of The 4,h.
bringing intelligence ihsi Capt. Bsfnum.
with one hundred men. Including nine
mounted. came up with The Indians.
whom Lieut.. Alburtis had been compel
led 10 retreat from on account Of the
smallness Of bis force.) ., the head Of
Orange Lake. and commenced On attack
upon them. Capt. b. had placed the nine
mounted men in ambush IS = reserve.
and led on the others; but finding the In.
dams in such body, be made signal
for the mounted men 10 come up. No
sooner was the signal made. when The
Indians, having cut of these men from
The main body. fred upon them. killing
six. ard The other three feuesied 10 the
Fort. being wounded. The express was
Immediately sent of 10 Pila,ka. wilhou,
knowing any thing further. The wound
ed men stale tia. Capt. D. was still fight
ing.
Capt. Carr. ID Dragons, with one
hundred men, was sent out from Pila,ka
few days previous. and returned shortly
after The express had arrived from Fort
Russell. He Immediately supplied his
men with provision, and started for Capt.
BIS battle ground. |. 10 impossible 10
give The particulars, under such circum
stance. There is M knowing the loss.
as yet, that Capt. b. has met with.
Lieut.. Alburiis had LOST SIX or seven men
the day before, in his skirmish with The
indiana, and was forced to retreat on &c
count Of their number. This looks very
much like "pesce."
p. ST. S. Brown. the Canada Gen
ersl, who vas appointed to treat with the
Indians, after going To Tampa Bay, was
not countenaneed by Gen. Armisted, and
vas very wisely given permission 10 re-
TURN. The Indians have not boen ship.
ped from Tampa Bay. They are. no
doubt, to be lie, loose agsin!!