The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-07-10

weeks il hirosark, dIhlihE he tT@y.
Ths daaEgT e inElai0n 80 hil gniTisf
Dssssd ossr. and JaEksEn Esrsitsd oEtfEa
fon - sesrea1y 81 War q 6asbaDd be
spops. ssd deliver y ne wagons. Pahlss
s,orss. &e.. % Grnsfsl Wlklnson. q ne
Uailsd Sales Army. Ihes ronnanding N
shas dsarirl. Thn ordsf Gfn. Jseksoa
lhought prerer % disobey. alleging - he
ssssss lhaa lhs s0lsnlssas. shsn dsban-
dsd, eoeId nol reach kaas 10 ssisiy. and
dat msny &C Ihem wngld be obliged %
.nllsi 10 he rsssiar army. he here.
fofs rrtsined the nllaaay slnfes. snd
marching be vslsnasers mo TsnEssste,
here cisbsnded hen formally.
He was MOI psSaiIlsd 10 Iemsin lons
inacsise. The Cnek Indians, south oi
The Tennessee river. sxened BY British
smnissariss. and ihfsinstd By The rtpse'
sfntsiirns Of the eslehrsied Chief Ie-
eumssh. bad become heslle 70 the United
States Gossrnmeni. and wtre mufcefing
Inc deiesctless inhs bllsnls IN the iron'iefr.
Fort Minus. 10 lhs Tsnsaw settlement,
had been captured By hand Of bFsses.
and 500 persons ssvsgely bUrhsred. o.
w sessnissn escaped. The people ol
Tennessee ssa sxsspsntfd BY The ness,
and al eyes were turned lowsrds Jaeksop.
The Legislature ordered oul $500 men.
., the bead Of hon. in lie middle nfOc-
Isber. Jscksop crossed the Tennssses ~
yer and entered the hostile ierriinfy. lie
shorty alter Tough, The battle Of 'fsllsdsfa,
ia which nearly 500 warriors seEe killed
and captured, bon was obliged. for want ri
provisions. 20 return 10 Fort Srolhsr, his
head quarters. From ihs repesisd failures
OF contractors 10 supply his army. the
troops sutftred The exueme Of hunger.
and 81 last became disseminated and mu-
linous. Jackson used every effort 20 pre-.
rent their IeIuIn, add succeeded m quell-
ma revolt alter revolt. Having wslis 0 IN
vain Zoe supplies. he was II last compel.
ed TO yield his reluctant consent IN their
return, and was Ihus deserted by al but
shut 100 brave msr. IN January. fresh
force OF 500 volunteers having reached
him, he penetrated 20 Emuekfaw Creek.
on the Tsllsposa river. where he fought
the Indians, leaving hsady 200 Of their
warriors on The field. From the weak
ness OF his ioree. howe,er, he was oblig.
ed 10 reueat 10 F1ti Snnthsr.
Toward the end af February. his army
was increased BY fresh draught Of militia
70 the number Of $500. and he commenced
HE march far The i" Horse Shoe" Bend
(Tohopeka) on The Tsllsposs river. Here
The hostile tribes had concentrated Their
Strength. and having fortified The bend,
we're determined 10 make desper.ie and
fiual stand. Jackson arrived in The neigh
borhood OF Tohopeka on the 26th oI
March. and on the morning Of The 9Th
commsrced the attack. Both The attack
and defence we're managsd With exceeding
skill. and the contest vas severe and
bloody. The Tennesseesns, however. a
last drove The ssvsg.s from their strong
hold with immense loss. Hardly 200
escaped ont Of 1000 Warriors. Who would
nel Der give norfeceTve quarter. Tness
only stole away in the darkness Of Oh,
night
The defeat Of Tohopeka broke The wal
spiri, Of the Indians. and The hostile chiefs
soon alter submisiing, The csmpsign wat
brough, TO . close, and the Tennessee
a'mv returned 10 their homes, aud were
discharged.
General Jackson was now appointed
. Commissioner 10 enter INTO treaty With
the conquered tribes, daring the "a iics'
lion ef = hIch he received Information tina
9 British fMce had been landed ., Pen.s'
cola, under The very eye OF tie Spanish
Governor, and we're proceeding TO ara
and equip hordes II ssvsges, who ha,
taken shelter in the neural territory. III,
accordingly sent ad'ices 10 the govern
men,, and urged The necessity Of d'smsnt
ling this fortress. In The mean tine hi
British force, with Col. Nicholas al il
head, attacked the American pos, of For
Bow yer. bot were repulsed with sever,
loss. General Coffee now arrived on n,
spot W III 1000 well armed Tennesseans
and Jackson. placing himself a, The hes,
Of this force. entered Pensacola, drove on
the British aud Indians. and reduced III,
Spanish Governor 70 terms. lie did no
hold the place long. as he had become con
,inced iha, New 0hean, was The che
object of attack, and thi,her he marehe,
on the Is, December. Making New
Orleans his bead quarters. he prepare,
for It's defence. On the 10th The Bits
forces entered the lakes lying east Of New
Orleans. and on the 23d, General Jack
son received certain infsrnst'on that the,
were making landing through The Ia
you Bienuei,u, about 8 miles brlcw III
city, on q nsrr,w stip OF land lying be-
tween Che river and swamp, and runn,nI
all the way up TO The city. Jackson i'm
medi..eIy marched TO the spot. and reach
ing il 81 dark--made an attack IN the en-
envy. This spirited at ack was KEEP, u
for several hours in the darkness, whe