The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-08-04

/ face to face, with their foes. 1t was n
long and desperate struggle; not a soul
asked for quarter, but turned, with last
look of hate and defiance, on his con-
queror. As the ranks became thinncd, it
ceased to be Il fight and became a butch
cry. Driven at last from the breastwork.
the few surviving warriors took refuge in
the bush and timber on the hill. Wish
ing to spare their lives, jackson sent an
interpreter to them, Offering them pardon;
but they proudly refused it, and fired on
the messenger. He then turned his can
non on the spot, but failing to dislodge
them, ordered the grass and brush to be
fired. Driven out by the flames, they
ran for the river, but most of them fell
before they reached she water. On every
side, the crack of the rifle told how many
eyes were on the fugtivcs. Darkness at
last closed the scene, and still night, brok-
en- only by the cries of the wounded, fell
on the forest and river. Nearly eight
hundred of the Indians had fallen, five
hundred and ftty-Scvcn of whom Law
stark and stiff around and in that cncamp-
mcnt. The loss of the Americans, in
killed and wounded, vas about two hun
dred.
An incident occurred after the battle,
which presented, i'll striking contrast, the
two opposite natures of jackson.
An Indian warrior, severely wounded,
was brought to him, whom he placed at
once in the hands Of surgeon. While
under the operation, the bold, athletic war
rior looked up, and asked jackson in br X
"n English, Cure i'm, kill i'm agair -
The latter replied, mo; on the contrary,
he should he well taken care Of" He
recovered, and Jackson, pleased with his
noble bearing, sent him to his own house
IN Tennessee, and attcrward had him
taught trade in Nashville, where he
eventually married and settled down in
business. When that terrible fcrocitv,
! which took entire possession of this
strange, mdomitablc man i'll battle, sub
sided away, the most gentle and tender
emotions usurped its place. The tiger
and the lamb united in his single person.
The tacd soldiers slept on the field OF
slaughter, around the smouldering fires
Of the Indian dwellings. The next morn
ing they sunk the dead bodies of their
companions in the river, to save them
from the scalping-knivcs of the savagcs.
and then took up their backward march
TO Fort William.
The original design of having the
three armies from Tennessee, Georgia
and Mississippi, meet in the centre of the
Creek nation, and thus crush it with one
united effort, had never been carried out.
and Jackson now resolved alone to over
run and subdue the country. Issuing a
noble address to his troops, he, on the 7th
of April, set ont for the Indian village OF
Ioithewallo. But he met with no oppo-
Sltion; the battle of Tohopcka had com
pLctcIy Frustrated the tribe, and the war
was virtually at an end. He, however,
secured the country, the Indians every
where fleeing before the terror of his
name. On his march, he sent order to
Col. Milton, who, with n strong force, was
also advancing into the Creek country, to
send him provisions. The latter returned
n cavalier refusal. Jackson then sent a
p"rcmptory order, not only to forward
provisions, buI to Join him at once with
his troops. Col. Milton, after reading the
order, asked the bearer what sort of a man
jackson was. "Onc," he replied, "who
intends, when he gives an order, to lrave
1t Obcycd." The Colonel concluded to
obey, and soon effected junction with
his troops. Jackson then resumed his
march alongthc banks of the Tallapoosa:
hut he had hardly set the leading column
in motion, when word WIS brought him
that Col. Milton's brigade could not follow,
as the wagon-horScs had strayed away
during the night and could not be found
jackson Immediately sent him word to
detail twenty men to each wagon. The
aston>hed Colonel soon found horses
sufficient to draw the wagons.
The enemy, however, did not make a
stand, and either fled or came in volun-
tarily to tender their submission. The
latter part Of April, General Pinckney ar
rived at Fort jackson and assumed the
command, and General jackson returned
to Tennessee, greeted with acclamations
and covered with honours. In few
months peace was restored with all the
Southern tribes, and the machinatons OF
England in that quarter completely frus-
trated.
There is nothing in the history of our
country more remarkable than this cam.
paign, and nothing illustrates the genius
of this nation more than it and the man
who carried it triumPhantiy through
Rising from a sick couch, he called 10 the
young men Of every profession to rally tc
the defence of their country. Placing
himself at the head OF the brave but un.
disciplined bands that gathered at his call
he boldly plunged into the untrodder
wilderness. Unskilled in the art of war
never having witnessed battle since he
was boy, he did not hesitate to assume
the command Of an army without disci
pline and without knowledge Of the
tolls and difficulties before it. Yet with
it he crossed broad rivers, climbed path
less mountains, and penetrated almost i'm
nassahle sNamns 1Ilo1 with crafty sayoo,o.