The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-05-29
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Tampa ! "a. sitting ~ ial'en pirs,
folding thc birdie fsins of my bersc
IN nv hsnd and toaytfaiag With
Liootcssn's Naamsa and Herbert. of
tho DuifeI -lsie. Army. when Gen
Scott npproachoJ 10, holding a flower
IN his hand.
"Genpemcn," .aid he. "cnn you
tell me the name of the f1wer?" 'N-
replied tiat vo conld not, and ]
looked up 10 ascertain, il possible,
the meaning Of tlh' extraordinary
condescenHon, and soon perceived
that he was troubled.
well" said lie IN tones Of deep
emotion "thc seminole Indians can
say to rs as the Russians said TO the
French, if'you come among US with
small army, we will overwhelm you ;
if you come with large army, you
will i. over Shelm yourselves" He
was,snticipating the failure Of the
campaign, aud suffering tormcrts.
He was magnificent in bis personal
appearance, and filled the picture
presented of Mark Antony by Cleo
patra. He WIS also prlncely in his
expen-cscs. Whsn at Tampa. he al
wsys had large number OF officers
to dine with hlh. When we araiyed
at Vo'lria, ! went to the sutler,
Dixon, and ordered dozen cham.
payne sent to my tent Impossible,
replied Dixon, for. Gen. scott has
Just been Lere aud bought every bot
tie Of champagne in my store" This
item aione must have amounted to
five hundred dollars. a
In February, 1897, | travelled by
steam bo atfrom Baltimore to Charles
ton with Duncan l.. Clinch, who was
fctnrning home from Fred cricksburg,
Mere he had been to attend the |
Of Gen. Scott. had a
good deal of talk with him, Tor lie
was as popular with the young men
who composed the army in The first
Seminole campaign as Gen. Scott
and Gen Eusls had been unpopular
The Georgia troops always called
him DADDY Clinch," for each man
regarded tue old General as father.
In oue conversations we were Tres
qusntly Joined by Capt. Patton, the
aid of Gen. Houston, who, with Col.
Barnard E. Bee, had taken Santa
Anna to Washington. In one of
these conversations Gen. Clinch said,
that when Gen. Gaines went into
Florida in pursuit Of Micanopv and
Osceola he crossed the line which
his command from that bl
Gen. scott that Osceola spun ont
the negotiations with Gen. Gaines un-
Ill there was scarcely ration OF
neat or bread in Gaines army; that
IA this horrible condition Of things he
wrote to Gen. Scott foi permission TO
supply Gen. Gains from the United
States stores at Camp King (which
was on Clinch's plantation1 and
Ihat Scott replied, refusing permis
ZION TO supply the famishing troops.
In this dilemma" coatinued the no.
Die old soldier, II took eight hundred 1
oushels Of corn from my own Dlanta-
ion, hastened TO the Withlacoochee,
Ind relieved the suffering army in its ,
asst gasp"
Gen. Scott was a splendid swords
rsn. In the Canada campaign of /
1919, have been told that in couu-
Ill of war he was attacked by three
indian chiefs. BE met them foot to