'forward??' ivfA
nrrtsofan excursion contempta-
P j irMr atill further hi the cncttiy
coontrv, with, the' o,W. rd VoluQ;.
tct from Teoooscc. j.uriiiuBf.
cd these troop toform - a juncttan
with rat on the .10th L' butthcy
M not arrive until the :i4tru eTneir
n'amber icJudiag officers, praAou.
ijOO ; and on the 15th 1 marthca them
rftwthe river to gre their hur
... On the nextdav I followed with
the remainder of m' t;6rcef cqnsistml
of the Arhl cry company, ,.wui uc
ix pounJer, one companjr olnfan
tn cf lorry eight men, two companies
of spies com nandtd 0 Capt. Gor
don and RusseU of about thirty men
ccb, and a company o Volunteer
Occtj, heidcd by Geo. Gffec, who
had been abaodoced b.hiskraeo, fit
rto still remauicil iri the field awiit
itg the order of. the gucroment :
Wtking my force, excluiive of In-
dUt,3a . - " :" - "
Th m -.(if ea.'wMcK joflueoced me
ptnttraii ftill farther into the enc
cv's ccuctry xvith this force trere ro
cy asd urgent. . Thcterm of strvicc
cf the tew raised taiuntecrs' was
short, and a consldefable part o( it
uu expired ; thiy .were expcpilve to
ihecrern:i:3t and were full of ar
riyf to meet the coetaj The ill ef
tccia of keeping soldier of this des- ;
. . . W . - - m. it W '
to make tuch a - mpvemeut - not tnly
j'.rtifiab'e, bat. absbluttty necessary.
I Yai received a IcTteVirbm Captain
3rCjl?ia of the 5th Inst, who, com--
naaUrd at r ort Armstrong in the ab
so:e of Col. SjiodgrasSj informing
re, zrui .lourteen or ntceen towrns pi
:he enemy, situated oothe raters of
tr.c i'alfjpupsa, were bdut uniting
Jicir forces,, apd anacl:fag that place,
fchkh had been -teftTq a Yciry feeble
Mils or defetxe.': - Youi Kad m 'your5
inter of the 2-lib u!u informed me,
hat Gen. FJoyd was'about to majic
s move jent to the; Tallapoosa near
its junction with! the Coosa, and in
tic same let rr had recommended
temporary tx-uisiodb against such of
uic enemy's towns or settlements as
might be within striking distance, as
we I to prevent my'mep from becom
es discontented as to hirrass the ene-'
my. Your ideas correspond exactly
ruh my own, and I was bYppy-ltvthe
opponuQitv of keem!my ;men en
&agd,of diurdsiog thr eoemy,and
r lhc nse time of mating a'divef.
th4twai 'calculateci AtJ Vacilitate
operations ol Gertoc Ioyd. . .
U-tctmmeti'by thtseandr btber
f .cratious, I took up the line of
on the 17th tnsi.;and ori;the
otf-toftne lSthencimped atTaile"-aig-rort,
where I wasjoinedby be.
jaeeo .ynQ 2Qj tec huudred frictid
. uwt wi v uu.it were
hhcrc5c thcbalAndc. OeJts.- j
icrt I rcccivcdyour letter oTthi9m
s:ilig that Gen: t,yd wa ex- I
. -c:ed to make a fnovemcnf Yrom
cuu Uic next day, and mat in 10 I
?oaioo at Tuck.batcHe, ana aU
a Utter frorr, c'f '. :.'. J.
return,.! -J a1-. - '
vwif imuc ;'n uiji. r Ort
htodreit of thVnnU.; " if I
d have hesitated before; I tout d
" ftesitatc no'Joogerj. .I solved
S h'w'"!S to been
"iud frda.'K,w.Voteatt;0k
!; ?n,trttd-ia'i ber.d otth'e
4,iapn.p-ar u-.rt' i-r i-.j
bmuclcfou aad bu island
ctw.Ybic.u:kj;r
the moi mog-.of I'the 20thyour
M "r'he t0 roYrdedbr.
cnptica, long stauomry; ana. laie, l
had been made tc feel too-sehsW
b!? aL;eiJy'- other causes concurred
...
1 jHiKaben CrecVnd xfxax niRbtl en.the; qTghtfbefQrev yn'Were ihen in'Vi'fectuat jfcfifet&a$toSiidi
ij; : ; U,v?lMg)V?a'BTtpiff! upoTiOwhom .Hei&lieUi march lt,Katfafief;tc;n ohthe 2Sdv "ieS0?4SBfcSl!ai
Gefl- Z n pIWy.ho little knowleagiinvr diMely revested m let t,lmake b&tho :SKtlfe.JffiS fl
' Q," uW"14.J spres.had of tfie amntrofjhe.siai ,200 .roeb,and. tura:tKeic left flitik, passed 'itht ioropfr'al :mmtMjimMt - M
tioji of the new troops,' and the, want
of skill i(i t.most of neomcers, also
became more apparent. ,But their ar
dor to meet the enemy was uot dimi J
oisneu.; -ana inaa a sure reliance up
on the Guards and the company , of
6ld;Volirote,er O'ficera- and upon the
spies in all about VJ5 't My wishes
anamy amy remamea aquea, ana i
vas determined'toffec.if possible,
tre objects for which the-excursion
had principally beeo undertaken.
. On the :mbra1a;of'.tHel:-21st I
marched from , EtSnta'chopco, as . di- j
rett as cou'd far theg head of the
Talbpooace and "about 2,-o'clock P.
M,' mv spies, h ivinff discovered two .
t the enemy, endeavored to overtake
them," but failed. Iq the eyening . I
fell in upon'a large trail which led
to a new road, much beiuin and late
y travelled. Knowing that I must
have arrived within the neighborhood
of a strong (qrce, & it being late ioxhc
day, I determined to. encamp, and re
connoitre the country 'in " the nichu
I chose the. best s cite the xbuntVvl
would admit, encamped' in a hollow
square, sent out my spies and pickets,
doubled my centinels, arid 'made thej
nect'ssary t arrangements before dark,
for a; night attack . About 10 oV.o fc k
at pight one of the pickets 6 red at "3
o the cuemy and killed one, but he
was notfbund until next day. .At 1 1
o'clock, the p pies whom I had, sept out
returned with the information, tjtat
there was, a large encampment "of In-
dians at the distance of about three
rnilcs, who from their whooping andi
dancing seemed to be apprised oijburTj !
approach. ' One of these spies," an ;j
Indian, in whom I h:d great confif
dence, assured me that ihey wcrc'oj
ryiog off their ,roran and chtldrep,
and hat the warriors would' eittfer
make their escape orattack rneJbefore
day. . Being prepared at all poidt$,
npthing remained to be, done bur to
await their approach, if they meditat
ed an attack, or to he in readings if j
they did not, tp pursue and attack
them at day light. While wej were
in this state of readiness, the enemy
about 6 o'clock in the morningjebm
menced a vigorous attack od my. left
dank, which wa's as igorouslymet ;
the action continued to ragebn -myj
left Mink, and the left of my rear for;
aoout nan an hour, i neorate Ucn.
CbfTire. with Col; SittleV; Adit. .Gen
eral) and Col. Carroll,' the Inspector
General, the moment the fing com
menced mountedtheir horses, aiid re
paired to the line, encouragmt; and a-
nimatiog the men to the petformance
of theiduty.V; So soon jit became
iign: cnougn to pursue, iru leit wing
having Sustained the heat pf the ac
tion and being somewhat weakened,
waa reinforced p; Captain FcrnH's
cpmpiny1 of Infantry, and'wavorder
etl andlcd on-toe chirgeby Gen'4
Cunce,' who was weirauiorted by
Col. tliggms and the Xnspeiitor'Qer)..
ral, and by all the'ofiicers and pri4
yate who cpmposed thir lihei .'Vfcji
e ue my was comple tdy rrui cd . a t ' e v e
rjr; point, the frieudly Ibdtaus joining
in the pursuit;? they wefc chaced Ma
hout two, biles with' considerable,)
laughter.; ,f.Jf . T
'IVe chase being overi rI Immedi
ately detached Gen. CbtTee i with' 40p
men and lill the Indian force. to burn
loeir xhcampmroVi but , it. was said
by sottf :;tb' be fortjficct.yI ordered
hm, to that event,bot to atiack irun
til aiic.orttller could be sent forward
to; reduce iu; Oa, viewing the enf
camp mrit:a its .strength thje'qaerti
thought it rhoit tddenti to ietumflo
my encampm cut and gUartlthe'Artil
lery'thithcr r The,isaniibf' tliis
step was -soon discovcrfcd. -In half
an:hobr after hia iturnVto Camp, a
cbnilderab!c: forcb of Uincmy madc
Us appearan.ee bn m right fiaUkvand
commenced; a brisk re tf-paitjr of
men Who had becir1 on . picket guard
not then observe,, notmpre ihau.fif iy
four followed himi among ; Whoi
were icnc oiu YOiuniecr omccr. .
With thesefibwever, helm mediate..
iy commeccea?an attack onvtnevlett
flank-pf trienemy ; at whtcHtime I
ordered SpOjbf the friendly-,' Indians
fallid upon- the right flahk ;6f the
enemy, and co-operate with itjieGeV
nertU f tsYdrder was promptly b
bey edand la the moment of its exej.
cu:)on,trwhat' I expected was reafied.
The eneniyj intended trie attack on
the right aifeint, a'ndxpeCjting to
dfrrct all myattention thither; meant
tolattaijticf again and withp their
main (oftpji the vleft nank;
thehadfcd to find weakened and
in! dtsrtrdepThey were disappoint
ed I hadordered the left flanlr'tQ
remain firxn. to its place, and the mo
ment Ihe alarm kua was beard id that
quarter,I; repaired thitner, and or-
serve, to snppprt.lu The1 whole line
meVthe" approach' of 'trie' enerav with
astonishing intrepidity,;: and haying
givjrn a tew nrea tney iortnwitn cnarg.
edwith great vigor The erTct was,
tmmeuiate ana inevuaoie ne ene
mv fled with precipitation, and. were
f pur sued 1 a consi d e rablc di stance, by
ie ictt xx mc ana tne xr tenuiy muians,
ith a galling aad; destructive fire.
vol. Carroll who ordered tne charge;
(led .on the pursuit, and Col.- Biggins
jthemselyes
In the mean time Gen. CofTee was
contending ' with a superior force of
the enemy. "The Indian who I had
ordered to hia support and who had
set out for this, purpose, hetnng the
fire on thei left had returned to that
quarter, and when the eDcmy were
routed there, entered into the, chase.
LThat being now over, I forrlv.yith or-
aerett.Jim rue, wno w-s one 01 tne
principal commanders of the friendly
Creeks wifh one Hundredof his war
riors, to execute my first order ; so
soon as he reached Gen. Coffee the
charge was made and the enemy rout-
ed : they were bursued about threV
miles ana 45 pi tnem siain, wnoyre
found. Gen'. Coffee .waa Wouuded
in' trie bodvnd his aid de-camp'
Donaldson killed, together withthree
others. Having brought in and bu
rtcd the dead and dressed the wound-.
led, I ordered my caihptbbe fortifiedi
to ne the better prepared to;repe ati
attack whicftmight be mdetiuw the
night ; determined to commence a
return marp d to t ForVf; Strophe r the
follo wing day. .Many causes!c(HU ur
red t male such a measure. necessa
ry rnt I had not set out prepared or
with'a View to, make a permanent es
tabilshment, I consi deretfvU'.worse
than'tiieUss to advance' and-l des
troy 1 an empty 'encampmnu i" had
indeed hoped o have' met the enemy
thercJ but :'havipg , met and beaten
tnem a uttic sooner, t aiun ininic
it necc&sajry ' 'or 'prudentitj ,projeed'
noy;furtHeKi'Not necessary bec&use!;
I had accqropllshied all I cauld-expett
tdffc;ct6y marching ftp'lheir trtci'iirs.
mentind'-beaa'se.ifi ipronVr
tb' cohtenol 'lyith and weaken v'tHii2
iotpfudenCccau
of my wounded ; v'oft the remfprcef
mebts from belbwwhicfi
mVghtie 'expectedto receive j jbf the
starving cpopi
having-idd 'b
twddayibd'
ot qupput
w'
t)rwb:non; and beibgwhqty jdesu
toiler V ind because i f Se;enemyt phf
uedroei theywoudi
the Jiversion' ia; favor of Gen.- Floyd
would ' be the more comp'ecat and ef.
forces 3U)l'iarin.ci uns siyyzw nui uu iuimwi.Iviimjvuuuv0,u
would Wpirit tbeirt to. pursue We -r . itffreafehged aod'Te w
i. ' 4. .' ?.t'-M4L-
having
mprntng; across a oeep creeK ana pe-
tweed two - hlll&l whi cl; ' t 5 yit w$d
with attention.' asr nassed on, .and
j ed,I determined to pass it at another;,
poinv and t gave, d) reaibns? td wiy
guide and fatigue men Record
yiy expectationor an attacx in
of an attack io: the 1
TObrninwas jncreased-byvthei,!
fore f moved ther'Wouudedlfrbm thei
interior ot my campv i nan my ironr
I and reaf guards, formed, as well , as
my rignt ana lett columns, & moved
on my centre in reguiar.oraer ipaaipg
down . a .handsomeiidge'Ebta- '
chopco v creek, -atpoint;; Whefej.'4i;:
ly on its margib.. J had previously
issued general order, poihjbut
the ;manber;n 'which'tHemeln should
be formed in the e vent of an. attack on
the front or rear, or' bn,the fiah
and had particularly cautioned the
officers to. halt and form accbrdur&lyi
the instant the vbrd should be4giyiriS
, 4 ne xront guaru naaicro&senwiin
part of thetl3nk columns the wound
ed, were over, and he artillery in the j
gun was; heard in the rear. '1 heard
it :vithout" surprize, and 'vefjen with
pleasure, calculating with the utmost
confidence on the fondness pf my
troop9vfromthe inanjilnwhkh
had seeb them acton the 2d. I had
placed Col, Carroll at thehVad of the
centre column of the fear guard 'hUtal
rignt column was commanaeo ny;voit
-r e rKi ns aua'ics , icrt py , uoii otump
Ha yi ncnosen the groundf X eject
ed, there to haveebttrelVutSpft the
enemy, by wheeling the righriftrid left
columns op laeir ptvue, rccrosMfig ,Micr j
creek above bd he lbw,and fa11ing;in
upon their flanks anu rear, put; to
my, astonishment and mprtificatlon,4
wjien the word ras gl veu by'; Vt)L
Carroll, to halt and, form, and a few
(runs 'had been fired. -1 beheld- the
right; and, left: columns of the feat-j
shameftil f etreavwas disastrous m the
extreme; , , ureyv aroug - w uu v u wic
greiateparf tof the tenfre, columb;
jr:----'. ii-L- v i :-c '-.2 j.vt i
Lleavibc: not more than 25 ; men;; who
possible tct'm"aintam it, and ifchfodght
consrer nau6n and cOnlua ion Jnto r the
centre pf;hij;nTniy,;
whi ch' w as not 'easily ., re mpVed aiicl a
cbnfusion which cbulid nbt soob b'e re
stored to order?. ''Therb Vastheui
left to repii1sbtl?eenemy, theJew jiyhoj
tillefyr cmpan'andCa
co n paby of spies,. -.They ,vho wevtr,
realized and exceeded my highest ex
pectattons. r,teut.rvrmstroog, wno
commanaed the artiHerv comomv in
the abeiic of CaptlDed
noea uy sicxneas j uruccu,sicmfc
gedpp eifce;Vie wasj.;
h re' t Irom the.enem Vihgre anan ten1
them.-; T-hemcst'deUratebrfy i
actinggUDner vjn ;thejwrdf
I the moment, , in :sepcratinctt,thei gun i
Irom .xnev timoers, ,ime jraw mcr uo
bickeMftnialc
1 the? libiber! t sboney was tipk dU
j jnref )&eict
ramrod bf hi oiiuVkeVandipsp!it
a. picker? primed with a cartridge. &
pulled of his'baypnet, used hit muav
H
hui,- whinscfieijndrw
nttrpe
ntereint-trcria ;!:
CaptGo3&of ep
riished irom?theT ftpntiendeaVcd i
to4urWtJhteieftflank
andtPi bkf namursbed " jmeebe-'
innstfernauoirahrp ) I?
ac1is:aWleiay ;
oeaa online jieicuci ni iasx qeieax 4 v r r 1 1 -m ,
disturHedlb tfieTkyiii;.fi 'i
.bjusfic .
.
Cock'e' at theSlet:of 'Wintered 3nfc
the1ebKai?effi
bufsuit of the 4ncfnvf with Voiuthfui : ;
l soldiery by killing hii aayage antago ,,-A
led aiidwoundcdi monjthe former . rt
;eUf,atw(f . ' ' ?;
; companvL - .after "the, period of his en- ;
g9gemenc nap exoireal yoiunrcereu ;
hisrvi fbtto eixebrs!
tached himself to the 9ru.llry eompa
uyv aypy maaicver t oegnc more;
bri&ly p feUni s and
bv;lifb; sidefifell wUli cqttaf nrivery and"
morv. Bird Evana Oi the same com
tpanv V
guahiefem
dqnment of iial post ; haying taketi a;' .
firinn stand in ivltich he ras Ifbllb Wed ? ;
by twentyjnye pfhtmen, receivjed;
wojind in? Sis I head oftfrhich -'tij&U feast ;V'
stnre died.;;;. f-ti-
On thexei eyeful egalmebts ? our
losi wat 20 ipd sjfpiJedi f
4?of iwhrnthate ; sincr
loss of the enemy, cannot be aetufate- r
jy Bscerijfiincu v.iOi'oi tneir, warrtor
weeTifndidea'd't Btit this muaVfell : "
ciderablylsliiD ; ' .
lyitled Their - wbuhded can,' only
oefgupseq,at.f 'W-(MK"-h ' '
IIatt not;jeet$ fpitnelubfortlatcst
Safely have said that ;nfearmy tblS ; '
Jitieveractd; with mbrbf cocndV
ponduct jb ijtHe; aeyehA iiamtnts; tA ;
bf the Sdibuld not tiayfc heeb i'br' A' '
pad-regular$.!o7Noi .
mefthe apbroach ofan jlnemVwith 1 '
piorp m$repidity pd repulsed them
witbnbfnir
itr.the retreat of the rear ard, th.ey k
5temefd to have lost all. their collect
edncss and were more difiScult tb be
restored to brder t'pan 'any troops' :
eVery -occsHlahae-
willingness; ipjiff
v AM the efTectswhich weredesigo-
ioltitfmstrojnSiSthata
ottet,siiif
faorwpft '
fias oeen&Hednn
'tfence?Al8
hMnaesfiov -
ttlallyWnibyThen
to. tl : point ware ; iheir-; ?
I ever seen P"f tms was nooouoc
lowing in a great measu re jif not alto
t-cethertd that Very; retreat, and ought
f aiHif;?to be?ia$ci;ibed tpjhwttpf;
ebliductlnn ybiecers 'Shaa -:
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