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WASHINGTON.l.Ma i’iy nud t ui'oi. ui»rt l-n'VTer, one «■**lt;•! Mteftarniif.-.WFRIDA V', JANUARY aw, I83(.LATEST OF AND FROM FLORIDA.The Savannah Republican of Jan. 20th says, “ We understand from a letter read to us from a highly respectable citizen of Camden County, that 500 Indi ans were within forty miles of St. Mary’s, committing depredations. The letter does not mention whether they are of the Creek or Seminole tribe ; wc should suppose of the former, as it is rumored they have joined the latter.”The same paper publishes the following Letter received from Fort Brooke (Tampa Bay) bythe brother of one of the officers of the armylately massacred by the Seminoles:Fraser’* Redoubt, Fort Brooke,Florida, Jan. 2,1826.Jllr. Thomas Basinger:‘•Dear Sir: It has become my melancholy duty to inform you that your brother was kilted in action cm the 28th ult. He accoinjuuih'd a detachment of troops which left here for Fort King on the 23d. They were surprised by an immensely superior force cn the morning ofthe 23th, between 8 and i) o’clock. In about three-quarters of an hour, three of the officers and two-thirds of the men were killed, or disabled. The survivors, finding it impossible to advance or Tetreat, threw up a little breastwork; but before it wa* finished, the Indiana rushed in again from sides, and shot them all down immediately: tout uhfoltiwnote brother was the last officer alive, he turned to his men, wounded himself, and nearly all, or all, hi* men wounded too, and said, “ f am the last officer reft; boys, we’ll do the best we can.”% “They fought to the last; but the enemy were too numerous—the poor fellows were all cut down. Some time after the action the negroes, who had held aloof in time of dan-;cr, came up ana butchered the wounded. One of the sol-liers cscajied by pretending to be dead, and brought us the news; two others only, a®ycti known to have survived, and ail of these wounded. The action took place about 60 or 65 miles from here, on the road to Fort King. Wc doubt very much whether any of these made their escape to Fort Kin^; if not, then the three here are the only survivors of 112 picked men and officers that' composed the expedition.“ The noble fellows are all cut down, and let us now think of nothing but vengeance. We expect your Georgia volunteers; ana let them know that your brother and my best friend, after fighting to the last and covered with wounds, was (while nearly insensible 1 think and hope) butchered by the Indian negroes, as brave, as noble a man as ever breathed.“We expect to be attacked here everyday, but have a strong defence of blockhouse and stockade and 200 effective men—besides the promised assistance of Hobate Emath-la and his people, who are near here waiting to remove.” i ___________Hf___________ if. r*
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Washington National Intelligencer
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Fri, Jan 29, 1836
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