The Arkansas Advocate

CREEK WAR.

The war is ended, and Jim Boy, an Indian, Gent. Woodward, William Walker, a Mr. Haggerty of Tallahassee, and Mr. Strange of Tuckabatchee, (if we mistake not,) are entitled to much credit in bringing it to a successful close. This Indian Jim Boy was exceedingly vigilant in pursuing the hostiles, having under his command about 500 warriors. He was upon the heels of the hostiles at every step. General Woodward, who has been most shamefully slandered and badly treated in his affair, by certain persons, was with Jim Boy; so was Old Billy Walker and Haggerty and Strange. They have brought the war to an end. Woodward and Walker, we understand, directed the movements of Jim Boy and his Indians. They scoured the country, and thus captured Ne-ah-Emathla and his Son, (for the manner of doing which much credit is due to Thomas Woodward,) and thus by separating the Chief from his hostiles, they were all compelled to surrender. They surrendered to Jim Boy, and were handed over to General Patterson and Jesup, who will send them West of the Mississippi, in due time. Neah-Emathla had resolved, prior to his capture, to give the whites a bloody fight. He was bent on it, but his timely imprisonment has saved the lives of many a brave soldier and prevented the multiplication of mourning widows and orphans.

General Patterson, we are pleased to see, has the universal good will of the soldiers under his command in the Creek Nation. The reward due to the patriot soldier ought to be given him impartially and honestly. We are informed by all political parties who were in the nation that General Patterson was viewed as a brave, a ready, efficient officer. Had an opportunity offered, he would, from the accounts we have of him, have placed his name on an enviable page in the History of the Indian Wars.--[Montgomery Journal.