The Enquirer

KNOXVILLE. (T.) Sept. 5.

Extract from a letter from the Honorable Judge Toulmin to his Excellency, Governor Blount, dated Fort Stoddart, Aug. 14.

" The enclosed letter, contains the latest news we have from Pensacola : in addition to it, I may say that we are told that the governor takes it in high dudgeon, that general Jackson should have demanded M'Queen and the prophet Francis, and declares that he will protect the Indians and furnish them with arms and ammunition. Great exclamations were also made at Pensacola, that our troops should have hunted up within their limits, the Indians whom they sheltered & from whom they continually receive cattle stolen from our citizens. My friend Col. Benton left me today with a party of the 39th regt. intended to meet the hostile Indians on the other side of the river. We rejoice in the expectation of seeing Gen. Jackson in a few days. It is the only circumstance which quiets our fears :for without vigorous efforts, the extermination of this settlement seems no improbable event."

Tensaw, Aug. 5th, 1814.

Dear Sir,

We have. this moment received the following information from a Mr. Morris, who has just arrived from the neighborhood of Pensacola, he left them 3 days ago.-He states that about 10 days ago, some British officers called the Indians together, about a mile or two out of town, & gave them a talk, (no Americans, and but a few Spaniards were permitted to hear it,) the Indians say that the British directs them not to kill women and children-They say that a number of British were expected at Pensacola every day, and when they arrived, they should be supplied with arms, ammunition and provisions. Two British vessels were said to have arrived the day before he (Morris) came away-They are daily mustering, parading and exercising the Indians, which seems to be very disgusting to them, they appear to be in confusion, they are not well pleased with the general proceedings of the British towards them, a few of them have gone to Escambia for the purpose of interceding with their families and friends to come and give themselves up to the Americans ; it is expected they will be here in a few days, if they proceed, the number of Indians in and about Pensacola, we believe to be about 250, and more are daily expected from Appalacchicola.

He further states, that the town is guarded principally by Indians under the command of British officers, there are now 8 in town; all the British troops at Appalachicola were daily expected, and soon after their arrival a part of the British and Indians were expected to come up this way, another part were expected to go on the Coweta.--They direct the Indians to kill every American who attempts to go into Pensacola, they are also instructed on the arrival of the British to confine every American in and about Pensacola if they refuse to fight for them. The Spanish troops are all moved to the Barrancas.-Your letter of the first instant, was received this morning.

We are respectfully your ob't. serv'ts.

W.& J.PIR.

Judge Toulmin.

P. S. Morris states, that the Indians know our weakness here, he has frequently heard them talk about it and observe, with how much ease they could take this place, this man speaks the Creek tongue. He has lived 3 or 4 years in the Creek nation, he has been a year in the neighborhood of Pensacola, he came away in consequence of the threats of the British against the Americans there. If there is not more troops sent here soon; we fear ere long. we shall share the same fate of the people who fell in Mims's fort.

W. & J.P.

New-Orleans, Aug. 16.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Pensacola, to his correspondent in this city, dated July 25. 1814.

"On the 19th arrived here, Col. Jno, Gordon with dispatches from Gen.. Jackson, demanding in rather peremptory terms, two Indian chiefs M'Queen and Francis the prophet ; saying that if he was refused, that he should be under the disagreeable necessity of coming here after them. This has much enraged the governor & his officers ; & the governor, they say, has refused the general and put him at defiance. As it respects the chiefs, preparations of defence are making--orders have been issued at the Barrancas to sink any American armed vessel that should attempt to pass it. A copy of the order I was to have sent to Capt. Jones commanding in Mobile bay, certified by the governor and the letter signed by Don Benegras de Calderon, the representative of the province.

" Captain Gordon left this on the 23d on his return and no doubt will be back in a short time with company. I am in hopes, that should Gen. Jackson think of marching this way he will bring a superior force to the one opposed to him ; for if in case the force is any way equal, the contest will be hard, for rely on it the people are determined to defend the place as long as they can.-- There is no longer any doubt of troops having landed at Appalachicola--what number is not known.

"The schooner Cock Chaffer, Captain Jackson, of, forty men and five guns, left this place for Appalachicola, with Francis the prophet on board, on the 18th ; at the time news was brought in by the Indians of the 39th regiment being in the rear of Pensacola. A Spanish brig from the Havanna is now in sight. The vessel is just going off--for further particulars I refer you to my next."

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