left flanks of the army; but the savages were repelled at every point. The enemy rushed nearly to the cannon's mouth, and gained the rear of the picket guards, commanded by Capt. Broadnax; but the latter bravely cut their way through the savages, and joined the army. As soon as day dawned, and objects could be distinguished, a charge was ordered, and the enemy fled before the bayonet. The signal was given for the charge of the cavalry, who pursued and sabred 15 of the enemy; who left 37 dead on the field. From the effusion of blood, and the number of head-dresses, and war-elubs, found in various directions, their loss must have been considerable. The loss of the army, on this occasion, was 17 killed, and 132 wounded. Of the friendly Indians, five were killed, and 15 wounded.

Gen. Jackson having received information at his head-quarters, Fort Strother, from Capt. M.Alpin, who commanded at Fort Armstrong, in the absence of Col. Snodgrass, that 14 or 15 towns of the enemy, situated on the waters of the Tallapoosee, were about uniting their forces, and attacking the fort, which was then in a feeble state of defence, the general resolved on an excursion into the enemy's country, further than had been hitherto attempted. He accordingly commenced his march on the 15th January, with 930 men, exclusive of Indians. On the 18th, the army encamped at Talladega fort, where it was joined by about 200 friendly Creek Indians, and 65 Cherokees. Here the general received a letter from Colonel Snodgrass, who had returned to Fort Armstrong, informing him, that an attack was soon to be made on that fort, by 900 of the enemy. It was further under

stood, that the enemy was collecting in a bend of the Tallapoosee, near the mouth of a creek called Emuckfau, on an island below New-Yor

can.

On the 20th, at night, the army encamped at a small Hillabee village, about 12 miles from Emuckfau. On the 21st, the army marched in a direct line for the bend of the Tallapoosee.In the afternoon, the army halted, and the general determined to encamp for the night, that he might have time to reconnoitre, and make dispositions for attack, if he were in the neighbourhood of a large force, which, from appearance, he judged to be the case. Having chosen an eligible scite, the army encamped in a hollow square. Spies and pickets were sent out, the sentinels doubled, and the necessary arrangements were made to resist an attack, if it should be attempted during the night; or to make one, if the enemy could be found at day-light the following morning. While the army was in this state of readiness, the enemy, about 6 o'clock in the morning, commenced a vigorous attack on the left flank, which was as vigorously met. The action raged for half an hour on the left flank, and on the left of the rear of the army.

The brave Gen. Coffee, with Col. Sittler, the adjutant-general, and Col. Carroll, the inspectorgeneral, the moment the firing commenced, mounted their horses and repaired to the line, encouraging and animating the men to the performance of their duty. So soon as it became light enough to pursue, the left wing, having sustained the heat of the action, and being somewhat weakened, was reinforced by Capt. Ferrill's company of infantry, and was ordered and led on to the charge by General Coffee, who was

well supported by Col. Higgins, and the inspector-general, and by all the officers and privates who composed that line. The enemy was completely routed at every point, and the friendly Indians joining in the pursuit, they were chased about two miles, with considerable slaughter.

Gen. Coffee, who was detached with 400 men, to reconnoitre the enemy's encampment, returned, with a view to bring up the artillery, which he deemed necessary to the attack. In half an hour after his return, a considerable force of the enemy commenced a fire on a party of men who were then in search of Indians. Gen. Coffee, with only 5 men, a part of 200 who were to have acted with him, commenced an attack on the left flank of the enemy; 200 friendly Indians were ordered at the same time to attack the enemy's right. At this moment it was discovered that the attack of the enemy was but a feint, having intended, by drawing off the general's attention from his left, to attack it with success: in this the enemy was disappointed. The whole line met the approach of the enemy with astonishing intrepidity, and having charged, forced the savages to retreat with precipitation. They were pursued to a considerable distance, and severely galled by a very destructive fire.

During this transaction, Gen. Coffee was contending against a very superior force. As soon as possible a reinforcement was sent to his aid, which soon decided the contest in that quarter: the enemy was charged, routed, and pursued for three miles. Nothing now remained but to destroy an empty camp, which did not seem of sufficient importance to delay a return to Fort Strother, which was commenced on the following morning.

On the 24th, as the men were crossing the Enotachopoc ereek, an alarm gun announced the advance of the enemy. Gen. Jackson expected an attack, and had dispositions made to turn it to the disadvantage of the enemy. The right and left columns of the army were directed to turn on their pivots, recross the creek above and below, and fall on the enemy's flanks and rear. The manœuvre, if executed, would probably prove as destructive to the enemy as any thing hitherto attempted; but, at the moment when a few guns were fired, the right and left columns of the rear guard gave way; the greater part of the centre column followed the disastrous example, leaving not more than 25 men, who maintained their ground as long as possible. There was then left to repulse the enemy, but the few who remained in the rear guard, the artillery company, and Capt. Russell's company of spies. Amidst a most galling fire from the enemy, this little band, not one-tenth of the number opposed to it, advanced to the attack. The artillery and a few others gained the top of a hill, drawing up with them a sixpounder, when they poured on the enemy several discharges of grape, then charged, repulsed, and pursued him for two miles, leaving 26 of their warriors dead on the field. The loss in these several engagements, was 20 killed and 75 wounded. The loss of the enemy could not be exactly ascertained; 189 of their warriors were found dead; this undoubtedly formed but a part of the killed; the wounded must have been proportionably numerous.

All the effects intended by this excursion, seem to have been produced. If an attack was intended against Fort Armstrong, that was pre

vented; a diversion was made in favour of Gen. Floyd, who was on the east side of the Tallapoosee; the number of the enemy was lessened, and their confidence in their leaders broken in on; the enemy's country was explored, and a road cut through an important part of it; and, on the whole, tended to, and hastened the termination of Indian hostilities, as much, if not more, than any previous expedition.

Hitherto the enemy was engaged either in the open field, or in situations where he had little advantage from works of art, and not much from nature. One situation remained to be assailed, where a skilful display of art rendered a position, naturally strong, so seemingly impregnable, that it required a great effort of courage to approach it, a consummate skill to direct the attack, and a persevering, undaunted resolution, to prosecute it to success.

In the bend of the Tallapoosee, two miles beyond where Gen. Jackson engaged the Indians on the 22d January, the savages had fixed on a scite for erecting a fortification. Nature furnished few places more eligible for defence, and it was improved by art, with a skill not discovered before in an Indian fortification. The bend resembles, in its curvature, a horse-shoc. Across the neck of land, which leads into it from the north, a breastwork was erected, of the greatest compactness and strength, from 5 to 8 feet high, and prepared with double rows of portholes, very artfully arranged; an army could not approach it, without being exposed to a double and cross fire from the enemy, who lay in perfect security behind it. Gen. Jackson resolved on the attack of this important and doubly strong position. The Indian force amount