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Show LIFE OF GEN. JACKSON. CHAP. deep and full; yet, under these circumstances, he pla- 1. ced before his troops an example of patience, and hard- ..,...,._. ship, that lulled to silence all complaints, and. won to him, still stronger than before, the esteem and respect of every one. On arriving at Nashville, he communicated to the president of the United States, the course he had pursued, and the reasons that had induced it. If it had become necessary, he had sufficient grounds on which. he could have justified his conduct. Had he sull'ered general Wilkinson to have accomplished what was clearly his intention, it was an event which might, at the moment, have benefited the service, by adding an increased strength to the army ; yet the example would have been of so serious a character, that injury would have been the final result. Whether the intention of thus forcing these men to enlist into the regular ranl<:s, had its existence under the direction of the government, or not, such would have been the univer&'\ 1 belief; and all would have felt a deep abhmTence, at beholcling the patriots of the country sent off~ under pretence of danger, whilst the concealed design was, by increasing their necessities, at a distance from home, to compel them to an act which they would have abstained from, under different circumstances. His conduct was approved of, and the expenses incurred directed to be paid. LIFE OF GEN. JACKSON. CHAPTER II. Indian preparation for hostilities.-Tccumseh arrives amongst the southern tribes; his intrigues.-Civil wars of the Creeks. -Destruction of Fort Mimms.-Expedition against the Inp dia.ns.-Jackson joins the army, and enters the enemy's country.-Scarcity of supplies in his camp.-Learns the savages are embo'died.-His address to his troops.-Seeki to form a junction with the East Tennessee division, under general Cocke.-Detacbes general Cofl"ee across the Coon. -Battle of Tallushatchee. THE volunteers, who had descended the river, be· CHAP. ing clischarged, early in May, there was little expectation II. that they would be again called for. Tennessee was~ too remotely situated in the interior of the country, to expect their services would be required at home, and hitherto the British had discovered no serious intention of waging operations against any part of Louisiana. Their repose, however, was not of long duration. The Creek Indians, inhabiting the country lying be-tween the Chatahochee and Tombigbee, and extending fro~ the Tennessee river to the Florida line, had lately man1fested strong symptoms of hostility towards the United States, from which they had received yearly pensions, and every assistance which the most liberal policy could bestow. This clisposition was greatly strengthened, by the means used by the northern In-dians, who were then making preparations for a war against the United States, and who wished to engage D |