Life of General Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army
Life of General Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army
Mansfield, Edward Deering, 1801-1880
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The columns of Scott moved through the country which had been the scene of Dade's massacre, and of the battles with Clinch and Gaines, without having discovered the retreat! FLORIDA WAR. 97 «f the Indians, and, in fact, without having met any large body of them. On the 5th of April all the divisions of the army had arrived at Tcunpa Bay. Their arrival was hastened by both sickness and hunger. It had been found impossible to carry a large supply of provisions through a country where the men alon...e could scarcely advance, where horses were continually failing, and where climate rendered it dangerous to expose the men to unusual fatigue. Each had in turn hastened to Tampa. The expedition having failed in its main object — ^the discovery and breaking up of the enemy's main or central strpnghold — Gen- eral Scott determined to scour the country with small detach- ments and corps, in order, if possible, to uncover the Indian retreats. Five different corps were employed in this way. One was led by Scott himself, which, passing the battle-ground of Dade, crossed the Ocklewaha, and finally ascended in a steamboat from Volusia up the St.
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