Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . o have so promptly come forth at the callof their country, will withhold their assent to regu-lations which can alone insure them safety and and dangers are incident to war; but bravemen will bear them without murmuring or you to be such, no fears are entertained butthat every duty imposed on you, will be met withpromptness and cheerfulness. Your general goes before you to open the way,and prepare for your reception. Confiding in your di-ligence and exertions, he will expect your arrival atyour destined point, without unn
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . o have so promptly come forth at the callof their country, will withhold their assent to regu-lations which can alone insure them safety and and dangers are incident to war; but bravemen will bear them without murmuring or you to be such, no fears are entertained butthat every duty imposed on you, will be met withpromptness and cheerfulness. Your general goes before you to open the way,and prepare for your reception. Confiding in your di-ligence and exertions, he will expect your arrival atyour destined point, without unnecessary delay—ledby Colonel Arthur P. Hayne, an officer in whom hehas every confidence. This being eflfected, he willplace himself at your head, and with you share thedangers and hardships of the campaign. Like the war-horse at the sound of the trumpet, thebrave volunteers of Tennessee no sooner heard thevoice of their beloved general and companion, callingupon them to follow him, than they bounded to meet 394 THE SEMINOLE To Arms! him. At the appointed time, the required numberrepaired to the rendezvous at Fayetteville, and underthe command of Colonel Hayne, inspector-general olthe department of the south, took up the line of marchfor Fort Scott, by the way of Fort Gaines. yi. •^ On the 16th of January, 1818, the secretary ofwar wrote to General Gaines, informing him that thehonour of the United States required that the warwith the Seminoles should be terminated speedily,and with exemplary punishment for hostilities so un-provoked ; and that orders were issued, directing thewar to be carried on within the limits of Florida, shouldit be necessary to its speedy and effectual orders, it was presumed, he had received. Thatas soon as it was kno^vn that he had repaired to
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