Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . is The general confidently hoped, from the previousassurances of the contractors, that by the time of hisreturn to Fort Strother, sufficient supplies would havearrived there ; but, to his inexpressible uneasiness, hefound that not a particle had been forwarded since hisdeparture, and that, what had been left, was alreadyconsumed. A scanty supply of beef, taken from theenemy, or purchased of the Cherokees, was now theonly support afforded. Thus left destitute, Jackson,with the utmost cheerfulness of temper, repaired tothe bullock-pen; and of the offal
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . is The general confidently hoped, from the previousassurances of the contractors, that by the time of hisreturn to Fort Strother, sufficient supplies would havearrived there ; but, to his inexpressible uneasiness, hefound that not a particle had been forwarded since hisdeparture, and that, what had been left, was alreadyconsumed. A scanty supply of beef, taken from theenemy, or purchased of the Cherokees, was now theonly support afforded. Thus left destitute, Jackson,with the utmost cheerfulness of temper, repaired tothe bullock-pen; and of the offal there thrown away,provided for himself and stafT, what he was pleasedto call, and seemed really to think, a very comfortablerepast. While General Jackson remained wholly unmovedby his own privations, he was filled with solicitudeand concern for his army. His utmost exertions, un-ceasingly applied, were insufficient to remove the suf-ferings to which he saw them exposed; and, though *See page 127. t Garlands Eulogy. 136 Soldiers coucocliiig iMuliiiy. they were by no means so great as they themselvesrepresented, yet were undoubtedly such as to be se-verely felt. The general had now to contend witha more formidable enemy even than famine—mutinyin his own camp. The main body of the army con-sisted of two regiments—the regiment of volunteersthat had followed him to Natchez the winter before—and a regiment of drafted mihtia. The militia, dis-gusted with the neglect and ill-treatment they hadreceived, instigated by their officers, and seized withthe home-fever, resolved to quit the camp, and returnto Tennessee. Apprised of their design, Jackson drewup the regiment of volunteers in their front, and or-dered them to fire whenever the mutineers com MUTINY, 137 menced their march. Awed by this act of boldness,the miUtia returned to their duty. What was the mortification of the general, nextmorning, to find the volunteers themselves in a stateof rebellion ! Those very me
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