Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . Death of Lieutenant Murray. CHAPTER XIII. PENSACOLA. UR narrative now takes us to theSpanish province of Florida. Spe-cial messengers, sent by Jackson toPensacola, had reported the pre-sence of the British and hostile In-dians there, in great force. Oneof these messengers, Captain Gordon, reported that hesaw in Pensacola and its vicinity upwards of one hun-dred and fifty British officers, a park of artillery, andabout five hundred Indians, dressed in British uniform,and under drill by British officers. Genera] Jackson,to make assurance doubly sure, despatched
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . Death of Lieutenant Murray. CHAPTER XIII. PENSACOLA. UR narrative now takes us to theSpanish province of Florida. Spe-cial messengers, sent by Jackson toPensacola, had reported the pre-sence of the British and hostile In-dians there, in great force. Oneof these messengers, Captain Gordon, reported that hesaw in Pensacola and its vicinity upwards of one hun-dred and fifty British officers, a park of artillery, andabout five hundred Indians, dressed in British uniform,and under drill by British officers. Genera] Jackson,to make assurance doubly sure, despatched Lieutenant 242 PENSACOLA. Murray, with twenty-five men, to reconnoitre Pensa-cola and the fortress of Barrancas, and report thetruth of the matter. They saw seven British armedvessels in the bay, and the British jack hoisted besidethe Spanish flag on the walls of the Barrancas. Re-turning, within three miles of Pensacola, LieutenantMurray was mortally wounded by a rifle-shot of anIndian. The report of the rifle was answered fromthe fort and the town, and the detachment had to haste
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