Nay, they will rejoice at the opportunity of placing the American eagle on the ramparts of Pensacola, Mobile, and Fort St.Augustine." Where the fiery Andrew Jackson led, there was neither delay nor hesitation.

At once he sent his backwoods infantry down river in boats, while the mounted men rode overland.

Four weeks later the information overtook him at Natchez that Congress had refused to sanction the expedition.

When the Secretary of War curtly told him that his corps was "dismissed from public service," Andrew Jackson in a furious temper ignored the order and marched his men back to Nashville instead of disbanding them.

He was not long idle, however, for the powerful confederacy of the Creek Indians had been aroused by a visit of the great Tecumseh, and the drums of the war dance were sounding in sympathy with the tribes of the Canadian frontier.