is war has been mortifying, and even dangerous to the
Americans in another point. It has now lasted three years and more.
General after general has been superseded, because they have not been
able to bring it to a conclusion; and the Indians have proved, to
themselves and to the Americans, that they can defy them when they once
get them among the swamps and morasses. There has not been one hundred
Indians killed, although many of them have been treacherously kidnapped,
by a violation of honour; and it is supposed that the United States have
already lost one thousand men, if not more, in this protracted conflict.

The aggregate force under General Jessup, in Florida, in November, 1837,
was stated to be as follows:--

+==========+=====+
YRegulars Y4,637Y
+----------+-----+
YVolunteersY4,078Y
+----------+-----+
YSeamen Y 100Y
+----------+-----+
YIndians Y 178Y
+----------+-----+
Y Y8,893Y
+==========+=====+

It is supposed that the number of Indians remaining in Florida do not
amount, men, women, and children, to more than 1,500 and General Jessup
has declared to the government that the war is _impracticable_.

Militia.--The return of the militia of the United States, for the year
1837, is as follows:--

The number of _Militia_ in the several states and territories, according
to the statement of George Bomford, Colonel of Ordnance, dated 20th
November, 1837.

+======================+==============+=================+
YStates and TerritoriesYDate of ReturnYNumber of MilitiaY
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YMaine Y 1836Y 42,468Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YNew Hampshire Y 1836Y 27,473Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YMassachusetts Y 1836Y 44,911Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YLouisiana Y 1830Y 14,808Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YMississippi Y 1830Y 13,724Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YTennessee Y 1830Y 60,982Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YVermont Y 1824Y 25,581Y
+----------------------+--------------+-----------------+
YRhode Island Y 1832Y 1,377Y
+---