Believing it necessary to enter Florida, then a Spanish territory, for the more effectual subjugation of the Indians, he did not hesitate to pursue them thither.

The Spanish authorities protested against the invasion of their domains, and offered some opposition.Gen.Jackson persisted, and in the result, took possession of St.Marks and Pensacola, and sent the Spanish authorities and troops to Havana.
Among the prisoners taken in this expedition, were a Scotchman and an Englishman, named Arbuthnot and Ambrister.

They were British subjects, but were charged with supplying the Indians with arms and munitions of war; stirring them up against the whites, and acting as spies.

On these charges they were tried by a court martial, of which Gen.

Gaines was President--found guilty--condemned to death, and executed on the 27th of April, 1818.
These transactions of Gen.