| Summary: | Campbell served as Governor Clement C. Clay's aide-de-camp during the Second Creek War. In the letter he discusses the progress of the war, reporting that some of the Creek allies "have all quit and gone home, refusing to fight alone the battles of the whites, while they stand by as lookers on." He says that the war will be long without Indian assistance, but he suggests that the fighting could be ended soon if the governor would negotiate with the friendly Creek chiefs. He also mentions that the chiefs are dissatisfied with a recent proclamation from the governor, which orders that if any Indians are "taken in arms not acting with the whites, they will be treated as hostiles." A transcription is included.
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