Salvor6
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- Shipwrecks
There is a story about an Army payroll that was lost in 1835 after the convoy was attacked by Indians. It happened just south of Ft. Dade in Florida. The payroll was buried and all but two of the soldiers were killed. The two survivors made it back three miles to Ft. Dade where one of them died of his wounds the next day. The sole survivor went back to the scene of the battle with a patrol but he could not find the payroll since he did not witness the burial. The area is just south of present day Dade City near Buddy Lake. Does anyone have a reference to a more detailed account of the incident? I hear there is also a report of the incident in the National Archives.