 On January 17, 1836, Putnam led the troops down Bulow Creek to the Halifax River and southward to Dunlawton.As they approached, they saw that a large war party of Seminoles still occupied the place.According to M. M. Cohen's journal of the campaign against the Seminoles in 1836, "Notices of Florida and the Campaigns", the Andersons' dwelling house and several slave houses were burning when the command arrived.