 In addition to British outposts on the Atlantic coast at Tangier and the Cumberland Islands , there was a similar outpost on the Gulf coast at Prospect Bluff on the Apalachicola River in Spanish East Florida which attracted Redstick Creek Indians and Black Seminoles . George Woodbine and a detachment of Royal Marines were landed from HMS Orpheus in May 1814 with gifts , two thousand muskets and blankets for the Indians . A fort was constructed , and Cochrane sent Edward Nicolls to oversee the operations at Prospect Bluff . 
