In August 1814, a force of over 100 officers and men led by a lieutenant colonel of Royal Marines, Edward Nicolls, was sent into the Apalachicola River region in Spanish Florida, where they began to aid and train local Indians.
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In this moment, the strength of Prospect Bluff was attracting fugitives slaves and refugees Amerindians and the commander of the Military division of the Southern United States, Andrew Jackson, realizing that he was sending armies to the area that were not sufficient to eject slaves and Indians, decided that the Spanish authorities will help to expel him.