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A. R. CALHOUN, Editor and Proprietor.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1873.
VOL. XV—NO. 273.
duncan McIntosh ; jrsi
HE KINC OF AUTOSSEE.
THE AUTHOR OF *'INDIAN SKETCHES,"
“(MRHON AND HIB MEN,"
“/UNI," ETC.
Written lor the HnndAj Knqulrer.
CHAPTER XVI.
^ AN ISKXPKCTED FRIENII.
I D mi can McIntosh could not resist, and
Tooling that bis last hour had come, he
iletormiued to meet death as a brave man
should, particularly a Scotchman, whoso
training and traditions had made him as
Indifferent to death, when it most be
faced, ns the bravest Creek of them all.
Bound to the stake, be held bis head
proudly oroct, and looked at the score of
bowmen and Pashka with the lighted
torch, with an apparent iudifference, so
far as expression was concerned, that
ovon the Indians could not help admiring
Pashka, as has alroady been stated, ap
plied the torch to the dry pine knots, and
the tlnmes shot up to the very foot of the
prisoner, and his form was wrapped in a
cloud of dense smoke. The warriors
stood with arrow on the string, wailing
for the tire to increase aud the smoko to
cloar away, that, they might make a target
of the prisoner. Another minnte and all
would bo ready; but before that minute
elapsed a chorus of ringing yells
heard on the hill, blending with the war
cries of the Cherokeos.
Etomio had been standing near by with
folded arms, and his head bowed on his
breast, liko r broD/o statue, but suddenly
ho woke into life. Bounding like a thing
of springs before the bowmen, be shouted
“Guard the camp!"
Then ho snatched a kuife from the belt
of one, and springing through the smoko
ami flame, ho severed with a few’ well di
rected strokes the cords that bound Dun
can McIntosh to th# stake.
on as her
legitimate prey. She had determined to
kill him, for she had every reason to be
lieve Etomie would rather sec him living
and free, as in the case of Pedro, the
Seminole.
“Know you whore your slave Pedro
?" she asked, a more hellish look coming
into her eyes, as sho put back her arm ns
if about to strike, and bringing her face
so close to Duncan that lie could feel her
breath on his scarred forehead. Dunoan
made no reply, aud expecting nouc, sho
continued:
“Pedro, the Seminole, is dead. Hovns
the son of Etomie. Toll him so in the
spirit land, for there he has gone."
The long, thin arm that held the knife
was poised for the blow, when Duncan,
startled at what Pashka told him, asked,
“Is Podro, the Seminole, dead?"
“Yes, Pedro, the Seminole, is (load,
and the time has come when you most
follow him!"
The knife trembled in her grasp, her
snake-like eyes burned with unsuppressed
hate, aud again sho hissed, “Podro, the
Seminole, is doad!"
“Pedro, the Seminole, is living!” rung
a clear voice near her ear, and at tlio
sumo moment the long, thiu arm was
grasped. ,
Pashka turned to uoe Pedro, the Semi
nole, beside her, and rising with wonder
ful quickness to her foot, she freed her
aim aud aimed a fierce blow at tho youth.
Quick as a flash Pedro ovoidod it, aud
before Pashka could recover from the
stroke a well planted blow laid her sousc-
Ickh beside tbo victim, of whoso life sho
felt so confident a few momouts before.
Pedro, who was dripping from his swim
in recrossing tbe river, hastily pioked up
tbo knife that bad fulleu from Pashka's
g asp, and as quickly be severed the cords,
and Duncan McIntosh forgot his wouud
and pain in the joyous sense of* being a
free man.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE IIATTEE.
Etomie was completely surprised. He
I'sd not tho faintest idea of CaBSowra'
Tbe prisoner, wb« was helpleBS, for hiidr'dcicn advance, though with hia custom-
.'muds and feet wero tied, would have
*<tl!on prostrate in the fire, but the chief
ot. light him in his arms, and leaping back,
he half flung him on the ground some
distance away, saying between his tooth
ns ho did so,
“Wait till you can die in the presence
of (lie tribe!"
Etomie rushel to his lodge, and in a
few seconds he was back through tbo
camp, spear in limd, and as he sped past
Iiis hurrying waf-.iora to the point of at
tack tho name/of “Etomie!" rang from
tho throats of ^vc thousand braves like a
tierce battle cry
Dunoan lay stunned for some momonts,
mid when eonsdpusnesB returned he was
for a time unawftie of his situation. But
ns ho gazed aboqt him he became con
scious of throe Lets, viz: that tbe fire
was blazing furiously about the white
Ntake to which he bad been bound a few
minutes before ; tint tbe sound of a des
perate fight came ftorn the top of the hill,
and that Pashka las bending over him
with a look of dfubolioal hate in her
wrinkled face, and along, gleaming knife
in her talon-like lingers.
“Tho chief released you, did he!" she
v croaked, as she caught his long yellow
hair and threw back his head till the
nploudid white throat tamo within striking
distance of her knif|. Then, as if to
j juantalizo her victim, s^o released his hair
I q jnd repealed her quesBon.
“I know not and carl not who freed me,
* if ho left me to be the *port of a bag like
you," replied Duncan, fc he endeavored
to sit up.
“Ho, ho ! you would line, would you !”
she half Rcreamed, as wkh one hand 6he
ihrew him back, and witk the otbor shook
tho knife before his eye!
g| “You arc the bravo, lu-ong white who
•unl.ied off* the daughter b the chief, and
now you are to weak that the oldest wo-
uiMrin the Creek nation t»n master and
frighten you! Your whit* heart is flut
tering now like that of nlvoundod dove.
Bah ! Aud you belong to be cursed race
that would control tho h uing grounds
of the Muucogoe!"
Again the knife gleamed and this time
so dose that a long scar a soared ou the
white forehead, aud tbe r i blood in a
stream flowed down aud bl :ded the blue
eyes.
The old hag saw tho effet of her skill
ful stroke, and who laugheil till the un
earthly sound drowuod out Le increasing
fmv of tbo battle on the hi)
JVhkn was too sure of l L *r victim to
destroy tho devilish pleosmL his torture
afforded her by killing him lit once
slm wiped tbe blood from lv eyes and
put clay on his forehead to stf* tho bleed
ing. Then she continued
••Where is Cassela, the wif|)f Cbatas
kec, whom you stole ? '
She waited for a reply, but livue came.
Then she shook him, repeating bar ques
tion, t»ut still no response.
“You will not fell me?"
“No, you vile hag."
“la ulie tying dead beside
horse? 11a, ha, Dunoan Mcl
young white men are very wi
old Indian women are wiser.
/.aids to-iuorrow will feast on
horse; and even though Coaaebiu# dead,
it will not prevent the son of uL daugh
ter from yet commanding tho l^iscogee
brave* as the King of Autossoe.
“Let him kill Etomie first, aH|e tried
to Kill mo, you big !"
“Cftssowra will do that for Etoi
Chataskee saved you for me.
jt fit to die by the hands of
1 to meet y«|
uVfhe strength of a child."
“No, nor the strength to strike! said
f* uncan, who now felt, in his torment that
dealt would he release, for he had l<^t all
hope.
Day was breaking, and a gray fog
ury precaution he had placed his scouts ut
every Available point, and the youngest
warriors and the fleetest of foot were
every minute bringing him all the news
that could bo gleaned of the movements
df tho Cherokees.
Cassowra knew that success in war de
pended more on the surprise that results
from oolority of movement, than any su
perior valor or excess of numbers. He
felt that bis father had failed from his
very caution, and lie determined from
tho outset to win by surprise and impetu
osity at unexpected points.
The scouts only bocame aware of the
Cherokee advance when they stood face
to faco. They could offer no resistance
that would chock tbo Cherokee onset,
and as they rapidly retreated with the
scouts, they found Cassowra and his
braves so close behind that it was difficult
to tell which were Muscogeos and which
Cherokees.
It thns happened that tho firRt intima
tion Etomio had of tho immediate prox
imity of the Chorokees was tho din and
shout of fighting ou tho hill.
Tho onset of Cassowra was like tho
course of an avalanche, and it seemed as
if every obstacle must go down before tho
terrific attack of his red warriors ; but ho
did not find the Creeks so wholly unpre
pared as bo expected. Etomie, as tho dif
ferent bands, under their ohiefs, reported
during the day, assigned to each one his
duties, and with more system than is sup
posed to exist in Indian battles, each band
bad its position laid down iu case of at
tack or defence.
The groat mass of warriors wore not,
therefore, in the camp, but as the ex
pected daylight npproachod tho chiefs, ig
noring tho fact that a prisoner was to be
tortured, moved out to the brow of the
hill, and with vidottes out, they waited
for the coming of day or tho foo, and
both camo together.
Cassowra drove iu the videttes, but not
before the flying scouts had roused the
warriois to preparation by their wild cries,
as they fled through tho red lines, of “Tho
Cherokeos!" “The Cherokees!"
Tho unexpected opposition of live thou
sand and more well appointed warriors
surprised Cassowra ns much ns his attack
did the Muscogees, and when ho hoard
the shout of the opposing braves, as they
called the name of the chief, ho know
that the hardest fighting his warriors had
over done lay before him that day ; aud
yet, like all successful Puldiors, he never
for a moment doubted of bis success.
Etomio was an older and a bettor war
rior than Cassowra. lie had all his oppo
nent's personal strength, activity nndi
valor, udded to n groator experience, audf
that confidence in his men that a long sot
ries of successes give.
The presence of Etomio acted like magic
on his somewhat demoralized warriors,
and ns ho sped along the lino, uncaring
for tho exposure to which ho subjected
himself, he gave his orders with wonder
ful clearness and rapidity, and as the war
riors took their places (hey felt confident
of success.
When two opposing forces feel confi
dence in their chiefs and themselves ou
the ove of a battle it means bloody work,
and there wero noarJy fifteen thousand
warriois now waiting to rush to death at
the bidding of their leaders.
OhataHkee, like a chi«-f of stuff, accom
panied the chief, though it was very ovi-
dont his popularity was small umoijg his
men. aud his desire for a fight loss.
“They outnumber us as two t# ono,
Greek Etomie," said Chataskee, after tli|y bad
returned to tho centre of tho line.
“And wimt if they were ten Ao one,
would you not fight ?” asked Etomie,
turning on the frighteued warrior.
“Not if I could avoid it, or were not
cortaiu of succors," was the refly.
“Battle is a game of chanced, with the
chances iu favor of the coolest playci
Jjkc iivei ‘and shut out tbehis- ' But how would Chataskee avoid this ha
li, tendering less discotnable'the tie?".
of strife before so vivid, uho “We have scores of canoes, aud at onco
tiro grow dimmer, aud tbe disUul 1 would send the women and children
of women less visible than in,the across the river
And then ?"
ka evi^jtiy ,jjj not notice tAim. “Well, then 1 would keep tho Cherokee
re ceutered in th* to r »i hay till night comes, aud gradually
withdraw the warriors till such time as
our force was strong enough to attack."
“That is very wise. You are n hotter
chief (hm I supposed you, Chataskee,
though your father would not have so ad
vised," said tho chief iu nu ironical tone.
“Perhaps not; but bad bo so advised
aud so thought, ho might havo been living
to-day. ’’
“Then yon think tho highest object of
a ^Inscogee warrior is to live ?"
“I do not, Etomio. His object should
be to succeod."
“But how would you havo him succeed
in the face of overwhelming numbers ?"
The chief hesitated, then continued :
“I will tell you. By placing directly
behind him his wife, his children, and his
lolgc, so that if ho yields, all he has will
fall into tho hands of his enemy. Tho
true warrior needs another impulse than
the more lovo of success and victory to
nerve him."
“1 do not understand tho chief."
“Thin you cannot appreciate tho feel
ings of your father, who wns iho bravest
Chorokeo warrior that ever drew an arrow
cr hurled a spear. ”
CkatAskeo was mortified at tho words
and manner of the chief, and he might
have made a reply, but at that moment
tho risiug sun seemed to lift the. fog, and
in tho open woods before them, and not
two hundred yards ofl', tho whole Chero
kee forco, in magnificent order, came in
sight of Etomio ond his warriors.
Unlike civilized armies, there wore no
skirmishers out, hut like the cohorts of
Carthago aud Rome, the Crocks and
Cherokees moved closer for the struggle
that was to test tho strength of ouch.
Cassowra came within one hundred
yards of his oppoueuts, and then began a
fight with the long, stone-tipped arrows,
which at this range were nearly as de
structive as tho rifles of that day. The
Cherokee chief would have attacked at
once, but tho possibility of the Creek’s
retreating struck him, as it had Chatas
kee, as a necessity ; so that while he hold
the whole lino beforo him in tho expecta
tion of a momentary onset, ho sout under
chosen lenders large hands of warriors in
tho direction of the river, ou tho light
aud left, bo as to cut oft' every avenue of
retreat from tho Crocks, nave tbe swollon
and at this time impassable rapids of tho
Coweta.
Etomie saw this move, aud hailed it
with joy, ns it weakened tho forco in his
front, aud nothing was farther from his
thoughts than retreating. He was on his
own huuting grounds, with his camp bo-
hind him, aud to him defeat meant tho
complete annihilation of tho Muscogees—
an event he kn#w lie would not livo to
soe.
As the Oherokf-e flanks doubled around
him, Etomie dot ached enough warriors, in
iiin judgment, t j guard tho camp, which
ten could do agiinst a huudred. Satisfied
that the opportune moment had arrived,
grasped hi# spear, raised aloft his
blood-red shield, ond shouting tho war cry
of his tribe, lid charged in tho direction
of tho Oherokdos. A shout long aud loud
went up iroii bis impetuous warriors;
but before thVy had crossod half the dis-
Cassowja, at the head of his Choro
kees, came down like a whirlwind, aud
friend and fje blended in the scene of
death.
/
I CHAPTER XVIII.
llE'tWEEX TWO El REN.
The sudden appearance of Pedro, and
his miraculous release from what ho felt
to ho contain douth, so nrnuzed Duncan
Molntosi that bo would have continued
to stand longer, gazing in wonder at bis
faithful /follower, had not Pedro pulled
his slooTo and said,
'‘Dunoan, my master, there is no time
to he lost. Follow mo!"
Duncan, without a word, turned and
followed Podro in tho direction of tho
gray, lowering rocks that rose from the
river pear tho swiftest part of the rapids.
“Wait a moment!" exclaimed Pedro, as
(hoy/passed tho lodge of Cbatopkce, which
inflow empty and opon. Pedro darted
, ^nd in a few seconds returned with
•cv rifles and full equipment*, and one of
thofrifles was the spleudid silver-mounted
piece which Dtyican had lost at tho time
of mis capture.
Keiziug his rifle us ho would embrace
mi old friend from whom ho had boen
\(jng parted, Duncan strapped on tbe belt
containing his knife and ammunition, and
ij^aiii he was a man.
“Now I will lead, Podro.”
The fog rolled away from tho hill, hut
till like a whito batik hung ovor the river
faud shorns.
“The fighting men arc up the hill iu the
woods, so 1 think the river is the only
place of safety," said Pedro, as he half
ran to keep up with Duncans long strides.
It did not take long to teach tho ob
jective point, and stopping iu a hollow
under an overhanging rock, they both lay
down.
“Now, Pedro, tell mo where you came
from, and bow yon escaped,” said Duncan.
Pedro briefly related tho fucts already
known to the reader, and then speaking
of his return, he said :
“I camo up the opposite hank, for I
was carried down a half a mile before I
succeeded in gutting across, and by the
light of tho fires and the shouting I knew
you were a prisoner, and that they would
kill you, and I resolved to cross tho river
and die with you, if i could not aid you
to escape. 1 went lower down and swam
back, and then I hurried up tho shore,
and tho fog rose from tho woods, and I
entered tbo camp in time to save you from
tho knife of Pashka."
“A bravo act, Pedro, for which the God
of tho whito inau and Urn red will bless
you," said Duncan, hs he grasped tho
‘But the black horse, is he dead ?"
‘I know not Pedro. The faithful crea
ture only gave out nftor his once strong
limbs failed him. I would give my right
arm to have him back.”
“If ho be living, Duncan, I care not
whether Creek or Cherokee have him, I
will got him back. The Muscogees have
my horse, but they cannot hold him if he
lives a week."
I havo sonio white friends down the
river, but 1 caunot reach them iu time to
aid me. We must move at once, ond
never lose sight of tho object wo have in
view—that is, tho rescue of Cassela "
While they wore speaking tho bank of
fog was dissolved on the river, aud the
red sun flooded stream aud wooded hill;
but tbero was a sound iu tho air as of a
terrific storm, yells that drowned out the
roar of the rapid.*, and tbo dashing of
spear and shield, and the whiz of arrows
and (ho twang of hows.
“Ah, if wo couid only help Etomie ! If
he had only kept us his friends!" said
Duncan, as ho heard tho triumphant
shouts of tho Cherokeos, and clutched his
rille as if at tho word ho wt-t*3 ready to
rush to the aid of his old friond.
Duncan had hardly ceased speaking,
when ho became aware of the proximity
of a hand of warriors, and poeriug up
cautiously, he looked through n crevice in
tho rocky breastwork aud saw, not fifty
feet away, a body of Cherokee bravos.
On tho opposite side of his hiding
place ho heard another murtnnr of low
voices, aud the words conv.need him that i
the Muscogeos wero neatly us dose ns the I
Cherokees, and that he and his servant ’
wero between two tires, for he had noth
ing to hope from tbo contending parties
“The Ivittlo ou the hill goes hard," said ,
ono of the Cherokee warriors wlio stood I
iu tho advance, to a couipuuion by his 1
side.
“Yes, Etomie fights fiercely : hut lie baa
not half his force, while Cassowra has ov-
ery available warrior with him. Hark !
the Cherokees arc cheering, that was a
cry of victory."
“Tbero it is a victory for both sides.
Listen the Creeks are yelling like tri
umphant spirits."
Both the warriors stopped and bout
thoir heads in the diroctiou of tho hill,
tho hotter to catch the fietce sounds, for
now tho air seemed to ho tilled with tho
narno of “Etomie," and riugiug above it j
liko a terriblo chorus iu fierce hnrHts the
Chorokees shouted tho name of their I
young chief.
“Spirits of tho dead!" exclaimed one,
this inactivity is more terriblo than hat- |
tie.
THE CREEK WAR OF 1836* ^ at them ’ understanding their Iac-
guflgo, they appear like madmen. But
Written for the Columbus Enquirer.
The Revolutionary struggle left the
Stato of Georgia a feeble colony on the
coast, with a vast territory extending to
the Frenoh settlement of Louisiana. This
territory was tilled with the most power
ful and warlike tribes of the Iudiau na
tions—the Greeks, Cherokeos and .Semi-
Holes—all originally from tbe same stock,
and uniting together at any tinio to war
against the whites. It was found impos
sible for tbe \onng State to grow with
such wMilike neighbors, and no she ceded
to tho United States tlio States of Ala
bama and Mississippi, upon condition
that the Indians wero moved aud tho In-
dian claims to Georgia lands cancelled by
tbe Federal Government.
One scarcely knows what name to apply
to that audacity or inpaoity of tlio Eu
ropean discoverers and settlers by which
they cauio and coolly uicusmed out to
themselves a curtain amount of innd, un
seen iiiul unknown, thoir only limit being
certain linos of longitude and latitude,
and this goodly land then in tho posses
sion of otbor people, able and willing to
fight for its ownership. Yet when ono
coiiMiders how easy il is to take a umpand
pan el out princely domains, the wouder
is tl:.t the first comets did not take it all!
Tlio Federal Government had sold much
land ami obtained much money from tho
ceded territory, hut ever laggard in In-
dian matters, had made no progress to-
ward moving tho Indians, being unable
to purchnso their claims; for, Acting
through “agents," I lie whiles and Indians
a ere both made vctiuia of these cormo
rants, whose selfish rapacity finds m
equal except iu Iho co
mont of tho late war.
Tbo United States bought tbo Iudiau
titles to tbo lands twice, but the Creeks
refused to move because, they said, “tic
1 inds were bought from a minm i'y, ng iinsj
the wishes of tbo majority iu council, and
that tbe nation was uot bound by tbe ac
tion of a small number of chiefs, who
could not resist tho offer of gold, aud
which tho United States paid m its own
risk."
Georgia having now reached the Ch-tt-
taiioochce, aud tlio settlers aud Indians
being in constant rows and turmoil, Geor-
gia threatened to reclaim her own terri
tory and secede from the Union if the
Iudians wore uot removed. Hei-ession in
how different was he whom we »re accus
tomed to call a savage ! IIo stood, sur
rounded by warriors, who sit on logs laid
in a square. He began slowly, with caltu-
ness and gravity, and seemed to be argu-
ing the question in a logical manner, and
«s ho proceeded bis eyes flashed brighter
and glowed with eloquence ; his voice
thrilled ; his gestures slight, but emphatic;
a toss of the head, a swelling of tbe
breast, raising tbe hand, pointing the
finger, planting tho foot, a graceful, bold
movement of the body, seemed all that
was needed to pour forth wondrous floods
of eloquence and transport his hearers
beside themselves.
Dr. deGraffenried said he did not un
derstand his language, but be felt tho
speech as much as though he had, while
the countenances of tbe warriors reflected
every passionate Hppenl of the speaker,
their eyes flashed, thoir breasts heaved,
their bauds moved, ami (heir bodies bent
forward ns they were swayed by this re
sistless orator, who, iu the meantime, did
not move hut a few feet from his origiual
position. The speech was great because
tbe man wim great, and his patriotism wag
stronger than life. S. M. C.
[ ro lit CONTINUED.]
A RETENTIVE** NTOHY.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean tells tbe fol
lowing :
A singular episode in traveling traus-
piiod recently, which, with a little color
ing, Homo slight change of scene, a riug
iug in of a few new-fangled phrases, a
siua'leniig of love, sud a smell of pow
der, added to itm own iim(eria), namely :
A beautiful and accomplished young lady,
a middle-aged, paternal looking gentle
man; a railway train ; a very sharp de-
, t unlive ; suspicious conduct on lbe puil of
ry depart- ; || te noddle uged gentleman : unhappy irp-
I peunmee <.f the young lady; curious
ejacidaiiotis, evidencing that perfuol con
cord did not exist between springtime
and auluuiu ; further strange actions ; < x-
0 j | iauetiouM of an ominous character half
caught l>y tho shrewd officer of the law ;
tire arrival of the middle-aged gentleman
and young lady at tbe metropolis iu the
glare and hustle of nightfall ; tbe at
tempted ariosi ; tho souffle; tbo subse
quent overpowering and npprehem-ion ;
tbo recognition ; tbe release ; tableaux,
Ao., &o , would constitute quite an ex
citing and dramatic chapter iu tbo modern
novel. A series of incidents similar t
this revealed a life-leaf ou tlie evening iu
question.
Home twelve years or more ago a real
dent of this city named Mr. Shauuncaey
was tuude a widower, tho partner of his
home and heart having been removed in
; if wns considered of sufficient weight to
Mir up the Government to notion. Gen.
1 McIntosh, half breed, Usd proposed in
i council, and tlio Creeks had passed the
iw, making it death to sell any land
it bout full consent oi eounejj.
1 Many negotiations were entered into,
many councils held, and any amount of
gold offered that lliey would mime, hut
! tbe Indians were so attached to their
hunting grounds nothing could induce
! them to rnovo. Gen. M. V»tosh, however,
! succumbed to bribery, and :*h tho
“Patience is tbo host quality of a war
rior. Havo faith in Cassowra mid to
morrow tho Muscogees, ns a tribo, will
cease to exist. But its host, blood will
be blended with ours to produce a lasting
poace."
“What meau yon ?"
“I moan that we now hold as a prisoner
CasHelu, tho beautiful daughter of Etomie,
the King of AutosRee.'
"Well?”
“Cassowra is onebantod with her, and
when tli3 battle iH over ho will wed her."
“How learned you this?"
“I heard it from tho lips of tho chief."
4 ‘I would rather spill blood thau cross it,
said the other warrior, knitting his paint
ed brows.
They had hardly coasod speaking when
tho rival hands of warriors cIoro to the
river discoved each other, and in uu in-
slaut the battle on the hill was continued
with terrible ferocity to tho water's edge.
Down tho hill, fighting slowly, camo
bauds of broken,bleeding Muscogees, and
closer iu tho Hanking parties pressed.
The Miwoogoe «hont» wero dying out. ! Crook "’ h< ’ w,:V “ r ’ ,,f hi “ 1
'The Cherokee yells iucroasod.
18(50 was a crime, hut thirty years before 1 reason to oacapo tho chills uud frosts of
‘ auothor winter. A child of tender years
was all thut was left, save a sod memory.
It was iu the early days of the war. The
Houthwost was thou opening up its iufuut
promise of u large estate
phur Indian Bpriogs now
in gold, ho consented t<
and assembled a small
thirty chiefs and mado titles i
lauds to the United Ktatcs.
It iu strange that a chief of
telligeuco did uot move to
safety; hut it is supposed tiu
his popularity and influence
from the death penalty of thut law which
he had himself originated. Tbe other
Hcliery
j with indignation, and delegated his pnu-
roHourcos by the thousand miles. It was
a fair aud fertile laud, awaitiug its inevi
table destiny. To it the face of the hus
band ond father naturally turned. There
was a work to be done, however, before
he tied the place intermingled with pain
and pleasure—his little one must bo cared
for, and well. Notre Dame, with its sanc
tity And sanctuaries, held forth its arras,
and with its careful and prayerful sister
hood the motherless girl was entrusted.
Tho years passed. The romitt neon a
dually found their way to the oA watioual
o the Mul- institution where the child
o) uud 4(80,000
sell the lauds,
lined of About
s deeding the
[»t‘ so much iu-
(O U place Of
as V'». dually
lay mm Mr.
By the spirits of the dead, our war
riors are iu the camp of Etomie!" cried a
warrior leapiug ou the rock holow which
Duncuu aud Podro wero hidden.
[to HE CONTINUED.]
M IEVriFM’ ITEM*
ihhiuont to Moniua, a great chief, whom
he had formerly injured. They hastened
to his house, ami surrounding it ut night,
at oarly dawn he w»«h called to the Uuor
and told his sentence. Seeing escape im
possible ami resistance itself hs, lie coolly
met his fate. Tall and erect, with Indiuu
,, AU/iiy front he hared his breast ami looked
rnmAnft^fi.r oneur »y *Uo eye, US MCl)inII tMUB-
1 him through the heart with an ar-
hurd of his fas’Mid folio
English Scientific men
finding limit with their Government for
iu neglect of science, and they have ex
ceptionally good cause of complaint ut
this time in the ill-treatment of Dr. Jos.
D. Hooker, director of tho celebrated
Botanic Gardens at Kow, by Mr. Ayrton,
tho first Commissioner of Works, who is dittos to
mperior officer. This has called fortli lands for
ritton remonstrance, signed by Sir
Charles Lyell, Mr. Darwin, Profossor Tyn
dall, Professor Huxley, and others of like
distinction, and addressed to Mr. Glad
stone, culling attention to I)r. Hooker's
eminent services to hotuuicid scionco, uud
to tbe front ruuk occupied by tbe Kow
Gardens since they came under his sup* r-
iutendeuce. The uncalled for interference
of Mr. Ayrton is properly denounced by
the press. f eu
Professor James A. Dana, in tlio last j m .
number of SilHintin'* Journal, explains
tbo theory that coral is'uuds do uot indi
cate tbe burial of continents beneath the
ocean, hut rutb>
of volcanic isles. “U» cant dredgingsand
soundings," tie says, “have proved that
the bottom of the oceanic husiu bus little
of tho diversity of mountain chains and
valleys that prevail over tbo continents;
and through ttiis observation they have
afforded new demonstration of the propo
sition that the ocenns have always been
oceans."
Wo ure glad to learn that Dr. (’. F.
(’handler, of Columbia College, bus been
chosen adjunct professor of chemistry in
the College of Physicians and BlirgeonH :
and this reminds us to Higgcst that in his
capacity of chemist to the New York
Board of Health, ho might confer an im
portant benefit upon the public by an
analysis of different sorts of wall paper, , ,
for the purpose of ascertaining the rela- '“'K^l as well die fighting tho whito
tivo quantities of poison which they con-j Chilly McIntosh, son of the Gc
The extortion of (lie Indian agents, the
heating bind traders, who enticed the In-
lians to drink, and then bought thoir
yet maintained their
right by tho rifle, Tbe number of des
peradoes Among the border men, far
worse than the savages, committing ou
thorn all manner of violence and injuries;
the jealousy and buhtd ot the Indians
fur the whites, ami thoir Aral* principle of
appropriating hordes, entile and negroes,
when they could he adroitly taken, which
equally with war, tunned subjects
tig ntul story tcust* and dances —
all these things made filch an unsafe and
turbulent state of society that Georgia,
the gradual snhs dcni e rustless and gulled, reiterated her throats
m Govern mont liid the secession of
might and her territories on one hand,
d a war with her Indian allies ou the
icr. She chose the latter—the Indians
ist go. rieoitig Hut their removal win
fixed fact, u foregone conclusion, tin
Indians consented to go, j»
Crocks and Seminolos could h
cut agent. This the Govern
cnccd by these rapacious
agents, refused to do, uud so
’ broke lip council niul ref us
, ing that “the United States
to kill out each other by v
growing into the wouisn
ShallnuKsoy removed from that seel ion of
Missouri in which he bad resided “away to
tho Kiiiihas plain." There had he taken A
second companion, amt there, too, had
she been laid away amid the prairie blos
soms. and be was again matelf.su. A yearn
ing to soe his daughter came over him,
, aud he entered Notre Dame, Indiana, the
lied upon j other day, ouly to leave it Thursday after-
save him I noon with his child. Although in con
stant nomiminioAt ion with her parent all
the summers and winters of their separa
tum, yet when tho parting from the good
sisters catue, the young woman—for such
sho had grown to he - -was almost discon
solate.
Tbo oudeavora of her father to cheer
her up under her down-hoartedness were
unsuccessful. To be sure they were
kindly, and came from the only one to
whom she could now look; yet her grief had
to exhaust itself before the words of cboer
could find a lodgement. It wns at this
hiatus in tlie pleasure of their journey
that keen-eyod Detective—well, no matter
what bis name is, Captain Lull knows—
looked in upon them, and thought here
surely was n case of terrible design ;
probably an abduction, wherein the trail
creature bad perhaps boon torn ruthlessly
from her friend**, and was being carried
l*y this tall, light-inured, Westoro-speak-
ing man to bis frontier fireside, against
her own desire and will, without tbe
knowledge of her relatives, an*!—here tbo
officer practically demonstrated bin ability
to contest tbe field with Wilkie Collins or
Ned Buutliue.
Thereafter he translated each tearful
look from the young lady into a glance of
agony. He could easily perceive iu tbe
nurvotiH working of that figure nothing
hut escape, freedom. Her averted face
was certainly indicative of nothing but
auoru aud loathing, and her atudied silence
betokened her purpose to bravo nut hor
captivity without a murmur, 'iho prof
fared delicacies <>n lbo part of the middle-
aged gentleman lie readily divined were
to act like tin* lotus, and mnko tho maiden
forgot her home. Iu tbo fatherly
and temlernc-s be could distinguish
j naught aava tlm temptings of a debased
I spirit.
Tbe officer concluded to place Mr.
Slmunnesey under urr*?>t on thoir arrival
at the Fort Wayne depot ; and, true to bis
purpose, on that gentleman alight ing fr
idej tlie ' the train be was nudged in tbe elbow by j
differ-1 the suspicious and Already gloating exocu-
t , ) tor of tho law. who, in the monosyllabic
mm"', ir. n j p ;ir j ouoe ot j (jK profession, informed tbo j
hawks, tbo middlo-agod gentleman Ami tho young '
tlie Indians 1 lady that Ui«y would have to go with him {
1 to go, *;,iv- the police station. Expostulations were i
V , ' ) useless, aud explanations scored about j
/.Aiit(‘i ‘ ,,,ra , ditto with tbe imperturbable star incog.. I
irs, and they „ ri( j HO , without deigning to offer a reason j
j for his course, tho entire parly were driven
ral. ! to U>° Union street station iu a carriage
. , ... . | . r , about eight o'clock Thursday night.
.. , , I 111,(1 eso “l l « l1 tbu luornmg bw father wua j Mf S ^ allnncs8y | mtl lhr . „ 00( 1 lortnno
tho papon now commonly u«cJ me nx- tilled, aud a friend to tho whiten, hail I roniombm- tho roiiidonce of a brother
odingly injurious to health. » , „ , , j
„„ . .. . . . couseutcd to move, and sent ofl ono delo- And several
The perfection to which submarine tor- ... . . . .. ' frinnds of
pedot'K havo !«on brought within tho past | gituon, which, wh.u in 11 otomuhout on tho | «
taiu. It cannot ho doubted that some i
pern now commonly u
ceedingly injurious to hoalih.
[communicated, j
MOt THERA 1.1 KE I Mit/U.%\< E CO!*.
FAX Y.
Rankin House, Columjjcs, Ga ,>
November 15, 1873. »
Editor Enquirer: Blouse publish in
your next issue the following clippings
tho address of the Charleston (H.
C.) Board of Trustees of the “Southern
Life." Tbo Board is composed of one
hundred of the most influential business
and professional men of the city, repre
senting almost its entire capltA).
Similar eddressts have been recently
issued to the people of Georgia by the
Executive Com mi I toes nt Griffin arid Fer
ny tb.
o desire to bring to the consideration
of tbe good peoplo of Columbus the im
portance of tho progi-Aiume the Company
proposes to inaugurate here, anil to iu-
vito their cordial and active assistance in
a movement that must enlist the co-opera
tion of every true friend of our Htnteanrt
section.
Very respectfuilv, your obedient sol
vents, J. II, Miixxh,
Superintendent of Ageucies.
K. N. Millkh.
Oen’l. Agent.
Charleston, H. (J., 1
May IH, 1878. >
To t/n citizen* of South Carolina :
Tho subject to which we invite your i»U
tention is, wo think, of suffioiout impor
tance to justify this address.
Tho proposition that it is important to
the people of t he Soul horn Stales, impov
erished ah they have been by tho war, to
retain nil the money which it la possible
to iuvewt safely and profitably among
themselves, is too self-evident to* neid ,ir-
gnmeut.
It lion been stated in a carefully pre
pared official report, “that the money
taken from the .South since the war, for
life insurance, amounts to the enormous
sum of seventy millions of dollars;"
Hud it is also estimated that not loss than
irouj six millions to eight millions annu-
tdlj are sent from tbe Southern States fgr
tbe same purpose.
To check flu* tl iw of flu's golden cur
rent from the .Soil h, and to turn it upon
her devastated fields, to rente ro some
thing of what, baa hewn drained from th*. m
and to assist in building up our waste
places, ia tho object of the Southern Life
Insurance Company.
We have been solicited, and havo, in
order to found one grand organization
for the whole South, consented to join
tins worthy enterprise. Founded ou a
solid monied basis, with ample cqiind
and large accumulation of assets, its ratio
of assets to liabilities ('he (ate test of a
Company's strength j equals all tho older
caiupouies. While there am several de
partments. they are departments oi the
same Company, uud encli and every one
guarantees the payment of the policies of
tho Company.
Tho Houthem was the lirM Life Insur
ance Company organized in tho South
after the war, for tbe purpose of Arresting
tbo drain of money from tbo Bout hem
States, and investing it hI home : and it
marked auoccbs has not only proved that
the Smith has intelligence, knowledge
and character sufficient lor the proper
conduct of such business ; hut bus also
given increased oonfiior.ee in the security
and Ktubility of investments made at homo
of the earuing-i and accumulations of our
people.
ia pari of Iho programme, nor is
it uacessary to its auecea#, that ii should
decry the security of other companion
But it claims to Le iUelf secure, and it
expects to succeed upon the basis of the
positive benefits which it affords to indi
viduals and to coiunmmtieN, and by the
proper management of its own business.
Us declared purpose is to invest, in each
locality, in which it don. business, so
much of tlio reserve fund derived from
tho business of that locality as ahull, upon
advice with local trustees, he determined
to be just nud judicious, and torotain nil.
within tho limits of tho SouMioru Htato»
so much in need of capital; and Ks re
ports show that this hAH been actually aud
lathfully douo to a very large and rapidly
i not easing extent.
To give assurance to this community of
tho sincerity of thin purpose, n*'d tu assist
in carrying it out judiciously,‘ hu Com
pany, through Gan oral John B. Gordon,
1’rosidont of tho Atlanta Department, has
appointed a board of irnateoa for the poli-
oy holders iu tho ci y and county of
Vb n rl eat on, with whom it Imh entered into
a formal and legal coutmct to carry out
those purposes and plans. This board of
trustees, being policy holders iu the coin-
pHuy, elects Hm l’r. sideul, officers, uud
an executive (ommittio of ibGr own
body, to oouduct the business of tho com
pany, end toasri-t it, by 'h»ir #.dvice, as
to the amount unit nut*m« ot the ir vest
ments of fliH r* scr\e fund, which sli %\ twi
from time to time made in tiieHtJand
county of Charleston
All I os a os payable iu (Jhnrloston will he
adjusted by the exeotit r'• commit ten of
tho board of tills toes for the policy hold
ers m Charleston, without subjecting tlie
policy holders to tho Iroithh, ovpceso and
uncertainty Attending collections at re
mote points, aud from unknown persona.
In ordor to oheok the immense drain of
capital from the South to tho North, we
have made satisfucto'y aiTaogoioortH {*»
transfer parties who nr« now paying pre
mium) to Northern Companies, without
loss nr additional aunual outlay.
The undersigned, being the » xacuttvo
Committee Appointed by tbo Board of
Trustees, from lbo statements and official
reports submitted to ns. believe that tbo
Company furnishes all the urn. *.aary ele
ments of Hirci'gih, Htnhilityund character,
end nf purpose and object, to commend
it to tho contidnnf*: of the community nud
lire support of our citi/4i>*« : nud in view
of tbe groat and in»»r.ii. .t importance of
retaining capital at home, we urge upon
our fellow-citizens a careful examination
be chums of this Company
[£igued.
Sam l V. i m»i*KR. I'r. cidur.
Wu. D. Porter, Vieo i’rrsideni
Piikn Cor r IN, Secretory.
Oh. lticiiAfcnso?: Miles. AiUimvy.
Hlvuv Uoukdik.
J. Jinn Hou ston.
1>0»!a I>. DkSaUSaCUK.
Turn. D. Jhivkt.
H. H. Da Leon.
Chan. O. Witte.
Ezc.-eti.r ( vU'inUUt.
H. T. CRIGLER
|S SELLING TTJH IMMENSE 810 K Of
DRY GOODS
AT COST FOR CASH!
' Almost iJYDTjihioji
NEW AND FRESH !
llaviiiU been recently pnr.Wi,
Rare Opportunity Now Offered!
DRESS GOODS
AT X MAEItlfH’E !
Domestic Goods!
AT NEW YORK i'OMT!
Cloths, Sacques & Shawls.
Carpets and Rugs.
KLKUANT
Cloths anil Cassimeres.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Hosiery, Cloves and Hand
kerchiefs.
5,000 yds Best Prints, lOc.
gf Othor ROoriti In proportion. I am toiermlu-
ed to Bull. Call o»rljr.
n.T.CRIOLKft,
Kio cesBor to CriKlor tc Gordon, m old nuai of
Virginia Store. hot it) U
HINES DOZIER,
Attorney at Law,
HA* I ETON, Cl A m
W ILL practice tu the
or any wlior*’
>V. A. Littlx.
1». TT. Cvi vrHoju
LITTLE & CRAWFORD,
Attorneys at Law,
w
ILL at tend promptly to all civil huslueM
tmuted to their enre In i*t y ol the Court#,
o purtuorship exist* in criminal buituMB.
Carpetings at Cost!
ROONEY & WARNER
KNGLISI1 TAPK8TKY, BRlaBKLri,
AMHRICAN TAPKBTKY BRUSSELS
» KRAMK BODY BRUSSELS,
a-l'LV mu! INGRAIN CAKPNYlUlBI
AT GOST FOR GASH!
AIao, all gnuk'a of
«KI> ROOM, J'AH LOR, DJNJ.Vtf t.VD OVflUtf
F IJRNITU RE!
AT GHKATT/Y KKDLCEb i'RICfcrii
Warehouse «.'! and h,» Broad St.,
1>H
IOCLAMATION.
to I'ltrstuiiue to ixu nrdiuaiuu adopted OctotMr
-7til, 18711, by the Mayor ami CciuiuftolMbB e.V?
of Cnliiinliitu, nuthorir.liife and rrquoaliuc m« to
do the Name, I hereby lattun thin, my proclamation,
* -tllint, upon ihe t-ilizi’u*i of C«iln:nl.aa to aaatmW*
nt tho Court House iu said city, on Saturday, Ko-
voruber X'.lth, 1 S7:t, thou aud there to rote upon
the riitlflcutinii of the action of the Mayor aud
Council of the City of f'oliiiniiUB, appointing a
!JOii«d or UommiMionerl ol Water Works, ax. 1
pproprluting (hie Hundred Thou-tand Dollar of
tli«- iMJinlti of the city for the construction of
\V.,t«r Works, an provided in the ordinance puaooi
Ociobor 27th,1878.
Those voting for the prop nation shall have
. ndorsml on thu tickets, tpproprintion for Water
Works." Thtrte voting appropriation
► Imll have endorsed on i> u.a.
Appropriation for Wnlei W, ..
•t-Jh 'land
ILEnNT,
< AI»T. GUO. ItOltlNOVS
Dancinfr Academy.
JINTRANl’K between IW*. A Nor-
j man's and Ur. Moftett’*.
Every Monday, Tuesday ;>ud Wedneev
men. Commencing Mouday, Not. I7tb, I:
Terms—I'ayatde when tlio pupil enters th- claa.,
.•net. pupil per iu..nth, <12 lessons), ♦!<>.
unvCl 4t
Dressed Poultry-
jyiKSSKD TURKEYS AND CHICK K\B I UK
L. PUTNEY,
$50 Reward!
OTOLKN from the sutwirl'lier on iho night »t tbe
O 7th ,nst„ at Uchv. Via. one Black M*'\
■ •nr years old. Tim thief ■« shout *• tset high,
thick aud heavy built. '.Is. k ha.r. I he above t~
win it will I., paid tm ihe and mare, or
lorellbwi. J. Nf. GUNTER.
I' lliiinLiis, iin., X..v mli. I'? . 1 ••
Saratoga Water
Hathorn, Congress and Columbian,
At aa cents a bottle.
t* tl® dGm E. €. HOOD «fc Bfto.
yours is a subject of grout interest t
iron Hhi<) builders, ninny of whom nu
oxpross tho opinion that ns the explosiv
iil Duit.
do
eskid
Pedro.
“Wait hero till the night comes, anil
then strop our rilles to our bucks and
swim the rapids of tho Coweta. Tho Mus-
cogecs any it cannot ho done, but you
have shown they nro mistaken.
“Aud what will you do then ?"
“Bocroas nt a lower point, and than
start to hail Cassela.
“Do you know whoro h1*o ir, Duncan ?'
“Only thut sho is u prisoner in tho bauds
* I th*‘
■ah.
. ibu hiioukli
l fin
a moderate charge is so very destructive, I
any attempt to construct an absolutely '
torpedo-proof ship must prove n failure. !
They advocate tho employment of con
trivances, either attached to tho vossel or
propelled in some other manner, hv which I
tho torpedo may be pushed aside or away 1
from the hull before it is encountered by
it.
they t
blown up, !
wh of this |
identifies! i‘
river, the himt
•arly all perished,
night to tho Crook*
I ili-clded Ii.. ... ' il.oUi.' ... > •••''"««' «•.«>". .
. , , . . . . . . , ;.Mr. .Shaunnesey doparieii
id tho whites intended to murder | Uiv M .,Vi
A fine specimen of tbe borned frog bus
ocured from Californi** by tbo
of Loudon. Ii was
nt all the vvay troui Han Diego I y hook
| post, in a thin jiapar h**x, uud arrived ut
il* stination in Kuglond just four weeks
tied, in
Norman ban brought suit
railroad company for groatemt orut
of the
went on
lieclml ’
to toll l’edro
l it It his escitp
1 Duncan, us
incidents c
Mr. John L.
against a West
#•25,000 damages, alleging (lint hi
was seriously injured for life, while on-
gugod as n mechanic in building a depot
for tho company et St. Louis, by arsenic
and other poisons with which thu timber
was saturated to prevent decay.
I well known business men, J
his, and on them he culled for ' V.,, .TTjh" 1 Sod
- Tb<>so HpuoJilj arrive,1. I ” 00 '
ev.fl <■:, police o(licer hy :
nd hmf been taken into :
le officers in charge ut I
: right, i 0O | W phstunding its J*.ck ,
...... : - n . , » :;;£*!/ I theonutc journey. Nolle of theno o.* -
with hm friends, well satisfied with the . h ' hir , t u ,. »<
them all in tho same treacherous mauner termination of an adventure which, had l lhw Hocielv bnt for u.u j mr tioSlar s r .
while reu.ovin« tlreu,. I he not been cool and collected, night mon th , rc - u woru i TUe la.iy who
Dr. doOraBonrie.1 wan al the council at : h»™ resulted aorionvly by Iho bun B ling of u thllt t , 10 ‘ San ] llw> ehihlrc.
“liroken Avrow," and heard Opothleyo-1 8 6ct,v0 ' | runlfo huhitna! pels of theao homed frrg-.
h>ii,t make hie cold,rated apeecli famous 1 —“A Yankee Europed, or a Trip With v ' llirh Hr " perfectly liarmlese.
n« .ii.-nrihi.il thu warrior ! the Ednoators is tlie outrageous title of A curious specie* of moth from tin
; a hook iu which a Mr. J. W. liarnard, of t islurui of Geylon bus been described 1*
loot, and tbo Springfield, Vt., is giving th© observa- • Professor Wostwc
\\ v.. S. I'm ii pahi . 1 11. UAtbWIM.
3. R. BALDWIN & CO.
liKNKHAI. UK." HRS IX
Choice Family Groceries
Homeetli* Dry GimkIs, !Not(o«s.
TOnU'I O, .tr- Ae-
OLD AND Finn LIQUORS
try HioimI «i.. tolmubaa, «**.
Illu akliio
very large i
he evei ht
politii'ul stump speakors, ravin,
gesti'-ulating, screaming them
iu tbo fr.ee, spitting, aud muni
down tho platform, are the met
nomparsd to huu and to one
^ sand under-
that our tions of the party of Teachers who went to : g<*«* its Iranaformurions under a movnlih 1
ranting, i Europe lost summer. That teachers should 1 rfattenud tent constructed by Itself fn i u
v„ s rfl£ j j thus assist in tbe demoralization of the large oval pie. a os of leaves.
English language ia A little too ba% j —
up
ishoddy
iu luoks I n ,r
--A luiu, who is oulogi/.ed as ar,
rgotic citizen,' was rnu overby a
Providence, K. I , last week.
fune-
- -A man on being s»ued for ua
priot-j uiMi-rptiou for a foundling «
i proposed . “Thus fnt ; but no fatbx 1
a) pr
DreNs Mnking'.
M rs. FOGAItTVnnfl M » HA1.10U reepwHPuity
•.■.lif> 111- l.ii.l.* V .! *’ eO‘> Vlrluii;'
i.1 .i (li*.y tinvc taken I". ^ ' :, ^ r, ‘ P | {[^ r ’ < r J o:,d J 1 Q , !l -
( i i, pit AM) MAKE 1.41>IEH* AND
t'Hll.RREVB* D»K**SE»
hi flic iiito-r ur..l best *-iv.' u .M also <J« tiuaij»*
1 , K„ I Mv*.•!,#., I*.ah'-®. *c..
, ,k,. i^i.tl.-u,.n.bU r«M.
KPPixh s m cm
ITctiM to all ruroiatorr ■■ tilts Es - - '.'.s-*
Compound Extract t. r ^fiicl.u,
un» VULIl unl.RH- r» i- i’ltucx a tv>„
O t cilunbnv, (ia.. ' :■ u »U1 . t i„ u-uoi.i,
ov-.inal extra.'.. 'J'ljw- IS b 01TS1U*
.'iHM'li:—IMTIIKK Sl'MOJ lla ,jC .IXXUUL,
I am la.UvI.I.ial'v Mta Vroprlatur.
L. FIERCE;.
M.m l. -(!.. lahi. t.
IN VINO VERITAS!
I v 'l-, FKTr'.T.. a a- . Uaa.l for V.U.IW
I / I ,i, .. .» (in. .“lint o, >•(,.*
(TAWBA „,.l COMCORD WIXMS vr»>
I »u.| Ihui :;. .u th •-rn-t-t « r it* htal**
,n.vi Nr.wH’ins*. Try Ib-u
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