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The Florida Ever "lades.
The Everglades oi' Flo .'id a are j
fully 100 miles long and seventy
broad, over which no surveyor's j
chain has ever been stretched and
of which all knowledge is as con-j
jeetural as of the interior of the'
Dark Continent beyond the path of
Stanley. <)n reaching the-level of
the glades a vast meadow is ex
panded, apparently as boundless as
the ocean. Passing on through
the winding lagoons you find your
self in a vast region, partially in
undated, and resembling an im
niense lake studded with thou
sands of islands varying Ir *m a
fraction of an acre to hundreds of
acres in extent. During the win-
ter season the whole grassy border
of the lake is covered with water,
but not so deep as to hide the grass
which is very thick and tall. The
border of the Savanah and prairie
land which skirts the Everglades
passes gradually into rocky, pine
land, which forms the' rim of the
basin occupied by the glades. This
rim is on an average some twenty
feet above the sea, but occasional
ly it rises to a much greater height,
in some places reaching nearly 100
feet above the Atlantic.
This whole labyrinth of marsh
es, wet savannahs, lakes and la
goons are drained on every side by
rivers of different dimensions. The
St. John's drains it on the north;
the St. Lucie, Greenville, Jupiter,
New Rattoney and Miami on iho
east, and the Snake, Swallow, Ca
loosahatchie and Maccao on ihe
west. Behind Cape Florida the
glades approach within twelve
miles of the coast, and I lie inlets
run to the sea with great swiftness.
To penetrate the Everglades is a
daring undertaking, anil none but
the cowboys of south Florida ever
offer to guide strangers into the dis
mal waste. They have become
more or less familiar with the bor
ders of the world-famous glades in
bunting their cattle through the
dense hammocks, and they will
guide you through certain well
beaten tracks along the banks of
the rivers; but beyond that they
will not even go themselves. Dan-
gers from rattlesnakes and alliga
tor I '. which are as numerous as hairs
c.i vour head and of gigantic size,
looy despize, but when it comes to
facing starvation in a trackless wil
derness they weaken.
i'll laud in the glades is treach
r rou s, audio places a sort of quick
ie *id vi ; suddenly sink beneath
' orbs feet and land you in a living
g-. re. Tim bottoms of niany o t the
lagoons are also so soft, that one
r mst sH im ' cross them and not
trust to w ng. A heavy rain will
. make the n. c marvelous changes
i>- the coun 1 : r. Small streams will
nme gigantic proportions in one
l ight, and : y morning you will find
\ ouv elf --'un wrecked, as it were,
n a small islan i, cat off from all
surrounding land by long stretches
(A uncertain water. It the rains
continue for several days or weeks,
as is often J e case in the rainy sea
son. the great in’and lake will con
tinue to rise and the islands :r the
Everglades will grow pr< ’miT.on
ately small: dad -oiu ill ai
gradually melting away from un
der your feet, and you strike out
for another and larger one. The
waters carry yon along through the
overflowed swamp, making swim
ming an easy work. Game of all
description are keeping you com
pany, and when you finally reach
a larger and safer island, bears,
deer, wildcats, panthers, alligators,
rattlers, And moccasin snakes are
. already there to give you a wel
come.
But the general inundation has
calmed tho savage brutes, and
there is no danger from them if
you give them plenty of room, i he
i rattler raises its head and sends
out its alarm at the approach of
every’ creature, and the larger
brutes grumble savagely at the
hissing reptiles. The alligators,
alone, are in their element, and
they improve their opportunity by
devouring a tew of the more harm
less animals. They will not, how
ever, attack a man unless he first
begins the battle, and then they 7
show a savage front. There is no
'escape from such prisons until the
waters subside, and even then it
requires many days for the most
experienced woodsman to find his
way back to civilization. Streams
have to be forded that are up to tlie
neck and trails followed that have
been nearly obliterated by the wa
ter. If one does not starve to death
in such a journey he is likely to be
prostrated many days afterward
with fever and exhaustion.
A certain season of the year,
however, portions of the Ever
glades can be explored with com
parative safety. During the sum
mer tbe ground is often dry ami hard
tor ten miles from the timbered land,
anu abundant game roams at large ov
er it. Many of the islands there are
simply high elevations in the surround
ing country, and half-beaten trails ef
Indians lead to them. Far out on
thesa fertile islands tbe remnant of the
Seminole Indians have pitched their
tents and but villages. There are
absstifc two hundred of them, most of
which live in the Big Cypress Swamp,
where there are plenty of inland ia
lands. The cowboys occasionally
trade with them; but no white man
has ever yst penetrated to their main
village, supposed to be somewhere in
the centre of the glades. The trail
leading to it is obscure and bo deftly
covered np that no one has yet been
able to follow it. To get to the vil*
lage canoes have to be used, and the
Indians carefully conceal their email
dug outs from the white man’s eyes.
Althengh generally friendly, the
Seminolos do not encourage the pale
faces to come exploring tco near thoir
homes. A note book and pencil in
the bands of a surveyor or explorer
aggravates them, and suck a person is
likely to receive rough treatment. Ths
cowboys, who go among them simply
lto barter goods, gt aloeg with them
the best tor this reason.
About 109 miles southeast of Kis
simmee, o*i Cow Creek Stew, is one ot
the-e typical Indian villogee, situated
ou a email round hammock of ui;sou
or twenty acies. The village cons inis
lot eight or ten house:, built of eypress-
; pedes, three on a da, about nine feet
high, They .re about eighteen feet
rqaarc to the ground, with floors elo-
Tated about three feet fromths ground
and the roofs are thaicbc l vritk pal
metto leaves. T.-c- viilago consists of
on: tti.’t; In tea of aboia are
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administrators sale-
Georgia, Banks County.—To all
whom it may concern: W. J. Murry,
arim’r. of William Murry, dec’d., has
in due form applied to tho undersign
ed for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to the estate of said dec’d., and
said application will be heard on the
Ist Monday in July next. May 27, ’B9
T F. Hill, Ordinary,
sheriff sale.
Georgia, Banks County:—Will he
sold on the Ist Tuesday in July next,
at the Court house in said county,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
property, to-wit: One tract of laud
lyiDg in the 1210 district, g. m., o(
Baßks county, containing 100 acres,
more or less, adjoining the lar.di of
Elizabeth King, B. F. Brady and oth
e;B, and known as a part of the Thom
as Mize tract; said laud levied on as
the property of Charles McMillan and
P. A. McMillan, to satisfy an eXecn
tien issues from the justice’s court of
the 1210 district. 3. si, of said county,
in favor of P. F. M. Furr, against
Charles McMillan and P. A. McMillan.
Torms cash. This 27th day of May
ISSD. W. A Scoggins, Sheriff B. C.
IHssofntion Notice:
Georgia, Banks County:—Notice i
hereby gb'en that the firm of Moss
and Martin, doing a general dry goods
anil grocery business, has this day dis
solved by mutual consent, and either
one of tbe firm are authorized to eqi
lect the notes and open accounts be
longing to said Fitra. Moss <&, Martin.
. This May 29, 1&89, 5-sw.
Georgia, Banks County.—To all
whom it may concern: A. H. Crump,
administratis of F. Q Crump, dec’d.,
has ia due forts applied to the under--
signed for leave to sell th® lauds be
longing to the estate of said dec’d., and
said application will be heard on the
Ist Monday in July next. May 27th,
1889. T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Qeorgia, Banks County—To all
whom it may concern: W. C, Chat
ham has in due form applied to the
undersigned for letters of administra
tion on the estate of C. P* Chatham,
late of said Bounty, decdi, and 1 will
pass upon said application on the Ist.
Monday in July 1889. Qiven under
my band and official eignitnre, this
Jnne 3, 1889. T. F. Mill, Ordinary.
men, and the remainder are women
and children. The place is called
Psrkartcwn, after the chief, whose
came is Parker. Tney have gained
an imperfect knowledge of English
from the cowboys, and in conversation
they only speak tbe leading words e-f
a sentence. On Cypress Creek, icu
miles south of Cow blew, is another
Seminole village of eighty inhabitants.
It is not laid down on any map, but
is known as Kotnckiweksga, which
means the placa where the FJathcads
live. The chief’a-seme is Old Tiger,
of the Seminole war fame, ‘i'hsy have
fields of corn and pcmkins, which are
cultivate! fey the women, while the
nwn boat and fieb. They core their
without the nee of They
ire Winchester rifles t> ill! their
game,— [kw York Times;
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Notice is hereby given to the citi
zens of Banks and Jaeksou counties,
that a bill will be introduced in the
next Legislature, entitled, “A bill te
prohibit the saie, manufacture and de
livery of any spiritous, vinous or malt
Liquors within three miles of Mt.
Bethel Methodist Church, Banks couu
ta, Geoigia. 2 Bvv
Notice is hereby given to ths eiti
zens el Banks county that it bill will
bn introduced in the next legislature,
entitled, “A bill t© pr .L:bit the sale,
manulactere and delivery ot any spir
itous, miaous er malt liquors, within
two miles of Grovo Loyol Baptist
Chuich, situated in Banks evanty, Ga.
jignit s'oit' DMrorcel
Easily Florence Shore 1 Libol ler Di
vs. > vorce in Banks
John A. Shore. ] Superior ernrt
March Term 1889.
It appearing to the curt by tbe re
turn of the sheriff ia the ah >vo stated
eas®, that the deft, does isot reside in
said county, nor in the state, and it
farther appearing that he does not rs
eide in this mat), and by affidavit that
he reside# in the state Of Mississippi,
it is therefore ordered by the court that
Fsrviea be perfected on th 9 doft. by the
publication of this order cnee a month
tor four months, beforo the next term
of this court, in the Farmers Journal,
a newspaper published in Banks conn■
ty, Georgia. This 21 day of Match 1889.
G. AY. Brown, Libellants Attorney.
Granted. M. l. natehins, judge s. c
A true extract Iron: minutes of
Banks superior court, thir May 14,
1889. L. if. Turk, ckrk.
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