Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-11-14
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FROM - time OF the chimsEicsl crossings o
u'd rsaee De Leop, In search ofthe Fountain o
xoatn; .hs ayaricious expedition of Pamphilo ds
Narsafs m quest ofsola;; and the chisalr6a, en-
sefefassy o. Hernandez Dc sSotos to discover ant
conques 2 second Mexico, the natives Of Fiorids
nave ecen continually subjected to tho invasioai
md rhsleschmcnis sfsfNhite men. They have
resisted them Perseyefin6t4 but fruiless'y and are
nov battling amidsF swamps and Increases, 70,
kAhsaAext :ooilMld Of their sseiive soil, with all the
fssocisy Of dsspsifs@Csa - wondcf e the bitter.
ness OF z hostility fh1t has been hauded down
from fathes 70 son. for upwards Of thse centuries,
and exasperased b the wsesgs and misesiss ci
each succeeding generation! The very name Of
the savages with which We srs lighting. bssohens
their iaiiensand homeless. condition. Fsrmeds Of
me wrecks OF encei poSA1el tribes, andaa1asen
from their ancient seats u pspsperity anda1enin-
ion. they are known hy The maze Of the fjefni6sles.
or sWandeFsrs. III
Bartrad, ~hQ srassfed through florida in the
lstdM part Of the last century, speaks Of passing
through a great exssat Of ancient Indian fields,
nov silent and deserted. oyergtown with forests,
orange groves. and rank vegesali6s. the site ofths
aseien. A,achua, the capi,al Of q famous and pow.
srfoi tribe. who in days Of old, could assemble
thousands at bullpt6y and otter athissie exercises
''vsf these then happy fields and green pisins.-
Almost every step We take adds be. soser these
fertile heights, discovers the temaias and traces OF
ancitpi human habita,ions and cultivation =
About the year 1763. when Florida was ced d
by the spaniards 10 the English. we are told tina,
HE Indians generally retifed from the towns and
sne nslgheofhood OF the whites, and buryins Them
selves IN the deep forsss insricaseEswamps and
hsanasocts, aod ssst sassnnahs Of the Inferior.
devoted sthenselves to a pastoral life, snd the
rearing of horses and cattle. These .se the p.4,-
pie that receiyed the name Of the seminoIes, Or
Wandsrerss which they still retain.
Bartram gives = pleasing picture of,hem at the
time = visited them, in their wilderness; where
sheir distance from the abodes Of the white nan,
gave them 2 trsnsien, quiet and s~ecority.s This
handful Of people, says be, possesses a vsss ,srri-
Tory, all East and the greatest part Of Yves. Fsori-
V, which being naturally cut and divided into
thoussnds Of islets, knobs and eminences, by the
.lnnumerab'e rivers. iskes ~ amps, vast savannahs
and Pones, fo'nos SO rnau5egsscnrs r~rsres.sl aud
Essnporary dwelling places That siiscIuaIly guard
mem from any sudden missions ofletfacks from
'he'r enemies; and being such . sranpys ham
nocky country, furnishes such q plenty and yari-
~ OF supplies ~ she nenfIshtnent Of varieties
animals, thst ! can venture to assert,
ma. no pef' OF me globe ss soounds with
via game, or Creatures M Tor theafood of
nan.
thus they ENJOY assuperabunsanee Of NE ns
esssfses and convenisncts o. he With ihesl4U
l'y OF fefson and propsrtyyM n tysagreae concerns
! mankind. Ihe hidseef dsers ps1ss, Tigers, and
'olses. together with honey, sax, md other pso
ociious q ths country, purchsss aseit elnl15ns
quspase. sud domestic u'enslls from q
bey seefn - Be tree from 1911 des1a
'ust enemy 90 dread; nothing e gre the1EAdie
u'eluds. 6uf fas graa9al sasssnfs # ~
'eyaappeasss blleAe and re- - ihs BIRDS Of The /,
:. and like Mem Is voI1ile 80 sacsive, ~suneful
10 soc'ierouss % s'ssse. SETON and depor,- ,
eat OF the Sesnlooles,fofns mo most striking pict- =
Of happiness 10 this life; joy. conseniment, .
Sc. and friendshlp, without guile on afiectatio0. :.