Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-09-10
From, a Correspondent.
Sr. MARY's (Ga.) Angus. 81, 1910


are indians are again III Onr country. Last
week, OIL the Suwauuce river, they killed IL
individuals. and burned the same number OF
settlements. derived my information from
Mr. James Howell, formerly OF Calndcn conn
tv and one of the unfortunate sufferers, having
bad his wife anJ Que child hutchered. pro-
ceed to give you all the information obtained
from him relative TO The murders, depredaiIoIls
&c. committed OIL the Suwanncc and 81. Ma
rvs river during the last two weeks.
.Aboutten days since. or possibly two weeks,
they made an attack upon the family Ol Mr.
"Cnurcy," (wlo was hi,nscit absent from nome
ut the time. having lei, his vile and Slx children
in the mern;ng of the day, cnjoylng health aud
every co:nfor,.) but VIVA. must have ben h,s
feelings on hts return that evening, to Ind his
dwelling and every house OH the place, Il mass
at smoking ruins, and his vile with SIX small
children, lylus about his field shot down III al
tempting to escape. and their bodies horribly
mutllat;d. lie lived OIL "biandy branch Il
thnk) one of the head branches OF ST. Marys
River, in Flo ida.
The wretches then struck across for large
settlement oil larnlerS omtile Suwalllee IN seaich
Of other victims in the nris shborhnod, as this
settlement had never been the scene OF their
bntchcrrs.
A Mr.. Daniel Green. who had removed from
comdon tho las, wear, aud SIR. Howell livcd
very near each OF Ter their farms aNioIillI'g.-
These persons with several others Iad co!:ciIl.
ded TO erect school house III the cemlr' ol
the settlement ior the education OF their Children,
and had ie.; heir homes IN the morning 10 COIL
time their work.
MIR. Howell suites t!la, between ten and clev-
EN- o'clock, he heard the crack oi scvera! ri!l'S
accompanied with the ycllS of,lla Indians. I'M
mcdiatcy in the direction Of his house. lie
mounted his horse aud dashed for hs home
halted abou, one hundred yards from his honSc
and discovered the Indians III his yard vino
fired NJ him, as did several others III the field
apparcntly searching for his children who lad
escaped aud srcretrd themselves III 4 cane patch
In casting his eyes abOnt. he discovered tire"
NJ them iumpii,u the fence SOM" innrri or
t,yo hundred wards diStan, iioan him. lie I'M
,ncdiu.clv run aud seized iem up OIL !'ls IorS
AMI nIadt, his escape, the Indians Yelling a;'',
nIr.;;Ds like devils after. His rcor wife an'!
on, child (shc being in state oi prcgnanc,
were nver;lken and slIus shtered. Casting his
cycs towards Mr.. Green's place. In" perceived;
..vcry E,'in: OH fire; the sccne rendered NOR
and i,forn rrc by the wells OF tie siragr> re-
io:cing nyrg iilrir butc'crcd victims and then
destruction ni' property. He learnt cn rrarl:
;i.u :, ::,. III security moi far oil, that MIS- 'i
ari n,lc nE ief children had been killed, which
i,:,n?nia.iof' I,r derived from srt'erarproarli'
i.g w,h Miss Chaniy Green on horse back
(whp.n he had rcscucd) she having been very
severely wounded by u rifle hall through her
shoulder, and covered with blood, ana III lew
moments would have been ov"rlaIrn by liz
Indians as she was completely exhausted from
the loss OF blood.
This news was soon spread III every dlrcc-
tiou the next day. and the ;;r'ilIcS living Oh ~
Iary's river collected III Fort Mon'ac IN posi-
on the river recently occupied by U. States
Troops, but which bad been abandoned some
montils) To defend themselves. They occupied
the soldiers quarters around the stnrkaGc.
On the evening of the l?li. the Indians ar-
nroached very near, will,out the knnwi"dcc OF
any one. and while Mrs Patrick WAS pr"par
ipg n bed for her ltilr children was lire'l Il;
from the window, AMI 'rll dead on The br'! ~
front of her father. An attack was then made
simuItaneo,,sly on all the houses hv the Internal
devils. Mr.. Thomas Davis, "i oar cnna'y
and two of his children were killed. and the'r
hodies consumed in the building wiiirh wa
set ON firc-as was the case will every other
exccpt the picket. whittier all rushed for t:ic
preservation of their lives. Mr. Patrick who
was the bearer Of the express. AID with whom
I couvcrsed, informed the as he rushed Tor
the pcket, bearing the dead body o !IIS daueli-
tel he was :ircd at four or five times, biit lucN-
" ESCAPED. The Indians were then driven Oh
by the men in the Fort. Mr. y J"r'!aiIn killed
one as he was seen 10 fail and was bnrne Gill;
They continued 10 fire al the Fort. a:id kept a.
an inccssant yelling Gurins '!,e night a party
was, however sent nti' very *nnt To Tie nian'''-
tion of Mr.. Hogan. about hall 4 mile dlSan',
and III short time every building on la" lEl"e
was wraptin flames and completely DESTROYED.
The mex, day the Indians crossed into Cam
den county, burnt the place ol the unfortunate
Davis, MIR. Mncry's and several others.
You can form no idea Of the panic and distress
which now prevail in or country. Every
man in tho upper part of the county has lci; his
home, or are collecting AT points I" dr!c''d
themselves and fimc*, leaving their crops
and every thing they possess, exposed to t''c
ravages Of the c!emy.
Gen. Floyd, upon hearing Of the outrage OH
the Suwannee, with his known promp''l'r'e;
or,leled Col. Tracey to collect company OF
filty men, and afford protection 10 our frontier
Settlements That company has been raised
and this uorning left C"n,rcville Tor tn: scene
of outrage. As som as he lcarnS o tiic ol!icr
murders and deprrda'lonS c0'nnlitcd i'i Caii-
den county, doubt not he will order Out :arsc
force.
The families who had collected 1t "lIoniac"
abandoned the place shortly after the attack Of
the Indians and assembled 1t Mr.. Jcnakns s.con-
sidcring it better place Of security, and Two
evenings since the stockade was burnt by tho
enemy. Two travellers informed ne that they
passed within five miles of il. and discovered
an immense fire in that direction.
Lieut.. May Of the I'd Dragnons with de-
tachmen, of men l.: at tins time i'll pursuit. and
hope either himself or the volunteers under
Capt Tracy may fall in with item
By the steamer Forester. Capt. Wray. we
have received the Jacksonville Advocate ol
Tuesday last. From it we make extracts.
We have also received from correspondent
Mt jacksonville letter dated August 20, 1910.
After audiug to the murders in Georgia, al