The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-17

mad been shot BY man named Lnmlni.
iof insulting his wife. Now Lumlir was
q poor man but when Alabama offered
THE insult 70 bis wife, he came home and
What did he do but take down his Rife,
walk straight % where the old head def.
\ i was, and sent 3 ball through bis head, and
lsetting five to his lodge burnt il % and
roasted him to a crisp Alabama had three
dogs. Two very large ones and small, and.
they staid BY the body until they eat ii en-
4 tIFely up then The two large dogs eat up
the small dog and then set up howl, and
used 70 swim off to the Little BiIly", butt
always beat them, back So notwithstand
ling none Of the Indians liked, the old
4 Tyrant Alabama. and although Lumlfn had
been semitic prison in KEY west for shooting
him and his family reduced. almost to star.
walton, notwithstanding they knew atlthis,
{ stiIl they pretended to be very much en-
ragged about it, whereas if. the truth mnst
be told they were glad of it, as they were
J rid of Alabama and had good excuse To-
shoot and plumber as much as they pleased
! 1t must have been about four in the after
noon when started from the Light House
TO see about parching the coffee. The
dwelling house was about twenty PAGES
from the Light House: on the south side
was the Ocean, and all around else was
low oozy marsh, covered thckly on one
! side with Mangrove bushes and other small
! growth; bni on the other, the under growth
had been cleared away to keep off the mus
! lQuetos. The beach was naked about four
; or FIVE miles on either side. The thicket
covered the marsh so thickly, and The ooze
D was so soft and mirey that hoy could not
! have gone through il. If you stopped very
S low you might see short distance under the
\ MsngroVe bushes, but standing up you can
i not see five feet in, the eUer glGde,--ai
y the young officers in the army call sucl
places.
Passing to the house thought heard
e splash in the mud, and concluded it was on
n Of those cursed Alligators that crawl abou
the yard and eat my pigs; another splasI
n and | stopped to see what it was and Coo
IS bless your soul, there were ever 50 many D
y them devils the Seminoles, up to there
3 armpits in mire, holding their Rifles owe
J. head, and Juggling and struggling to &c
" through the mud!
t As soon as they saw that they were dis
n covered, ''click--bang-6ang,-w hiz-z.z!
G. went a dozen rifles. Carter left his coffee an
t. came hobbing out of the house, crying
( 0 Goda.massa; de Ingens-de Ingens,'
le GOda.O massa!
~ bawled at him to run for the Light Hous,
10 but there he stood, turning round aud roun
IN making lamentations, and not KNOWN
~ which way to move, turned back, seize
e. him by The wool of the head, and with Gu
K fling kicking and pulling, got him inside til
door just as the foremost devils were abol
e, to lay hold of it.
e. fortunately was not wounded, the bal
whistled through my shirt and trowsers an
"a nay hat had several holes through it.
O. Well, felt now pretty safe. The do,
a however was made of pine boards and nj
Mt at all intended TO resist siege of seven
or eighty savages thirsting for blood.
ne Several balls had passed in the do
when was open, and sticking in some
Uncle Sans oil casks, had set them to RI
!. ming so that the floor was now ANGLE de,
in oil. Anticipating a difficulty Of tt
kind, had previously provided number
old water tanks and casks which pick,
upon the shore and placing them in such
manner as to leave just space enough for
man to crawl through after he had pass,
the door, (leaVing. room Cor the door to shut
filed them with sand, stones 81,
forming a barficadO that was almost il
pregnabIe. After having closed and boil,
80 the door, made Carter crawl through Il
80 opening and then followed myself.
~ now held council Of war with myse
!. i flor poor Carter seemed panic strgck d
shs nothing could say would bring him {
BUS and determined % hold ont q RS last,
ssWe're safe now Carer. said /, tryi
5 a TO stimulate him to exeuion, If YOU u
my only act the man; here take this axe, q
an stand fast; II they break down the door hl
ok of tile first head that pokes itself throu
.nl. the hole here, and sing Out and III come
n your relief. III 90 70 the Windows and .
~ If cam anlpse them there Wills you sra
~ guard here.
az JIG seized TIE axe, and raised Il ia q Str
aaa ing posture as If just then Be was about
lFds strike off an Indian 8 head
ne. "Nows be man. said lssano we
our safe
of q E0dr-a, q al0ssds was all The rep
Zee could gel from him as be stood with the ,
80 drawn. bis teeth chatsrng. and bis kn
~. knocking against each other.
a single resolnte man could have defel
~ led the entrance agains hosty h1t nv lia
was tenants whowts bravery black fellow, D
rust completely patalized 81 fear,
for had With DE No nQskets and rife
na ANN nition "a fhe greatest R6ondanees
Fca lsading up the tWo mus zels with about 70
hncks hog each and ibe riae with two b