The Arkansas banner., 1848-02-15


 Ti daring FRskzse spgnng upnn feIt ayun sss hsra whilr hts tesf scaasaFed ahe mas which he had sn- tenfed would have fssde fhr trcethe zmrricans fn- neral plIe.
 .Hrsthsr, my oath is gulEncd isuyp apresses fhe angry denan 1hat eaIlad far tis sncoul husc df your NAnEhtss. Now, then,' can snneb fhe rife mEi, wAe wns DO cther, tise rnadsr may hKvr ap rreciasea, fssn Charles Piggoi-sNsw. fheA, faks gped airn md hring me down. am oui cf amhni- lion, have killed hs many of you as l had drfermin- d te, and nve farther cause for runsainiar hnrr Fire .Hnd If moro than oBe st.Dt in proportion ts live hiss me, ysa are better hnDdleTH of fire arHs than l think you.'
 The soldiers wrrr evidently ven to isvor him isy his intFePidaty. He was entirely divcSt-d ef clo- thing excepting short pair of yellow brooches. His feet legs, hedy, and head were destitute u cog- ering, but h=Erimea with powder, sua1ks aus1, and perSpirR,ioH As he locked down ufcn the men from the tree, inc dscendaHt and near relatives who gives ns fhcrc facis azysi he waa. even in Ids rAtAe plight, commanding and adfnEraliep-cizim iug n,-ture There some hesitation In the pla- tson whe,, Tiegot canamanded thsm tS bring him down, and the Ynea I0okes tc ther nf5cer if Tor farther instructions Ths ef6eor was ''uuuscd to the mailing mood nor could he ssaso snccnnhsc ie any fceiing of compnzsinn zisently with ais duty or his aspirations n trRe Enelisht1san. Ths memory oi hts brethren was b he wcdded ip some rrtribntire worthy of their bloody dcsainirs and
 
 Piggets enacting. They fired Us be sheated ''I de satisfied! Brother, inRet vOa without shame 7' and he pitched over, swsyeS iH the branches mo- naen;, and then dropped heavily, ssnscless ciod, upon the ground
 The word was soon giSon thai the invisible foe, whom :hey had all Gssred, was punished and ere tha, eTensfa and ltp Ksshngtonl disastrous battle was concluded no one who worF a red coat, CT fin ger-d hls malesty's Vay, wasted second thought upon poOr Charles Piggo..
 NheH the wouHdeI picked ID and the dead buIied--a duty performed by the inhabitants and the gHsh-Piggot's body was found where j. had fallen A bese. called by courtesy a grave. was scOoped out for its reception ai ths foot o the oak The rshe-fhe Gnerriag yenseial lfse-~as so hrIn- ly cieBched in the left hand that II could not be Ipuped. hu was buried with iina- Thus ihs thought less, EnipteutIonal predictsos to thr old AtEsan sIaaderer, Lncksiey, that Charley would die with his rife ia hts hsnd, wss toe truly aaa literally accomplished.
 Not many years ago, fwe have -net the exaci date old tree n the vicinity have mentioned was upFooted in heavy gale and along with its massive roots. which Wrenched From the ground cane the dark discolored, moudiy scmblapce of . mans skeleton. Upon IcokIng around m the mould, the curious ssn faaad the remnants ol long IIhe the old inhabitants, wbo had heard the story oI the unerrisr marksmRn,' oure concluded tbat they has ioEnd Plggos skeleton sud that the pEpstrated oak the one iram the tup of which he had So braveiy tisinRed the ranks pi freeaoms opponsHis The baIe sGpposition entitled the relics to grave with nih tsry bonurs, and a monument. There E no death glorious thai honornhiy mel ou the ba'li- gTeund ot liberty. aud lao character noble that 10 the actIvs practical patriot