The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-07-13

city, TO Col. Nicholas Perkins, lawyer, late iron
Tennessee. His men were Thomas Malone
/ formerly clerk in the land office a, Raleigh
N. c, and then the clerk of Washington count,
Alahnma John Henry, Of Tennessee: Johi
Mills, a native of Alabama; Henry d. Sladc
of North Carolina, and two brothers, McCor
rnachs from kcntueky-added to these wcr,
two United States soldiers. They were nj
men whom Perkins selected, and whom he coul,
rely upon under all circumstances. lie sool
these men aside and obtained from them tn.
most solemn pledges, tina, upon the whole rout.
to Washington city, they would not convers,
with Burr nor let him escape alive. PcrkIn'
knew how fascinating Burr wn., and he feared
his familiarity with his mcn-indccd, he feared
the same influence upon himself His charnc
ter for making strong impressions upon tn,
human mind and attaching men 10 him By asso.
citation, was well known to the world VI hen
Col. Burr fled from the Natchez settlement, he
procured n disguised dress, and was altircd in
II. His pantaloons were of coarse coppcras
cloth, with roundabout of inferior drab his
hat tapping, widchrmmcd beaver had in time
been White but now gave evidences OF having
encountered much rough weather. Placed up
on hi. fine horse he bes,rodc him mos, clc-
gautly, and flashed his large dark eyes as though
he were at the head of hts New York regiment
To use common expression of the old set
tiers, who saw him in Alabama, "his eyes were
peculiar, they looked like stars" Each man OF
the expedition carried provisions for himself and
some for Col Burr. They wero all well mount
ed, with no arms except pistols in holsters, and
two musk,iA borne by the two soldiers. The
party set ont from the boat yard IN the latter
part of February, 1907. In quarter Of mile
of this place the dreadful massacre If Fort
Minis occurred six years afterwards. Pursuing
the Indian path which led from the a." iiigby
settlement" to Fort Wilkinson, on the dlsan,
Oconee. the guard travelled the first day about
thirty miles. At night the only ten, IN compa-
ny was pitched for the prisoner, who rcpo-cd
himself upon his blankets. The lower par, of
Monroe county aboundcd with immense pine
forests. Here the Ex-Nicc President lay, the
first night, by rousing fires which threw glare
over the dismal woods while his ears were sa-
lutcd with the howl of hungry wolves! In the
vilds of Alabama, IN u small tent rcposed this
august parsonage; have no one TO converse
with surrounded by guard Il prisoner OF
the United States, for whose liberties he had
fought, whose government he had helped to
form exilcd from New York, whose statutes
and institutions bore tn, impress of his great
mind his only child then on the distant coast
Of Carolina his professional pursuits ADAM
doncd, and his fortune swept from him, the
magnificent scheme of the conquest Of Mexico
uprooicd, and the fragments dispersed; SIAN
dcred and hunted down from one end of the
Union to the othcr--all these things We're sui-
hcien' to weigh down an ordinary being, and
sink him to an untimely grave. Col. Burr,
however, was no common man. In the morn
ing he rose chcerfully and pursued his journey.
Although guarded with vigilance, hls few
wants were gratited n, far n, could be, and he
was treated with respect and kindness The
trail being narrow, rs are all Indian highways,
Burr rode in the middle, having n part Of the
guard IT. front and the other behind him, all IN
single file. The route lay abou, eight miles
south Of the present city of Montgomery then
an Indian town called Eneonehar,e meaning
Red Groud.
In 1871 General Wade Hampton cut out the
Federal road along the trail, which was well
known TO early settlers rs the only highway IN
south Alabama. The Guard passed by the
present Mount Moigs and stopped at the house
of old Milley," the former wife of n British
soldier, who, with her husband, in ITO, left the
barracks Of Savannah and came TO the Creek
nation. She had long been resident of these
wild woods, now lying in the county of Mont
gomery. Her husband at this time, eolorcd
man named Evans, was employed by Perkins TO
pilot the party across the dangerous creeks,
Line, Cabahatchec, and Calabce, all Of which
they had 10 swim. II was rcrous and ia
tisung march, and for days the rain descended
in chilly torrents upon these unsholtcred horse
men, collecting IN rlyulets and swimming
them at every point. Hundreds Of Indians
throng,d the trail, and in moment the party
could have been sho, down; but the fearless
Perkins bore on his distinguished prisoner, AMID
angry elements and human foes In their jour
ncy through Alabama. hoy away, slept IN the
woods near swamps of reed. upon which their
bellcd and hobbed horses fed during the night
After hastily prepared breakfast, il was their
custom again to rcmount and march on IN
gloomy silence, which was sometimes broken
b, a remark about the weather, The creeks, or
the horses Col Burr was n splendid rider,
sitting firmly IN the saddle, and always on the
alert. lie was also hardy traveller. Al
though wet for hours with cold and clammy
rain, riding forty miles a day, nj night
stretched upon the hare ground upon tim
pallet, vet in the whole distance to Richmond,
the imreneirallo Aaron Burr was never heard
TO complain that he was SIek, or even iatlgNed.
A; the Chatahoochic was crossing place,
owned by an Indian named Marshal. The effects
OF the expedition were carried over th. river IA
canoes, and the horses swan alongside. In
tn. manner they crossed the Flint aud Ocmul-
rec, Arriving at Fort Wilkinson, on the Geo.
nee, they entered the first ferry boat they had
seen on the whole route a few miles further
on. they were sheltered by the first civilized
rcof--a house of entertainment kept by one
Beyin While broaktnot was preparing, and
while the guard We're seated aronnd large i'rc,