Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-09-22


Meth Findlcy, On that occasion all the
other militia-mcn hau imprudently ieFt
the Station and gone down the river
some distance TO a Jroltch' After sun,
set, Kinneth Findlcy started to kobJle his
his horse Oh Gttlc strearnlct that flowed
hard,by, and upon which there some fnc
pasturing groundss--on reaching tho
summit of an inconsiderable ridge be,
tween the block, house and tho place
where he wished his horse 10 Craze, hc
discovered about forty Indians, Sin grim
array" stealing up the slope, fastening
back to the block-housc to get help and
his rifle he and Ward sailed forth and
went boldly up to the top of the Hill,
and fred on the Indians, killing dMeand
wounding another. The enemy returned
trc, but without effect. The two heroes
retrcatedt to their place of refuge, barred
the gates and stood sentry during the
whole night. In the meantime, the In
dians, knowing that their designs apaints
the Station were discovered, and not
knowing how many men were left at the
block-housc, turned their faces towards
the impenctrable wilds of Florida, and
rctrcated with, perhaps, much greater
speed than they approached. Next day
the whites followed their troublesome
Toes and overlook them just at dark, at a
thick swamp, where some slight b. skirnaish
mg took place, one man being Killed.
The men bivouacked on the ground in
tending to renew the fight in the morn
ing, but the enemy decamping in the
night, it was not thought prudent to make
any further pursuit h
The expedition of Robert Walton de-
serves a place in this sketch. Itsecnls
that the Indians had stolen four or five
valuable horses and set out with thcln in
al, ,tbe hastc Of conscious pickcdness to
their hiding places in Florida Waltoa
and three OF four others, who had been
losers by the robbery, plunged into the
then trackless GRAND pursued them for
five or six days. When at length, the
Indians were oyertakcn, just at tnight-fall,
they were rcyclling and dancing in high
glee, atepe of the large villages of their
tribe. Whilst they were exulting over
the apparents success Of their late preda
tory excursion. as doubtless they werc,)
the whites crcpt up TO the pens, in which
the horses were confined, and took offthe
bells that were on their own stceds and
put them on the "Injun ponies," thereby
keeping the robbcr Greeks in complete
ignorance of their visit until the next
morning. When Walton and his party
hadgot all things in readiness for return
ing with their horses, some one proposed
firing into the village, but a majority
thinking it taltogcther impolltic, thy de-
parted without molesting the Jolly dan
GERS. The whites reached home in safe
ty with their property, without being fol-
loved by their willy foemcn They were
afterwards told by some friendly Chcro-
KEGS. that when the Greeks saw next
morning what tad been done, they were
50 niuch terrified that the ,illagcwa i'm
smediateiy deserted by the entire clanl
The fate Of Jesse Grier seemed as hard
astilat Of any other many whom the say
ages murdered during the whole Of those
tronbiops days. lie had come from
North Carolina osec some Of his aelit-
tons. and of course Purposcd staying but
a short time. IN company with Major
Walton Captain fiamilton, and some
others, he set out one morning to visit
the H1ugalo Station, ,"---on the way one
Of The n,enaaid. as t6oegh5 he Sav an IN
diq,, slip round he coray Of a tobacco
Aopse. wherenpon the whole party re-
traced their footsteps 70 tise main settle.
rneat to get q reinforcement Onrcturn-