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

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% FoR TIE KEowEE COURIER.
FGLElANlNes FROM THE UNwRrrrEN
HISTORY or pIcKESs DISTRICT
All that, portion of the District of
Pickens below a line drawn directly from
Tugaio riycr TO the Saluda, and crossing
The keowcc at its junction with Little
nver,awas once a part of Abbeyille!--
This state Of things, however, continued
but a year, or two at the extreme. ,The
line was extended Nofthward as far as
the oconce Station, and the whole region
OF country from that down to tho present
AbbeNiic inc, became Pcndlcton Dis
tact With the history of the s,iSsc-
qucnt extension of the boundary to
North Carolina, and the division of Pen
dlcton into Anderson and Pickcns. for ju-
dicial purposes, most people in the upper
pa,tof South Carolina are entirely familiar
Tie first permanent settlement of terri
tory, now comprised within the limits of
Pickcns District was made about the
year g t-y7p,qny]ofs the emigrapts com
ing from North Carolina, and among
ihcmawaal Golomol Bcnjamin Cleveland,
@shohad commanded airygimcnt of Mill.
Tia at'tllc battle of Kings Mountain with
great skill and bravery, and who Il &cd
his place Of abode ON 9ugalo river near
hcpo'nt where the Cbauga flows intoit.
The reader will perceive tllat our narra-
tive is NOW confined exclusively to the
Tugalo .settlcmcnt;-and lie is assured
that this is a faithful record Of the state
mcnt given by one of the earliest settlers
ina recent conversation. The first white
inhabitants on the Tmgalo had for their
immediate ncigi,bors the Cherokee Indi-
ans, with which tribe they were ever ON
tcrn,sof friendship. The Creek Indians
lived at some distance, and. as a nation,
were at peace with the whites until the
war OF 1917. Bat marauding bands Of
their Young warriors kept the pale, ,t1ces
IN 2 state of constant alarm for several
years after their establishment in the
country, These vagabcnds seemed TO
have been actuated solely by an unhal-
lowed thirst for blood and plundcr; and
they committed their dcprcdations, in al
most every Instance, with perfect impuni-
ty: for they invariably fed to Florida,
where they we're protected and enco,r-
aged by the gpaplards. {fIenec tie
good policy Of That treaty. by which the
whole Of Florida was ecded to the United
States ia 1910, under the Adninistration
Of President Noaoe) The frequent
fobbcries and stcdlthy attacks of the saw
ages gave rise TO several exploits Of a
very romantic apd heroic character, An
account Of senncef th, most interesting
of those incidents connected Will, tie
aeariy history Of the Tugalo settlement.
ase shall now proceed to give without
anyof the solcriRgs Or embellishments,
which the isaaSination might auggese
Forsthe protection Of the inhalaants
ssigalhss hehdstile incursicns Of Iadians,
e strong block house Vas built near gt,-
gallo river, ~ the Carolina side, and about
q miles apoyc the confluence. of that
streaRp apd the chapga. This strong
hold was called the 4rugaIo Citation. =
and h It tie helpless Nsasea and ghil-
drcn. ais wcll as tile aged iottelinp sra.d.
sircs. fOuad safety aud pOratiye quiet
The only aeri4us aiieprt ct takih5s Tic
"Tugalo Station idat'thc, Indians esct
made. was compietcis Goilcd by the cool