The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-13

gnu VIC Stcch plhe tops VI the western
woods.-.Thcy had murdered all the he.
rocs. What then? They had that day
to olcarn, if they knew not previously,
that despair can always mould heroincs
out Of the American women. Sudden
ly the majestic form of the great chief,
Weatherford, tre,nblcd. heard the
voice of Lucy Dean, giving orders and
encouraging the females in the block
houses, to resist to the last extremity.
Immediately every angle Of the fort
roared with exploding rifles, touched
off by the wives and sisters of the slain,
and fifty Indians fell to rise no more.
A conflict, still more terrible than the
first, followed, which was finally termi-
mated, when the enemy fired the strong
holds, and with single exception, all
the women and children pcrished in the
flames.
Come down Lucy; you shall not be
harmed. Oh! come down. cried the
chief of the Greeks imploringly, as he
saw the red blaze mounting over the
house where he had distinguished her
voicc.-But his words were drowned in
the shrieks Of mothers and their babes,
burning away in the agonies of the
mort tnrturing of all deaths.
Give thousand dollars exclaimed
the frantic chief, to the man who breaks
open that iro,l-hound door!!' and soon
the shutter started from its hinges, be.
meath the hail Of blows from rocks,
hammers, and hatchcts. Wcathcrford
cut loose with his sword from the friends
who would have detained him, and dis
appeared i'll the burning building. AE.
ter some ten minutes, the chief issued
forth from the flames, his face blackcn.
ed his hair crispcd, and his clothes on
fire. but bearing in his arms the fainting
form of Lucy Dean---that precious bur
den; for whom he would have plunged,
without shrinking, into fathomless hell
itself.
Oh! miraculous lish. ,ef 1--we. rhou art
in truth the, OILY ray that ever reacnrs,
this dark dungeon of world from q
sun which beams above all the stars;
and thou bright essence Of celestial
ether, such as the angels breathe, it is
God gives thee even to the hardest and
savagcst hearts. pure rs rain drops, and
as sweet as the cream Of Olympian nee
tar.
That evening the Greek commander,
with one division of his army, set out
for his own plantation on the Alabama
river. The reader needs scarcely to
be informed that the beautiful young
orphan was carried along with them.
Five days aftci the Massacre of Fort
Mimns, man and woman might have
been seen coavcIsing in the porch of
framed house, overlooking the Ala
bama. The woman was seated, end
appeared to be weeping. The man was
standing, and gesticnlated with much
animation, as if engaged in the delivery
of an eloquent speech. The world
could not have offered to tic view no.
bier specimen of human organization.
Tall in person, straight and admirably
proportioncd in figure, with every mem.
bcr cast i'll classic mould, he might be
pronounced matchlcss in material per-
lection. All who have pcruscd Clair
born's "Notcs on the War in the South
will recognise in our portrait the dread
ful Creek hall.brccd Chief, Weather
ford.
"Yonier is my farm, and fifty slaves
said the Chief, pointing his finger in the
direction of a fertile plantation; l am
assured of Generals commission,
soon, from the greatest nation on the
earth; and when New Orleans and
Louisiana are conquered, | shall be a
British Governor; and all shall be yours,
if you will share my fortune, as you al.
ready possess my heart, undivided
Wcathcrford paused for an answer
in VAN, and then continued:
II have loved you for years; have
given you every possible proof Of ten
derucss. The fortune Of war threw
you i'll my Iower, and, although my
passions are ardent as the snn in sum.
mer, | have never even brcathcd in
your ear an im,nodcst wish. Oh be-.
j's:, be generous, dearest Lucy; at least
be mcrcitul TO one who has done and
endured so much on your account
The deep carncstness of the speaker
ut length appeared to produce its effect
on the young girl. She raised her pale
face and fearful eyes, and remarked
mourntully-.--
You say you love me; then give me
one more evidence, and | may think
better of your proposal
"What is it?' he asked with n look
of intense anxiety.
"Brcak off your bloody alliance with
the enemies of my country, and bid
your warriors cease to murder innocent
women and children"
"Neycr' rcnlied Weathprford in ac-