Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-09-06
NJ $50 El. 4 A NJ & Gus.
rom lie Georgia Constttutionalist.
HI w A S SEE.

A friend who has been residing in
his seotiol for many years, last even
ing enter aimed me with the following
s.ory-and knowing your desire to
cy'ain as mich information as posi-
DC, concerning the red mani have
concluded 10 send it TO you. lmay
not remember every particular, but
tic following contains the substance.
A century ago, a bitter war ragged
Detwoen the Catawba and Cherokee
tribes of Indians. In one of those
frequent and bold excursions com
mon among the wild inhabitants of
tie forest, the son Of the principal
Cherokee Chief, surprised and cap
tufed large town belong to the Ca
taNVba tribe. Among the captivcs
was the daughter of the first Chief
OF The Catawbas, named Hiwassee,
(or the pretty fawn.) A young hero
OF the Cherokees, whose name was
Motley, or the daring horseman, was
instantly captivated with tn majes-
tic beauty and graceful manners of
his royal captive, and was over
Whelmed with delight upon finding
ihat his love was reciprocated by the
OBJECT of his hearts adoration.-
|Nith two attendants, he presented
himself before the Chief of the Ca
towba warriors, who happened TO be
absent when her town was taken bv
the Cherokees, to whom he gave
Oriot statement of recent occurren-
ces, and then demanded his daughter
N marriage. The proud Catawba,
lifting high his war club, knitting his
brow, and curling his lips with scorn,
declared that, as the Catawba drank
the waters of the East, and the Cher
Ok the waters of the West, when
THIS lnsolcnt and daring lad could
find where these waters united, then,
ard not until then, might the hateful
Cherokee unite with the daughter of
tile great Catawba. Discouraged,
but not despairing, Motley turned
away from the presence of the proud
and un'eelng father Of the beautiful
tliWasscc, and resolved to search for
aunon of the Eastern with the Wcs-
tern waters, which was then consid-
cred an impossibility. Ascending
the pinnacle of the great chain of
AIlega1ies, more commonly called
the Blue Ridge, which is known to
divide the waters of the Atlantic
from those of the Great West, and
traverslng lis devious and winding
course he could frequently find
Sprlngsrnnnlng each way, and having
'helr source within a few PAGES of
each other, but this was not what he
desired. Day after day was spent
IN this arduous business, and there
appeared no hope that his energy and
perseverance would be rewarded
But on a certain day, when he had
well nigh exhausted himself with
munger and other privations, he came
70 lovely spot on the summit of the
fldge' ffg offering a delightful plain
Here + he resolved to repose, and re-
fresh himself, during the sultry por-
ton of the day. Seating himself up
on The ground, and thinking of HI
Wassec, he saw three young fawns
moving towards small lake, the
stream OF which was ripping at his
leet' and whilst they were slipping the
pure drops from the transparent pool
our hero found himself Unconscious.
ly creeping towards them. I'm
taught IN the wiles of danger, the lii.
tie fawns gave no indications, what.
ever, OF retiring. Motley had now
approached so near, that ho expect-
ed in moment, by one leap, to Law
hold and capture one, at least, Of the
spotted prey, when to his surprise, he