The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-10-29
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Tories had done some miscEiss
Ihad stolen some horses, and
started for the Indians. On. hearing
Eof this, twelve men instantly started
lin pursuit of them. They crossed
SRocky River and took up Wilson.
/ Greek, where there was no road
3Butiby keeping one manor foot, We
followed the trail, crossing the creel
several times. AT length ne saw /
smoke. TWAS on one Of the branch
es of said creek. s5,;. y
It was clear day, and it was
agreed on to divide. = Six men were
to go round where the smoke was
and to get between them and their
horses. wss oae of those thai
went round. They we're roasting
venison, and were all sitting neal
their fire. When we got i'm view
they jumped up and ran for life, and
we after them, firing at them, and
shot down one of them. His name
was Andrew Neel. He had rcceiy.
/ ed two balls-o in his knee, the
other in his body.-The Captain
knewyhim. and said to him, Andy,
you have brought yourself to fine
pass. Tell me what you have done
with all the tllings?'
But the man begged us to leave
[ him.
The Captain told young man
whose name was Sea Wright, to
shoot linn through the head.
But the young man turned his
head away and said, j can't
But there was an old Veteran there
that did shoot him, as he lay beg ging
that he might be left alive. His
name was John Huchins johnson.
The otter two ran on until one of
them was shotat by the men that
were left, and had takca shelter by
ssEge tree. and begs nsS quarters.
Iias!sptsl lie was told lie E1l!as ave no
quarters. When we Sot near
enough, he was surrounded and shot
to death in a moment. He had a
nice rifle gun in his hand, loaded
and cooked, when he fell. His name
was Masterson. Thsre was a boy,
about ten years old, that stood by
him, when he was shot down. He
was the picture of death. It was
said he was related to Devil Bill
Cunningham. lie was taken in, and
allowed to go to his people.
/ must narrate a short history and
final end of another Tory-a Captain
Wilson, who had the command of a
beat company and in good repute as
a Whig, until the British had posses
sion of Charleston, and South Caro-,
lima. He then left and went to our
enemy, and remained there until
CORVALLIS surrendered to our blavc
Washington. lie then came back,
and was pardoned on condition that
he would go to block house or sta
ton and help to guard the inhabi
tants from the savage Cherokees. I
was one of the guard when lie came
and was received by tie Captain,
whose name was Caruthurs. He
was cursed and abused for being a
Tory, and told frequently that he
ought to die. After staying about
week, he got furlough to 20 home.
Not many DAYS after Wilson left,
we heard of battle between q com.
pany commanded by Capt. Little and
a quantity Of Indians. Little was
defeated, and four Of his men killed
on the Georgia side. 1t was not long
after hearing Of it till we crossed tic
river, and were at the spot where
these four men lay. We had no
means Of burrying them. But a
large tree had blown up by the root
and made large hole. They were
put in it, and clay cut down off the
root with swords. We then took the
trail that the Indians went back on,
and crossed Toogaloo above the
mouth of Chauga; and there was q
small village where the Indians had
some corn, which we cut down. =
There we found an old Indian trader
not able to travel: but not one Indian
there. Capt. Roqert Maxwell took
the old white man that we found
there up behind him and told him il
he did not conduct us straight on to
the next village, he would kill him.
| We hurried OH, and in going a few
miles we came to another village
which was somewhere near the mouth
of the creek called Long Nose
There we found two white men, who
were shot as they run from us; and
one Of them was killed dead IIs
could not speak. And to our sur
prise and astonislimcnt, he was vel
known to us all to be the same WI
| son that had left tho ca t;,,n ~,