Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-17
VOL. XI.-N0. 90.
The War Woman,a Creek.

In Georgia and North Carolina there IL
hardly river, creek or stream that has not
connected with it some old Indian tradition
The above title of the creek is taken from one
of these traditions The creek is tributary
of Chattuga river, and flows therein from Ra-
bun county, Ga. The story as told by tho
few Indians remaining since the removal of
the tribe in the year 1888 runs thus:
Many years ago in the first settlement of
the country a wandering party of their tribe
attacked the house of spuattcr somewhere
upon thoir borders during his absence, and
nassocred all of his children and left his wife
covered With the mangled bodies OF her butch
cred offspring. scaped like them and appar-
emily dead. She WAS not however wounded
SO badly as the Indians had supposed. No
sooner did she hear the sound of their retreat
ing footsteps than disengaging herself from
the heap of slain, ha9gard, pale and drenched
with her own aud the blood of her children.
she pecrcd stcathily from the door, aud find !.
ing her enemies no longer in sight hastily ex-
tinguished the fire which before leaving tho 4
Indians had applied to her cdbn but, which, I,
had as yet made very little impression on the
green logs of which it was, composed. Wi Z
ping from hes eyes the warm blood which was
still rocking upon her scalped head; she di- s.
rectcd her agonizcd gaze to the bleeding and
disigurcd forms of those who scarce an hour
before were playing at the door and gladden.
ing her maternal heart with their merry laughs
ter, and as she felt in the full sense of her
desolation the last ray of hope died within her
bosom there stole over her ghastly face an c&-sE
preston as savage as was ever worn by the
! ruthless slayers of her innocent babes. H.
eye cleaned with the wild fury of the tigrt
robbed of its young as closing her cabin care
! fully behind her with a countcnahcc ahima1j
ted by some desperate purpose, she started OBJ
in the same path by which the murderers lad
departed Needless of her wounds and whs-j
ting blood and lost to all sense of hunger and
fatigue in the one absorbing and fell purposs
which actuatcd her, she paused not upon Tho
trail of her foes until at night she came mp
with them encampcd for the night at thes :"
Of the creek, which is indebted to her for
present name. Emerging from the gloom
the surrounding darkness, on her handsg
knees she crcpt noselcssly towards the
the blaze of which as it ilickered upwards
covered to her the PROSTATE forms of the
dians, five in number, who overcome by
unusually fatiguinr days travel were NSTal1
deep sleep with their ouly woapons---theip
mahawks-in their belts. Her owns,
ly advancing figure as the uncertain llA
the burning pine fell upon it with M
less distinctncss, now exposing its lineaiT
bottcd with blood and distorted by aneY
sion which her wrongs and the sight SC
dcsolatcs of her hearthstonc, cxaggeratp
degree almost fcndish and now shalf
save two cleaning spectral eyes, was eSelh
more striking than the swarthy faces wliicl.A
she Glnrcd upon. Assuring herself chat they
were fast asleep, she gently removed their so-
mahawks and dropped all but one into the
creek. With the remaining weapon in lfe,,
hand and cool resolution in her heast, ST
bent over the nearest enemy and lifting tt &
instrument to which her own and her chill
drcns blood still adhered, with one terrific ahf'
uncrring blow buried it deep in thete
its owner. The savage moved no Nor
partly to turn upon his side, gaspinga
Ttivcrcd a minute like an aspctrandsun
to his former position quite deaJ
ghostly in his rigid face. The de- >fatolIos b
man left him, and noisclessly as ID fore 7Icsa ii
patched all of the sccpcrs but or & Ito thatt
long rest from which only theslas trumpet
can awaken them. The last degotse, victiil;
however was aroused to conscioSisness of hb
situation by the death struggles sf his con-
pauions. He esprang 10 his feet and felt Fl
his weapon; it was gone. tine gisfSe c%sf
planning every thing to him. 5Ie eSAslSsl the
blow aimed at him by the brave add fcvcnge.
tul woman Selling from the sitgs buf3ing
brand aud With It succeeded sNrGialv iii war
ding off the furious attack %lNicli felsbwrd
In little time they fell strue9lings taesthofs
the Indian desperately woundeas
man faint with the loss of bl}od
traordinary cxertions, Both We
to harm each other farther, and II
savage only ayailed himself OF his
strength to crawl away
In this piteous plight tho poorH,
mained until near noon tliesfoll0
whenshe was accideDtly disco,
CLING party Of whites toL1shoins
story and then died.
After burying her on tbe sSSot thes
some cXcrtions to overtake tile fn9itjTH
an, but proved uusuoccssfuD Ew
He succeeded in resJlfit his tribe
from his tale the little sttsa be fore nletA
ed WAS ever afterwards liown
Cherokees and also by the @liitea8g,,
WoMAN's CREEK.
a LEssoN FOR LAZY gFtFsH
study peasant was at work
amidst storm and rain, aud wont
evening tired, and dscnehee IS sllSe
His loving wife said, s sSa
raining SO hard tllatI coy
90 hayc not hopn akl9