Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-14
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One of the most sanguinary deeds grow
ing out of jealousy, and one of the highest
exhibitions of female courage we have seen
any account of for many q day, occurred a
few days since near the East Tennessee
line in the edge of North Carolina, border
ing on Blount county. The account
which We abbreyiate from the several re-
ports seems miraculous and extrayagant.
The parties represented are said to be cred
table and respectable.
1t appears that the wife of James Daven-
port became jealous of young girl named
Kate jackson, Represented as being quite
handsome and loveable. Quarrels and
contentious were fierce and frequent be-
tween the two ladies aforesaid.
On the day of the fatal collision, it ap-
pears that Miss Kate jackson, in company
with her married sister, Mrs. DeArmand,
passed the residence of the Davenport fam
| lily. AS soon as the sisters were discovered
on the road, the Davenports, six in num-
| Der, comprising the mother, three daugh-
tiers, two of them grown, and two sons, the
eldest about eighteen years old, rallied in
force, and set out in vigorous pursuit of
the defenseless sisters. The trail was con-
tinued until the sisters had nearly reached
the Tennessee line Here the Davenport
brothers, by military movement, strate-
| getically fianked them, and presented front
armed with sticks and stones This caused
Kate and her sister, first to halt, and then
to attempt to retrace their steps. But
| upon attempting to retreat, they were con.
fronted by Mrs. Davenport and her three
daughters similarity armed, who demanded
Mrs. DeArmand to get out of the way a;
they intended to kill Kate. Instead q
obeying this militia order, Mrs. DeA
made preparations to defend her sister.
Young Davenport, the elder son, seeing
this opposition TO his order, at once let &c
a stone at her, which took effect on hel
head, breaking her skull, and prostratine
her hfeless on the ground
The heroic Kate was thus, at the onset
of the engagement, left to defend herself
She rallied and maintained her line by in.
Discriminatory hurting upon the attacking
party such hinty missiles as came oppor
tune to her. One of these shots took i'm
mediate effect upon the elder Davenport
boy, Sitting one. side Of his face open, anC
placing him hOrs du combat Turning hel
attention then to the maternal head of the
Davenport family, she directed a stone
against her head, that inflicted a severe
wound, and laid her sprawling on the field
This accomplished, the brave girl SLOWLY
fell back to position where she could sup
ply herself with necessary ammunition
| This point obtained, and being still be
sieged, she again discharged a shot, an(
another of the Davenport boys wilted
Then the Davenport girls rallied and mad,
a desperate charge upon her with clubsan
stones, inficting serious wounds, but no
succeeding in getting her down. Just a
this crisis Kate, hard pressed as she was
and having no time to stoop to gathe
rocks to defend herself, extricated from he
pocket a small pen-knife, measuring abou
six inches In the blade, and commenced
an indiscriminate and very wild and gen
eral cutting and slashing at the combined
Davenport girls surrounding her. Tht
result of this fearful frenzy on tn,
part of Kate was seriously detrimen
tai to the well-being of the Davenport
females. Two of them received serious
slashes from the weapon she welded, ont
of them dropping on the field from loss o
blood let flooding from the knife, and thu
other so seriously disabled as to be fl
subject for hospital practice.
This unexpected result contributed ma
terially to the withdrawal of the remaining
Davenport beseiging party, who quietly
removed their disabled from the field, leav
ing the heroic Kate master of the situation
The casualties sustained in this engage
ment only amount to the death of Mrs
DeArmand, with the probability that the
i elder Miss Davenport will also die, and the
crippling for life Of four others of the Dav.
export family
Kate jackson was less injured than any
one engaged in the fight, and was able &c
carry her dead sister home after the battle
| closed.