Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-26

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,Brvnenf wAgsAhallA found thai the place
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lowers. The young chief wGs losdest II
I ~ lAsNensSiions over the last girl. and az
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Z Tusse portion OK the settlement, together
zi;h the friendly tribe TO which the young
chief wallahaiia belonged, started IN pur-
/ szsit ~ the foe. 10 rescue the girl from her
I CERTAIN faae Of death or degradation. Alter
a long and tedious march they came upon
/ the enemy in the aeigkborhOod Of where
! Metropolis City, III, now stands. A
/ furious laisle was fought. Ia which the at
/ taking party. headed by young Waila-
I halIa, dealt death and destruction 30 their
/ foe until their ammunition Was exhausted
/ Az this moment the enemy WAS reinforced,
/ and the attacking party was compelled to
I retire across the Ohio 30 the spot upon
which Psducah now stands.
The father 81 Agnes Robertson was al
most crszed with grief at the loss Of his
/ beloved daughter In his great agony he
| published to the troops the following an
n0gncemeni:
T. Andrew Robertson, viii give the res
/ eues q NV daughter from the hands Of the
1 Iow&s her hand In marriage, loo acres Of
( land. 100 head Of cattle and horses, 100
/ pounds Of powder and two riaes.
ASDKEw ROBERTSON.
| This was the largest reward ever be-
I fore offered in the section Of the country
| To- which these men belonged, and twenty
l men. warriors and rifiemen, among them
| Wallahalla, stepped forward and rendered
: their services to The heart broken parent.
| The girl herselfwa a fortune 10 any man.
| The parent and his trusty friends, with
1 the exception Of those who were To go in
pursuit Of the IOwas in search of Agnes
| Robertson, returned TO their settlement on
| Little River, near the place now known
as Cadiz, in Trigg County, KY, to rebuild
I their huts and the stOckade which the
| Indians had destroyed Wsllahalia sepa-
araied himself from beth parties, and by
| a circuitous route wendell his way 10 the
| cavern in search Of his beloved Agnes,
| whom be found in almost a starving con
| dition. One more day would have told
| the sad tale Of death from starvation. Al.
though worn out from long and rapid
march, he I" stood not in the order of his
| going, but went at once" in search offood
/ for his betrothed.
| She was soon restored 10 her usual
strength, when he related to her the news
from the outer world. A few weeks passed
| by, during which time the lovers built the
usual number of castles l. the air" and
allowed sufficient time for the return Of
the warriors gone in search of the beauti.
full Agnes, the young chief only going out
In the world to supply game and corn for
| their larder.
The full moon shone forth in all its
| splendor on the night Of the 18th Of May
as they rose 10 the surface Of the water and
! entered their canoe 10 return Ia the arms
| of the lovely Agnes parents and receive
the reward and blessing. The advent
into the settlement the following morning
was an occasion of greatrejoicing. Feasting
and dancing were the order for several
weeks, and the young chief Wallahalla,
who had rescued ~ the girl from the
hands OF the bloody lowas, was the toast
Of the country Tor miles around. He was
the recipient of presents of land, horses,
cattle, skins, etc, etc. OF the nineteen
men who stepped forward to offer their
services to Andrew Robertson not one re-
turned to give in his experience, and the
general impression existed at that time
that they were either all tomahawked or
burnt at the stake. Wallahalla married
the beautiful and wealthy Agnes Robert
son and changed his name TO Robertson.
Many of his descendants lived in the
neighborhood of what is now known as
Critienden County and Trigg County,
Kentucky, till about the year 1918, when
they removed to Eastern Georgia
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