The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-01
kATE's MOUNTAIS.
OriginOf the Name of the Peake that
OyerluOks White Sulphur.

Correspo dence Richmond Enquirer.
A great many years ago there came to
this part of Virginia family named
Carpenter. Their object was to till the
land and tame-or kill the Indians.
TIE land they mastered; the Indian was
then, as now, the pioneer knotty prob
lem. For protection against the Sitting
Bulls and Chief Josephs of that period,
they joined with their neighborS IN build
my block house tort al CovlhgtOn, and
there when hewarriors raided the sec
ton, the whites clustered in safety. One
morning friendly courier from the
West rode throug b the country srousing
the settlers by the news that band OF
hostile savsges was advancing. A noun
tsineer said to his wife:
"kate, Ill carry our children to the
fort first and then come back Tor you"
The husband, with the little ones,
started for Oovingtop, and the mother
remained to discover that the Indians
were at hand She fed Tor safely to the
mountain thst towers before me as
write-a mountain known. ever since
this woman's hurried fight as Hates
mountain" The mother tluded the saw
ages, and three dsys later reached Cow
Ington Here the whites successfully de-
fed the redskins. OG n certain Sep!em-
Der afternoon child of Hates .trayed
outside the Diockhouse fort. The father
DATED out u save it, and returning with
the babe in LIS arms WIS fatally wound
cd. HIS wife Kate was moulding bullets
At the time. she saw her husband fall,
aud filing the mold again went steadily
on with her work, saving, rs she brushed
away II tear. "Tnere Is greater need OF
bullets now The husband killed at the
blockhouse, and the brave wife who gave
the name 10 "KsteS mountain, were re-
.pectively grandfather End grandmother
Of James CAlwell. whose energy, ability
AMI thrift made the White Sulphur
| Springs the leading watering pace Of
the South Young Ct!well was born in
Macy and. In 1895, when twenty
wears of age, he came here, fell i'll love
with Miss Mary Bowyer, married her
ard removed To- Baltimore A portion
Of this property fell to his wife, the bal
unce he secured by negotiation with the
o.her heirs In 1910 be leased the place
to Mr.. Herdon, and that gentleman built
| the hotel To which allusOa has bsen
made tv Gen. Anderson. In 1918 Mr..
Clw,ll settled here and assumed the
management He surrounded himself
~ able assistants, and made u tirst.cl = :
landlord. HIS most notable subordinate
was Major Bay lsS Anderson, whose de-
pertinent and diplomacy Won for him
the title OF Prince Metternich." He had
the air of a Spanish graz dee, and rs II
motel manipulation coul1 please more p O
pie, with less ~ cOmmO iatiOaS. than any
man who ever kept y Eo.el. NJ. Nick
ie", of PnlIadelphia VINO visited here IN
1884, alludcs IT, him ~ "the magnanI.
noLs, mysterious, mellliiucnt Mettcrnich
OF the mountains HIS diplomacy in
packing people WAS the wonder OF his
lay, and n dozen capital arecdot,s are
old illustrative of his good-naturei tricks
on travellers.
James Calwell WAS remarkable man.
tie weighed 100 pounds; WAS feet | |
inches in stature; never knew sick day;
never took dose of medicine; never
'ost tooth. Early in his manhood he
MAS presented t. General Washington
Years after, wncn he settled in Green
brier county, u Nirginia pioneer rode
f.ty mile that he might shake hands with
james Ctlweii, the 'nan who had been
, acquainted with General Washington.
M CAlwclt's father fought under the
Immortal George. James died here in
| lS52, worth upward of half q million
For some years before his death his son
William B., managed the estate with
treat tact.