The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-06-19

home, fully resolved TO offer all
the tenderness Of my heart to my
suffering brother, I did so, but it
was not accepted in the spirit in
which it was offered. On one oc-
casion, he spurned my offer and
charged me with hypocrisy, with
secretly desiring bis death that !
might inherit from our father his
estate: I had never thought Of
such an idea and was immeasurably
shocked. But how strange and
mysterious are the workings Of
the human heart. The unnatural
thought took root in my mind,
and ! reasoned why should one
brother inherit the wealth, titles
and position of the common father,
and the other be cast off to make
his fortune as he could? I was
shocked that it had entered my
mind, but | could not Danish it.
It had effected a lodgment there.
had just arrived at my majority.
Being the youngest child my
mother had bequeathed to me her
little patrimony, and my father
who was my trustee had profered
to turn it over to me. | resolved
to accept it and leave England
forever.
Ny chum at Cambridge, was
William Henry Lyttleton, the son
of the Governor Of the Province
of fSouth Carolina, and since his re-
turn to his home he had repeat
edly invited me to visit him and l
resolved to do SO, little caring
where I might 60, so left En-
gland. Bidding an afectionate
farewell to my brother, whom |
never expected to see again, | sail
ed for the town Of Charlestown.
Upon my arrival, I found the
place all astir with military pre-
paratlcns. a messenger had just
reached the Governor, from the
commandment of For: Prince
George, in the Cherokee nation,
that the Indians, enraged by the
killing of some of their warriors
returning from assisting the En-
glish in Canada, by the people OF
Virginia, as they were passing
through that Province. After
they had boen making war for
the whites, they regarded it as a
great wrong, and being unable Or
UNIV illing to discriminate they
were revenging themselves on the
people Of South Carolina. Already
numbers Of families, men, women
and children were massacred in
the most revolving manner, and
the fort itself was most serl-
ously threatened. The command
ant seemed to have no doubt that
@ terrible Indian war was Drew
ing. Governor Lyttleton had Or
dered all the troops under his COM
mand to rendezvous at the Con-
garee. The more peaceable and
right minded of the Indians, hear
ing of these preparations and de-
precatiog the conduct Of their
more furious warriors, were anx-
ious if possible to avert a war, and
thirty or more of their chiefs and
wise men, headed by Attakullakul-
Ia. the chief of all the Cherokees,
had just arrived in Charlestown
to have a council. Being upon
intimate terms with the Governor
and his household, [ was fortu-
nately permitted to be present
at this interview. They were the
first Indians I had ever seen.
They were dressed in buck skin
hunting shirts, leggins and moe
casins, fancifully embroidered with
beads, with nicely dressed buffalo
robes thrown over their shoulders,
10 two, however, being decorated
alike, but each in remarkable
taste and we'll adapted to his form.
They were almost remarkable,
and in many respects a noble
looking set Of men. Tall, straight
and athletic: and possessing all the
grace and ease of motion Of the
most accomplished courtiers. Even
at this length Of time, I remem-
Der distinctly their appearance,
and can call some Of their beautl-
full and euphonious names. There
we're Attakullakulla, the great
chief, Occonostota, Skiagnesta, a
tavorite chief with the whites,
Corane, the raven, Sinnawa, the
the hawks head, Owasta, 1or-