Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-10-02

moon Is hung IN the sky the noise o.
the white mans gun would he heard
in the mountains and there would be
tongues to tell who it was that put
the schoolmaster to death. No, we
we must kill all or none."
When this speech was finished the
Indian sprang into the room while
the others remained outside to guard
the door and give timely notice tc
The fend within in case they were
discovered. The contest with the
schoolmaster was soon decided. The
Indian fercely attacked him with his
tomakawk and as Master Brown had
nothing with which to defend himself
but his hands the battle was a very
unequal one. lie fought bravely,
however, and it was not until both
his hands were disabled and his arms
broken that the furious savage was
able to strike him fatal blow. Fl.
nally blow upon the head felled
him to the floor, and while he lay
dying the Indian tore the scalp from
his skull.
The children were almost frantic
while this bloody scene was enacted
and kept running to and fro in their
fright, conscious of the fate that i'm
pended over them. Some oak and
hickory boughs had been placed in
the great chimney few days before,
and although they were already wilt
ed and nearly dry, Archie McCul-
Tough succeeded in concealing himself
behind them. The two Ruths mud
died together in corner and vainly
hoped to escape the fury of the saw
age.
Now, little pale faces" the mon
ster excla!m d, when the master lay
scalped and dead on the floor, the
Indian will see that you tell no tales
out Of school, as the whits man say.
The little ones were then killed one
by one, each being dispatched with a
single blow of the tomahawk. When
all lay dead or dying, their scalps
were town off by the savage monster,
who went hastily from one to the
other fearing discovery before his
bloody task was ended.
All this time Archie Mccullough
sat behind the wilted boughs in the
chimney, looking in childish wonder
at the horrible slaughter Of his old
school-mates. Thinking his work was
finished the Indian turned to go, and
in moment the child would have
been safe from the fate that be(ell his
companions. Unfortunately for Ar
chic the boughs behind which he was
hidden did not entirely conceal him,
and as the savage gave last glance
at his bloody achievement he per-
ceived the boy concealed in the per-
ceived the boy concealed in the chin,
ney corner. 1t would not do to allow
the only witness Of his crimes to es.
cape, and with madiened fury the
savage rushed upon the child.
{ VI, please, don't hurt me" Ar
chic .nplored, but the savage was
relentless.
A fearful blow laid the child pros
trate, and tearing off his scalp also,
the Indian left him to die among his
dead companions.
( The savages departed from the
scene Of the massacre, and for hours
Archie Mccullough was left with only
the companionsh:p of the dead.
scalped and stunned the child sur
vived, but was stone blind.
A set Ter happening to come neal
the schoolroom about noon, and OBJ
serving the unusual quiet at a time
when twas to be expected the chill
dren would be at play, was led tt
! look in at the door.
The scene that met his gaze BATTLE
description.
Ten lifeless bodies bay stretched
upon the floor.
Archie Mccullough, moaning AM
crying. was crawling about omonl
his dead companions, running hi
fingers through their hair, and smooth
ing his hands over their faces as
seeking to distinguish them by tn
touch. The man looked in grief AM
wonder upon the death scene whic
met his eyes, and while he locke
: the child touched in succession tn
forms Of the the two girls.
The children were taken up an
buried in the same grave with Maste
! Brown, and the whole neighborhoo
, participated in their obsequles. Their
, was a vacant place at ten heartl
. stones, for each Of the murdere
scholars belonged to different fam
lies. Although more than hundre
> years hav, elapsed since the mass
ere, the story is told in the neighbo
hood of what is known as Brown
! School-house to this day, as the mo
!, l. noteworthy tradition of the locallt
: and it certainly is one Of the mo