The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-23
VOLUME XVI NO, 80.

her doer sfly phantom bark that beara
our sissss 10 the hunting grounds OF ho
Great Spirit, and iti 10 Waiting for The
loved one she holds TO her breasti Yey.
father, yes; and this is why, I love nv
country more than all our tribe--bscause
SEQ the evil that Is coming upon us.pz
The elders Of che tribe then :spoEa
soitiy among themselves, saying: IAN
Evil Eye hath looked on Tocooa giving
her power for harm. Our pa6pieS gay @
that che Is wfse, aud thcy reysre herr or
ySaaS :neE say she ; beautiful heyond
oil other woHieE, ard they worship her
Should Ioccoa speak thus to them, thew
VIII hearken 90 what ahc says, aud wifi
think, wherefore ehall we strive with
other: nations TO enlarge and keep our
hunting grounds, when q moro powerful
people will come TO take them iwav,from
us? Then their spirits will grow slug
gish, their hearts will become heavy.
their strength will fail, their courage viii
depart, and they will become as women.
Ihen will como to pass the thinga of
which Toccoa speaks. Il 10 for this rur.
pose she has been bewitched By our eas.
miea. Toccoa must die |" The aged
men said to tk. girl;
"Ioccoa, thou must die for the good OF
our country
Fathers Of my tribe" replied the
maiden, u would die mySiads of times
20 save my country; but my death will
not avert the doom of my peorle. hear
the steady coming stepR of the snow.
faced people; onward, onward they
come, over our plains, by our rivers and
up our mountains. ! hear the mighty
pines crashing to the ground, and our
lovely oaks gFoaning beneath the strokes
OF their great tomahawks, and you, NV
people. will surely fee before them, into
Q distant land. / alone will remain to
keep watch where our council fires have
euEned. and my epirit, that you have
deemed unwomanly, will mingle With
tac race that shall displace ours, 20
kiudle in their hearts a love for my coun.
try. Ah and they will loy O it. iathesa.
as Toccoa has loved 1t. Their women
Will be fair and gentle In times of peace:
when the war-whoop rings around their
wigwams the spirit of Toccoa will be.
come as the hearts of warriors. They
Will place bows and arrows in the hands
Of their boys, and bid them fight for the
lands they have wrested from the rod
! man. ~
"Bo still, Toccoal" said ihe fathera..
This cannot be There is no patton 30
great as ours. Thou art laboring under
the spell Of an Evil Eye, from which
thou canst be released only in the Spirit
Land, whore those Of our tribe who have
gone before US hunt milk.white deer
across crystal hills, and drink the blood
OF our enemies in gourds made of the
breath OF flowers. We will send thee to
join cur maidens there, who live BY
streams blue as tho sky, and are crowned
with wreaths that shine like the face of
the Great Spirit; and thou wilt tell our
kinsmen we are Q greas and powerful
people, ana our hunting grounds cover
1t went abroad through the tribe that
an EVIL Eye had looked upon Toccoa.
ana that the aged men had decreed she
must die, or harm would befall their
people; ana though grieved for the
maiden.s fate they did not murmur.. for
they believed that their fathers were wiee
men. H. lyi ) isssytli, f d li'1l7 -
Tboy took Toccoa to high mountain.
The maiden stood upon tfe edge 6P n
preciplce, lia5 ca c y Wi5fidts stood bsiora
her, with their bows and arroas; Thev
would have bound her eyes. ttnt uhe
might not ace the death missiles. but
Toccoa wnved them away, saying ~,
II die for my country. Eet me die
like warriorin
at signal the arrows OF the warrioya
tiev trne to their aim, and auiyered in
the young giTl's heart. She uttered no
sound, but sprang into the air, and dis.
appeared over the pfecipice.
Long did the Indian 'nlaidens 5eafch
for Toccoa's body, bus it was never
found: but before Syyo ,,,f,,na bod ,.oII,3