Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

his head. with IT. little irregular TUFTS u
gray wool. resembled = war map more
than anything else.
The State III Tennessee II once took
measures to punish these wretches. Gen.
Andrew jackson was sent after them
with about z. 900 eager and hardy vOlun-
teers These were all exnert wo0dsmen,
deadly marksmen with their old long
rifles. AMI delighted in the GRAND they
were on. The fierce fro of retribntion
famed in their hearts, and the memory
of ruthless savage butchery nerved them
on their long and toilsotnc march. At
the same time Gen. Coffee was ordered
to the frontier Of the State with 500
mounted men. The two forces joined in
October at o point on the Tennesses
River then know as Ditso's Landing.
After q month OF constant fighting, in
December jackson came upon the main
body of the Indians and q terrific battle
took place. The savages were COM
pIetely defeated and left about 500 dead
warriors on the battlefield The invest
ment was not complete, however, owing
to the misconduct of q subordinate Off
Ger, and large number of the indians
escaped, taking their prisoners with
them.
Uncle Zene used To relate with gusto
how a huge savage who had formed an
attachment to him placed him before
him on horse and galloped of through
the woods. 81 tells you, chiien, be
raid, 81 scrooched up nifty clus ter dat
big Injnn, fer de bullets was flynn dat
fas' dcy sounded dies like bees buzzin'
Old Hickory was not the man to be
satisfied with one fight; 50, having been
re-enforced. he followed up the savages
and attacked them ia their encampment
on the Tallapoosa river. This place
had been fortified by the Indians with a
great deal of skill. They made a most
desperate resistance, but were finally
forced from their intrenchments into the
brush. A flag of truce was sent to them
but they fired on it, and rejected all
overtures. Then regular old fashioned
Fourth of July was prepared for them.
The trees and brush in which they were
hidden were set on fire, and not being
inclined to furnish the meat for barbe-
cue, they were forced to come out. and
thus became easy victims to the riAemen.
The work OF slaughter continued from
10 4. NJ, until night, when the few
wretched survivors escaped In the dark
ness This great victory wound up the
power and glory of the Creeks. Nearly
600 of their warriors were killed, and
over 800 women and children taken
prisoners. This time luck was with the
negro boy..Zene and he was taken back to
civilization by the victorious soldiers.
His old master being dead, with all his
family, the young slave became the
property of q nephew of Major Terwil-
ligar, who removed with him to Florida
in 1925.
When the Mexican war broke out his
master received q commission Us captain
in the engineer corps, and left for the
halls of the Montczumas, taking Zene
with him as body servant. cook, and gen.
eral factotum. One day while he and
his master were riding out at some dis
lance from the American camp, they
were surprised by party Of Mexican
guerrillas. Captain Terwilliger, after a
desperate resistance, was shot from his
horse. and while lying PROSTATE on the
ground was hacked to death by his MUIR
derous assailants. No harm was offered
the negro. He was considered valu
able capture, and In few days he was
on his way to the mines, having been
sold to wealthy Mexican for sum SUI
ficient to give the entire party Of captors
q weeks glorious caIousal.
Uncle Zene remained in Mexico until
1859, when .ile managed to escape, and
made his way to an English vessel lying
off the coast. He. was now under the
English flag, free man, and as he was
offered berth as cook on the vessel, he
concluded to renounce allegiance to Yam
kee land for q while and remain under
the protecting agis OF the cross Of st.
George.
Now comes the strange part Of this old
Africans history. While the vessel was
at Panama he contracted the terrible
Chagres fever, and for weeks and weeks
was Taving in the strange. weird land of
delirium. Again he was q little boy
tumbling in the dirt OF Tennessee; then
surrounded by fierce, wild faces, shiver
ing in the horrid din # savage warfare;
then toiling in the heat and gloom Of
foreign mines, eating the bitter bread Of
unceasing labor. Good nursing and q
naturally strong constitution brought
him around again, and he was once
more at his post, concOcting savOry
messes for the British sailors. About .
week after his return to duty he noticed
8 small white spot on the ulaer muscle
OF his left fore arm. It was about the
size OF q pea, and seemed to move in q
hidden groove. He noticed that it
seemed susceptible to al fluctuations Of
the weather. and called the captains at
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