Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-10

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Rrm.ni.cacc, oI ,iajm General Thcs'
Kinds.
Nix. Eplrog: Major llind- lad
received information that II large body
of iudiaIIs WAS OH the west side of the
Alabama. near Lower Peach Tree. and
he wa, determined Ia ovcrtakc them
before they left that locality # posi-
bile. He told hi, command To prepare
ration. Tor next day. lay down and
take some rest, and he wouldcall item
up before day 80 tia. they could reach
the Lower Peach Tree. some time the
next afternoon a> IL Wa only Il good
d,ys ride from where they then were.
iut lust u, hc had Issued hi. order, he
met with a surprise. Some Oi lliS
men .aidit would be- like going to
certain dcaih to 20 - far into the III
dian country now occupied 10y them
with such small army ofuntricd SOL
dicrS. \ large majority. however
>aid they would 20 If Tom lllnd-
went. Major Kinds then laid Ia hi'
command lac would not be arbitrary
with those who were unwilling 10 go {:
| they had volunteered to come with
him and he would let them volunteer
10 turn their backs On the enemy and
retreat without Il fight If they prefer
red il. lie further ,aid hc would IN
,lrllct lii pirkci- to let item out dur
/ ing the night without Il challenge for
! hc did not wish them 10 bc seen or
| heard when they went. sure enough
when the roll was called before day
a dozen or more did not answer TO
! their names. Major Hind let them
7 90 and they would have Ia bear the
rcproach of lc,Crtcr, but hc would not
punish them ~ such. Very soon hi,
: command in high spirit were making
! their way To tie eastern idle ui The
high land between the Tombigbcc and
/ Alabama rivers. Major lInd- seemed
/ 10 hc Il soldier by instinct. He had
every thin" we'll arranged. Hi, ad-
yanrcd scout, returned and met the
command some distance from the bat
. tie ground. and reported that. nnob-
F.. served by the indians. they had seen
! t.om inst 49, hD,y 49, they could ID"
. still .hcllin" corn and boating il over
/ the river.
Major Hind, told hi, men 10 be- rca-
dy. hut 10 keep calm and be- ~ quiet
II, possible until they got near enough
I 10 Kill an Indian with every cartridge
and then lU.h upon them aud bc crr-
/ tain Ia have IN Indian i'm range with
! their guns every time they pallcd. "a
trigger. They must give thclnsclyc-
. time enough Ia do effective work. The
plan of Major Kinds WAS fully carried
ont. The lnlian> were utterly con-
fused and ran about screaming and
made but faint resistance. They were
! mIddlcd together around their corn
heap. and II only took Il few minutes
to hill everyone in sight. Quite q
number. c.prriplly of the men, NJ
tempted to escape by swimming the
river. hut the soldiers stood OF the
bank and deliberately shot them ~
! they swan aud il was not known That
one escaped. Major Kinds rallied III,
men; said they had fully accomplished
what they lad came tu do. and they
/ had better take little rcfrc,lncnt for
! the inner IMAM and feed their horses
II, corn was plenty, and retreat back
I 10 safer ground, to camp Tor TIE night.
In looking among the dead they found
I'm indian child that WAS wounded, but
they thought not fatally. and Major
Kinds ordered that il should be- ~ care
fully provided for IL possible. aud tai
ken back with them Ia the white set
tlcmrn, aud he would get il Il doctor
and nurse. and il IL could he cured lc
would pay all the expenses and adopt
il in his family and treat il H. child.
IIut the wound proved fatal before
they got back To 81. Stevens. and they
gave il H. decent burial us they could.
and piled heavy logs Oh il, grave 80
that no ycrmin could scratch il ont.
Mai. iiinds rcrOnnOtcrcd the country
awhile but could find no more indians.
They seemed 10 have become disgiIstcd
with the western side of the Alabama
river, and the Major returned with
hi, command To Jefferson county,
where the citizens proyidrda barbecue
nj Grccnvillc and gave him and his
brave comrades general Publication.
The people welcomed them with great
cclat for the wholesome lesson they
had taught the tlicying corn shcll-
crs - which had Il wonderful effect in
keeping them out of southwestern NJ,
ALBANIA. In the meantime the war un-
der General Jackson was raging
around the head waters of the Ma
bama rivcragain,t the Greek and Mus
co.cc Indians: the British had taken
possession Of the Mobile Bay aud
placcda garrison in Pensacola through
which they supplied the hostile In
dians with arms and ammunition to
fight the Mississippi Territory with;
Major Kinds was now acknowledged
, To be the safest and bravcst military
commander in the Territory, and he
received Instructions from hcad1,lar-
tiers to raise and take charge Of II bri-
gade from all the Southwestern II colln-
ties of Mississippi, and march TO the
vicinity of Pensacola To break UP the
intercourse between the British ana
Indians and tn keep the British rom
invading South Alabama. lie was
soon there with his brigade and with
the commission of Brigadicr- General.
j. G.. JoNEs.