The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-07
ESTABLISHED 1865.

that he would be willing to return once
more to Germany, to see FIVE hundred
seven feet Mohawks, exasperated oy
tyrannical discipline, tear off FIVE hun
,ired scalps-one Of them the Kings
and 50 ieaping through the streets o.
Berlin, brandishing their hatchets ano
yelling war-whoops.
Among the Indians there was
Young chief, between whom and the
German adventurer there began an IN
tinacy inat grew rapidly into the
warmest friendship. Tley were al
ways together, sharing each others fare
and lodging. At last they betooE
themselves to wandering far from thei'
homes, and were sometimes absent To-
weeks. In one of these expeditions
the G,r,nan saved the life of the youns
chief. It is impossible to conjectur'
what was the character of this rescue
! but that it was signal is proved by to-
intense friendship which not only th'
tribe to which theyoung chief belonged
but all the adjoining tribes or encamp
rents, manifested TO the strange whit
man. The danger from which tn
young chief was rescued was 50 great
! that his father would not permit hin
agaietas.shseatts sbiusalf from hiatenr,
foTger than one Cay. But this con-
fusd life did not suit the adventurous
spirit of the German. He made known
to the extensive colony of his compatri-
OTIS, that he would take his dog and
gun, and wander towards the South
having heard that there was some
where in that direction a colony of
white people, among whom We're some
Germans; aud that the name OF the
colony was Georgia.
When the Indians became aware of
this determination on the part OF their
white friend, a conversation not unlike
the following must have ensued be-
twsar him and the old chief. Conse-
ouences resulting from such a CONVEX
sation did certainly take place, as Will
soon appear.
"Wid lett ear to sunrise and right ear
tosunset you 60 long way?" asked the
old chief.
eyes" replied the German" 60
South"
'You big FOOL" rejoined the chief,
"What go for?'
The object Of the journey was eS'
planned; and after it was very plain
that no discussion would be of any
avail, the Indian resumed:
eff you go sure, den wait ten day."
"Why- must I wait ten days." in
ouired the white man.
"You see, may be, in two day, afte'
'ou go>sne," was the reply.
The adveffbuassrer remained among hi'
ountrymen and hfsNSdian friends full
v two weeks longer, and ther~he Sc
ut on solitary journey. That dayor1
departure caused throughout the colony !
!eep sadness to which, no doubt, many |
maiden gave her contribution of a
ear; and there was one, I must think,
yho many and many day sighed and
obbed as she sat at the buzzing
pinniug wheel, and drew out and
visited the wcolen or the aaxen thread.
Many Sc ements of European peo-
,ie lay along his way, but he avoided
hem aud sought out the Indians. The
nvstery of the "ten days, was, as the
i'd chief predicted, explained on the
econd day of his journey. He must
lave been man Of very remarkable
appearance. 1 have child's recollec-
ion of two of his sons, in their old age,
ynoln I frequently saw, sixty years
.go. They were singularly tall, gaunt,
oroad-shouldered, long armed men,
With features expressive Of much kind
ness, combined With obstinacy of pur-
pose. Their father, the pioneer, must
nave had some prominent traits, by a
description of which he could be easily
recognized; for the first Indians be en-
which was on the second
iav after bis departure, ran forward to
meet him, as if they had been expect
ing him; and they showed him their
to serve him in every posi-
BILE way. It was easily perceived that
The old chief had requested him to
tarry vet ten days, so that be could
send messengers before him, to secure
for him everywhere kind reception and
service. This message preceded him,
from tribe to tribe, from encampment
to encampment, all along his route, as
be experienced it, up to the day when
be stood on the top Of the eminence
known as Ruff7s Mountain,-the very
first white man that ever viewed the
landscape, from this ele=
waited point.
Ihave no facts TO guide ne in follow
ing the pedestrian through Maryland,
Virginia, and North Carolina. When
he entered South Carolina be followed
Broad River on its eastern bank, under
the guidance of Catawba Indians.
Many years ago-not less than forty
I visited a friend near the small village
OF Monticello, in Fairfield. The site OF
kat gentleman's residence was very
high ridge, and his back piazza COM
manded All extensive view towards
the southwest. I looked from a win
dow in the second story across the
valley of Broad River, and saw Ruf's
Mountain more than twenty miles
away. The line Of the horizon formed
bv niney woods was as level as the