Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-04-24

'elt tnem. Inc son and young man,
swan to the north side of the river
the negro was drowned. On the north
side they found canoe, and embarked
in her and floated down the river, but
unfortunately, on the next day were
met by five Indian canoes, full of men,
who took them prisoners and carried
them to Chickamauga, and killed the
young man and burnt him. Jennings
they knocked down and were about to
Kill him, but were prevented by Rogers,
an Indian trader, who paid a price
agreed on for him in goods. Mrs. Jen,
nings, however, and the negro woman,
succeeded in unloading the boat, but
chiefly by the exertons of Mrs. Jen-
nlngs, who got out of the boat and
showed it off. The boat started sudden.
ly, and Mrs. Jennings was in danger of
being left standing upon the rock.
They made wonderful escape. Mrs.
Peyton, her daughter, was in this boat;
she had been delivered the night before
of child, which unfortunately was
killed on this day in the hurry and
confusion which overlook them. Mrs.
Peyton, Notwithstanding these severe
trials, and being wet and cold, and
without nourishment from the time the
boat ran on the rock until the 10Th of
March, still preserved her health, and
did we'll. The heroines of this day were
not Amazons, but they resembled the
women of ancient Sparta, who preferred
firmness of soul and intrepidlty in
danger, to all other qualities, and re-
warded those with their esteem who
possessed these inestimable virtues.
Whoever has made the experiment has
become convinced that they have trans
mitted these qualities without mixture
to their posterity. On the / ltb of March.
1850, after distributing the family of
Jenning into different boats, the emf
grants proceeded down the river, and
at night encamped on the north side.
On Tuesday, the 18th of March, 1880,
they came to an Indian village as it
was supposed to be, from Growing of
cocks. Here the Indians fired upon the
people in the boats again without doing
them any damage. About 10 clock
they came in sightof the Muscle Shoa Is,
and landed on the north side above the
shoal.
1t has been concerted and agreed
upon, that Capt. James Robertson, who
left Big Creek early in the fall of 1779,
should proceed through Kentucky to
the Big Salt Spring on the Cumberland
river, with several others in company,
and from the Big Salt Spring should
come across the country to the upper
end of the Muscle Shoals, and there
make signs by which the boatmen
might know that he had been there,
and that it was practicable for them
to 20 from thence across by land to the
Big Salt Spring; to the great disap.
pointment of the emigrants now landed
at the Muscle Shoals, they could not
find any signs there; they concluded
not to make the attempt to go by land,
but to 20 down the river, well apprized,
however, of the great risk they incurred
by prosecuting their journey down the
river After trimming their boats in
the best possible manner, they passed
the shoals before night. When they
approached the shoals, they had a most
dreadful appearance; the water being
high, they resounded to a great dis
tance; but Providence preserved them
from this danger, and they passed
through the shoals unhurt. They pass
ed them in about three hours. They
had been represented to Col. Donaldson
to be twenty five or thirty miles long.
but from the time taken to pass through
them, he did not believe them to be of
that length. On that night they en-
camped on the north shore, near the
lower of the shoals; ON the 18th of
March, 1880, they continued to move
down the river, and encamped at night
on the north side; on tuesday, the 14th
of March, 1880, early in the morning,
they recommended the voyage; two of
the boats approaching too near the
shore. were fired upon by the Indians,
five persons of their crews were wound
ed, but not dangerously; at night they
encamped near the mouth of q creek.
After kindling their fires and preparing
for rest, they were alarmed by the
barking of their dogs, and supposed the
Indians were approaching their camp;
they went to their boats precipitately,
and fell down the river mile and a
half, and came to on the opposite shore,
and there remained for the night. In
the hustle and confusion they were in,
they had left in the camp they retreat
ed from, an old African negro asleep
at the fire; in the morning Mr.. Caffrey
and John Donaldson, the younger, took
q canoe and crossed the river, and re.
turned to the deserted camp, where they
found the negro at the fire asleep. Such
of the movers as had left their property
at the camp, then returned and collect.
ed it. On the 18th of the month they
got under way, and on the five follow,
ing days, meeting with no distractions
to delay them, they came to the mouth
of the Tennessee, and landed on the
lower point, Immediately on the banl
of the Ohio, Here, Unexpectedly, they
found themselves in difficult circum