Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-04-17
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
CONTINUED FROM LAST wEEK.l

"oo''' N'ooocu euo SunUcIlduu mOuu-
tain; it consisted of Capt James Rob-
ertson, George Freeland, VIM. Nicely,
Edward Swanson, James Hanly, Mark
Robertson, Zachaiiah White, William
Overall and a negro fellow, who was
afterwards killed at Freeland 3 Station,
in the year 1881, on the same night
when Major Lucas was killed. They
explored the country to the neighbor
hood Of the place where Nashville now
stands, and fixed themselves conven-
lent to the French Lick; they planted a
field of corn on the ground where Nash
Vile now stands, in the year 1779, about
the spot where Joseph Park now lives,
near the Lower ferry, and the party re-
turned to East Tennessee for their fam.
lilies. leaving Overall, White and Swan
son to keep the buffaloes out of the
corn.
In the year 1910, Mansco, with a num-
ber of others, came to Cumberland
river, and found Capt. James Robert
sons company at the French Lick.
where they had just arrived. Robert
son himself was gone to the Illinois, to
purchase the cabin rights of General
Clarke. The emigrants planted some
corn that spring at the French Lick
Mansco returned to the settlements,
and in the fall conducted number of
families to the country, who settled at
Bledsoe's Lick, Mansco's Lick, and ut
other places.
In ITO, in the month of October,
John Rains set off from New River to
20 to Kentucky, and advanced towards
the Cumberland Gap; but before reach. &.
ing the Gap, he found Capt. James
Robertson in Powell's Valley, who per-
suaded Rams to come with him to Cum
berland; the latter agreed to the pro-
posal, and to give up his former pur-
pose of settling at Harrodsburg; other
persons, in small companies, both be-
fore and behind, were moving 10 differ.
ent places, and some of them to Cum
berland; some of them were the hunters
who had been to Cumberland in 1859
Frazier, hunter, had been to, and re-
turned from, Cumberland; Mansco had
left the hunters in 1859 or ITO, just be.
fore they had set off to return home,
and went down the river as before stat.
ed. Upon the return of Mansco in
177l from. his voyage down the river,
the fame of the Cumberland lands, and
of their fertility, as we'll as the salubrity
of the air, the excellency of the water,
the abundance of buffaloes, deer and
game Of all sorts, was diffused through
all the frontier settlements; was the
theme of conversation in every COM
pany, and many embraced the resolu-
tion of emigrating to this land of plenty.
They came through the Cumberland
Gap; thence to the Cum berland river,
at the crossing place crossed by the
Kentucky trace at that time; these
small parties travelled on the Kentucky
trace to Dicks river, where was Whit
ley's Station; thence they travelled on
the ridge between Salt river and Dick 8
river, to point near place since call.
ed Carpenters Station, on the waters
of Green river; thence to Robertson 8
fork on the north side of Green river,
which discharges itself into that river;
thence down the river to place since
called Pitman' 3 Station; thence across
Green river, and down it, to Little
Barren river, crossing the same at Elk
Lick; thence to the Blue Spring in the
baIrens; thence to the Dripping Spring,
between the Blue Spring and the Big
Barren; thence to Big Barren, and
crossing it; thence up to Drake 8 Creek,
that runs into it, and up brakes Creek
to place near to an oil spring, so call
ed from a scum Of oil that is upon
it, which is swept off by the wings of
fowls, and is sold at dollar per quart,
and is used as medicament for burns
and pains. This spring is five miles
from Big Barren, to the southwest of it,
and breaks out near the banks of Drake 8
Greek, about five miles above the mouth
opposite to where the County of Sum.
ner, in Tennessee, now is, and at this
time in the County of Warren, in Ken
lucky; the water of this spring is dark
like tar, of nauseous smell; it is q
boiling spring, and the oil is always on
the surface of the water, and is not
used by any animal. The oil upon the
water of the spring has the appearance
of grease, or of oil poured upon the
water; the oil floats on the surface, till
obstructed by some obstacle, when it
collects in compact quantities, and is
then taken up and put in bottles, and
applied to divers medicinal uses. From
the Oil spring they went to the Maple
Swamp; this was marshy place,
but full of timber, when in all the ad
joining country, there is no timber at
all thence they travelled to Red river,
crossing two or three miles below where
they struck it, at place since called
Kilgore's Station; thence over to
Manscos Creek, then so called after
Kasper Mansco, who had there stopped
upon place where he afterwards lived
and died. This place he had seen when
he came down the river in the year
1863. The emigrants came down Mans
cos Greek, to the place where Mansco
lived, and thence to the French Lick.
In the month of January, 1850, the river