Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-15

she had taken care not to awake them.
She shut the door and barred it with
benches and tables, and took down the
rifle of her husband, which was well
charged She placed herself directly
opposite to the opening which would
be made by pushing the door from its
connection with the wall, and the re-
ceiver of the bolt of the lock which
was fastened to it. Upon her own
fortitude now solely rested the defense
of her own life and the lives of her five
little children, She stood in profound
silence. The Indians came to the door
and showed against it, and gradually
forced it wide enough open to attempt
an entrance. The body of one of them
was thrusting itself into the opening
and prizing the door still further from
the wall, another stood behind him
pushing him forward, and another
stood behind him pushing the middle
one forward. She set the trigger of the
rifle; put the muzzle near to the body
| OF the foremost, and in direction for
the ball after passing through the body
OF the foremost to penetrate those be-
hind. The rifle fired, the foremost fell,
the next one to him screamed. They
were both dangerously wounded. She
uttered not word. 1t occurred to the
Indians that armed men were in the
house; and not knowing what their
number might be they withdrew with
out any further attempt at it. They
took three horses out of the stable and
set it on fire. Their trail was searched
for and found. Their number was at
least twenty five.
Shortly before the 11th of June, two
parties OF whites were attacked by In
dians, on the road leading to Ken,
tucky, and eight of them were killed,
wounded and missing.
About the 9th of Decem ber, George,
of Chilhowee, Cherokee, killed Mr.
Black, OF Sewer County, and was him
self Immediately followed and killed
by the white people.
The Creeks did not yet abate the
proofs which they had so long given of
their rooted enmity against the United
States. The threatening aspect which
they presented induced the Governor,
on the 10th of February, to give orders
to Gen. Robertson to keep up the in.
fantry which had been formerly STA
TONED for 1.-The .Rroteetiop Of sumner
County, and particularly the post on
the ford of Cumberland, during the
present year if not otherwise ordered.
The other to the ED of July. And
about the same time, he wrote to the
Secretary of War on the subject of In,
dian affairs, and recommended that
an expedition be carried into the heart
of tbe Creek territory, proposing like
wise the plan and time of invasion.
He asserted that the upper Creeks had
killed and robbed the citizens of the
United States from the day of the dec
laration of independence to that day
without cause or provocation, and re.
gardless of the treaty of New York
ever since its formation, with impunity;
except that some few of them have
been killed by the citizens in defense
of themselves, their wives and chill.
dTen, their houses and their property,
or in their flight with scalps or horses
in their possession, which has brought
them to believe and to boast, that they
are superior to the citizens of the
United States in war; And until the
upper Creeks, we're made in turn to
feel the horrors of war, and thereby
learn the true value of peace, and q
sense of their own inferiority, see,
said he, no reason to hope that they will
observe more peaceful conduct than
they have hitherto done, except so far
as they shall in greater degree be re.
strained by defensive measures. One
certain effect Of the upper Creeks hav-
ing so long killed and robbed with i'm
punity, the citizens OF the United
States had seen, that more or less of
the Cherokees, generally of the lower
towns, and of the lower Creeks too,
have attached themselves to the upper
Creek warriors, and aided them in the
preparation of murders and thefts.
And probable effect will be, if they
are suffered to pass on with impunity,
notwithstanding the present friendship
which exists between the United States
and The Choctaws and Chickasaws,
that they finding the upper Creeks en-.
riching themselves with the spoils of |
the citizens of the United States. &C.
quiring the reputation of warriors,
whist the united states confine them |
selves merely to defend their citizens
when they can, will, more or fewer of
them, be induced to follow their ex.
ample, which could terminate only in
a hostile confederacy or union of the
southern tribes. On the contrary,
should an expedition be carried on
against the upper Creeks, and should
the whole of them be exterminated, it
would be but justice as respects them,
a nest of murderers and thieves. and
will serve as an example to such of the
lower Creeks and Cherokees as have
been hitherto hostile to the United
States. twill confirm the Chickasaws