Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-19
MARK SPEARS.
Story of the Boy Hero Of the Creek War i'm Georgia.
n ~ AuR THOMPSON
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In the time Of the Creek war there stood.
near the Chickasawhachee swamp in Geor-
gia,. a large country house almost surrounded
by a plantation. Some years before the
breaking out OF hostlitIes the place was
owned by a man who had MORALLY offended
q chief of the Creek Indians. and against him
and his family the trlbs declared vengeance.
1t was to get beyond the reach Of the saw
ages that the offender came to live In this
lonely dwelling on the connne Of a swamp
wilderness strangely wild and gloomy.
At that time Baker county was thlnly set
tied. but the white population was mostly
Of a wealthy and cultured class OF people.
The man who had ill-treated the Indians
found that his hiding place had been dis
covered, and, we'll knowing that II he stayed
there he and his family would sooner or
later be murdered, he sold the house AMI
plantation to a gentleman by the name OF
Copper, who, with his wife and children and
a nephew Of his wife's. a boy OF Is. named
Mark Spears, took possession and began forth
with to make 1t a most attractive and hos
pitable home.
Meantime the Creek war came on, AMI the
savages began their bloody work wherever
opportunity offered. The whole or southern
Georgia was startled by deeds of the most
outrageous cruelty. Fam lies were butchered,
women and children scalped and otherwise
IOTT1DlY muIllHltu, u Z W e III NV luNi
of the Indians fire and blood were the record
ing elements of scenes too heartrending
for description.
Mark Spears, the boy just mentioned, was
very fond of deer stalking, and had the repu-
tation OF being the best rife shot in the
which We're the favorite pastlme Of the yo1ng
mon. he nearly always proved himself tbs
champion.
THE DEADLY CREEKS.
=, ,,a ,o,,.r ,,r, NJ Iupa ,S2s no was
a., - 20 Nc chi,hasa uhaches swami
IN tne euse VI Il LIN u'hioh ,yara non,
r,ss n . yoats ,aS,a dej;c,cv as well as
sue,.u" go. g. r,ea nr.c,ice in thp
Aoeiie .ms en rono M, ~ Good condition
I ~. ,wns ,at oarIv morn,ng. the sun had lust
a.was :. - .ay How n,oss-bung forest
n'e. mu aoV'e w Nal, -aacbsd the Mace
III ~ hs' 90 and ana ue had
VIZ NJ Co,,nar,s family was awake:
sen peiole w. So",s, - ,,,tnhon ,,era
!. snH msnarors hreaLfast and some
preparlne a generous o,sSa n N ra anu SWIM
h'Isnoo,s se,o $1,000 ~ .Yn u hideo,,s danm for that
49, hau ons its hannu .,ost, Tho chief
nouseholu anu Us happy sues IA
think,ns tnat n.s enemy' ne hn 1 hon ma' nro-
m,suseu mn mn 81 rananao - II was while The
psleu ~ a n us aerra5 ma q hodv NJ INV
Iepa'. Wa s"e pna,raa r,rround,np the
ases omS r,sh,rg In nnon The company AT
pia1e' auu u nsnn shnuts
'apIe ~ 1890. 80 wild alarm everv
In the n,st mumsh' - q" su son,o avenne
person maue d auioh uas .arr;h,o dan,ar that
OF escape run NV Sn.t.oninn In ovnry dirac-
can pe ihus,muo, ams chiidren ran without
W -, .,ah ,ay 20 oo Soma Of the men
knowihs winch way y s go uns u,t,e onnor-
sna,cneu up aims, ~ Owe ,fter another fell
tun,y lor res,s,an''' o"' ~
anu was s1a'P ~ o1,r rop JJrE
,ion
a little glri, y years oiu, III" -
Foscue, was one OF the sues.s nua ia
fast, she was a orisht, act''e INV al and
when she hearo the saVases yua..nS; en-
some one near her sala, nuias - u
sprang from her chslr ana 1ar'eu ~ '"
tho house, IKE a nyihe p'ru' .ntuusn a
Dack uoor winch epeheu uptti q MAJ IS
table garden. Across TINS sirueh u o'e.
a low renee she weht anu quiz So,,O On
II Icy Low, thscIe lowered niece Of
umrU% Che Was TOO wang to reason clear
r.. NV, ,sr;ebtoned almost IN. death as she
30 81. ana at ronp nature of our Amer
1"a an n,rI, ~ ,bose STIRRING DAVIS gave her
tIa arr IN act nromnfIv and well. She had
ims, re,cbed a winding cattle path by the
strs.m.s side when a tall grimy Indian
80 so,wIina atrociouslv- came I'M face
TX f,oa With ber she screamed at tho ton
- har vo,ca The savape snrnnp toward her.
oa,rs,tns . iong Lrise He iimned as he
,mnvaS Co h. had a wound In the leg, but
NJ Ala not ,nt,co this with her little
81. a,naos, stiaad avnecting every mo-
man. ~ To-, mo Lrife h,ade strike her she
.,rmad ana aartes into the thicket' waded
~ '.trsnnn ana ran I'm the opnostte bank
monn thn ,,,,sha. Che heard the Indian
Sn,,om. snI,shing tho water and ]prunting
N
wo.ntmo MARI had heard the firing of
rms ana tha tmr,,,ito,s vo,ces at the dis
t 49, house ua IJstened for n moment then
O., ~. ~ could IN tho directiop