Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-26
HIS VERSION OF IT.
Arp Corrocts Statements Regard
ing Indian Missionaries.
story of Dr. B"si~r rpd Wife-Minis-
ter Was Not Taken To- MiII~Jge-
,iIfr with Rope Around
Ills Neck.

that my Young friend Fred bOvan wrote
about the missionary, DIR. Butler. and
his wife. No doubt but that il is found
Cd on fact, aud he probably 20; his data
from some very old man who
stili lives near Coosa,ille. a lit
tie village ~ miles below Rome.
was interested in the story
lecausc when was lad that
same Dr. Butler was imprisoned in the
county Jail in Lawrenceyille. where my
father lived. Another missionary, bs
the name Of Worcester, was imprisoned
with them. and their oifeuSc was their
refusal to take the oath Of allegiance
to the state 81 Georgia OF otherwise to
lcav, the Cherokee nation. They were
suspected of using their influence To
render the Indians dissatisfied with the
treaty that required them to 20 west.
John Howard PAYNE, the author of
"llome. Sweet Home. was also q sus-
/ Iect, and was arrested and taken 10
Milledgeyille To bceNamincd. Thosewerc
bot times in Georgia. especially north
Georgia. for Gwinnett was a border
county. and We children could almost
see Indians squa,ted among the chin
uuapin bushes or behind the trees on
the road To the mill. We knew they
were just over the Chattahoochee river.
and that some white people over there
had been murdered by them. Indians
were as much a terror to us as ghosts
aud runaway negroes. The new gran
lite Jail had just been completed. and
| ha
They all escaped within a week. They
took up stone in the floor and bur
rowed out like moles or rabbits.
| never heard until GoVan wrote IL
that Butler was dragged to Milledgv-
vile with rope around his neck. nor
am | prepared TO believe that much OF
the story. lie and Worcester were ar
rested in New Echoin Gin Gordon coun-
| ~ and brought mounted TO Lawrence
vile and tried before Judge Ciaytor
who was Mrs. Henry Grady's GRANDPA
Tier. \ learned. humane and incor-
ruptible Judge. They had the best 81
laeal counsel, Elisha Chester. also n
native az Connecticut. and they had N,
renowned William Wiri as adviser. ant
| they had the president. John Quincy
.Niams. ON their side. John Marshall
the chief justice Of the supreme court.
issued his mandamus to compel judge
layton To release the prisoners. but h.
! refused. aud collision seemed. incvi-
table between the United States anil
the state ot Georgia. think that Nh.
Gu,au'S informant is mistaken. for But
/ Ter had lots of friends-powerfu
friends aud John Res. the chief OF
the Cherukees. WaS baci,iug him. Dcub,
less he was a COOL man. hut he was
stubborn aud fana'ical. and DECLARED! h,
1 owed 40 allegiance excerpt to the Amer
/ lean board Of foreign missions and To-
tod that il was his duty to teaci,
/ Christianity to the Indians, and h..
would continue 10 do SO.
10th these men were convicted aud
.ntruccd to he peEitentiary for four
/ years. When they arrived nj Nilledpc.
vile toy. Lumpkin kindly advised them
10 take the oath or agree to l.n,e The
state. and if they would do either he
! would at once pnrtlon then. Tho, r.
fused and wrote to the hoard NJ mis-.
sons for advice. That board commend
cd their refusal and arajn ur,,J yiY,
and Sargent To resort To the surr,m.
court Hut these eminent lawy.rs nd
yiscd an acceptance Of Coy. LumnLin,s
offer. SO they accented and ,,er. mr..
dcned- and my fniher ALWAYS said ,b.,
returned 20 Connecticut lie Ln.,,.
them and had many conversations With
them and cave them good n,,ica fn,.
he, too. was New England man ArJ
hence | am SURPRISED Ia lrnrn from NJ.
,;oyan that UutI.r r.turr.d % ~. ~,
slouary work and died ue,r cao..,;iI,
and vs. hur;.d h, a.. a. -, -
l., fact meyer lu.u h.for. a.. l.
had a wife. I'm, os cou,.. ,ha -
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