The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-11-03

Gated at Mercer and admitted to the
bar in 1881 at Washington, in Wilkes
county. He died in 1872. wonder
if there were any quadroon children
born to his Indian wife. No doubt he
has relatives living in Georgia who can
tell.
In perusing these ancient records |
find that Governor Troup, the noblest
homan OF them all, was tull-blOOded
cousin to that famous Indian chief
tain, General William Mcintosh, and
that the generals father was, as is
usual, q Scotchman who took an In
dian wife. Governor Troup's mother
and McIntosh's father were brother
and sister. Mcintosh was chief of the
Creeks, and like Ridge and Boudinot
was assassinated for signing the treaty
that ceded the Creek lands to Georgia.
I tell you, these Scotchmen, or Scotch
Irish, as George Adair calls them,
were on the wild hunt for Indian
wives, and they had the pick and took
the best of them. Even Osceola was
the son of Scotchman. Maybe my
friend George Adair has o streak OF
injun blood in him, who knows? II
Evan Howell hasn't, then all signs fail
in the face.
It is sad to realize that in few
years more not man or woman will be
left who mingled with the aboriginal
owners of Georgia soil-these Greeks
and Cherokees and Seminoles, who
gave kind welcome to our ancestors,
| only to be despoiled of their homes
not man left to tell of their trials and
tribulations.
Big John Underwood, the Roman
runagee, who fed from the foul inva'
der and for lack Of any better trans
portation drove steer in the shafts OF
O. one-horse wagon, and for lack OF
harness bored hole through the dash
board and drew the steers tail through
and tied the end in. a knot, used to
tell me many stories about the indians,
for he lived among them away back III
the 3Os. He, too, tried to marry an
Indian maiden, but he wasn't a Scotch
man and couldn't shoot the crossbov
nor the long bow and so she wouldn''
have him. These Indians had grea
admiration for the archers skill.
remember visiting the wigwam OF OIL
old Indian on Sawnys mountain
near Cumming, Ga. I, too, was thel
lad of twelve years and got the OH
mans grandsons to shoot TOR me ant
my young cousins Splitting the up
per end of small stick that wa
about three feet long, I inserted
silver quarter in the split and stuc
the other end in the ground. At thirt
yards the boys would hit the qual
ter with al arrow almost ever
time, and, of course I gave it t.
them. How did they ever learn to d
: this? asked Of the old man. The
begin, he said, almost as soon as the
can walk. First they shoot at a bi
tree, and then smaller one, and the
9 a still smaller one, and keep on fro'
/ year to year until they can knock OF
q squirrels eye. In 1916 visited
q uncle in Smith county, Mississippi
4 and found remnant Of the Chicks
saws there. They were friendly an
J. kind and very expert in killing de-
!. by shining their eyes at night. NJ
= cousins and I went with them OF
night, OUT uunapplly tney sn1neo u
,, eyes of yearling calf that belonge
. to one of the neighbors and shot hir
J. 1t mortified and troubled them vel
~ much, but as they went hunting {
.. our account, we quoted their fears /
g paying for the calf the next day.
u I forgot to mention that Elias Bo
~ dinot, the philanthropist, wrote We
1t learned treatise to prove that tt
Indians of North America all descen
" ed from the lost tribes of Israel, al
Ia his book made many converts to tn
a, belief.
W And now the sad news comes tn
u General Avery is dead-my gents
Il. loving friend of forty years-a m
We whom [ always loved to meet wheth
a. d, I, was IN the office or the count
10 room or on the sidewalk. How fl
1e of good. pleasant cheer he was. WI
9. kind greetings he always gave. WI
80 thoughtful comments on men and
~ events of the day. Georgia can
TO- afford to lose such men as Gene
az Avery and Judge Clark, but still I
world moves on. "Close up, clt
oo up!' is the word from the Great Go
Wy mander, and the gaps that death NAL
in or ranks are closed and soon f
on gotten. Bill ARP in Atlanta Cons
''' tuition.