The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-15
,lvFUsKIE ISLAND.
HISTORY AS THE SCENE or
HA '''uv INDIAN STRUGGLES

.,,Ny INDIAN SIhooe-
southeastern Point OF so"'n
r, '..Drh. Tragedy of Bloody Point
S'l'D' ont a whole Tribe OF In
candidate for public favor is
s new s' island, one of the islands
Tlu', ,,',.rt from Savannah and one
iai u most interesting historically.
'nS I !. the Indian name OF the
lp'' II il some six miles in length
1 o., N miles sin in width, noted for its 5
i sr.ters and crabs and famous ne, OF
years for its deer hunting n, i4st hnt In n.
}, '1 WERE fy0 u,i the mounds, tomahawks.
slls ,a iiOT and other relics of that
S 'ls,"h are still to be found on the
M Il is the southeasternmost poln'
S',,h Carolina, and directly oppo-
SU Tvhee island, and in what was
~. III Known as st. Luke's parish
n usart district, but now legally desig-
IIV as yemassee township, Beaufort
", ISLAND was at one time the prop
" J, FL tbe Mongin family, who settled
,Ort r75O and up to the beginning
\" lote war it was divided into sew
~ D,,utations and had population,
ldaitiOn to the planters families, OF
y Zoo slaves. Several places on
Island are still owned by the de-
d.nts Of the Mongins, Bloody Point
A. Mongin Stoddard and Melrose
n. Alfred II. Stoddard.
NJ following story of Dawfuskie Is.
,nneared in The Morning News OF
q, 1878, and is all of its early
Ur that can be found:
Tbe massacre Of Bloody Point,
Oh preyious to the Revolutionary
il still interesting as relating to
ancient history of St Luke. The
has Of Port Royal and st. Helena
Uretty thickly settled with white
lation when Hilton Head, Dow
", Pinckney and the other neigh
n islands were held in possession
few isolated Indians or were alto
uninhabited. They formed a kind
sutral ground between the white
he'd men. The Indians from Georgia
in the habit of making frequent
kds upon the white settlements,
Big the inhabitants and carrying of
lever plumber they could gather, to
remoter homes in the farther south.
formed large war parties and
d proceed as far north as Hilton
Here they would skulk about till
chance offered, when they would
Broad river and ravage the neigh
x statements; hence the name Of
creek land not Skull, as is now
enD
he Indians were in the habit of re-
hg to Skulk creek after these in
ps and would elude pursuit among
PmerOuS hooks and windings. Upon
f these occasions, after having
pltted number Of murders and
g loaded their canoes with what
punder they were able to collect,
9 secured a quantity of fire wa
It's presumed, from the sequel,
passed through Skulk creek ON
return south without stopping in
old haunts and never halted until
feached Dow Dusky, where they
pit they would be beyond the reach
whites.
very strong and determined party
Ties went in pursuit Of them. On
ng Hilton Head they learned from
Indians Of a friendly tribe that
Enemies had not halted, but had
aed on south. Having induced
friendly Indians to join them as
tney continued their pursuit
south. When they had gone on
Is Dow Dusky, they discovered
ne smoke Of their camp that the
mad halted at the southeast
y the island. The whites landed
northwest 20 portion and marched
'nelr enemies. The Indians had
'aeir boats a short distance
"a now known as New river,
:. 'ne surf which breaks upon
ny The Indians were at the ex.
point enjoying themselves in an
su n round of conviviality and
ine whites approached eau.
~. ~. S,ealthily, and, having got
n .ne Indians and their boats.
Wy :; cut off their retreat. A
u Ouiiets was the first intima.
mad OF the presence of an en-.
~, MY were shot down. bayoneted,
'uu were finally driven into the
~ surprise was complete; the mas.
dreadful; the white sand,
!. u some. with blood, and the
',ewn with wounded, dyins
n, a few, very few, escaped bJ
r =, sumo to the opposite marsh
's ~ I'M entirely over to Tybee, ,
bsa !, 'ilee miles. From the dread
' sla AZ this spot it received tn,
timo Euy Point, which it retain,
p ,or' It !. being the extreme south
Eisir" VI South Carolina. Afte,
l,', :, Victory the settlements /,
no 10 Broad river received n,
'I anS sa from the souther,
IN ~ soon after Hilton Head il
[ian " Dc, De settled by the whites
|fter VINO escaped, having col