The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23
GEORGIA OF LONG AGO.
Recalled 50 Arp hy Scholarly ard
Historic Letters
one Nho Knew Bondtnut hen q
repositories of Ltent. Pasehai-
An Early RomRnee-f eunE
Indian Archer.


[ Clark died. the man of memories
the historian. the iur.s,. the amiable
ald lov46le citizen. want his book rs
soon as Mrs. KylY has il published. !
+ know Il viii be q treasure ~ the o.1
E people. and should be 70 the young. i
+ thought thai al NY congern poraries
who were familiar with the public az
+ fairs of lifJy and sixty years aSo were
dead. but / vas mistaken Quite
flood Of historic letters have come 70
T me of late from venerable and scholarly
+ men y ne have > yesl Ssnstl from their long
T retirement and write NE some most IN
geressing Feeollections Of men and
eyentS ot byEoce days. What careful,
artistic penmansbip illumines most of
+ these letters, reminding me % NY "a
Tiers. and Jdhn Mcpherson RerrIen's 5,
and Henry :. Jaekson's, and otheFs
who were trained 10 write by the
schoo.nssssrs of the ol6er time.
Here Is . long ard scholarly letter
from Mr. : p Hale. Of WadISonyilae.
Tenn. who s now N his sseEenty-fourth
year. and Whose father was ar officer
in the army that moved the CherokexS
beyond the Mississippi river. II took
many months fer the soldiers 70 gather
these Indians together, for they kept
IN hiding Us long rs possible. and While
this was going On MF. Hale's father and
his family were located at New Eehota,
IN what Is now Gordon county. We
lived" said Mr.. Hale. in house that
ny father rented from Boudiuot and he
purchased from him many articles Of
handsome furniture. among which was
a heavy folding leaf dining table made
Of cherry wood and finished in artistic
style This table has been in the fam
liz ever since and is now in nv house.
and on il We eat our humble meals
three tines = DAY. prize II highly as
a souvenir ef my childhood. for l
was then only Il years old. remern-
ber well seeing Mr.. Bouiiuot and John
Ridge and other notable Indians n con-
ference there. Ridge was tai. erect
and copper-cosored; nose aquiline. eyes
black and piercing and hair straight.
black ard coarse. He dressed like
white man and spoke broken English
fiuenflv. His father was an Indian. his
mother a half breed. and he was etfi-
Gated AZ a Moravian mission school.
"Boudinot was not so tai, bat was
heavier. broader man. with attractive
features and polished manners He
dressed stylishly. wore dark silk hat
and spoke English in its purity. He
published . newspaper at New Eehota
in the Indian dialect, end we boys did
often play with the type. Boudinot,
whose Indian name was Charles Nann.
was OF mixed blood. and while at the
mission school attracted the attention
OF Elias Boudinot. a wealthy gentle
man of Philadelphia, who adopted him
and gave him his Huguenot name. This
is the same philanthropist who was the
founder and first president of the Amer
lean Bible society. and gave il $4,000
TO start on. His will contained many
bequests 10 charity. and among them
one of $4,000 to provide spectaeles for
poor old women.
"But can you tell me anything OF Pas
schal-Lieut. Paschal? / think he was
q Georgian. He was there AZ New
Echota on Gen. Woods staff as aid
de-camp, and came here with Capt.
Derrick's company from Dahlonega.
He fell desperately in love with John
Ridges only daughter, Sarah. beau
tiful and lovely girl, and the best horse
woman / ever saw. He eourted her and
married her there. They spent some
time at our house, and their marriage
was quite romantic episode in our mo-
notonous life. During their court
ship she one day expressed desire to
ride my fathers horse. 'Muckle john
a steed Of blood and mettle. My IA
ther reluctantly consented, and for her
safety had a bride with a very severe
hit put on him. Paschal was mounted
on a fast Indian pony, and they were
soon away and out OF sight. They rode
five or six miles to the big spring. and
when about to return. the happy, laugh
ing girl proposed TO swap brides and
let Muckle John go as fast as he pleased.
Paschal tried to exchange without
her dismounting. But the moment
Muckle John found his mouth free he
gave a snort and started for home on
a wild canter. In vain did Paschal
try to override his sweetheart. IL
was a John Gilpin race. and Muekle
John never slaekened his speed until
he reached the horse block. where his
rider had mounted. She was wild
with laughter and excitement. and de
clared il was the finest ride of her life,
and that when the horse got tired she
lashed him on. But poor Paschal did
not for a long time recover from the
shock. for he feared he would never see
his darling alive any more.
"Paschal and his bride went west,
and many years ago l read something
about a Judge Paschal out in Texas. Is
he the same man2"
l suppose that he was, for Pasehal
did live in Texas several years and pub
lished a paper at Austin. and in is59con-
tributed largely 10 the election Of his
friend. sam Houston, as governor. He
settled FIRST in Arkansas and practiced
law and soon won distinction and was
elected judge Of the supreme court In
1871. In 1859 he removed TO Washing
ton city and founded the law depart
ment OF Georgetown university and be
came its president and there received
the degree Of Ii. D. He published and
compiled many law books and also
wrote q biography Of Gen. sam Hous-
ton. 1t is with pride we give this sketch
Of this notable and gifted man. for be
was a Georgian. born in Greene county,
nlmcatal n Mnrcar md aArnitinl %