Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-25

been mortallv wounded In the battle.
The report came to Gen. Sewers son,
Joseph, that 1t was his father who had
been killed. After the surrender had
taken place. Joseph persisted in firing
into the enemy with blind fury. When
an effort was made to induce him to
desist he drew away from those who
would have restrained him, saying:
''The damned rascals have killed my
father, and I'll load and shoot every
son of bitch of them.''
Many instances OF the cruelty dis.
played by the Indians during Sewers .
campaigns are given. At one time the
army was encamped near an Indian
village. Orders had been issued for
bidding any to enter it, lest its deserted
look be only apparent. Four men,
however, did venture in, in the hope
that the Indiana had left behind some
supply OF provisions, All four were
shot and killed by the Indians. To
rescue the bodies the army attacked
and captured the village. The remains
were buried in grave made within
one of the huts, which was burnt to
conceal the burial place. Despite these
precautions the Indians on their return
discovered the location OF the grave
and exhumed the bodies. One Of the
dead bore a strong resemblance to Sc.
vier, and the Indiaps, thinking it to be
Sewer, were rejoiced at having at last
slain the greatest leader of the whites
"Chucky Jack, "as they called him, on
account of his residence on the Nola--
chucky. A fire was built, the bodies
were horribly mutilated and dance
was held about them for day and a
night. This seems to have been o
regular custom. The Indians were so
anxious to have dance over certain
Capt. Hardy, whom they had captured
on another occasion, that they could
hardly be persuaded to exchange him
for some of their own number then
held by the whites. Before he was re.
leased his dark brown hair had turned
to pure white. At another time a
dispute arose between two warriors as
to the possession of a Miss Gillespie,
who had been captured. One of them,
seeing that he was about to lose the
prize, drew his knife and killed the
girl. Though it is only fair to say that
IN this case the act was not approved
by the other braves, nevertheless their
dlsapprobation may not have been en-.
tnely the result of feeling of mercy.
The squaws also seem to have been not
over choice as to their methode of war.
fare. A quarrel between two of them
is reported in which one attackd with
burning iTshIands.her opponent, tho
replied with large spoonfuls of boiling
hominy.
Nevertheless, wanton cruelty was
not displayed by the Indians alone.
A squaw and her child, prisoners, were
left in the presence of John Wallace,
who was mortally wounded in the
Hightower campaign. In his delrium
he fancied he saw the squaw smiling
at his suffering, ,and asked that she be
taken away from him. For response
to his request friend standing nearby
shot the squaw on the spot, and, pick.
ing up the child by the heels, dashed
its brains out on stone. At another
time defenseless and retreatfng
squaw was shot by Maj. Hubbard,
though without malice prepense. The
comic journals threaten us with impos-
sibility of distinguishing at distance
members of the two sexes, as soon as
the new woman shall have gone step
or two further in her adoption of male
attire. This difficulty seems to have
embarrassed Maj. Hubbard as far back
as the last century. He saw retreat
ing figure, tried to overtake it, and,
failing, stopped and fired. A blanket
is blanket, no matter by whom worn.
Really, he said, he could not be ex.
pected to tell the difference.
Sewers narrow escapes from death
were almost humberless. Once he
swam with bis horse more than half
way across river to rescue from
drowning soldier wounded while at
tempting to cross-and this he did uu-
der the fire Of the Indians from the op.
posite bank. At another time he HIM
self had need OF being rescued from q
stream. With three Others he was
reconnoitering across stream from
the main body of the army. They we're
set upon by the Indians and fled to the
river. The cold water induced cramps.
and Sewer would surely have been
captured had not Carter, very power
full man, carried him across and run
with him hundred and fifty yards
into the forest on the farther side.
At one of the treaty making assem-
blies the Cherokees confessed that at
nine different times bands of their peo
pie had set out to surprise Sewers
house and murder him. The honor of
killing SO great fighter would have
been so great that volunteers for these
expeditions we're never lacking. Two
of these parties did not fail entirely,
but, being misled, murdered the fami.
lies of other pioneers.
Much as-the Indians feared Sewer as
fighter, they no less respected him
for honest treatment of them in times
oftpeace and loved him for his kind
treatment of their prisoners. One of
them, Cotteotoy, who had become at
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