St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-30
GEORGIA OF LONG AGO.
Recalled to Arp By scholarly and
Historic LetterA
one who Knew Bondinot when d
Doy-StorIes Of Lieut.. Paschal-
An Early R0mance-IOunG
lndian Archer.

Doy-Storles Of Lieut.. PaseAal-
An EARLY Romanee-Young
lndian Archer.
thought that almost verybody was
dead but me, especially since Judge
Clark died, the man of memories.
the historian, the jurist. the amiable
and lovable citizen. want his book rs
soon rs Mrs. Nyly has it published. !
know il will be treasure to the old
people, and should be to the young.
thought that all my contemporaries
who were familiar with the public at
fairs Of fifty and sixty years ago were
dead, but I was mistaken. Quite
q food of historic letters have come to
me OF late from venerable and scholarly
men who have awakened from their long
retirement and write me come most in
teresting tecollections OF men and
events Of bygone days. What careful.
artistic penmanship illumines most Of
these letters, reminding me Of my IA
ther's, and John Mcpherson Berrien'A
and Henry r. Jackson's. and others
who were trained to write by the
schoolmasters Of the oldeD time.
Here Is o long and scholarly letter
from Mr.. 8. p. Hale, of Madisonvilse,
Tenn, who is now In his seventy-fourth
year, and whsse father was an officer
in the army that moved the Cherokees
beyond the Mississippi river. 1t took
many months for the soldiers to gather
these Indians together. for they loept
in hiding as long as possible. and while
this was going on Mr.. Hale's father and
his family were located at New Echota,
in what Is now Gordon county. I'VE
Eved," said Mr.. Hale, lin q house that
nv father rented from Boudiuot and he
purchased from him many articles OF
handsome furniture. among which was
heavy folding leaf dining table made
Of cherry wood and finished in artistic
style. This table has been in the fam
ily ever since and IL now In my house.
and en- 1t we eat our humble meals
three times q day. 1prize it highly as
souvenir Of my childhood. for !
was then only II years old. I 1remem-
Der well seeing Mr.. Boudinot and John
Ridge and other notable Indiana IN CON.
ference there. Ridge was tall. erect
and copper-colored; nose aquiline. eyes
black and piercing and hair straight.
black and coarse. He dressed like a
white man and spoke broken English
fluently. His father was an Indian. his
mother . half breed. and he was etiu-
Gated at Moravian mission school.
"Boudinot was not 90 tall, but was q
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 Echota
in the Indian dialect, and we boys did
often play with the type. Boudinot
whose Indian name was Charles Vann
was of mixed blood, and while at the
mission school attracted the attention
Of Elias Boudinot. wealthy gentle
man of Philadelphia, who adopted him
and gave him his Huguenot name. This
is the same philanthropist who was ths
founder and first president of the Amer
lean Bible society, and gave It $10.00t
to start on. His will contained many
bequests to charity, and among then
one Of s.. 1000 to provide spectacles fol
poor old women.
"But can you tell me anything of Pas
schal-Lieut. Paschal? think he wa
a Georgian. He was there at New
Echota on Gen. Woods sta1f rs aid
de-camp. and came here with Capt
Derrick's company from Dahlonega
| He fell desperately in love with Johl
Ridges only daughter. Sarah. a beau
tiful and lovely girl, and the best horse
| woman ever saw. He courted her ant
married her there. They spent SOM
time ut our house, and their marriag
was quite q romantic episode in our mo
notonous life. During their court
ship she one day expressed q desire +
ride my fathers horse, 'Muckle John
a steed of blood and mettle. My ia
ther reluctantly consented, and for he
safety had q bride with . very sever
hit put on him. Paschal was mounte
ON a fast Indian pony, and they wer
soon away and out of sight. They rod
i uvC OF BlA IuLCS ~ SuC VIZ SIA An6s 49,
when about to return, the happy. laugh
ing girl proposed to swap brides an
let Muckle John 60 as fast as he pleased
Paschal tried to exchange withou
her dismounting. But the momen
Muckle John found his mouth free b
gave a snort and started for home o
q wild canter. In vain did Pascha
try to override his sweetheart.
was . John Gilpin race. and Muckl
John never slackened his speed unit
he reached the horse block. where hi
rider had mounted. She was vii
With laughter and excitement. and d
clared il was the finest ride OF her lif'
aud that when the horse got tired sh
lashed him on. But poor Paschal di
not for . long time recover from IN
shock, for he feared he would never q
his darling alive any more.
sPaschal and his bride went wes
and many years ago ! read somethin
about Judge Paschal out In Texas.
he the same man?"
! suppose that he wss. for Pasch
did live in Texas several years and pu'
lished paper at Austin. and in 1ssecol
tributed largely to the election OF 3
friend. Sam Houston. as governor. I