The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23

10 his Indian wife. No deabs e hax
relatives living IN Georgia who can
tel
In peruSlng these ancient reeoFds
ind that Gov. Troup. the noeless Rsuiaa
OF them a.. was q fall-hload cousin te
that famous Indian ehieftain. Gen VIII
liam Mcintosh, szd that the generals
fztAer vas. "a Is usual. SeozeAmszu.
who tooS an Indian wife Ger. T-anp's
mother and MeTutesh's father were
brother and sister. Mcintosh Was
chief a the Creeks. and tiSe RssiEe and
Boudiuos. vas aSszssiaasssi foE siEn-
ing the treaty that ceded The Creek
lands 10 Georgia | tel you. these
Seotehmen. or Ss0Ech-IriSh. as George
AdaIr sails them. were en- the Wild hunt
for Indian wives and they had the
pick aud took the best O. Ehem. Even
oseeolA vas the son a = Sssotehmsa.
Maybe ny friend George Ad4ir has
streak Of Iniun blood in him. who
kGowse II Evan Howell hasn't, then
al signs fail in the face
Il Is sad 70 realize that in few years
Hsors ret : man or woman viii be eff
who mingled with the aboriginal own-
eTS Of Georgia seil-these Creeks and
GherOkees and Semineles, who gave
kind welcome . Oar ancestors. only TO
be despoiled Of their homes-not . man
left to tell o. iheir trials and tribals-
tiors.
Big John Underwood. the Roman run
sgee. who fed from the foul invader
and fer lack OF any better transporta-
tion drove 3 steer in the shafts az
oue-horse wagon. and for lack OF har-
ness bored hole through the dash
board and drew the steers tail through
and tied the end in knot. used 20 tell
NE many stories about the Indians
for he lived SmOHg them away back
in the SOS He. SEQ. tried 70 marry sn
Indian maiden. bur he wasn't q Scotch
man and couldn't sheet the crossbow
nor the long bow and 50 she wOalin's
have him. These Indians had great a5-
miratiOa fer the archer'S skill. / r.
member visiting the wigwam of an cid
Indian On Sawny,s mountain. near Cum
ming. Ga. /. TOO. Was then lad of is
years and get the old mans eraudsons
10 shoot for me and my Young cousins.
Splitting the upper end ot small
stick that was about three feet long.
| inserted 4 silver quarter in the split
and stuck the other end IN the ground.
AT 30 yards the boys would hit the
quarter with an arrow almost every
time. and. OF course. gave i 10 them.
How did they ever learn 10 Do thise
/ asked the cid man. They begin. he
said. almost as soon as they can walk.
First they shoot At big tree. and then
a smaller one. and then still smaller
one. and keep on from year 70 year
until they can knock out squirrels
eve. IN 1916 | visited an uncle in Smith
county. Mss. and found q remnant of
the ChiekasawS there. They were
friendly and kind and very expert in
killing deer by shining their eyes at
night. Ny cousins and | went with
them one night. but unhappily they
shined the eyes of yearling calf THAI
belonged to one Of the neighhors and
shot him. II mortified and troubled
them very much. but as they went hunt
ing on our account. we quieted their
fears by paying for the calf the next
day.
| forgot to mention that Elias Boudi-
not. the philanthrOpist, wrote very
learned treatise to prove that the In
dians Of North America all descended
from the lost tribes OF Israel. and his
book made many converts TO that be-
lief.
And now the sad news comes that
Gen. Avery is dead-my genial. loving
friend Of 30 years-a man whom | al
ways loved 10 meet whether l was in
the office or the eounting-room or on
the sidewalk. How full Of good, pleas
ant cheer he was. What kind greetings
he always gave. What thoughtful COM
ments on men and the events Of the
day. Georgia can III afford TO lose such
men as Gen. Avery and Judge Clark.
but still the world moves on. Close up.
close up," is the word from the Great
Commander, and the gaps that death
makes in our ranks are closed and soon
forgotten.-Bill Arp.in Atlanta Consti-
tuition.