The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-18


called it, Ny eldest brother, Perry
Thompson, was the Interpreter for the
nation a long time. My fathers
sister, Nancy, joined the mission
when she was only fifteen years old.
She followed them to the territory and
kent up her mission work there. and
spent q long and useful life, and died
in her eighty-fourth year. When
Boudinot was killed she was standing
on the porch very early in the morn
ing and saw man running as if for
his life, and two men pursuing him.
They soon caught him and killed him
and ran away as fast rs they could go.
She hurried to the man and found it
was Boudinot.
"There were several families who
had Indian bloed in their veins who
did not go west with the tribe. The
Lynch family was pant Cherokee.
Barelia Lynch married Lowry Will
liams. / expect you knew him. They
had but one child and she was named
Cherokee. She married Robert
Wylie, son of Clark Wylie. Iremem-
Der a good mauy Cherokee chiefs and
braves, but can't spell their names for
| you. John Ross was not an Indian.
His mother was white woman and he
| left her up north when he came to the
nation and married an Indian wife.
John Ridge was part Indian. ex-
pect your friend George Adair is of
Indian blood, for we had two Adair
families there. Black Wat and Red
Wat. They were cousins. When John
Howard Payne was staying in the ma
ton we saw him often. He named
my little sister Ann Payne. One OF
my sisters went to school with an In
dian girl named Lizzy Shoboot and
she taught my sister to swim. The
| Cherokees called my father Connehana
Thompson. My husband wishes me
to prove my rights in the nation as
| one of them, but have never done so.
His name is r. d. Ivie and he was
born in Lawrenceville, GA. We often
see names in The Constitution that we
remember away back. Old Georgia is
our dear mother, and though we have
been separated for sixty years, we
love her still.
"'Out of the fullness of the heart
the mouth speaketh,' and this is my
excuse for writing to you.
s'MRs. r. ID. WE"
Well, now, that is good letter. How
| the chickens would come home il they
could.
Next comes the advance sheets OF
ssThe Young People's History of Ar
Kansas" written by my friend Il. For
ter Thompson, now at Frankfort, KY,
but long o resident and editor in Ar
kansas.
The chapter on Colonel Elias G..
Boudinot is full of interest and makes
him a very remarkable man. His
fathers name was Kelle-kee-nah, but
being adopted by Elias Boudinot, of
New Jersey, took his name. Boudinot
sided with Ridge in regard to the
treaty and Ross became his bitter
enemy. Ross was powerful vindict-
i've and INSCRIPTIONS man. He had
Boudinot and Major. Ridge and John
Ridge all assassinated. Colonel Elias
G. Boudinot was born near Rome, Ga. +,
August l, 1885. He was educated at
Manchester, vt. In 1856 he came to
Fayetteville, Ark, and studied law
with Hon. A. M. Wilson, was admitted
to the bar in 1856 and soon rose to the
front rank as an able lawyer and gifted
speaker. In 1860 he became editor of
| The Democrat at Little Rock. In 1861,
after the state seeded, he and his cou-
sin, ,"Stand Waite, raised regiment
and fought the battle of Elkhorn. He
was chosen as a member of the Con-
iederate congress in 1868. After the
battle of Elkhorn Ross deserted the
Confederacy and assaulted the southern
Cherokees for helping the south. Bou-
dinot defended them with signal abili-
ty and delivered such a philippe
against his treachery that he was con-
signed to inmfay.
Some years ago Boudinot, by invi:
tation of senators and representatives,
delivered lecture in Washington on
the Indian race that made profound
impression. Judge Hallum says OF
him: ''Some years ago he married a
beautiful and accomplished lady OF
Washington He is an able lawyer, q
polished and refined gentleman and is
possessed of the most fascinating con-
versational powers. He has most
wonderful musical talent and one OF
the most charming voices ever given to
| men,"
Isn't that splendid? I wouldn't
mind being that sort of an Indian.
1 have many more historic letters,
but this will suffice for this time. ]
1 have great reverence for these mem
cries; they make up history that will
soon pass into oblivion unless some
body records it. There is house on
| the bank of the Oostanaula river two
miles above Rome that have refer
ence for. 1t was built by Major Ridge
nearly seventy years ago and is still q
good old-fashioned two-story house.
It was built of hewn logs, but was
long afterwards ceiled inside and
| weatherboarded. When / first knew
| it Colonel A N. Verdery lived there.
He was the father of Mrs. Warren
Akin, and she was married there to
that eminent lawyer. Mrs. Atkins
| youngest brother was born in that
house. This good lady is the mother
of Judge John w. Akin and she still
lives in our town and ia full of manv