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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
HE LAST OF THE ALABAMAS
Notes on Their History, Their Customs,
Their Legends and Their Language

village, Mauvila Mobile. hln.), situated ten
/, days march to the southyard. Arriving there.
| the proue chief moved hulglniy off toward
his PEOPLE TO see as he said that all was IN
| the houses seeming to be flied with warriors,
| De Soto's apprehensohs were qniekensd.
| THRICE was messenger sent FOR the ehief. put
| no chief appeared The Spanish commander
| saw quickly that he had been led into a trap
and Immediately made an effort TO escape.
And now began fight In frightful earnest !,
earth seemed suddenly covered with them;
Tic battle ragged with fury. ma Indians ana
Spariards fell like grain before the mowers
scytbe: yet not one cried Tor quarter Eysry-
, where De Soto and Tuscaloosa were SEEN W
the thickest OF the melee. Finally. nut NOT
until after at least five thousand Indians were
slain and nearly one hundred Spanlards were
kiii4d the Spanards Aired the town OF 'he'f
advcrsaries. which ended fhc hghting.
Historians pass over this event sunerh s,s
aud many OF them Offer reasons for Inc c'hSn
which was tie first between the huro pa,
aud tie ltorigines, that are more speciou,e
I'm, - !, 1 arue,y w.ii Goubi not. forever re-
main among thu inaceonriea-for e'e'ts ="
our Iif,ory.
whcn France BY the treaty u Par,s :.
isf5. uir,ndered all her PROFESSIONS ~ Hotih
I;n.,,ca Il spaiu md G,sat fritain, tli. eann.
trr ff Inc Aiibanias and rusaies tCOushatfas,
on The Alptanin liver, from the 1unruon .,
the Cnesa and Ta'lapooA to the mouth VI
tfol Of HE Enrlish The French fort. TINE
Io,re. In tho fcrxs OF the Coca and Ialia.
rooaa issers. wis dismani'ei ny ti's rTench
wher thy retired f,g ,ns ns e un Mn r..
i.ad.r<hiu II their old rhlei. Tamstbla MIA.
70. followed the French TO Mobile. the o'e
chief died In Nozzle within ftw hen' 1ss %
siahnriss were living In lIss on Inc Missm-
ami rirrr trc riies aboye fasx ~ 80.
T Ti,s' boisnist. Mr.. Bsrtrsn. found them there
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MAMMA, ROBERT ooELEr's MAGNIFICENT NEW YACHT.

the MIngo aud his family got on IL, This
third day waters came from everywhere and
every thing was covered up except the rnft.
A woodpecker. seeing other birds on tue raft
came to the MIngo and asked him 10 let INN
stay. Tho Mingo told tp- bird 20 ny away,
because the Great Spirit had told him not L,
would peck hole In It,, Iho wvodpecher Ne"
up TO the clouds aud stuck bis bill In thepL
staying there until the waters left the earti'.
ara then ha returned TO tho earth
IL rs possible me foundation OF this legend
Ia based on the story OF tine noGh. NY ~
forInant, who Is close obseryef, SUI ne
Iiayes Eat this bird comes from the ciondh
when he makes his sudden appearance after
thunder storm about the iirsi VI April every
year. ~
Heretofore Il has been believed thar the
is 4 well known legend current which II IN
substance, this people were 1ourDeylna
through the country now embraced ~ w
state OF Alabama and upon reaching U.s.
toric aud beantiruI tpot they exclaimed flaT
brma," meaning here we rest 1ne iRane
was given TO the state, and the exclamation
became the motto OF the State.
uia fss Of ths tribes Language NeithT Of Us
could lind word or combination II words
al all like the word Alabama. smcaning
or conveying the idaa q rest. Thi3 iangulg.
FOR the Chinese. and BY II one fan expresy
10 syllable, sylestlpe bnows kne Language
does not believe that the leefud y founded
on fac;
II il generally xn.~s iih the h,atc o.
Alabama derives us name ffom this tribe o.
Indians aud believed thntfthc legend cited
aboye is true. Since a careful atndy OF tho
Language does not substpnilate 4. tue ar
ceptcd belief OF this tribe IL offered. Thcy
say they dcris- their nufne from a prculiar-
ity az The tfibc--the celebration VI the null
berry festival. custom not observed by any
other tribe. In their Language the eombina-
tion OF the words faia sbche-aino'' iiterally
From this combination the word
Alabama Is dcrIfsa, 80 substaniiasc thrf
boiief II In generally known thai every i'.-
dun tribe gets i,s nanie from some tdtobyi-
cra.y OF iis members Thousands 81 mui
berry lrees are In the village acd they are
che, shed with more 1ryo,,rn Tran 80 fe
eheI,ti, the cedar ~ Lu.,aunhl' MinBos raft
wss o. niuibcrrf an adr,'rnal fact 70 be
IA thE connection.
Several years hso one Of The Protestant
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!, Texas. March ac,-tspecial cor

Ple, Texas. March 3o.--(Special cor
Pce.'-few people in Texas, or
4 are aware OF the fact
II last OF the Alabama In
now living In Polk county. Texas,
sun know that this tribe is one OF
interesting OF the aborigines.
70 interesting because their tribal
mdissolubly connected with one
|rea'est historical e,ents-pe soto's
81 the Mississippi liver. and he
u'pe's condition now is a striking
|oi the effects of civilization upon
|gines
nal occasion to spend several
|Aons THIS people. who are now l,y-
twenty miles from this. the nearest
"hmoss as lar from a white set
lpor'u'tous circumstances caused mo
Foegc with Joe syissiine, who is the
'na the most .reapected Indian Of
from him l got the data desired
u'oe's language. legends. customs
seto made his eycr-to-be rcmeii.-
|snnsi % the Father Of Waters,
III snoT ne disoov. red. ut the same
k,nmdt. ! md us tributaries, togcthur
s 'eatlguous tIlcreto, he .Isitcd
.nlei OF chiefs. Tuscaloosa. OF
naoai.a The historian OF that
Nm mihutely OF their visit aid
,,,;ase, inasiancl as mis- party
nfs that werc pas Ink strange
!, N that mad. their nlir
Ana .ie rays IN substance IL is tn.
~ Ne ruye vet sccn, Tuscaloosa
ncc',s'er Is so tall that when
~ ~ largest lie,ss Ia the coua
fonch The ground: he is
srs ssone grnys, stern. naughty
n otmsanor Nith lacoai,
~ out 10 Guide De Soto to his
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cupied is too poor and too small to sery,
| the purpose for which IL was granted.
| IL may be observed here that every fniias
| tribe has its striklngly peculiar customs
customs which are indexes 10 tho tribal origin
and its history and environments. With this
people the customs arc traditional, inhsmuch
as they have forsaken their aboriginal life
and are now living as live white people. Ex-
cepting my host, Sylestine, and two or three
patriarchs. no one ran now tell you OF them.
the former customs, socially, religlousIy.
morally and legally, are as radical when com
pared with ours as are the customs Of any
other Indians. They believed IN an unknown
and omniscient and kind. being as We DO. ana
their happiness was believed 70 depend on
their present acts. One Of the most striking
facts that l learned from them was that they
firmly believed In witchcraft and so hrmly
their own tribe. This event In the tribe .
history is still fresh in the memory OF man.
The tribal medicine man, who Is many years
older than this century, "a lettering pround
the village, without his calling availing him
much. From him learned that be knew
nothing Of the circulation OF the blood. but
could cure nearly all OF the Ills which hesh
Is heir TO. He IL u homeopathic simple
herb cures the yepoinous mathematics bite.
another IL a preventive Of any contagious
disease. while every one has some medicinal
properties. When mere child he was IN
oculated by his predecessor against small
pns. a custom prariiced by the medicine men
Of the tribe many years before the preventive
was thought Of In our philosophy
of the days OF Moses. Among the feaHts Il
the mulberry festival
With them the mulberry IL the first fruit
thar rIpens. and the feast was for the BUR
poge Of offering thanks 10 the Great Spirit :"
No one was permitted 10 touch the fruit until
after the feast was ended, when all partook
OF IL freely. The green corn dance WAS the
harvest feast. and was given before any ~
the corn was eaten. There were many feasis
and dancfs for religious purposes.
In this connection one OF the many rcielous
H. ~lt. 49, s..IA Ia
gends are comparable with and very ain,as.
to our Biblical stories:
Many, many moons sgo. all the world WIS
drowqed and all ne people and animals and
birds. except the Ningo fchIefl Of the tribe
Of Alabama. and the animals mud birds he
liked beat. two OF each he saved, and the
wordperksr. who saved himself.
1.-THE Great spirit told the MinEo 10 build
big raft OF mulberry legs and 10 get on II
nth all bis family. fer there wes coming
great heap q water. The raft was built and
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an hours notice Uncle Sans war
could fly our coast. and with wings
toward Havana reach Cuban waters
lew hours time.
kountry in the world has as many or
many private yachts ae the United
In fact, the number and mNgnifi.
of these is subject oil talk in Eu-
ella and Africa. Even Germany has
Of our yachts, and the kaiser's own
paper recently had a description
steam yacht Ellide.
4 war flapped It's hideous wings over
autiful country and the fact became
Nm, we we're weak on the high
he owners OF these private yachts
I'D their Willingness to turn their
into warships.
raj of the owners, notably Howard
ccrresponded with the war depart
and informed Secretary Long that
Id count upon them as aides. How
aid went so far as to get estimates
the armament OF tho Niagara. n
Tod firm of war filters decided that
lid cost $500, 900 10 put the Niagara
fect war trim with rapid firing guns
peating cannon.
Niagara carries sixty in her crew
and when armored she would be -
me class as the Montgomery. She
biggest yacht afloat and could travel
than any cruiser in the present
hardly comprehensive that pleas.
nj would be built on such giant pro-
rs. yet the Niagara is a twin to the
bmery and could travel with her as
IF ship.
dimensions are: Length over all,
/: on water line 2io feet, with a beam
feet. She is Is feet deep from the
eek and 20 feet deep from the main
Her lowest freeboard amtdships is
Her tonnage Is 1900. She has three
Her main deck is of steel. Sho
houble bottom. also bilge kee!s; bull
Of steel divide the vessel into many
tmenis. The engines are OF the tri-
pansion type. with cylinders Is. %
inches. with 30-inch stroke of
Her coal capacity is 400 tons
to take her across the Atlantic and
F!thout recoaling.
captain is an ex-Pacific mail COM
+, who once commanded the late Jay
yacht Atlanta. She will cost when
mission $4,000 month,
her great yacht whose owner would
In commission is the Ellidc. The
is the fastest boat ever built. She
silly beat the Empire Express and
be fitted up as torpedo boat and
a commerce destroyer. The Ellide
~ on the water she Is a steam
and when she travels she goes off
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& tyne. aud she has twin screws. The Nahma
WAS designed by MIR. a. L. Watson and
built by Messrs J & G. THOMPSON. OF
Clyde Bank, Scotland It Ia estimated that
the Nahma's cost Is in the neighhorhood
of Il million dollars.
II is almost Impossible to believe that
ono counti. could support so many mas
nificient yachts, yet the list Va not half
Told. Tho steam yacht Osceola, owned by
( Thomas A.. Wattee, of the American Yacht
INK club and recently launched, is az fine
5as any OF these.
The osceola Ii lbs feet over all 1l6 feet
on the water line; S feet beam; 10 feet
deep and Z feet inches draught. She Is
schooner rugged, one Scotch boiler sup
plcs the steam, Tho engines are OF tho
combined inverted condcnsing type, with
cylinders In inches and 20 inches IA dame
ter and 20 inches stroke OF piston.
Another magnificent yacht Is the famous
Valiant. owned BY w. *. vanderbilt.
which cost si,on0,000. Colonel Payne OF
Ohio. Is The owner OF famous yacht which
is not yet named. II cost 100000 aud has
eighty in its crew
A. j DrcXcl's Marguerite. which cost
tlp0p,0pp, with it's crew OF seventy hve.
men could also be turned into u powerful
warship. and the Josephine. owned by w.
+. Wicdcnert coulu be easily armored.
The Josephine has n crew Of fifty men and
Il is rumored 10 have cost 100000 without
It's furnishings,
The beautiful yacht May. owned by Mrs.
James j. Van Rensselaer,, would be Of
frted by its patriotic mistress es one OF
the white dove fleet. and the Elcnor be-
longing to William Siater, Is another yacht
whosc owner would freely send It forth.
The May cost $3000no and theE Tenor $780,,
0oo. Tho former ships with forty sailors
and the lattnr with sixty
The gossip recently set afloat about w.
n C. pordens Sovereign was partly
uuioted by the dental Of it's owner that he
had turned IL into Il war vessel 1t is we'll
known that the Sovereign is ready and
can be impressed into the service at
moments notice.
Among lie other yachts Is thn Sapphire.
belonging 10 A. l.. Barber and the Corr
eair owned by j pierpont Morgan. The
t'orsair cost $ipn6eN and ships with a crew
OF Gfty.fyc. The Sapphire cost over 5000,
600 and has a crew of fifty.
With this beautiful fleet OF wbite-winsed
doves, Uncle Sam could land upon n.
enemy. scattering shot and shell, powder
and destruction before him Not one OF
The owners but would gladly sacrifice taa
half million paid for his yacht In the mo-
ment Of leisure, and not one but would
command his own boat to fire shot for
his country.
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r. c. nenedici's Yacht tho oneida, which
c'uisc. Is half d warship now, The ensign
OF the Connecticut Naval Reserves has been
in Greenwich harbor inspecting her ani
getting hor capacity.
The Oneida used To be tho utowana and,
WAS nj one true under consideration by the
government ns i gunboat i gunboat WIS
needed for service oil the Magculinn river
and utowiira Was selected az the best bots
aileat. she afterward came Into the pos
session OF JAY Gould aud tassed from his
hands into those OF Il Q. Benedict who
changed her to tho Oneida.
She Is q Yacht of comfortable size, being
l3S feet over NIL. 40 fcct on the water linss
2os6 fee, beam 10 feet depth al hun and
So feet draft. She is Just the size for
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| in thai year, as he relates h. his interesting
| book OF travels From the Mississippi o part
| Oh them retired to the Red river. about six
teen miles above Bayou RaIids. Here they
dweIt until 1904 when they went up Red river
aud settled With the caddoe on caddo Lake.
Another party of them ,sctted In Opeousas
Or, lousas. The cusates tcoushattns). WHO
are nearly the same people as the aapanas a.
chllu about 1895 to the Opelousas district ana
several Years later we again find In the
records a brief mention OF this tribe. Pres
ident jefferson, ~ one Of MS MESSAGES 70
'fatt that the Alabama Indians" a friendly
but friendless people. worthy or kindness:
now without permanent habitat!on ana
drifting about In Louisiana should be pru-
vlded for by being given lands from which
they can reap harvest sufficient 70 supply
their wants. The recommendation was made
at the requcst Of Governor claiborne OF Lou
During the .ecoiid decade OF this century.
the tribe migrated TO Texas and associated
themselves with the friendly Indians IN EAST
cr1 Texas.
In INC subsequent Indian troubles between
the colonists and the aborieines ~ Texas.
they were neutral, and In the war between
the Texans and Moyicans. they were allies OF
the Texans General Houston had great IN
iiuence over them. and couiicra from inis
tribe watched eagerly the memorable baitis
OF San Jarinto. and inmeiiately ATE, aiter ,ns
battle sped like the wind TO East Texas anu
Informed the panie-strickeB coionists OF the
result Of the hattie They called General
Houston "Bob-o-shela." pnme meaning
good friend and TO this day they revere
bis memory General Houston. appreeatins
their good viii and many hIndnesses to tina
colonists. succeeded In getting the state GOV
eminent to appropriate . body Of land Tor
r. seryatlon for them. They now occupy the
GIT They also participated In the cvii war.
q company being made up Of the young wsr>
iiors and mustered Into service In the Con
long IS oniy skirmishinG was being done.
tut az soon as they cot into regular nat
f,c. they becainc uncomfortable aud were re-
tuined 10 their village The National foy-
ernmen, has never taken any notice Of thcm
until recently, and this state permits them TO
pursue the even tenor Of their way,
tonsrsssmsn Cooper their neighpor ara
trend Is nov asking the National govern
mrrtg for lands guitahie for an individual
rererysiion II Is very probable be VIII ~
coed In his ieudstle effort 10 their brhrh
II maj be here said. the reservation nov oe.
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SO swiftly that II would be difficult TO hit
her- She can be arn,ored to better advan-
fase than any other bcat in the navy.
Another mighty yacht is The Columbia,
owned by j. Harvey Lat;ew. She cost $780,
ooV and carries 4 complement OF forty-fivs
men. The Columbia Is magnifcently ntted
up and we've she placsd at the goveril-
ment's disposal she could do great spy
work, as she is one OF the boats whose APP
Torrance could be easily changed
The Varuna. the steam Yacht owned by
eugene Higgins, cost 100000. 1t carries
eighty men and ID the most elaborateiy tit
ted up yacht ever put on the seas. She is
finer than victoria's new yacht, ami is the
spcediest boat next to the Eliide.
The elegant steam yacht owned by w.
Childs DreSel, the Alcedo, has been looked
Upon with enyious eyes by the government.
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The Alcedo cost 81 100000. She measurss
lS4 feet and has five boats, including the
S4-foot steam launch. She was recently
finished by the Harlan & Hollingsworth
firm. of Wilmington. Delaware. In her sea
trial she made twenty miles an hour. She
has gone abroad and is thoroughly sea-
worthy.
Her millionaire owner lives upon her
great deal OF the time. and were she to be
nut into commission she would prove as
comfortable sea berth as any sailor could
want In war
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cruising around tho Cuban coast.
Robert Goelet's mnerilccnt now stenm
Clyde-built yacht Nahnia Is now Oft New
mort. 1t is said that her owner VIII Keep
her Their, through the present crisis. The
dimensions OF the vessel are 2I5 feet on
the water line, '06 feet over all III feet I
inches beam is feet 3 inches deep and II
feet Inches drlught, She has Two triple
expansion engines, with eight cylinders.
Two OF % ! 2 inches. two Of az inches aud
four OF 40 inches In diameter, and stroke
Of 81 inches. Her boilers are of the Scotch
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

l'ny inquiries, What must do" Love
asks. what inny DOE
New circumstance often show us what
slibngers we have been 10 ourselves.
When man begins To suspect that he Is
fool Il will NOT be long before he Knows It.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-10
THE RAL[IGHFS CRUISE
rBv cable to The Associated Press. ]

by CADle 10 lfit -ASSpSid tcd Z ! co7-
MANILA. Philippine Islands, Dec, TO-
1Ss8.-The United States cruiser Raleigh
which left here on December under
sealed orders. returned here today. She
visited Batangos to investigate the con-
dition of Southern Luzon, establish corr
dial relations and prevent the smuggling
of arms. several cargoes having been
landed there. The cruiser found local
government established al Batangos, and
the officials, being mystifed regarding the
object of the warship's visit to that port,
refused to allow her officers to land until
Aguinaldo had been communicated with,
When permission to land had been grant
ed, the Americans were closely watched.
officers who strolled about the place
alone were escorted back to the Palace by
soldiers. Several visits were exchanged
and there was apparent good will in the
reception rendered the Americans.
The Raleigh reports that the insurgents
are armed with Mauser rifles, are well
drilled and uniformed, and they claim
that they have 10000 Spanish prisoners.
who are compelled to work on the roads
but who are otherwise web treated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-10
FUNERAL OF A HERO.
Frank Booth, Who Fell at San Juan,
to BE Buried TOMORROW.

AT st. Mary's Protestant Episcopal
Church, HeboSen avenue. tomorrow after
noon, funeral services will be held over
the body of Frank Booth. Of the 71sE n.
y. Regiment, and the only soldier frcm
Hudson county who was killed III CUBA
IN the war with Spain. The body of this
young soldier arrived here Monday on the
transport Port Victor in charge of a NUM-
ber of the Citizens War Relief Commits
tee 1t rests in an hernetically sealed
metallic casket Young Booth, who met
his death as has already been stated IN
1.-THE News was one of the thirty-nine
men sent to cover Caprons battery during
the charge of the Seventy-first New York
Regiment OF. volunteers up San Juan hill.
He was one of the first to fall in the pat
tie. He was a member of Company F.
The ball bearers at tomorrows funeral
services will be three members of the st.
Mary's Brotherhood of st. Mary's Church
and three members of Old Glory Council
of the Junior Order of American Mechan-
les, of both of which organizations the
young soldier was a member The three
selected from St. Mary's brotherhood are
Charles Hayward, Bertram Hockin and
Henry Pierson From the other organi-
zation only Frederick Shippert had bsfn
decided upon upsto noon today The Rev.
DR. Warren will conduct the services.
There will be a full burial services.
Young Booths widowed mother and his
two sisters will be among the meurners.
The mother lives at No. 21la Laidlaw
avenue
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N. Y. VOLUNTEERS COMING EAST
Capt Palmer Says That Hawaiians
Were Friendly to the Soldiers.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10, 1S9S-The
New York volunteers in camp at the
Preside are preparing to go East. They
are being prepared with warm winter
clothing and expect to leave here early
next week.
The cars for their transportation east
have not yet arrived but are expected
by Sunday, so that the troops probably
will leave the city on Monday. Three
trains Of tourist cars have been se-
cured to carry them. Their hospital
tent was blown down by the northeaster
on Thursday night, but no one was in
jured. Private James, Grogan, Of Com
pany L, who has been sick in the gem
eral hospital with typhoid fever, rallied a
little last night The regimental officers
say they were well treated in Honolulu
The reported clash between the Hawaiian
Board Of Health and Colonel Barber was
but the result of difference of opinion
in regard to the quantity of disinfectants
used
Captain Palrnar. Of Company I, says
.That the people were friendly to the
New Workers was known from the fact
that many Of them were constantly en-
tertained at private houses and on
Thanksgiving Day feast that
cost several thousand dollars was gi;fen
at The cainp and delleacies of all kinds
were sent to the hospitals Z
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-10
.PESHALL'S PR|LANI IHROPY
Sheriff Heller Refuses to
Let Him Take Clifford
to Church.

Lawyer Charles ). Peshall has griev-
ance against Sheriff Heller. As everyone
knows Mr.. Peshall has been interesting
himself very much, too much many people
think, in Murdered Clifford, who is con
fined in the County Jail under sentence Of
death. This morning Mr.. Peshall called
on the Sheriff.
Good morning, Mr.. Sheriff he began.
Good morning replied the Sheriff,
eyeing Peshall suspiciously and wondering
what kind of a writ up his sleeve this
time. What can do for your
Why | came up to ask you to allow
me to take Clifford TO church tomorrow
The poor fellow needs a change and the
services win no doubt do him good"
The Sheriff gasped The cool auducity
of the proposition took his breath
away, and lit was some time be-
fore he could speak. FINELY he
recovered and emphatieaHy said
NO sir: such thing cannot be done.
1t is out of the question:.
In vain Mr. PeshaIl labored with the
Sheriff trying to show what heap Of
good it would do Clifford and guaran-
teeing to bring the man back to jail safe
and sound The Sheriff remained OBJ
durate and refused the request.