The daily sentinel., 1899-03-13
4 Contractor Makes Find That Mean
Many Dollars For Him.

Many Dollars For Him.
For many years it has been the belief Of
builders that the old Tombs prison in New
York rested upon foundation Of stone
built upon piles. Workmen digging in
the old prison cellar have now found that
the stone foundation rested on a caisson
built of yellow pine.
Cody, the contractor employed by p. j.
Carlin g. Co. to remove the piles, waa
greatly elated, for while it Is costly job
10 take out piles 1t Is an easy matter to
remove the pine timber on which the stone
foundation Of the old prison rested. Aside
from this, the tim Der will sell for $50
thousand feet, board measurement, as 1t 10
all in good condition, Notwithstanding
the fact that for moro than 80 years 1t
rested in bank of mud and water.
The logs found are Of the best yellow
pine, hand hewn, IA inches square and %
feet long. There are hundreds of them,
and Contractor Cody received an offer OF
o12 apiece for them.
"Tbis lucky find" /" said Contractor Fred
Carlin, Twill probably pay more than the
cost of exoavating, SO that Cody will have
his contract money for velvet, as they
sAy. y."-ExohanRe.
as Told the Indians It Wa His .A1rsS
In Heaven"
Ben L. Jones has converted the old fort
built in 1906 at Fort Hawkins into barn.
Although the old log structure has stood
the storm of shot and shell and has been
exposed to all the varying changes NJ
weather since that early period, not an un-
sound timber is to be seen in 1t today.
The logs Of which 1t is constructed are al
solid and sound as they were at first. The
fort was made Of Georgia heart pine. and
today 1t would burn like rosin II a match
were stuck to a ragged end.
The structure was built as government
trading post or factory, where deerskins
were purchased from the Indians. During
the Creek war, from 1919 to 1914, 1t was a
rendezvous and distributing point for the
United States soldiers, and Major Phil
Cook was In command Anticipating the
dangers from the torch of the treacherous
red man, the whites built the fort on a
high stone foundation, the floor of the
wooden structure extending beyond the
rock walls. Portfolios were ,nade in the
extended floor SO as to shoot Indians who
might try to scale the walls to set fire to
the woodwork. 80
During the famous Creek war incident
by Tecumseh and his brother, who was
known as the prophet, this building was
In the center Of the territory attacked.
Tecumseh was one of the most eloquent OF
Indians, and when the war was begun be-
tween Great Britain and the United States
he communicated with the tribes from
Florida to Canada, advising them that
then was the time for the Indians to re-
claim their lands from the whites. He
read in an eastern paper that comet
would appear in the sky at a given time
So he notified the Indians that when his
arrow appeared In the heavens 1t would be
. sign for them to attack the whites. Old
Fort Hawkins perhaps was more vigor-
ously attacked in pursuance Of this order
than was any other In the country.
The fort received Its name from Hon.
Benjamin Hawkins, a senator from North
Carolina, who had been appointed a COM
missioner to Georgia to draw up q treaty
with the Greek Indians.
The building which Mr.. Jones convert
cd into a barn is historical curiosity, and
interesting volumes might be written
about the scenes and tragedies that have
taken plaos around it.-Maoon Telegraph