The age-herald., 1899-03-21
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-One of Alabam1a's Beautiful Cities.

son, in which the Indians were nearly an- initiated, and many of the white soldiers were killed. A lonely mound about a mile from the county court house now marks the burial place of seven of the brave white men who fell in the battle. All seven of the bodies are buried in one grave, and at one time stone wall was built around the place, but this has fallen and disinte- grated so that nothing but some loose stones now cover the historic spot. few of the oldest citizens remember the occur renee and some very interesting tales are told by them of the habits and customs Of the Indians who inhabited this region. They belong to the Creek nation and were commanded by Chinabee, great chief, who fought under the direction of Tecum- sch, who was perhaps one of the most 1n- tellectually brilliant Indians that ever lived. One of the old settlers tells story of the peculiar superstitions of these peo- pie, which in these days seems quite in- credible, though it is nevertheless true. Sitting around the camp fire one night shortly before the beginning of the war which finally resulted in the extermnation of the tribe, an old warrior noticed some- thing peculiar about the moon. dark, almost black shadow was slowly envelop- ing 1t.
 In the present age this Is known as an eclipse, but the Indian not being familiar with the phenomenon, reported his dis covery and in a short while the whole
  ing on in the heavens and discussing 1t in awed tones. The trouble finally reached the chiefs ears, and walking to the center of the group he wisely explained to them that the Great Frog was swallowing the moon, and they must at once go to work Gnd stop it. He told them to get their rifles and shoot in the mouth of his lord ship. '"The Great Frog" until he released their medium of nocturnal light The shots had to be fired directly in the mon- -lJ .ek .ak "A touched less the effort prove unsuccessful. All the rifles were immediately gotten out, and the warriors began firing at the mon- ster. This was kept up until the Great Frog was made to give up his prize, and the moon shone out in all its regular bril- liancy and to their dying day these In- dians believed that the accuracy of their aim in striking the "Great Frogs" mouth saved the moon from total destruction.
 Within a year after this incident the tribe was engaged in deadly battle with Gen. Jackson at the border town (Tallade- gal and hundreds of them were slain. It is said that the hill or prominence on which now stands the Institute for the Blind was literally covered with the bones of In- dians slain in battle.
 Progressive Farmers After everything had been peacefully set- tied between the Indians and the whites the farmers went to work on the hilly lands around Talladega and began building the now prosperous city. Farming around this town has probably approached nearer to science than at any place in the state. The old system of mortgaging the crop in advance to secure supplies has almost been abandoned, and the farms are \run on 8 business-like basis. Diversified cropsI are raised and the farmer does not have to rely on the price of anyone product such as cotton. Haymaking is becoming quite popular in this section, and a prominent 6s.-r hat rates could be secured on the railroads thousands of tons of hay would be shipped annually from Talladega.
 B. c. BULGER.