The daily sentinel., 1899-03-03
A good supply Of
Palisade Coal
on hand at Ramey Perce Lumber Co.
Phone B-1 South 7th street
tt 220


In Heaven"
Ben l.. Jones has converted the old fort
built In 1905 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 Of
weather since that early period, not an un-
sound timber 10 to be seen In IL today.
The logs OF which 1t Is constructed are a.
solid and sound AZ they were at first The
fort was made of Georgia heart pine. and
today 1t would burn like rosin II . match
were stuck to = ragged end
The structure was built as government
trading post or factory, where deerskins
were purchased from tho Indiana. During
the Creek war, from 1919 to 1914, II was =
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 wallis Portfolios were ,nade in the
extended floor 20 ~ to shoot Indians who
might try to scale the walls to set fire to
The woodwork.
During the famous Creek war incident
BY Teoumseh and his brother, who was
known az tho 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.
twren Great Britain and the United States
DO 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
! 30 be notified the Indians that when his
arrow appeared In the heavens 1t would bo
| Q sign for them to attack the whites- Old
| Fort Hawkins perhaps was moro vigor-
ously attacked In pursuance Of this order
than was any other in the country.
| The fort received its name from Hon.
| Benjamin Hawkins, q senator from North
| Carolina, who had been appointed . COM
missioner to Georgia to draw up treaty
! with the Creek Indiana.
| The building which Mr.. Jones convert
| I'd into barn is historical curiosity, and
| interesting volumes might be written
about the scenes and tragedies that have
taken place around it-Aaoon Telegraph
RSssini's rruapsssn
This 10 a story Rossini liked 10 tell: 4
performance of 1.-The Barber was being
given in my honor in the local theateH
While the overture was In full swing
noticed huge trumpet in the orchestra.
manifestly blown with remarkable force
and continuity by a member Of the band,
but not sound In the least akin to the
tone Of that Instrument could I hear. Az
the close Of the performance interv iewed
the conductor and asked him to explain
the purpose Of the noiseless trumpet He
answered: Maestro, in this town there IL
not living soul who can play the trdm-
pet Therefore specially engaged an
artist to hold one up to bis lips, binding
him BY an oath not to blow into IL. for II
looks well to have trumpet in an opsr
alto orchestra Cham bses' journal
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