Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-11-27

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the wall of the house which it be-
eprinkled with its blood and brains.
! John Bynum, the lad already men
ttioped, stood perfectly astounded
amidst this murder and carnage, hay-
ing lost all presence Of mind and
making no effort to escape. AT
length an Indian warrior raised his
hand to dispatch the youth also,
when the blow was arrested by the
hand Of a chief, who took the lad
under his protection.
Mrs. Harrison, who was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Hampton, had gone to a
neighbours house, and on her return
saw her fathers house in flames, the
Indians standing around it exulting
with fendish malignity, the mangled
bodies of her father, mother, brother
and SON lying scattered to and fro in
the yard She was going to rush
forward, in the frenzy of the mo-
ment, to make another victim, when
she was restrained by her husband
and forced in another direction.
They sought concealment in swamp
and remained there undiscovered
until the savages left the place.
The lad who was rescued by the
chief was taken by the Indians to
their nation, and remained with them
until the treaty of 1777, when the
districts of Pendleton and Green
vile were ceded to the whites. One
article of this agreement was that
the Cherokees should surrender to
the commissioners all their prison.
ers and children taken from the
homes of inhabitants along the From
tiers. Among those who were thus
surrendered was John Bynum. He
had, however, been so long with the
Indians that it was with reluctance
he was persuaded to leave them.
Shortly after this massacre a large
body of the South Carolina militia
under the command Of Col. Villains
marched into the Cherokee country.
burnt and destroyed great many Of
their towns and settlements. Henry
Hampton, a son of Anthony Hamp.
ton, commanded in this body of
militia and killed with his own hand
an Indian warrior attired in Preston
Hampton's coat, which was immedi.
ately Recognized as the one in which
his brother was murdered.
( Edward Hamptonsat the time of
the murder of his father and family
was on visit with his wife to her
father, Bayliss Earle, living on the
head waters of Pacolette, and by
this means escaped the fate which he
would otherwise have shared with
his family. He afterwards became a
most active partisan in the cause of his
country and was ultimately killed by
the abloody scout" in the bosom Of
his family.
+ James Harrison, with the citizens
generally of that part of the coun-
Try, sought protection in Princes
Fort, where he remained until offered
an opportunity OF sending his family
into Virginia. He then devoted his
own personal services exclusively to
his country and was in the battles of
Blackstocks, Cowpens and Eutaw.
Gen. Wade Hampton was, it ia be.
liaved, in North Carolina when his
father and family were murdered In
Spartanburg. His services in the
War of the Revolution are too well
known to be mentioned in sketches
Of this character. His extraordinary
gallantry at the head of regiment
Of cavalry in the battle Of Eutaw,
assisted greatly in the achievements
OF that day, and his noble daring
and active exertions everywhere con-
tributed much to the success of the
American arms In South Carolina.
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Two trains on the Great Northern
Railway ran into each other, near
Montana, on the Goth instant. Ten