The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-20
 AS IT WAS IN ALABAMA.

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 About the time that Alabama was ex- changed for this the then wild country. there were lot of Creeks who did not go by the name of Snake Indians. but were, in fact, the first Snake Indians we know of, and they were tough set as many of them were killed and others
 were brought to this country in chains. They caused considerable trouble and | mary whites were killed.
 About this time there lived half-breed Indian by the name of Saul Lot He was
 good Indian. but he liked good whiskey and ran about with the young white bucks and had a good time. Everybody liked him because he was good natured
 andc ould speak some English. Saul was hard thinker but he found young white buck who was match for nm. Saul nad his weak points. but he was strong on not being inclined to part
 with his land. He had been tempted time
 and again. but he would sign no papers, drunk or sober. Che day his good chum
 came to him and said that 1t was about time to go on a bender. Saul thought
 likewise. So the two went to the town where whiskey was kept and proceeded to tank up. By sundown they were both paralyzed and were resting together in thicket. The next morning Sauis friend was dead and Saups pocket knife was found close by stained with blood. That and it concerned him greatly, for he was chucked in jail. When he came to him. self he found that he was accused of the murder of his friend. He had been drunk
 and had a weak case. His knife was a strong witness against him. He was giv- en a trial and, of course, stuck good and strong. Saul had no hope except to be hung. He gave deed to his land to a
 lawyer who tried to- have him pardoned. but it was no go. But just a few days before the day set for his execution, how ever, a young man was lodged in jail with him charged with small offense. While Saul and the young man were talk ing one day. it occurred to the young
 man that he would make tool out of his companion. So he passed Saul pocket
 knife, asking him if he could use 1t in
 affecting their escape by cutting hole
 in the brick wall. How the young man
 got into the jail with the knife was a
 mystery. Saul took the knife and looked
 long and well at 1t. Then he at once
 sent for his lawyer The young man tried
 to get possession of his knife, but 1t was
 not Sauls will to give it up. When the
 lawyer arrived Saul told him to take the
 knife and die before giving It up to any
 one as the knife would save his neck.
 The knife with which Sauls friend had
 been murdered was in the archives of the
 court still bloody. The lawyer produced
 a man who had borrowed knife from
 Saul the day before the murder, and who while using it had broken gap in the court archives had no such gap, and the merchant who had sworn so hard against Saul was shocked. The knife from the jail had also been sold by the merchant out of the same box. Then the mer- chant remembered having sold the knife to the young wSIte man, who Droke down and owned up. saying that he had taken the knife from Saul and with 1t killed his companion. But he could not explain how 1t was that the knife with the gap came into his possession, though he re- membered having put Sauls knife In his own pocket for just few seconds, Then it was clear that he had taken off Saurs knife leaving his own.
 Saul was set at liberty and the other man was hing. Sani came out to this country short his prorata share of Ala bama Creek domain, but lived to a ripe old age and was buried with the knife that saved his life and yet came very near hanging him.
 Moral-Don't drink Simco's Mead with a white man from Alabama.