The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-14

move IN" i soldier at the same time
nr,dded the old squaw. who ~aS loot Sote
and weary. in the side with as payoht'
Fxa.perated beyond endurance. Charley
and his son sprang upon the soldiers ana
IN the confusion which followed one sol
der was killed. The indians made tattF
escape. but later. hearing that others
would suffer If they did not surrender 'h
Charley bravely came forth 70 NJ Own
death. BY order of General Scott ne ana
blS two sons were shot, their TRENDS be4hk
compelled TO DO the shooting a II was
thought this would have a ~saiutary effect
OH the others. And - the Work 81 rs
moval went on, Junaluska sad 81 Gen
eral Jackson: If l had known he would
allow Us to be treated -. ! would have
killed him al the Horse shoe
II quote nom the Nineteenth Annual
Report OF the Bureau OF American Eth
nology concerning this tragedy III the
lives OF the Cherokees: The history ~
this Cherokee removal Of 1888. as CLEANED
by the author from the lips OF the actors
in the tragedy. may well exceed IN weight
OF grief and patnos any other passage IN
American history. Even the much sung
exile Of the Acadians falls Tar behind i IN
It's sum OF death and misery. Under
SCOTS orders the troops We're disposed ~
various points throughout the country,
where stockade forts We're erected for
gathering IN and holding the Indians pre-
paratory to removal. From these. squads
OF troops were sent TO search out with
rifle and bayonet every small cabin hidden
away III the caves or by the side OF noun
tain streams, TO seize and bring IN As pas
oners all the occupants. however. or
wherever they might be found. Famllles
at dinner were startled by the sudden
CLEAN of bayonets IN the doorway. and
rose up to be driven with blows and oaths
along the weary miles that led to the
stockaGe. In many cases, on turning for
one last look as they crossed the ridge,
they saw their homes IN flames, fired by
the lawless rabble that followed on the
heels OF the soldiers to loot and pillage.
So keen were these outlaws on the scent
that IN some instances they were driving
off the cattle and other stock before the
soldiers had fairly started Their owners in
the other direction Indian graves were
robbed OF silver medals and other valu-
ables placed with the dead. Some future
Harriet Beecher Stowe may here find the
truth TO embody IN a story OF the OPP
pressed!
LIN |Ioi1I 1ptAiA VI VI
whom l am supposed to write, We're, orr
glndlly, the fugltlves who refused to go,
and could not be caught!
Colonel William II. Thomas, upon
whose shoulders the mantle of Yonaguska
fell. needs no mention at the hands of the
writer. AS history is SO closely inter
woven with that of his native State, it has
been often written. The Indians lost
nothing and gained largely under his
leadership. Although a Democrat and true
Southerner, he, at first, refused to take
the Indians into the war, until forced to
do so by public opinion, then for local
defense. AS the emergency Of the times
arose, a company was increased to a bat
talon, a battalion to a regiment, the re-
gimcnt to the Legion" and finally to
two regiments. two battallons and a bat
terry of artillery. None of this, however,
has place here except the four Indian
companies.
In thus going into the Southern army
the Indians were actuated solrely by their
respect and Veneration for their chief, Col.
Thomas. East Tennessee, where most of
their military duties were performed, was
just across the great Smokes from their
homes. AS one OF the reglmental officers
OF the "Leglon,' the writer can truthful
ly declare that in all Of the conduct OF the
Indians towards the Federals they We're
always humane and generous, with no eX-
cessea beyond those OF rdInar soldiers.
In only one instance did the savage come
to the surface. At Baptist Gap, III the
Cumberland mountains, September, 1862,
IN a fight with the Federals, one Of our
leutenants-a splendid indian warrior,
and a grandson of Junaluska-Was killed
III a gallant charge. His followers were
50 much incensed that they dashed for
ward with their ~War-whoop and battle-cry,
and before they could be restrained they
had scalped several of the wounded
enemy. This officer, Lieutenant John
Astoogastoga, was a handsome, manly
Christian fellow, and would have peen a
man OF mark in any community. Many
OF the Indians later on during the war had
many good opportunities to desert, had
.hey wished to do SO. | must say that /
cannot believe the statement sometimes
made by Federals that the Indians desert
ed whenever they found an opportunity to
do so.
las many intelligent and patriotic
whites differed IN opinion about the war,
1t would not have been 50 surprising had
the Indians done 50. A few months after
Liz COtld psf y lHc 1OIlIeueFdcN.- mad OC-
caslon to travel through the Indian set
tlement, and l was astonished to learn
how angry they were with the whites for
surrenderlng so tamely, as they thought
1t was more than a year after the close
OF the war before they would permit those
who had fought on the Union side to re-
turn to their homes, and then only at
the ommand Of Colonel Thomas.
"
In the Atlantic Monthly for July there
IS an extremely interesting and important
review OF the First Year of Cuban Self
Government. The author Of thin naner
Captain Matthew f. Hanna. was on the
staff Of General Wood during the Ameri.
can occupation OF Havana; for two ye0rs
he was Commissioner of Public schools.
and he IS at the present time military AT
tache OF the American Legation in Hava-
ma. lie IS therefore peculiarly fitted 10
III fh NHIfI