The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-08

ne caught her on the point Of bis
sword thrust Il through her mouth
into her yitals. and fell beneath the
struggling brute.
For q moment tho people on the pali
sadie wall supposed that Quobah had
been killed, but when the Kick of tho
lioness showed that she was IN her
death struggles they nockod forth and
released him, badly scratched, but not
dangerously hurt For this splendid
fight Quobah was invited TO become
a member of the Kings family. He
might have become q Dahoman king In
time, but he was a true Ashantee,
and with his arms restored to him he
walked away alone to his home.
A number OF years later(February
10, 1870 tho white boy, who had been
ransomed by his uncle, Capt. Willing
sailed from the African coast on tho
snip Cabenda for lilo Janeiro with $50
slaves on board. The ship reached
Rio early in April. and on the Sth
young Drake and an old friend went
Ia visit a large estate known as the
San Benito. The owner of this es-
tate was man named Floss. He had
been an overseer for a Brazilian plant.
err, and by successful ventures in the
slave trade had acquired the means
for the purchase Of an estate Of his
own. Both as an overseer and an
owner Floss had been noted FOR his
cruelty to the slaves Ca common char
acteristic of overseers who became
owners,) and while he was entertain.
ing his guests the slaves Of the San
Benito reyoted.
At the time Of the uprising Floss
happened to be away from the great
house, and for two days he sulked
around the plantation, while his guests
with an overseer or two and a few
faithful servants held the house like
a fort Eventually, however, the lead
er Of the negroes found Floss's track
and rar him to the mansion as a hound
chases a deer to water. Then, know
ing that they had their enemy sur.
rounded, the whole mob gathered
about the house, charged up, in spite
of deadly shots from within. and set
it on fire from every side. Night
came on as the fire spread beyond
control Of those within, and the light
Of the flames revealed Floss and his
friends to the enraged negroes with.
out.
And when the leader of that negro
mob, looking through a blazing roc :.
saw his enemy, he charged through
tie flames, fearless of bullets, to reach
him. 1t was then that young Drake
saw that the leader had a high conf
cal head, with woody hair braided into
stiff hanks, ard scars on his cheeks
that were outlined with red paint
saw that it was QuObah the Ashantee
warrioi. In Ashantee words, Drake
revealed his identity and asked for
mercy. Quobah recognized him, and
granted the request. The others were
killed.
Go and tel the white king how Quo
bah has reyenged himself" he said.
"Quobah is ready to die, but he will
be a slave no more"
Quobah had been captured again by
slave raiders, and this time had been
sold to a Rio Janeiro SLAYER. Floss
had purchased him, seeing that he was
"a high-strung niger" had fogged
him repeatedly, ito break him in" Of
the details Of the raid in which Quobah
was captured in Africa nothing was
learned. OF his life after the revolt
on the San Benito estate, it is known
only that he fled with few of his
most capable associates to the interior
where he joined a tribe of Indians
and remained with them unmolested.-
New York Evening Post