The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-06
IN THE LAND OF THE REDMAH
A Former Waxahachian Writes
oil a Visit to that Country.

1904. Mr.. r. d. Hudson, Waxa-
hachie, Texas.-Dear Sir:
In looking through an old trunk
in which keep things sacred with
memories of the past, l found an
old paper, the Ellis County News,
published in Waxahachie thirty
years ago, Oct, 8, 1874. Thinking it
might prove of interest to your
many readers who are some of the
old settlers, as well as you, l take
the liberty of sending it to you. l
have another copy, or | would not
be willing to part with it.
l have just returned from a two
and one-half months visit 10 my
oldest and youngest boys, who are
in business in Indian Territory,
Greek Nation. l was charmed with
that country, and want to go there
and build me either a log house,
furnish it Indian fashion, or one of
brown stone. think the latter would
| be easier for me to do the work my
/ self, since those mounds are cover
! ed with loose stones, shaped as If
cut by hand for building purposes.
! The bottom of stream, near the
tow of Mounds, Is paved with
these stones for miles, as If laid
with careful hands. "When the
morning stars sang together" God
with his mighty waters has done
| the work with exquisite exactness,
/ beautiful to hold. 1t is interesting
| to collect the marine deposits on
those mountains, or mounds, ris-
| ing abruptly from the prairies,
| Some of these mounds are perfectly
bare, fat on top, with large flat
rocks, covered with gray and green
moss; others are covered with
stunted growth of oaks, still bright
with autumn hues, when | was
there. / met people from Missouri
and Kansas there. They objected
to this stunted growth, saying the
soil was not deep enough to produce
betl er growth; but it seems fine soil
in the valleys A man by the name
of Maxwell owns about 1900 acres in
and around Mounds; or he and
children, eight in number, own nine
times one hundred and sixty. He
is white man, whose parents were
killed by Indians when he was an
infant. He was adopted by the
Indians, and his name was enrolled
in the Greek tribe as All Indian
claimant, and his children are
claimants too. He sold the lots for
the town Of Mounds, consisting Of
about 1000 inhabitants, thrifty, wide
awake people, from all parts Of the
United States. l boarded at a hotel
and met people, ladies and gentle
men from Chicago, Kansas City,
St. Louis, Massachusetts, Michi- |
gan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas, |
of course, even from dear old Wax
ahachie and Ennis Among the |
Texans was Jessie Burch, an old !
pioneer of Ellis county, and an old |
Confederate soldier. HI was visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Red, nee |
Sudie Burch. Her husband il Ia |
the banking business there, a most |
excellent man. She entertained me /
the four last days Of my visit there
most pleasantly, indeed, took ME
long drives in her surry, and ex-
planned all the sights. She and / |
and Mr.. Burch, mostly she and /,
talked about everybody that we
knew twenty-five years ago in Ellis
county, even Innocence Abroad"
did not escape, though he is COM
paratively a new conner" How
could we help lit when the Waxa-
hachie Enterprise came to me
there2
Mrs. Red was "a student of Marvin
College when Prof. Combs, and
afterwards John K. Allen, had 1t in
and Mrs. f. H. Horner, sis
ter of Judge Ferris, was a teacher.
Her school mates were, Mrs. G. A.
nee Emma Hawkins, Mrs.
Ed Hawkins, nee Nettie Carson,
Mrs. VIII Allen, nee Sidney Penn,
Mrs. Yancy Kemble, nee Benny
and others of Waxahaehie.
/ had no idea of writing anything
but about the paper, when | COM
meneed; but you know a woman's
pen is about as hard to control as
her tongue when once started. But
before close l wanAato thank you
for the pleasure your writings have
me in the Enterprise. The
interest you have aiken in urging
he farmers to keep of the boil
weevil" show your worth to the
Ellis, as well as the whole
state. | look forward to your going
% the Worlds Fair and to Wash
ngton.
l am now in Benton county Ark,
he home of the big red apple"