The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-24

 safety. Even this was thought to be dangerous and he was removed to Fort Claiborne, where the same precau- tlons were taken. It was still feared that some relative of a victim of Fort Mims would kill him. Acting upon ad- vices from his superior officer. Major Laval, commander of the fort, called weatherford from his tent one dark night and led him to a horse tied under tree without the fort.
 Make your escape" was the whis7 pered advice of the commander. Wealth erford pressed the hand of his friend, sprang upon the back of the horse and disappeared in the night.
 Charles Weatherford told, me that Jackson had carried Weatherford with him to the Hermitage, his home. near Nashville, where he kept him as a guest for nearly two years. The great Tennesseean, so Weatherford said, gave the Alabama ohieftain a thoroughbred horse to ride home.
 This is family tradition among the weatherfords and is accepted as true by the war leaders grand son. Yot, history makes no mention of this kindly act of Jackson, as 1t would, in all prob ability. have done had the Tennessean taken his vanquished foe with him to his home.
 Weatherford was familiar with the country about Little River. His half brother David Tait, owned a large plantation there. The land was good. and bear, deer, turkeys and other game were to be found in the woods about in great numbers
 WeatherfOFd's Last Home.
 These things induced Weatherford to settle there and there spend his declin- ing years. It was a favorite spot for other Indians, made so, no doubt. by the excellent hunting, the, splendid woods and the fine climate. Some fol- lowers of WeatherfoFd and some of the Indians who were opposed to him made their homes in the woods about Little River.
 And so 1t happens that nearly cen- tury later that section Is largely peo- pied with men. women and children of Indian descent. Amalgamation, how ever, is doing it's work slowly but surely.
 The life of these people of Indian blood differs but little from the life of the whites of pure blood about them. The influence of their Indian ancestors is seen, however, in their appearance and Is noticeable, in their characteris- tics.
 With W. D. sowen. editor of the Brewton Pine Belt News, I drove through what is loosely called the In dian Country" We saw the descend ants of Weatherford and his men in their homes, but they differed but little from the homes of the poor white farmer who lives in a boarded two- room or three-room house.
 The family connections of the Weatherfords established homes in the southwest corner of Monroe County. They were the Weatherfords, the TunstalIs, tho Taits, the stIggins. the Sisewares, the Shomos, the Lomaxs and the McNacs.
 East of Little River in Escambis. County there settled the McGees, the Colberts the Hollands and the Deas The WeatherfoFd family connection live about Mt. Pleasant Mineola and Jeddo in Monroe County. The McGees. Coiberts and others, reside principally about Mortimer and Steadham in Es- cambia County. The Indian residents. however, are widely scattered, some in addition to those mentioned live in the lower edge of Conecuh County and in the upper edge of Baldwin County. while some Indian families live within four or five miles of Atmore.
 Sidney Weatherford. a great grand son of William WeatherfOrd, Is post master at Mineola, while William shomo. another blood relation, IS post master at Mt. Pleasant.
 Indians iu Southern Army.
 This community of Indian residents furnished between forty and fifty sol- diers for the Confederate service Nearly all of them fell victims to dis