The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
By Miss Virginia Harris of Mobile Chapter


 ny Miss Virginia Harris of Mobile | Chapter.
 l William Weatherford, known to the Creeks as Lamachatte, The Red Eagle,
 was the son of Charles weatherford, thrifty Scotch peddler, and Sehoy, the granddaughter of Sehoy the Muscosec princess, who married Captain March and. He was born at his fathers home little below the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers. He was of a commanding person. tall. straight and l well proportioned; his eyes black. lively and penetrating in their glance: his r:cse prominent and thin, but elegant in formation. Bold. gifted and eloauent. he was born leader of men. In the company of his uncles, Alexander Mo- GiIiiVray and Le Clerc Melford, he learned of the aggressions of the whites and the wrongs they had com mitted against his mothers people. His mother was a Creek of the tribe of the Seminoles. He heard Tecumseh at Tookabatcha, and counseled against his plans of war. When he discovered the lirrepressible spirit of war working it's doom against the Creeks, he would have stayed the conflict. His brother John. his half brother David Tate and others of his blood were friendly to the whites. His property was endan- gefed. and he is said to have been pas sionately devoted to wealth and had appropriated fine tract of land, im- proved and settled it, and had embel- lished it from the profits of his fath- CTS pack. No matter on which side he fought, he was bound to suffer He watched the storm come on, until he could no longer stand an idle watcher and at last joined the Creeks, his moth- CTS people. He 1t was who led the at- tack on Fort Mims and used all his persuasion to prevent the massacre of the women and children, but without success. Humanity was one of Wealth. erford's strongest characteristics, hu- manity and honor. After his voluntary surrender to General Jackson, on which occasion he made his famous speech so filled with pathos. and displaying such patriotism and courage. he was dis missed to perform freely the task of gathering up the remnant of his people and removing beyond the Mississippi River. He was not safe in Alabama The families of the murdered at Fort Mims sought his life. He was safely guarded by Jackson's officers and sent beyond the reach of immediate danger He remained away until after the war of 1872 and 1915. He afterwards set tied on a farm In Monroe County, well supplied with negro slaves. where he maintained the character of an honest man. His name, once terror to the settlers, was an honor to the private life of the citizen. Soon after his re- turn he married. and General Samuel Dale, with whom he had several en- counters, was his groomsman. In speaking of his return to Alabama. he said he could not live beyond the Mis- sissippi River. for his old comrades, the hostile Greeks, ate his cattle from star vation, the Peace Party" ate them for revenge, and the white squatters be- cause he was a damned red skin," so he said, T have come to live among gentlemen. He died in the spring of 1928. Red Eagle" beautiful poem of A. B. Meek. is woven from the life of William Weatherford
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