The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
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be seen traces of tho ancient French fortress, Thoulouse; here are let lying. half buried in the earth, few pieces of ordnance, four and six pounders. l observed, in a very thriving condition, two or three very large apple trees. planted here by the French"
 Stayed all night at Alabama, where we mad a grand entertainment at the pubic square, with music and dancing,
 and returned next day to Mucclasse." The Indians who were living nere at that time, venture to conjecture, were tho Tuskegee band. although the old name Aiapama still remained. The Tuskegees seem to have come from tbe northward and had taken possession of tho site after tho Alabamas hai gone away; for when Major Caleb Swan. special deputy of the United States, visited here in 1790, the Tuskegees were occupying tho site of the old Alabama
 town. Col. Benjamin Hawkins. in his sketch of the Creek Country" gives the following description of the place and its environment In 1799."
 "Tus-ke-gee, this little town is in the fork of the two rivers, Coosau and
 rallapoosa. where formerly stood the Fl ench fort Toulouse. The town Is on
 bIuff on the Coosau. forty-six feet above low-water mark. There are thirty buildings in the town, compact iy situated. In the yard of the town house public square) there are five
 cannon of iron. with the trunnicns broke off and on the biuff some brick
 bats, the only remains of the French establishment here"
 l But the yearnings of Tamathie-min-
 go's soul were not yet satisfied by the
 destruction of the French establish
 rnent He was unwilling to be sepa-
 rated from his dear friends, the ], French His enthusiastic devotion to them triumphed over another love
 which Is deeply implanted in the hearts of the American Indians---the love of
 their ancestral homes. He called a
 council of the people of his town. All came together. even tho women and
 children. There, in an eloquent and
 pathetic talk, he manifested his un lying attachment to the French, and pro- posed to his people that they should at once burn their habitations. lay
 waste their fields and follow the 1 French withersoever they might go. His advice was unanimously applauced and approved. Their cabins were torn 1 down, their gardens destroyed, and l even the treees of the village cut down and burned. and then the old chief, | with his faithful followers, cet out for Mobile We arc not told whether they
 urheyed py land or water; put
 | ro0sawdas were known to be sixiilfui boatmen. it is req sonable to conclude that in their ions cypress dug-outs they followed tht windings of the crooked Alabama Rivel
 in search of their white friends.
 | few days after the arrival of thu aged chieftain in Mobile he fell des peratefy III. Unable on account of hi' I advanced age to withstand the vio I ience fthe distemper that was grow. I ing worse day be day, and seeing tha hts strength was fast falling and lif' Iebbing to it's close. he expressed { strong desire to be intructed in the French medicine. that is to say. to be prepared by religious instruction foi
 baptism and admission to the Church At this time thae town of Mobile had
 already passed under the dominion of
 the English crown. On the goth Of October preceding. the lilied white flag
 of the Bourbon kings of France had ben lowered and the crosssbarred en- sign of English rule had been hoisted l over Fort Condo. But the French gar rison was still there and. in fact re- | mained there till the beginning of the next year. 1764.
 The sacrament of baptism was ad-
 ministered to the old chief by Pere | Ferdinand. Capuchin friar and Cure of Mobile. After the ceremony Tamn-
 thle- -mingo said that he was now ready
 to die since he would die a Christian and go to the land of spirits where