Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-23

dispatch with which the Kussoes and
their "coadjutors" were subdued
shows that these captains obeyed the
orders of the council implicitly, and
executed them promptly. So soon
as the ordinance declaring war was
passed, hostilities began in earnest.
There was no delay. Stephen Bull,
nance in the colony, seized, by the Or
der Of the council, two Kussoes who
were in town. The colonists were Or
dered to rendezvous and the march
against the enemy commenced at
once. There was no waiting to get
up a suit Of clothes or to cook up a
months ration; but each man set out
the moment he received the order
for the seat Of war. With such dis
patch and secrecy was the expedition
conducted, that the Indians were not
given any time to prepare for 1t. The
campaign lasted only from the 9th
of September to the End Of October
four or five days-but the victory
was as complete as If 1t had been
prolonged for as many months.
On the End Of October, an order
was passed by the council that the
prisoners should be held by the indi-
viduals who had taken them, and un-
less they were redeemed by the tribe.
they should be sold and the proceeds
Of the sale divided among the men,
bers Of the company by which they
had been captured.
This looks like the war orders Of
the olden time-when the soldier got
his monthly pay out Of the sale Of
prisoners he took on the battlefield.
What was done in the present in
stance, we do not certainly know.
Some of the captives. no doubt, were
ransomed by the remainder Of the
Kussoes, while others were sold into
bondage and became laborers on the
plantations of the immigrants.
From this first military campaign
we may form some idea Of the condi-
ton of things in the colony. We may
safely conclude that the people had
great confidence in the prudence and
good sense Of the governor and coun-
ell. The fact is, Colonel West, the
governor, was the main spirit Of the
colony. For a period Of twenty years
he exercised great power and enjoy
ed great privileges, but neither were
made conducive to his own benefit
exclusive of the public good. When
war was declared against the Kussoes,
the colony must have been under good
military discipline. Most Of the immi-
grants had in the language Of a Latin
poet, learned the art Of war in boy
hood" They had been accustomed to
strife in some form or other In their
native land. However we'll the colony
may have been previously organized,
this campaign against the Kussoes, In
fluenced the council to take into SER
ious consideration ways and means for
better protecting the lives Of the inhab-
itants of the colony, and preventing the
property OF the people from being sto-
len or injured by depredators.
Two days after the favorable termi-
nation Of the campaign-on the 4th of
October-it was ordered by the council
that the powder belonging to the colo
ny he distributed so as to be more
safe and more accessible in case of an
invasion. Six barrels were ordered to
be stored on the proprietors plantation,
under the charge Of Godfrey; then bar
rels in the house Of Yeamans, and
whatever was left to remain in the
proprietors store house.
On the 26th Of the same month an
order was passed requiring every In
dividual in the colony except the MEM
bers and the officers Of the Grand
Council to appear in arms whenever
and at whatever place they might be
ordered to parade by their respective
officers. Any person who failed to
opey the orders of his captain was, un-
less he had a good and valid excuse, to
be heavily fined or severely punished
as the Grand Council might see fit.
Every gun was to be put in thorough
repair and that this might be done cap
tains were granted authority to order
peremptorily smiths, whether freemen
or slaves, to repair the guns.
A list of those required to do patrol
but for some reason many individuals
had become negligent in the discharge
of this important duty. At this juno
ture of affairs 1t was thought proper
to make out new list. This duty was
assigned to Thomas Thomson, mar
shall Of the province. He was requir-
ed to inform either in person or by a
note left at the house Of the individual.
was to perform this duty Of watching.
1t was provided that in case any indi-
vidual was sick then the next man on
the list was to take his place. The fine
imposed for neglecting to patrol was
five shillings, and in case the defaulter
was poor he was to be severely punish
ed. The marshal was allowed about
seven dollars and half per month for
his services in this capacity. The pay
was to continue so long as the marshal
was employed as chief Of patrol, and
to be paid by the inhabitants "propor-
tionately." With propriety might it be
said, that the Ashley river colony re-
garded eternal vigilance as the price of
liberty"
The classical scholars cannot fail to
see the stricken resemblance Of the
colony during the period of Governor
Vests first term, to that planted In
ancient Carthage by the Tyrian prin-
cess Dido. In the chaste and elegant
language of Virgil, necessity forced
both to place a guard around their do
minions." The inhabitants titled the
soil, built their houses, fished in the
streams and took the oysters out Of
the coves, clad in all the panoply Of a
soldier. The men were. in the literal
sense of the phrase, Citizen soldiers"
The homes which now shelter us from
the scorching suns of summer and the
pelting storms of winter were purchas-
nl Or, l,,o trin forafa fharc