Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-18
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
From the First Settlement to the Close oil
the Revolution.
BY REV. ROBERT LATHAM. ID. ID.
From the Yrrkville Enquirer of 1875.
JNSTAII,MENT XII.

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INSTALLMENT XII.
In the year 1743, James Glen sue
Iceeded William Bull as governor OF
the English colony of South Carolina
Glen continued in office for period of
thirteen years or to the year 1855.
During the administration Of Glen, the
whole middle and up-country, with the
exception Of few remote sections was
at least partially settled. Two classes
of persons first pushed their way into
the regions remote from Charles Town.
These were traders and wild adVen-
Iturers. or the latter class, there is
evidence that some individuals, at a
very early period, abandoned the COM
forts of civilization and took up their
abode with the wild savages OF the
New World. II is difficult to say by
what spirit these adventures were
moved, or what object they had IN
view. unless II be that to some minds
there is something fascinating In saw
age life. The traders had much to in
duce them to push their way far Into
the interior. The Indians, although
poor, were in possession Of some things
which were valuable to civilized peo-
pie, and these things could be bought
for a mere trifie. A few trinkets. which
were of no intrinsic worth to the In
dians, and of but little relative value
to the trader, would purchase from
savage the hard earnings Of the chase
during a whole year.
The consciences Of the traders were
not generally very tender. They sell
dom scrupled at swindling the poor In
dian out of all the meagre comforts
which he possessed. Sometimes a
Icheated Indian would become fncensed
land pour out his fury upon the first
pale face that he met, on account OF
some misdemeanor which had been
Idone him by trader. Really the ira
lders did little to initiate the Europeans
Into the good graces Of the savages
Few Of the traders settled down and
became good citizens. Most of them
became amalgamated with the Indians
land the hald bloods were even more
dangerous than the native savages
Most Of these half bloods, the descend
lants of European traders and Indian
mothers, were during the Revolutionary
war, either plundering Tories or thiev-
ing loyalist.
1t is somewhat a remarkable fact
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Isections of the state of South Caro-
lima were settled about the same time
For the first half century, settlers kept
ALMOST within sight Of the sea coast
and the Savannah river. The first per-
Imanent settlement which was made at
any considerable distance from Charles
Town, was that made by the Scotch
Irish colony in 1888 in the present
lcounty of williamsburgh. This is not
to be wondered at. The immigrants
came not to a we'll cultivated country
with fields waving with generous
harvest; but to dense forest inhabited
by ferocious wild beast and by human
beings little less feroclous. The first set
tiers had to build forts as well as fell the
trees of the forest. The French on the
north and west, and the Spanish on the
south, watched the movements Of the
first settlers of South Carolina BY
leach for itself-every obstacle was
thrown in the way to prevent the
Ispreading Of the colony. No small por-
tion Of the first seventy-five years OF
the colony's existence was spent ir
war Add to this the fact that the
colony was, during this period visited
by fire and food, and the wonder Is
that 1t was not annihilated.
Many circumstances contributed tc
entice settlers to South Carolina. The
government after it passed out Of the
hands Of the proprietors into the
hands of the Crown of England, was
more favorable, in many particulars
than that of any of the colonies In
America. In no region in America
was a home offered to a poor man or
easier terms than in South Carolina,
Land was cheap and taxes light, whilst
ample provisions were made by the
crown to secure the comfort and pros
perity of immigrants. Notwithsta1d-
ing all the hardships to be undergone
and deprivations to be endured, poor
men, If they were sober and industrious
soon accumulated so much property as
to put them beyond the reach Of want
Many in a short time grew compare
lively rich. About the time that James
Glen became governor, many circum-
: Of the territory now embraced in the
state.
When Glen became governor. he
called together the chiefs Of the Indian
tribes In the northwest section of the
state. He met them in their own ter
ritory and after a friendly salutatior
and the delivery of speeches, which al
this day, sound like fiattery. treaty
: was entered into by which large por-
tion of the upper part Of the state was
ceded to the English. The Indians ir
that section were, by this treaty made
friends, and there was comparatively
little danger in making settlements
| among them. The misfortunes Of the
people Of Europe and the faults Of the
, European government furnished set
; tiers for this region Of country. The
!, pretender, Charles Edward Stuart was
defeated and his followers reduced to
; the utmost extremity by the battle OF
, Culloden. Multitudes of brave Scotch
men. who had. whether right or wrong
it matters not still unfortunately es-
poused the cause of the pretender, were
made prisoners. The English govern
ment had more prisoners than 1t knew
. what to do with. To put all to death
was too cruel; to pardon all would rot
the government of all its indicative
power. To meet the case nineteen out