The Washington times., 1906-08-12
Hon CreeksLi6ea

"rF hadn't PLAYED H.tE tHa Gree
children. tile Senator explained.
e0e-lr.t have uIav.l v.t. suEH1.E. To-
was seventy odd years ago. rHE must
remember. white settlers were scarce
and far between. and white children
We're scarce.
"5Iv father took un E'z .au' "ni"r
tfe treaty OF fe- The ..-utr. WAS
beautiful and well wooded. auI me
streams were clear as crystal They
remained $50 until t.- whites got con-
JfH ef ue IaHE auI stirred ua tho
aaI Er cultivation. HraaErE t.r rHr.
which Had E-.u uu-.atar.aa far aEes
sTEe Greeks. who We're distinctly 'l-
faria- ta tho CleraEeez mentally. ana
much darker OF comp UaV'uu. lived .H
Villages MOSTLY. THa.r luts We're H.I.l
af sauLuee-Euuu- trees "a few Inches
51 I.ametar-wltl tle bark peeled ON
and IafI much Hs the white settlers
laid logs. cut from larger trees. .a
building their houses. aHl Wit. s-ort1-
roofs of cane. 7 remember no pointed
teut=-Iika wfraaus or reDea7-at al.
.-T.a Charareas were less fond of
near nelEnrrrs than fEa Greeks and
didn't live fu villages hut 'G s.Htt5g-
cd houses. ike t.e whites. Lnf'r
houses were af better grade than those
rf rho Creeks The CEer0k5es had rude
r- made -atfues on which they spread
buffalo skins and bear skins and Jl
which they often slept 4 remember
mo- elIuueys among th8 Creeks they
ELI most OF their cooking 0ut uf doors
They had iron pots ta boil things .n.
and tHay baked hrasa .H earth ovens.
corn bread az erur-" frT there was
little wheat .u Alabama then.
"WHau She com had just passed t.a
milk stage they used ro gTata d into
a ear. ~ coarse meal which trFy
made into Iomirv- When t.a corn
was hard il was beaten H merta-s.
The women doing tHa work ~ course
They dlaa.r .at much com bread when
e#m=-a..s deer. and wild turkey
were plenty. tlrv lived mostly na meat
when. using practically uo vegetable
food ar aL Fautaars were ple0rtal
eueraa there 1eH. too. and tae I.aiaas
EmeI .Eem often. don't remember chat
trar ever gte panther meat. uut
can't imagine why ttoy Shouldn't have
done SD. for they ate dogs and liked
tne ueal
-Tle villages of rEe Greeks consisted
rr r-am ava t1 hundred houses -ach-
thirty houses would b. a fair average.
Every village has jas eu ar some
tmez Che chiefs were hereditary. some
um.s tley were chosen ar the r.I-
layers The chiefs power was ab-o-
lutte ru he conducted himself as "a
chief sH0gldl --ru he showed O. lack
Of bravery or some fatal defect il
character -tren he was promptly de-
posed lie had o. ba ca strong man.
WlJh nerve enough o. stand ~ for The
rights OF his people against The whites
i'm order 10 maintain his chiafta.uship-
lie had also t8 settIe disputes between
Individual dwellars iu his village.
Bach little hut ia a Creek village
had its own ulUe piece of land which
was worked by the women They
planted corn. pumpkins. watermeIous,
sweet potatoes. and whatever other
vegetables they could get the seed ~
from the whites. They dug up the
ground with iron hoes made by the In-
dians themselves from the native ores.
treated .n Ittie smelling arrangements
or rha.t own dCvisiuE 1 don't remem-
her what these aHsirs were called iu
the Creek language. but the whites
called them 'bIoomers They used 60
get pretty good degree of heat iu the
.b.oomer4. the blast being produced
Lv leather bag made on The same
ur.rtfu.e as rhr white man below
though af quite different construction.
They had The ART Of tanning very wei.