Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-11-27
S M BeasIey's Story.
CHAPTER T.

CHAPTER !.
M6 mother gave me credit for having
the best recollection of any Of her twelve
children. | admit that remember
some things that occurred when | was
quite young, although take mothers
testimony Of me for the first two years
of my life, aud know her testimony is
true. She told me more than once
that was the smallest and punyest one
Of her children and that never seemed
to relish anything to eat or drink
for the first year Of my life except Saur
Kraut and whiskey. can only account
for this condition by saying that both
Of my grandparents were whiskey ma
kers, and of course drank some whiskey
.-1and a great deal of corn beer
never knew my father to live NOR
than one var It time in the same
place ex" r once, when he stayed
three year, we'll remember nineteen
different - ces hat W. ljy,d ~ up to
the tima hat @ls ucuy me years of
ag4, 81 tl' on'y ,his DIR fuher felt
able to To- FIR NV fld' h'yt was to
give th,n thrt,t1 g,rk for h'np'v'4
IL, las xmu = II n t. tv.nfy fr't
yaar, exaspt the itea sch ,oling that
he hal giscn them len snail boys,
which ney'r he pc ~ '1tt l. Of thA
Blue B,ekel )? ling ionF At The
first of my recollection we were living
in the midst ofa thick settlement Of
Cherokee indians don't remember
ever seeing white man, except one
Uncle, while we lived at that place
There were four families lived almost
in sight of us, namely; Nickojaek, D4-
vey, Thompson and Sunday Those
families we're quite civil as we'll as
many others. lelrnel from my pa
rents later thai it was i've miles to the
nearest white persons home. AS you
would suppose, my playmates, outside
Of our own home were Indian children,
who we're very social and kind While
we lived at the place Above mentioned
my parents decided to attend a camp
meeting off in a white settlement, where
some Of the converts of Peter Cartright
had stirred up of religion. Sc
they engaged young Indian couple to
keep house for them during our absence
/ remember that on our return, while
at some distance from the house, which
was only an Indian cabin, mother call
ed our attention to the cedar churn that
the young squaw had so nicely secured
and set out to sun My mother never
forgot to speak well of those young In
dians. Many good impressions were
made on my mind, as well as some false
ones, about those times. | remembel
that at the camp meeting referred t.
above some one gave me peice o
picked beet. Isuppose it was the frs
that had ever tasted. 1t was quit
hot with pepper and sour with vinegar
Twas told to eat it, that it was god, SC
| took liberal bite of the beet auc
found it 50 disgusting to my taste tha
dashed it to the ground and set up
predjudce against beets which laste'
for ten or twelve years fully believed
until was nearly man, that th
natural taste of a red beet was both no
sour. In the same way we may becom
embittered against some person, may b
for life; when the fault is in something
foreign to their real nature.
While I was associated with India
children think that TO some extent
partook of their ways and customs,--
learned to use the bow and arrow an
the blow gun with considerable skill
while they, throughthe influence of m
mother npon their mothers, took up tn
habit Of the white mothers of dressin
the boys and girls alike, in one cOars
garment which reached from neck
heel such garments we're either caIle
shirt or frock. This custom wa