Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-30

basin of water. This being brought,
he took some aromatic herbs, which
he said he had received from st. Au-
gustine, and began to bruise them in
the water. This accomplished, he
asked for the privilege of washing
the face of Mrs. Fraser. After per-
forming this ceremony. Sanute plac-
ed his hands upon his breast and de-
clared that all that was in his bosom
should be revealed to her. No doubt
this strange conduct excited some
misgivings in the breast Of Fraser.
Mrs. Fraser tremendously thanked
the chief for his kindness and prof
fered friendship, and gave him pres
ents. He departed, and in about ten
days, before the savage war whoop
was raised, he returned. True to his
promise. he revealed the fact that a
grand confederacy had been formed
for the utter determination Of the
English settlers. The bloody stick.
he said, had been sent to the various
tribes, in the adjacent region, and so
soon as it returned. the work would
begin. The English. he said, were
heretics; the governor at Charles
Town was no longer their king: and
that the governor Of st. Augustine
was their king. Sanute revealed the
fact that the design of exterminating
the English had been formed more
than a year before hostilities actu-
ally commenced. The Spanish had
selected a warrior named Ishiagaska,
to visit the Creeks and infiame them
against the English. Fraser was
urged to make all haste to leave the
region IN which he was, and. make
sure of his escape to Charles Town.
Sanute promised to assist him in max
ing good his escape by lending him
his canoe. Fraser hesitated but his
wife became dreadfully alarmed,
and he put his wife and child, to-
gether with the most of his effects.
into the canoe and set out for
Charles Town.
For some reason Fraser failed to
learned from Sanute, to any one else
of the settlers. This as the sequel
will show, was a most unfortunate
neglect. It may be that Fraser did
not lay much stress upon the infor-
nation received and that he set out
to Charles Town only at the urgent
request of his wife. The report of
Fraser was, perhaps. the first inti-
nation that Governor Craven and
the citizens of Charles Town had Of
the intended hostilities Of the In
dams. Notwithstanding this fact, the
settlers of the regions adjacent to
Pocotaligo, had for long time, seen
many things amongst the tribes
which were mysterious. So soon as
the governor heard Of the hostile de-
sign of the Indians, he sent Capt.
Nairn and John Cochran, In COM
pany with several other individuals
well known to the Indians, to make
inquiries respecting the, difficulties.
The Indians were discovered to be
very gloomy. Capt. Nairn told them
If they had been injured In any par
ticular that he came for the purpose
of making amends for any injustice
which they had suffered. They re-
piled that no one had injured them.
and intimated that the cause of their
gloominess was the fact that on the
next morning at an early hour, they
designed on setting out on a great
hunting expedition.
On the night Of the oath Of April,
1715, as a manifestation Of friendship,
the chief warriors gave the English a
supper. The night was spent as such
occasions are usually spent. The
supper over the warriors retired to
their tents and Capt. Nairn and his
party retired to sleep. At the break
of day on the morning Of the 18TH
of April, 1715, the war whoop was
raised. The council room in which the
English, the Yemassee king, and war
chiefs had spent the night, was sur
rounded. Capt. Nairn, Thomas Ruff
fly and John Wright were instantly
murdered. John Cochran. together
with his wife and four children, were
taken prisoners, but afterwards they
were put to death. An athletic man
by the name of Seaman Burroughs
beat his way through the savages'
and although severely wounded in
the cheek. he together with a little
boy. swan the river and ran with all
possible speed and warned the set
tiers in the vicinity of Port Royal OF
what was going on and what they
might expect Around Pocotaligo
ninety individuals fell before the in
furiated savages. Hideous were the
yells of the monsters as they rushed
from house to house killing all before
them. The scene was rendered more
hideous by the screams of the women
and children.
1t soon became evident that all
the tribes. from Florida to Cape
Fear, were combined together. Des-
perate was the condition of the in
habitants. The only place Of safety
in the province was Charles Town.
The Indians divided into two parties.
One party directed its course toward
the settlement i'm the neighborhood
of Port Royal; the other toward st.
Bartholomew. A merchant ship lay
at anchor i'm the Port Royal river.
The people having been warned by
Burroughs. of the hostilities of the
Indians, at once took refuge on this
ship. The Rev. Guy and about three
hundred of the people of St. Helena
were thus prOvidentially saved.
few families who, from the great
despatch with which the Indians
acted. not having warning of their
approach. fell Il prey to their cruel
hate. The inhabitants Of Bartholo-
news Jared worse.
The Indians proceeded as far as
Stono. About one hundred Of the
inhabitants fell victims tn their cru
elites. The missionary of the parish.
the Rev. Osborn, and few of the