Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-09

for the governor, the attorney general
and the receiver general to make a
vigorous effort to carry the election In
Craven and Berkely counties. The
election for both these counties was
held in Charles Town. AS the day for
the biennial election was approaching,
every effort in the power Of these in
dividuals was exerted. When the day
more disgraceful than that which was
enacted at the previous elections was
exhibited. The laws Of England were
trampled in the ground, and all the
customs and regulations OF the colony
were treated with the utmost con-
tempt. In the language of the honest
for right-"Jews, strangers.
sailors, servants and negroes" were
dragged to the polls and voted for the
tools Of the dominant party. Thus the
enemies of the welfare Of the counties,
and the disregarders Of justice and
right, triumphed. Whilst such pro-
ceedings were undermining the abili-
ties Of the proprietors to hold posses
sion of the territory it was the subject
of mirth and drunken hilarity to the
party in power.
Expedition Against ApEalaehses.
The resources of the colony were
exhausted by the st. Au-
gustine expedition; still for some
reason, 1t was determined to send out
another expedition-not against st.
Augustine-but against the Appa-
lachee Indians. These Indians were
allies of the Spanish. by whom they
been partially converted to the Roman
Catholic religion. The Pope Of Rome,
through his agents, had established
missions in many of the Indian towns
and villages in the territories now
in the states Of Florida and
Georgia In these towns churches
had been built and richly furnished.
AS a rule, the church formed COM
por ent part Of the fertilization Of
every town. What Governor john
son had IN lew in sending out ex-
Governor Moore against the poor
NAL treated Appalachees, 1t is not
easy to tell. 1t Is barely possible
that on account Of the recent failure
to capture st. Augustine, these saw
ages had assumed a more threaten
ing attitude. The probability is that
Governor Johnson simply yielded to
the entreaties Of Moore. There is
scarcely a doubt that Moore's object
was to wipe out the stains Of his
st. Augustine expedition, and enrich
himself by capturing Indians and re-
ducing them to slavery. and to plum
der churches Of their plate.
Late in the fall Of 1903. an army
Of one thousand Indians and fifty
volunteers from the colony was col
lected. Ex-Governor Moore was
made the commander-in-chief, and
John Bellinger and a man by the
name Of Fox, captains. Late In Mo-
vember or early in December, the
army commenced its march to the
toward the territory oc-
cupied by the Appalachees. These
Indians supplied the garrison at st.
Augustine with provisions. Hence,
Moore thought, no doubt that by
cutting off the Appalachees, he would
infiict a heavy blow upon the Span
'sh, by whom he had been so recently
caused to retreat. About sunrise,
on the 14th Of December, Moore ar
rived at Ayaville. So soon as Moore
the Indians poured upon
him and his men volley Of arrows.
Near by the town was a huge mud
walled house. To this house the In
vaders fed and held a consultation.
when it was determined to take the
town by first making an assault upon
the church. Perhaps Moore and his
military advisers thought that by at
tacking the church. they would
awaken some superstitious notions
in the minds of the savages. Be this
as 1t may. a vigorous rush was made
upon the church by the soldiers with
axes. The door was soon broken
down and the fort taken. The
church was set on fire. The only
white man in the fort was Catholic
friar. When the invaders entered
the fort, he came out and begged
for mercy. Moore lost two men.
Francis Plowden and Thomas Dale.
Indians were killed and
eighty-four taken prisoners, includ-
ing the women and children. who
were considerably more than half
The next morning after the battle
of Ayaville. the commander Of Fort
st. Louis, with twenty-three Spaniards
and four hundred Indians, boldly at
tackled Moore and his men. In this
battle, also. the Carolinians were VIC
torious. The commander Of the fort
and eight Spaniards were captured,
and six killed. OF hrs Indian allies
he lost two hundred. The Carolin-
ians lost Captain John Bellinger, who
was shot down while bravely leading
on his men, and Captain Fox. who
died Of wounds received on the
previous day at Ayaville.
Two days after the affair at st.
Louis, the chief Of the Ibitachka
tribe, who was stationed in a strong
fort with one hundred and thirty
men, surrendered. buying peace with
the invaders by granting them all
his church plate and ten horses load
ed with provisions.
After this, Moore continued his at
tacks upon the Indian towns and
forts. The inhabitants Of five towns
surrendered without conditions. and
the inhabitants of one town. fed.
Four of the captured towns were
reduced to ashes, and the whole Ap-
palachian country overrun and sub
dued.
In March, 1904, James Moore re-
turned in triumph to Charles Town
He published an account of his expe.
dition in the Boston News. When
he returned he had thirteen hundred
free Indians and one hundred slaves
together with a vast amount Of plate
taken out of the Roman Catholic
churches. The ignomy Of ST. Au'