The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

bila, disastrous alike so ths Nespissd ens,d and to the Indian would nessr nANs 0ssn ps iSS scto now triss paore persus.iys tone. still Tuskaiusa was inexorabie. and entered another cabin wnese % tns worS to TusiSiusa that if he would agree to furnish him a guide and nag- biis. bini At tho same etims he reguested c6isi and Sss hin ,S s grant a.,.i1n.I thIs re, !. SSsrf SSsSornful Sepiy. Nettied by. his inso- off the Tndian.s. coon skin mantle and gave him severe slash with his cut
 aThe aggressive act vas conssrusd an an act of open war. The madoeneo Indians, pouring forth from tnei. the -spahfaTdss who all succeeded in making safe retreat through the dii- fersnt gates. As they were rssreat- a' few other mounted men met the swarns of pursuinE Indians, and the fear of the spanish horses perhaps sbied the hsrd-presssd men to continue their night to a safe distance. there to be formed so az to. renew the beste and retrieve the nl-tortune or the aag the SpanIsrds we're killed Inside the town, which must De ascrleed to the protection of their affnor DeSoto were sysr sos cSat Ssi AStr one sxs mors tsn twenty sErows, fastened in the arm0r,
 ssWiiie the Indians failed to siayg or capture any of. the Spaniards within upon seven of the horses tied Inside. l S tssa the sPaasrdi SF iss s tAf o autss shss eyes of the suBtutored Indians of that almost ,pre-hiVtoricg day. the horse was g being as much tG bs es dreaded Ssd,ss as M hls rows we're directed at the horse as much. as at the rider.
 Having driven the Spaniards far ho% U tuned sass % their satftentionet etS the bsg- gage carriers, who had remained near shs walls; Passlys sRsSctators s,, of ths begEage. brought the carriers into the hands. and bade them fight the common enemy. ~. @s
 ,F. :. shouts of Victory Heard.
 'sThe gates were then closed. And now was beard in Maubila the sh outs Of victory, with the beating of drums and the waving of banners. The In- knapsacks, and from the towers and tents deGantly to the onlooking Span Nave these things in our possessionl' This booty consisted not of clothing alone. but Of sacramental cups. mouids 4. Tor r,l1 mas,ng wafers and ds,. wine Tor use there were even some weapons and arms which some of the lazy soldiers had placed in. the 6aggage; No won over all this strange booty of the battle.
 i'Meanwhile, all the troops had ar rived, and Desoto began to form them ordered his cavalry to surround the ty for each side. Sixty of the csyaiFy
 rsd e now nvs sn ofbse 1he shsb sn noroes @ no armor, with instructions to pursue, overtake and XIII every Indian coming
 Torches were put in the hands of some of the soldiers, with which to burn the town. The signal of assault was the firing of an arquebus Inme- arroREs. the Sphniards charged the vil- hBe. The palisades we're cut down in several places, through. which they avery house there came such incessant showers of arrows that the Spantards were agaln driven entirely from the town town. For hours with alternate as The weary and thirsty Spaniards, after retiring from these assaults, resorted tp . pond near one ok the gates. which
 
 Here they quenehed. their thirst and thence rsturned to the combat.
 Finally DeSoso with some horse bearers succeeded in setting Ire to the houses Fleeing 1Eem the flames aRd out tn rough the gates, the Ipdians were SsSsn seG Oy sa S9s sRasls9 Is as lnsasss sss smoke they all fougalt on 3 with the most desperate bravery, men, women, No sgsn s Iggs Sdnas o yeaIEs Iast of sss rearly all had perish ed, to avoid faIl- ing tnke the hands Of the Spaniards sSae S9 a9s Sf the !aSiSns aenged thsnssiyes. themselyes alive. into the iiamea ks the sun went down. after nine hours conatct. the town was completely -de-
 eT6e Knight of Elvas states that 2jb00 1ndiansy peIiehed In the destruc- ttel of Maubila. The loss of the Span and would hAve been much greater but for the PRoteotion5 aftorded by their Sis S ssstreus ss auiens eecta ias0 of MfS sSs battle detained Degoto a, month near the destEeye village. : sy De! !6otoawifh the India us ' 9that~of. the Two Ponds in Florida. Maubila, and the two battles with the sChickasavgs. Of these. Maubila was by far the greatest t isIconsldered by+many .sSA9fNtsa tessSS- - sNt. " Nlg@tu1S AuuAan DdI~ tlesever fought on the North American continent. +r
 ..s Fate of aT'aaIxaIusa.
 s"After {, the g first ,expulsion of the Spaniards and their preparation for an assault upon the place, 1t appears that the Indi4ns went to their Chief anu importuned him to protect himself by flight. They urged that he was but one nan and could light only as one man; and as thePebwero many exp0rf- enccd chiefs 'presen6, who could as- eume the command and conduct the hattl0.s sths-result of which no one could t0reeae, they wished to save himself fer hisSpeople: as for themselves they were resolved to die rather than sur render, and they wished him to live, so as to govern the. country
 "Tu6kRlusa for some time refused to listen to this request But 1t was so constantlys and .persistentIy urged that he finally yielded and retired from the town with some fifteen or twen- ty of his people. He carried with him . gcarieta cloak and several other ar ttcles of the captured Spanish cloth fng. which regaTcss5S OE She result of the battle. whether victor or van quighed. he could we'll claim as tok- enS, of his prowesB. And this Is the last view we have of Tuskalusa. and it must be considered an authentic fact that he escaped for the Knight of Elvas positively states that inform ation to this effect was given by some of the captive. women, after the de- struction Of MaubiIa sfAfaH sfsF a14Taa ha ranar1a,s orF.