The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

escaped from the Holy Ground he be-
 gan to think what was next to be done; the Indians were without ann
 intuition and with but little to eat.
 armies marching in from all quarters. the Spaniards at Pensacola seemed
 afraid to aid them. as they had done Fat the commencement-eve
 seemed to forebode the destruction of
 him and his people. He fell in with
 Savannah or Sowanoaka Jack and they
 consulted together as to what was best
 Jack proposed to get as many of their people as they could; that in few years the whites would entirely
 surround them; the Spaniards in Pen
 sacola would offer no protection.
 They then agreed to watch the move
 ment of the Georgia army to see If there would be any chance to get ann
 munition. They did so and waited
 until General Floyd camped near
 Caleebe Creek. They collected the largest number of warriors that had
 been collected during the war.
 FIGHT AT CALEEBE. They saw that General Floyd in- tende crossing the creek by his leav- ing the Tuckabatchy route. The night before the fight which commenced be-
 fore day, the Indians encamped near
 what was called McGarths still house
 branch, on the west side of the branch and held council.
 He proposed to wait euntil the army started to cross the creek and as the
 advanced guard reached the other side
 of the hill the fire on the guard should be the signal for the attack; that the
 army was small and could be attacked
 on all sides; and that they would at least stand a chance to get hold of the ammunition. if they did not defeat the whites But to attack the whites who were we'll supplied with ammunition.
 and who had five pieces of artillery
 would be folly unless the Indians had ammunition.
 The chiefs overruled him when he with few Tuskegees, quit the camp and started back. and when he reach- | ed Poele Cate Springs he heard the firing commence. It is my belief that | had Weatherford's advice been taken | the result of that affair would have been different; for long before the | fight closed I could understand enough
 Indian to hear them asking one an
 other: Give me some bullets; give
 me some powder" The friendly In- dians who were with us did us no
 good. except Timpoochy Barnard and his Uchees. Jim Boy and Billy Mo- Donald. or Billy McGillivray as he was
 best known, said that they had be- ] tween 1,S00 and 2,000 men, but many | of them were without guns and only had war clubs and bows and arrows. The surrender of Weatherford to General Jackson you have had from various sources-you must judge who you think Is most correct have | heard General Jackson say that If he was capable of forming anything like ! correct Judgment of a man on a | short acquaintance, that he pro- nounced Weatherford to be as high | toned and as fearless as any man that
 he had ever met with--one whose very | nature scorned a mean action. And General Jackson's treatment of Billy Weatherford proved that he believed what he said; for had weatherford | proved any other than Jackson took | him to be. he would have met the fate | Of Francis and Nehemarthla Micco What I have here written is as cor
 rect as my memory will allow, for I
 have no history to refer to.
 Yours, etc.
 ! T. S. W.