The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

war t42t men couio on&n8o tns ho would. for the Kratiication of the Gen men play q game.
 The old man then turned to his pso- pie and said 60 thefn--they were in the presence of great man and warrior; he had commanded armies on both sides of the Big Water: that he had seen many nations of people; that ne had visited the Bix Nntions in Hed dfans that he had visited the Six Na- tions)--that every man must do his best, show himself man. and should one get hurt, he must retire without complafninR, and by no means snow anything like iii-humor.
 The speech ended, about 200 stripped to the bun. paired themselves of and enough and would travel furthef to see such . show than would for any other performance by man, and willingly pay for, 1t at that. The play ended. and all hands went to headQuar- ters at Big Uchee, where we were kindly treated by our old friend, Haynes Crabtrse.
 WHrsKEY JOHNS SPEECH TO LAFAYETTE. There was man then living among the Indians, Captain Tom Anthony. who long since found last resting place In the wiids of Arkansae. He was man of nne sense and great humor. There wne also an Indian known as Whiskey John. He was the greatest drunhard ever knew; he would drink 6 quart of strong whis<ey without from his lips. (Thts is Alabama his- ltory and there are plenty now living that have seen him do it). To see John drink was enough to make the | fabIed Bacchus look out for one or the vacancies that frequently happen among the Sons of Temperance. Cap tain Anthony told John that all hands had addressed the French Captain. and that 1t was his duty to say something 1 to him on behalf of those who loved l whiAkey. John could speak consfd. | ernbIe English in broken manner. It 50 happened that the General and otn- CTS were walking across Uchee Bridge. when John met them. John gave a low bow. as he had seen the others do.
 The General immediately pulled of his hat, thinking he had met with an. other. chief. John straightening him. self up to his sull height. and he wHh not very low, commenced his speech In the manner which will try to give it to you:
 Whiskey John, Colonel Hawkins. Col- onel Crowe1l. Tom Crowell. Billy Mack intosh, heap warriors, my friends. give me whiskey, drink am good. White man my very good friend, white men make whiskey, drink him heap. very good. drink whiskey. Xou French chief, Tom Anthony say me Big Whis- key chief. You me give one bottle full drink him good"
 The General informed him that he did not drink whiskey, but that he would have his bottle filled. John re- marked:
 From. Anthony. you very. good-man, me you give bottle full. You no drink. me drink him all, chaw tobacco little bit, give me some you"
 Now the above is an Indian speech. and 1t win appear queer to some who are not accustomed to those people, Should 1t. however, fall under the eye of those that were along at the time. they will recognise the speech and call to mind our friends Tom Anthony and Colonel James Johnston, who was the life of the crowd. We remained that night at Crabtree's and next day reach cd Fort Bainbridge, where an Indian countryman named Kendall Lewis. lived, who was as perfect a gentleman in pFiciples as over lived in or out of the Nation, and who had plenty and 1t in nne style The next day we started for Line Creeie.
 It fell to my hand to poInt out many Indians as well as places. for we stop ped almost at every aettlement to ahake hands with and hear Indian spSecheR Among many things and places that were pointed out to the General was the place where Lot was Killed, the old lettered beech at PeFslnrnlon Swamp, the Old Council Oak. Floyd's Battle fXRAeNNA hA AN Kr- the place where McGsirth made peach brandy many years before, and many other things. That night we reached Walter B. Lucas's. Everything was done up better than 1t ever will be again-one thing only was lacking time. We could not stay long enough. The next morning we started for Mont. gomery. Such cayalcade never trav- eled that road before, or. since.
 On Goat Hill and near where Captain John Carr fell in tho we'll stood Gov ernOr Israel pickens and the largest crowd ever saw in Montgomery. Some hundred yards east of the hill was A sand nat, where General Eafayette ana his party quit the carriages. formed A line and marched to the< top of the hin. As we started. the band struck up the old Scottish air, Hail to the Chief." As we approached the Governor. Mr.
  LAFAYETTE MET ON
 THE CAPITOL HILL.
 The Governor tried to welcome him but like the best man the books give aceoupts of, when 1t was Announced that he was commander of the whole American forces, he was scarcely able to utter word. So 1t was with 0oy- ernor Pickens. As I have remarkeA Governor Pickens had no superIor in tne state, but on that occasion he couId make no speech. But that did moi nre- vent General Lafayette from discov. ering that he was a great man: if oni,, goes to prove what is often said that many who feel most can say least and much. sSV
 The people of Montgomery did tha,r duty. Colonel Arthus Haynes XcS,o ,,saa a distinguished oficer in the armv d,,. ring the war of 1913, and who vas tta pohtest gentleman I ever knew. was general manager. If the Earl of Chas- terheld had happened there he would have felt as I did the first time I saw carpet on the floor and was asked to walk in. I declined, saying: "T reckon have got to the wrong place." Sev- eral steam boats were waiting at the wharf and the next morning all hsEitis went aboard and started for Cahaba. at that time the seat of government,
 At Cahaba, as at Montgomery, every thing was done up as 1t should be, There the General met with Major Por- ter. whom he had known in the War of the Revolution. The General examined the old ditch that had been cut by his countrymen many years before. An old