The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
INDIANS F1ALF-BREEDS
 OF EARLY ALABAMA

Yoholo, or Black Drink-but better known of late as Oceola-who aided In the murder of my old countryman. Gen. eral Thompson. And for tho capture of Osceola, General Thomas s. Jessup deserves as much credit as Peter Fran cisco would. had he fogged his grand mother. Oceola, as he was called, was born in Macon County. on the east side of Nafawpba Creek. and not far from where the West Point Railroad crosses If I ever return to Alabama I will mark the spot for someone. His great grand father. James Mcqueen. lies about a mile off. and on the west side of the creek.
 More Indian Traders.
 The next traders I will introduce are Joe and Bob Cornells. Joe has a Tuckabatchy woman for g. wife. They raised three sons. Davy, George ana James. Davy was the oldest: he was known to the Indiana as the Dog War rior. He was the father of the pres ent speaker of the Upper Creeks. Ho- poithle Yoholo. and another son. Mixer, He tDavy CornelD was a troublesome man, and was killed by one Harrison, while on a visit to Seagrove at Cole rain. bearing a white flag.
 George, the second son. raised two sons Seechy and Dick. Seechy raised several children. sons and daughters; his daughter. Tomger. married Mr. Spire M. Hagerty. and he fell heir to her property. Dick had several wives; He raised one daughter by his second cousin. Sukey Cornells. named Han tnah.
 A man named Sam Jones took with him into the Nation from Fort Wilkin- son woman named Betsy Coulter: Jim Cornells swapped his niece, Polly | Keen, with Jones, and took Betsy Coulter for wife. She was the wo- I man that Peter Mcqueen and Jim Boy captured and carried to Pensacola. and l sold to Madame Barrone. Sam Jones married Polly Keen-and in 1916. and near about the time that Colonel Fish l CT and Jim Collier killed Bradberry, and Colonel Joe Phillips killed Roberts. Jim Cornells killed Sam Jones. Polly then married one-eyed Billy Oliver, | an old countryman of mine. She was the daughter of Lucy Cornells, who was the daughter of old Joe. Her first hus- l band was John Keen: he-raised Polly, | whom I have just mentioned. and one | son, John. Keen died, and she marrieo one Sam Smith. and raised one son: who was called Sam. He was wounded at Fort Mims. and made his escape : I old Smith quit Lucy and then she mar ried one Tooly He was a blacksmith and worked up the little swivel into | halls which fDeSoto left at Thlea Waiia- l I,ucy had two daughters by Tooiy' Juoy
 and Mahaly: they were entreiy loo ugly to think of marrying. Tooly hau two sons. Billy and Hiram; they wehl off among the whites. one os tI, eto Crawfords in Georgia partly raised ni,
 ram: he returned to the Nation anu
 was killed by Pompey. negro.
 Vicev Cornells, the second daugntei .. Too cornells. married Alexander Mc- Gi,livray: and after he died, she mar, ried Zach McGirth. and raised
 daurhters-one married Naroy 'olis' one Ned James. one Aleck MoI'aS. ote " Bill SCrabtree, and the youngest went to Arkansas.
 Lives Too Near MontEOmery. l .o,,1d oive you more of this, but vol, live too near Montgomery to know 1t all. .uoa
 flames who was killed at Fort Mims. and she and her daughter were saved by Jim Boy. I lived long with them both; often have I heard them talk It over. when both were sure to get
 George Cornells. the son of Joe,
 raised several daughters: the old Mad Dogs son married one of them, and was the father of Captain Walkers
 wife. Sappoya, and boy, the great friend of Horse Shoe Ned. called Nun gy. The young Dog Warrlor was XII ed at Otisee in 1913. Colonel Pickett
 calls him the Mad Dragon. Another of | Georges daughters married Billy Mo Girth; another the Little Doctor. and one called Big Lizzy married Mad Blue
 Bob Cornells, the brother of old Joe. I have mentioned in the sketches of Polly Perryman, the negress that he
 was the father of Alexander Cornells, the interpreter. Alexander Cornell 8 wife was known as the Big Woman. She was the daughter of the old Mad