The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06

VI BOD ItDlleu that Itlefe
was no false swearing among Indians,
that If they told you anything it was
the plain truth The preacher then com
menced making some inquiry into Wards
history. Ward infomed him that his ia
Their had taken him into the Creek ma
ton, near where Oweatumka, or We
tumpl5a, now stands. Crhe Indians called
1t Oweatumpka -ehee, or Falls of Little
Uchee creek) When he WARD was a
child he said his father died, and
he remembered very little of him;
that he had been raised by Daniel Nc
Donald CASUALLY called McGillivray), that
he heard Mcdonald say that his father
was a Georgian, and had left wife
and children in that state. Wards his
tory, as far as it went, soon became
known in the camp. and someone who
had heard of Wards father quitting his
family and disappearing with one of his
children, and being well acquainted with
the Wards In Georgia, looked at John
Ward and said, from the near resem-
blance of him and Georgia Ward he
knew well, that they certainly must be
brothers. The Georgia brother was writ
ten to, and In a few weeks made his APP
pearance In camp. In the meantime the
Indian Ward, from exposure, had fallen
sick and was very low. The Georgia
next morning John Ward was dead.
though he was perfectly rational ON the
arrival of his brother and before he died
knew who he was. They proved to be
twin brothers. One of my best friends
and mess-matcs was Capt. Arnold Seals
of Macon county, Alabama. Ward fire.
ouently messed with u.s. Ward died in
one Of the tents of Adams Rf1emen, and
Elisha Mosely was his nurse. The most
beautiful and impressive pulpit talk I
ever heard fell from the lips of Elisha
Mosely, In a soldiers tent, on the death
of John Ward His remains rest on the
hill just above old Fort Mitchell This
event occurred in the year 1919 Though
raised among the Indians he spoke the
English language very well. He was
raised by Tuskegee Indian woman, and
was enrolled among the Tuskegee Indian
warriors. His share of land under the
treaty was entitled to a half section
of land. located In the fork of the Coosa.
and Tallapoosa rives. This, of course,
fell into the possession of his kindred"
The following extract fom Col. John
Banks letter to the editor of the Column
bus, Ca, Sun, in July 1858, corroborates
the statements of General Woodward in
regard to the rescue of Mrs. Stuart: Ed
itors of The Sun: In the spring of 1918,
the writer was in General Jackson 8
army, in Florida, consisting of near 1000
men, including regulars commanded by
General Gaines; Georgia militia, COM
manded by General Glascock; the Ten
nessee Horsemen and friendly Indians
under General Mcintosh. Maj. Thomas
Woodward and Capt. Isaac Brown had q
Joint command with General Mcintosh
over the Indians, who always seemed to
especially like General Woodward. and
called him Chulatarla Emathla. While
marching on between st. Marks and Sc
wannee Town, distance about 100 miles,
was then Mrs Stuart, and afterwards
still living in or about Fort Gaines. She
on the 18th day of April. we discovered
fresh signs of Indians. General Mcln-
tosh, with his command of Creek In
dams, pursued them. The main army, as
was our habit, lay down in the grass to
rest and await McIntosh's return. Very
soon Mcintosh overlook them and the
battle commenced in hearing Of us, prob
ably a mile off. We could hear the firing
OF guns, which continued for some time.
Well remember an express borne from
Mcintosh. An Indian, on foot, running
and crying out at the top of his voice,
Captain Jackson, Captain Jackson AS
he passed us we pointed to Old Hickory
who soon dispatched a company of Ten
nessee mounted men to aid Mcintosh.
The battle was finished before they
reached him. Mcintosh and Woodward
soon returned to our camp with their
prisoners, and among them a white wo-
man. At this time Q85S) this woman is
married John Dill of Fort Gaines who
died a few years since" Replying to re-
quest of prominent persons to hear more
on the subject, General Woodward writes
to Col John Banks as follows: you
In l,o Il, 10
that I was, Ebert In the year 1878 there
were two companies of soldiers from FL
bert county, Georgia, one commanded
by Captain Mann, the other by Captain
Ashley: You were a lieutenant IN one or
those companies. | remember the trip
to Fort Early that you speak OF. Mrs.
Stuart now Mrs. DID you saw when
Captain Brown and myself carried her
to your camp. You say that you have
seen the old lady, the mother of Captain
Brown. l never saw her but once, and
that was in Twiggs county, Georgia,
about the last of February. In the year
1875 at her own house. I called there
to get Isaac to go with me to Florida, as
I had been ordered by General Jackson
to collect as many friendly Indians as I
could and join him at Fort Scott. Capt.
Isaac Brown had no horse suitable for
the trip.
II had left my horse with General
Wimberly, and we made it on foot to
Fort Early, trusting to Providence for
horses after that. When We were about
to leave the old lady said: Isaac, my
son, the Indians killed your father, and
may kill you, but l had rather hear Of
your being killed in the front of battle
than to hear that my son had acted the
coward I have had her history from
many that knew her we'll When Isaac
was but an infant his father, who was
a fearless man, crossed the Oconee river
near what is known as Long Bluff. The
Oconee was then the line between the
whites and Indians. Brown built him a
house and was preparing for stock rails
ing. He always kept on hand number
of loaded guns and some fine dogs. One
morning about daylight his dogs COM
menced barking; he opened the door to
look out and was shot dead by an In
dian, who had secreted himself near the
house. AT the report of the gun the In
dams raised yell Those who have
never heard IT can form no idea of the
terror it inspires Mrs. Brown drew her
lifeless husband into the house, closed
the door and commenced firing at the
Indians and succeeded in driving them
of They soon returned and set fire TO
a board shelter attached to the house.
She climbed up the wall on the, inside
and with a large bucket of milk extin-
guished the fire; and while in the act of
pouring the milk on the fire, with her
arm projecting through the logs the In
dams shot at her and broke her shoulder.
with one arm and the aid of a small
boy, the son of Mr.. James Harrison,
neighbor. then on visit to the Browns.
she succeeded the second time in driving
the Indians away She then escaped
across the river with her children. A
company of white men was collected and