The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Also Gives Some Unwritten History of Tecumseh and Hts Famous Visit to Alabama ia ISII-Names of White Men Who Saw Him.

credit to Colonel Johnson; I have given Colonel Cleever's account of the affair without giving my opinion as to who killed him. And there Is but one man that I know of that could give any satisfactory evidence of that matter and he Is General Lewis Cass the pre- sent Secretary of State of the United States.
 I will go back to where am better acquainted. General Dale was in the Burnt Corn Battle. but from what l have learned from the late Judge Lips comb, of Texas, but formerly of Ala bama. and others on the part of the whites and Jim Boy. the principal War Chief that was with Mcqueen and whom Colonel Pickett. styled High Head Jim" the whole affair was a light one.
 The canoe fight was a reality. knew all the parties. that is General Dale Colonel Austill, James Smith and the negro Caesar. Colonel Austill is yet living and of course knows more of the fight than can possibly know. THE CANOE FIGHT
 ON THE RIVER
 But I have no doubt that he will say that the fight has been detailed by Colonel Pickett, to the best advantage of those engaged in 1t. and will also say that an Indian fight in the canoe. or in the bushes, alters It's appearance very much when 1t appears in book or newspaper.
 I have heard the accounts given by General Dale down to Caesar: it's pity the eight big Indians killed in the canoe had not been taken to the shore for the landsmen to count. Col onel Pickett says that a few years before that General Dale was in the act of drinking when two Indians tried to tomahawk him; that he knif- ed them, took their trail carrying five bleeding wounds. brained three more warriors released a female pri- soner and she killed the fourth. That's another exploit I never heard of susa pect the woman's dead by now. And whether this startling event was in the Georgia wars between the Revo- lution and the War of 1S12-13, or at what period or place, we are not told. The account only says some years be- fore the Canoe Fight.
 I could not help smiling as I read the Consul Colonel's account of the Roman Consul Acquilius and compar- ing his case with that of General Daie's in Mobile. Silence. I think would have been the strongest appeal that persons in their case could have made, particularly Tn Mobile and would have evinced more greatness. both in the General and the Consul
 Now let me tell you who General Dale was and what he was; he was honest he was brave. he was kind to fault,s his mind was of the ordinary kind, fond of speculation, and not we'll fitted for it. a bad manager in money matters and often embarrassed, com plained much of others for his mis- fortunes was very cumulative. always ready to go into danger, would hazard much for friend. was charitable in money matters even to those he looked upon as enemies.
 I could relate many interesting fro- lies of his that might be interesting to a few, but as such things are wit messed daily. particularly where whis- key Is drunk. I shall not msntion them. He spent much of his time with me in 1884. He knew very little about the Indian character and entertained a good feeling for those persecuted people.
 So soon as he had an enemy in his power he was done and would sympa- thise with and for him at times would cry like a child. have given you true account of the character of Gen erat Dale. and those that were ole enough. or were Intimately acquaint- ed with him, will tell you that l have given faithful account of the man. as far as I have gone. What I have written Is to correct error. not to de- tract, and you never can take from man, that which he never had. What Colonel Pickett has written of General Dale and others that I know, would do for a novel but not for history. Men who write history and wish to deal little in the marvellous for the amusement of readers, should look around and see who is living. particu- larly If they are writing about things that have happened In their own time and a little before.
 I will in a day or SO write out and send YOU the true character of Billy Weatherford and the part he acted in