The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
The War Chief Also Described the Battles of Holy Ground and Caleebe Creek; His Escape Was Not Made by Leap from the Bluff-Finding the Buried Gold.

ed to XIII h1m. Jim 6oy intolhe.eo cHe said that the man or men who harmed McGirth, must die.
 1 Now, recollect. lived with these people. and I have heard these things again and again. Betsy Coulter lived | with me for years as well as others who bore their part in the war on one side or the other. This Is history-it it as true as gospel-for l am now and was then a living witness to It and the witness to the other have been dead a long time; and beside what write is nothing more than what is and has been common.
 1 But on the return of McQueen's par ty the fight took place between the Indians and at least three times their | number of white men, that Is if we | take the statement of the two com manders, Colonel Caller and Jim Boy 1 Jim Boy said the war had not fairly broke out, and that they never though, of being attacked; that he did no, start with hundred men, and all those he did start with were not in the fight. I have heard Jim tell 1t often and if the whites had not stopped to gather up pack horses and plunder the 1 camp and had pursued the Indians a | little further the Indians would have quit and gone off.
 But the Indians discovered the very great disorder, the whites were in searching for plunder, and they fired few guns from the swamps and general stampede was the result. MIG Girth always corroborated Jim Boy statement as to the number or In- dians that were in the Burnt Corn fight. I have seen many that were m the fight and they were like the militia that was at ladensburg-they died off soon; you never could hear much talk about the battle unless you met ur with a man like Judge Lipscomb. who made a laughing matter of 1t.
 Enough of the Burnt Corn battle now. A part of the Indians returned 1 to Pensacola, while others went on to the Nation. So soon as those who had gone back the second time to Pensa- cola, reached that place, they com menced fitting out an expedition against Fort Mims
 Weatherford said that he delayed them as much as possible. on their march. in order that those at the Fort might be prepared They took sew 1 eral negroes on the route and 1t waf made convenient to let them escape that he had understood that an officer with some troops had reached Fort Mims and that 1t had quite a strona force. and he had no expectation what. ever of taking it, until the morning | that they got within a view of the Fort; that he was close enough to the fort to recognize Jim Cornells-saw l him as he rode up to the fort and rode off
 WARNING WAS IGNORED
 BY MAJOR BEAsLEY
 I have seen Jim Cornells often since and have heard him tell 1t; he told Major Beasley that he had seen some Indians and that the fort would be at tackled that day. Major Beasley wa, drunk; he said to Cornells that he hat only seen a gang of red cattle Cor nells told the Major that the gang o red cattle would give him hell of ( kick before night.
 As Cornells rode off Zack McGritl followed him out and went to the boa yard; they were looking for a pro vision boat up. and while McGirth wa. out the fort was attacked; that is tn, way he escaped.
 The fort gate was open and could no be shut, and a number of Indians fol lowed a Shawnee, not Seekaboo, wht pretended to be a prophet. He wa, feathered from top to toe. Dixor Bailey rushed up within a few yard, of him and placed the prophet where oot even the Witch of Endor could ge to him. Some of the Prophets fol | lowers. being treated the same way the rest left the fort This I learned from McGirth. Sam Smith and other. who were saved and who escaped from the fort as well as from Jim Boy Weatherford and others who were en gagged in the assault.
 The Indians then pretty we'll ceased | operations. and Weatherford as I hay, remarked before, went off to talk, charge of his brothers Indians. Aftel he left. the Shawnee, Seekaboo an( some of the McGillivray negroes go | behind some logs that were near the 1 fort. kindled fire and by putting rag: on their arrows and setting then afire. would shoot them into the roo of Mims smoke house, which was ar old building and formed a part of one line of the fort. It took fire and com. municated 1t to other parts of the for and that Is the way Fort Mims, wa. destroyed.
 Jim Boy succeeded in saving Mrs McGirth and her daughter. but her only son. James was killed Weatherford'. taking charge of Tate negroes gave rise to the report that there was al understanding between Weatherforo and Tate that one was to take sid, with the Indians and one was to re main with the whites The report wa! no doubt false. but 1t ever afterward: caused Tate to be very reserved witt most people. I knew Tate we'll H, like Weatherford. was an honest man but many have done him a great in justice.
 After the fort fell, and Jim Bo, saved Mrs. McGirth and tried to say, others, the Indians ran off, and 1t wa,