Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-11-24
MISS SAHHEDECE
ATTENDS UNWILLING
OF JUAALUSKA PILLAR

rha fontNing Interesting lenhE
hun Mis- MeRDrts ssnnebeck.
who Is tesrhhng IN The Robbins.
vf5e. N c.. Academy, concerning
the unTeEnng Of the Jgnanskn monn-
ment and the psopaa q that sectiOn
win prove most Instructive:
~RobbansvaA. N C.. Nov. S. 1910.
4:3o p N.
Dar EreEybody:-
1 em Just home from attending
the unTettng q the Juneluska
monEmnrt I suppose ibis has been
TIE greatest Day IN the history Of
RobbansEiRe and Graham County.
There was a hand here the first
ever seea in this town or
county; Just think q that Sen eral
a. the girls here had neNer heard or
Isean ono before. It wasn't much Of
a band either Just four or five
pieces and they couknnt play az an
web l told the girls I wished
II could take them al back
home with me: & would be an edu-
cation in HssH 10 sec Cur neopAe and
customs. nsera were 4or S hun
bred people hero to-day from mses
II saw an ges and kinds
around saw an types and kinds
In al their glory. Some Of the clothes
hooked like they had come from the
Ark / saw one old mountain woman
jggang up and down keeping time
wath the music. / certainly do not
lneert coming here. I feel Ike I have
already gained enough n hroadness
and experiences TO repay me for all
that I've gone through This event
hk afternoon l expect future gener-
Rnons VII read Of IN history. 1
sang this afternoon Carolina with
all he iervor Of a true Carolinan,
as two beautiful Indian girls lifted tn
American flags unveiling the rough
natural rock monument dedicated to
the Cherokee CHIEF Janalnska for his
bravery during the war. The girls
sang Star Spangled Banner, Car
olna" and America" Here Is a bit
Of history: Junaluska, a Cherokee
Chk1, at the Battle Of Horseshoe
Bend, near the Tahpossa River in Al
ALBANIA, swan across the River, when
l rha h-s1un- 49,, hr-@a1 o-l onf
loose canoes of the Greek Indians
and brought them to Jackson, enab-
Ing him to overcome the Greeks and
win the battle. The Legislature Of
the U. S. made him a citizen and
granted him 800 acres Of ground
near R~obbansville where he lived IN
tn he daed IS yeans ago He and his
wife, NScie, are buried ON a beautiful
hfltoR Just about a quarter O a
mile rom US, near an old Indian dane
ing ground. The ID. A r. Of Wins
ton Saiem gave the monument and
iron railing and Mr.. Walker, the mil
~ltOnaAre here. gave the plot Of ground
There are about 200 Cherokees IN thi
county. They sang this afternoon
They sing beautifully and some Of
them are remarkably ~b~szHasus. al
Indian preacher. Cogutassea Arm
strong, spoke ia Indian and a half
breed interpreted. There were several
Old whate men there who spoke. hay-
ing known JunaAaska personally. The
Indian preacher said he only regret-
ed that Junaauska was non a Chris
t&an. Junaiuska means "Haytng tried
but failed" One old man said Juna-
huska had told him that II he had
known that jackson would have drv-
en- the Indians out OF their country.
he would have killed him at Horse
Shoe Bend instead OF aiding him.
The reason there are SC many In
dlans here is because instead Of going
to the territory, they hid out among
the mountains and here have re-
mained to this day. / am going 10
box supper tonight with six Of the
girls Six Of them are under punish
ment and 50 have to stay at home
and go 70 bed; il hurts them hke six
~, too. Five marks a month Is
enough for punishment; some have
las high as seventeen / gave "a
marks last month and should have
given twice as many. Miss Ethel