The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-06-01
ANCIENT HISTORY
The Brikantes Resolved and
Caused Trouble in
England.
"REMINISCENCES WALL

Tho scots and the Picts-Ihe TO
mans Conquered England for a
Time. But Lost Out-Famines and
rcstiIcnces brought England to
Her Knees More Than Once-Hu-
man Sacrifices We're Not Unusual
-saxon Warriors Were Hired to
Defend the Early Inhabitants.
Continued from last issueD
Hlklnsyille, y. C.. May Is, 1911.
ca~rcspondence OF The Caucasian
EnterpriseD
After Julius AricoIa, Antonius Plus
became ruler on England. In hiz
reign the Brigantes revolted and
ps4scd trouble. This wuZ about 10
Years after Christ wuz on earth. The
r.Iedonians awlsO created some ex-
-.rmcut by breaking down the so
mile wall the English had built TO
ogs,ruct The more or less regular in
yas.ous by the Romans. The EN-
,.ror sent Lollius Urbicus and a force
against the Romans in a portion ov
their country. A new wall wuZ built
between the Forth and Clyde and
that caused the enemies ov Roman
rule in England, though Romans
- no nj
ever. spells were the real incentive
for these raids.
In the year $50 after Christ, the
Prts and Scots, the former bein' adj
ycuturers from Ireland, the latter ov
Northern tribes from Roman terri
tory. broke down and partly destroy
cd the wall built Severus to protect
the English. BY this time the RO-
mans had so many wars on hand that
they failed TO protect the former
English territory which they had
gained. on fndin' that the Romans
were practically pOwerless for the
time bcn', the English decided that
hit WIZ guide time to get busy an
reject an authority which could Meth
CT protect nor punish The first step
WIZ to depOse the Roman magis-
strates and proclaim their independ-
ence Oy Roman rule. But unfortu-
nately the country WuZ turned over
to a large number Ov petty pOiitici-
ans, many OV them too small to exer-
else even self-cOntrOl, so England wuz
no
orally faCtiOnal, occurred often. This
wuz followed by long famine and
pestilences we're frequent District
after district became the scene ov de-
vastatiOn. A Saxon squadron wuZ
cruising in English waters and though
little, if any better, than pirates, the
English ruler finally appealed for
their aid, the reward to be based up
on the quality or the service rem
dered.
Durin' the period ov Roman power
in England, Christianity wuz intro
duced, some claim az early az the age
OY the apostles. In A. d. SIT, Pope
Gregory sent Augustus and forty 9TH
er monks, to instruct the inhabitants
in the Christian religion. Hit gradu-
ally gained until the seventh CEN
fury, when hit became the religion ov
the country. Previous to this the Eng
llsh were pagans and the religion
they called "Druidism." The priests
were called "Druids," an for time
they sometimes required human be-
ings to be sacrificed.
Az early az 449 A. D., 1000 Saxons
arrived in England an they were re-
ceived with great joy. The Isle ov
Thanet wuz given to them for a tenn
porary home an they had agreed to
defend the English against awl for
eign enemies. In addition to a home
they were to get pay. Az England
now hez large army an navy, the
greatest in the world, hit sounds
strange to hear that she wuz once
forced to hire defenders from out
side sources. But hit il stated az a
fact beyond dispute.
The first service rendered by the
hlred SaXons mentioned above wuz
ACoI oCduIIOFu III LluCOuSulE0. Inc
SaXons proved to be very competent
allies an they utterly defeated the
Scots an Picts. The King ov Eng
land wuz highly pleased with hiz
hired hessians," and he gave large
possessions to the two prinipal off,
GERS. But the greed ov Hengist, one
OF the Saxon leaders, lead him to for
get what he wuz employed to do
Havin' had an opportunity to mix
with the English, he concluded that
they didn't amount to much an he
decided to get larger army from hiz
own country an capture England
outright. In 452 seventeen ships
loaded with SaXons arrived in Eng
land. The men brought added to those
already in England brought the total
up to about 5000. Az the 1900
oaxons had proven such good soldiers
Il