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heel, into the yard and while his lips yet breathed
the challenge Of am unsubdued old warrior, the
bloody knife was plunged INTO hlS heart. 1t
straightway ended the death struggles and, lifting
his manglcd face to the fading stars William Me
ntoSh chief Of the Choctaws brayeSt of the brave,
Georgia s true and tried friend slept the sleep of
his fathers.
Rapinc was next added to the measure Of re-
vengc which included already murder and arson.
Everything of value about the place, which they
were not able to carry Off, they ruthIesSly de-
StrOyed. like the savage hOrdeS of Attla. The de
yastaton made complete. and the rising sun
found the home of the brave chief mass OF RUNS.
Georgia has always felt some twnge of conscience
over the sadp fate of Mcintosh. 1t is said, on good
authority, that the Indian chief realizing the inn
minencc of danger, had sent to Medgcyille for
armed protection and though it was readily prom
ised, it was never received. General Mcintosh was
at all times the staunch friend of Georgia In the
war of 1872 he had resisted the most tempting
oyertlweS of the British emisSares; and espouSlng
the American cause, he had earned the rank of
BrgaderGenera Later he fought under Gen
eral jackson, in the campaign against the Seminole
Indians in Florida. He was ever marked by an
answering integrity Of character, and to the fam
ouS Highland elan, of which he was member, he
brought aurelS. General Lachem Mcintosh,
of the Revolutions was knSman Governor George
The atcr's mother was Mcintosh AN own sister
to the Generals father Though Governor Troop
could boast of no Indian blood in his veins he
possessed both the grim determination and the
courage Of his knsman. The crisis which he
now called up to face well calculated to test
the metal of the man in the executive chair.
On the Well-known rock. near the Warner
House which marks the site of the famous com
pact of agreement, they unveiled ON July l. 1911,
tablet of bronze which bears following inscription:
" Here ON February - 1925 William Mcintosh
chief Of the Creek nation, signed the treaty which
ceded to the State of Georgia all the Creek lands
west of the Flint river For this act he was say
asely murdered by band of Indians who opposed
the treaty. Placed by the Piedmont Continental
Chapter Of the ID. A. r., A. d. 1911" o. H. Knight
in Georgia landmarks, Memorials and Legends)
An Indian Orator
Hop-O O-Eth-Le-Yo-IloLo as the representative of
Big Warrior the chief of the Upper Creeks at
tended the council meeting at Indian Springs. He
was the siIver-tongued orator of the tribe and on
this occasion aroused to the highest pitch of
enthusiasm, IN opposition to the proposed relin-
quiShment of the Creek lands Several speeches
made by him in the course Of the proceedings;
and, when the treaty was finally Signed he eapcd .
upon the large rock to the south oof the Warner
House, and gave vent to his Indignation in the fol-
lowing fiery outblrst. Said he:
"Brothers-The Great Spirit has met here with
his painted children of the woods and with our
pae-faced brethren | see his golden locks in the
sunbeams He fans the warriors brow with his
wings and whispers sweet music in the winds The
beetle joins his hymn and the mockmgbird his
song. You are charmed. Brothers, you have been
deceived. A snake has been coilcd in the shade.
and you running into his mouth deceived by
the doubletongue of the palc-facc Chief Mcintosh
and drunk with the fire of the pac-facc Brothers,
the hunting ground of our fathers have been stolen
by our chief and sold to the pale face whose gold
is in his pouch. Brothers, our grounds are gone.
and the pow of the pale face will soon uptum the
bones of our fathers Brothers, you are tame viii
you submit! HOpO OEth-Le-YoIIo-LO says NO"
Then turning to Mcintosh who was standing with
the commissioners at a window, some few feet dis
tant, he exclaimed: AS for you. doubc-tongueI
snake, whom | see through the window of the pale
face, before many moons have waned your blood
shall wash out the memory of this hated treaty.
Brothers | have spoken o., L. Knight. ip Geor-
glaS Landmarks, Memorials and Legends