Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-05-31

ourselves, for as yet it remained un--
known to Attakulla, and the time.
could not come for its revealment un-
til the young warrior had gone home
to his people. Jocassee was not so
sure that all parties would be SO
ready as herself to sanction her
proceeding. Of her fathers willing
ness she had no question, for She
knew his good nature and good
sense; but she had Il brother OF
whom she had many fears and mis-
givings. He was away, on a great
hunt OF the young men, up at Char
ashilactay, on the falls Of the White
water, as we call it to this day-.a
beautiful cascade Of nearly forty
feet, the water OF which is of milky
complexion. How she longed, yet
how she dreaded, to see that bro
ther! He was fierce, impetuous,
sanguinary youth, who, to these char
distasteful to Jocassee-there was
not man among all the Occonies
who so hated the people of the
Green Bird as Cheochee. What
hopes, or rather what fears, were III
the bosom Of that maiden!
But he came not. Day after day
they looked for his return, and yet
he came not; but in his place a run
,,,;t 80; ;,l,
cred with slips of skin torn from the
body Of a wolf. The runner passed
by the lodge Of Attakulla, and all its
inmates were aroused by the intelli-
gence he brought. A wolf-hunt was
commanded by Moitoy, the great war
chief or generalissimo Of the Chero-
kee nation, to take place, instantly,
at Charashilactay, where an I'M
mense body OF wolves had herded to-
gether. and had become troublesome
neighbors. Old and young, who had
either taste for the adventure, or
curiosity to behold it, at once set off
upon the summons; and Attakulla,
Old as he was, and Nagoochie, whose
own great prowess in hunting had
made it passion, determined read
lily upon the journey. Jocassee, too,
Joined the company-for the maidens
of Cherokee were bold spirits, as we'll
as beautiful, and loved to ramble,
particularly when, as in the present
instance, they went forth in company
with their lovers. Lodge after
lodge, rs they pursued their way,
poured forth it's inmates, who joined
them in their progress, until the
company had swollen into a goodly
caravan, full Of life, anxious for
sport, and carrying, as is the fashion
among the Indians, provisions of
smoked venison and parched grain.
in plenty, for many days.
"They came at length to the swell
ing hills, the long, narrow valleys Of
the Keochee and it's tribute river OF
ToXaway, named after the great chief
of the Little Estatoees, Of whom we
have already heard something. At
one and the same moment they be-
held the white waters Of Charashilac-
tay, plunging over the precipice, and
the hundred lodges of the Cherokee
hunters. There they had gathered
the warriors and their women
twenty different tribes of the same
great nation being represented on
the ground; each tribe having its
own cluster Of cabins; and rising up,
in the midst Of each, the long pole on
which hung the peculiar emblem Of
the elan. 1t was not long before Ma
goochie marshalled himself, along
with his brother Estatoees-who had
counted him lost-under the beauti-
full green bird of his tribe, which
waved about In the wind, over the
heads of their small community.