The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
JACKSON TRACE REPORT

ologist and the lover of folklore for it
 was the paradise of the red men who had
 followed their Mico (their Moses) out
 fro mthe land of Mexico into this fair and
 beautiful country, where Mico struck
 his spear and cried, Alabama! Alabama {!
 Here we rest,''
 All other lands, the Indians traded off,
 or ceded without murmur but Ala
 bama they clung to tenaciously all
 through the centuries of Latin emigra-
 tion, until finally uprooted by the all
 conQuering army of Gen. Andrew Jack
 son. The memorials of the Indians for
 mer greatness are to be found in the names of our rivers and our mountains. Much did he bestow on the white man.
 He has perpetuated himself in much of
 the food we eat. Every mention of pota- toes, green corn, hominy, the toothsome turkey, the oyster and the tomato Is a tribute to the Indian, while the fragrance of tobacco is perpetual incense to his memory. It is said that the flower of the Indian race lived in the Powhatan and Creek confederacies, one in Virginia and the other in Alabama.
 Powhatan ruled over 40 tribes and his system of government was very similar to that of the Roman empire. Powhatan' S little daughter, Pocahontas, princess of Jamestown, started the fad of interna- tional marriages between American heir esses and impoverished Englishmen. She and her husband were the F. F. V.'s and gave to America many renowned men and women, as we'll as a patriotic or ganiZation called Descendants of Poca- hontas." The Creek confederacy had a remarkable princess 'Sehoy of Ala bama' whose blood courses through the veins of some of the bravest and best of daI bt1t Io- scendants of this great aristocrat neg lected to organize the Daughters of Sehoy." Sehoy was of nobler birth than Pocahontas. Her tribe was more ancient, more intelligent, more powerful than any other tribe in America. Sehoys made glorious the early history of Mexico Her family, the tribe of Wind, was one of the four great ruling Indian families of America, and was the most impor- tant of the four. This beautiful, wealthy and aristocratic princess married a splen- di dsoldier of France-Captain Marchand "a son of a noble house. Unlike Poca- hontas (who was called Lady Rebecca after her baptism) Sehoy never left her native land nor her people, Her grand son. Alexander McGillivrary, became the chief of the Creek confederacy, sometime before 1774, through his mother, Sehoy the crown princess. McGillivrary is one of the most remarkable characters in his tory-holding rank, judging him by his period, with some of earths greatest leaders. He was the only man in the world who, at one and the same time, received commission as general in the revolution, together with salary as such, and yet held the respect and of four great antagoniStic world powers--Amerca, England, Spain and the Indians. It was he who advised Washington in regard to all Indian af- fairs, and influenced the United States government in all it's policies We under stand that Weatherford. well known in Creek history, was also descended from the Wind tribe, and received his power and wealth from his mother. The great est and most sanguinary of all Indian wars took place in Alabama. Manville and Horseshoe Bend will ever stand as the Alpha and Omega of Indian glory. Likewise, the two greatest Indian mas sacres took place in Alabama, at Man vile and Fort Mims.
 History proves that the arms and equip ment for the Creek campaign was given the Indians in Pensacola. The British in tho north, through Tecumseh, an Indian prophet, who was born on the Talla- poosa, cited the Indians to murder and war. The prophets, gathering around their council fires, appealed to the super sttious natures of their warriors, led them to believe that the Great Spirit was itself for war, and that the comet seen in the sky and the earthauake which was felt in the south, was proof positive that war should begin and the paleface should be driven from their happy hunting grounds. :" When General Jackson and his army were sent into Alabama territory, to rescue the settlers, lie left Fayetteville for Huntsville, where Coffee joined him, but he did not follow the beaten paths of the Indians, but cut his way through the high plateaus from to Coosa river, where al Hart's Ferry. in St. Clair county he built Fort Strother used it as base of supplies for the seven months of his hard cam paign, during which time he fought and won the battles of Tallasehathie, Tallade- ga, Entiochapca, or Holy Ground Fmuckfan and Horseshoe Bend. Now this route over which Jackson led his men in the Creek campaign. is known as the blazed and cut by his engineers and scouts, and Jackson himself, in writing to the war department, speaks of this road and calls it the Trace"
 The Alabama Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution resolved to mark this route over which the "conquering hero went with suitable stones, which would tcll tnc olOly Ol d oldtc Sidtitddc tO General Jackson, whose heart was ever with the pioneers. By his --'rtories over the Creeks, he broke forever the yoke of Indian confederacy, and he made it possible for the pioneers to take posses sion of the unoccupied lands; and homes were built, and cities arose, and the state began it's growth of prosperity and happi- ness.
 Now, I see no use for me to eulogize no military chiaftain whom all the world knows won his proudest lau- rels in the hills of Alabama. His fame is eternal, and our people are keenly ali--e to all he did for us
 Our committee has each year accom- plished something definite as a memorial to prove our gratitude. We will briefly state the work finished.
 In Calhoun county we placed marker every two mles-the Trace runs through the southwestern corner of the county Q0 miles). Then we placed large monu- ment on the Tallasehatchie battlefield in Alexandria valley, which has an inscrip- ton stating that Lieut.. Gen. John Golf fee won the victory on that field with Jacksons men. On the north side of Coosa river at Harts Ferry, is the old Fort Strother, and this site covers 16 acres, and on this historic spot we placed massive stone with this inscription: Here stood Fort Strother: A Defense Against the Indians: Built by Gen. An- drew Jackson and occupied by -him and his brave men during the Creek cam paign. November 3. 1913.
 '''rhe Frederick William Gray Chapter, D. A. R., erect this stone to preserve the of faithful service''
 The Andrew Jackson chapter erected a bronze tablet with suitable inscriptions or the site of the Talladega battlefield. This tablet I have heard cost the chap ter $a00