Hickory daily record., 1922-12-19

',V pVath OF Mrs. CilleV Saddened
'nc hcaits of the Surviving alumni
OF TINS law school. and some of tnl
boys marked back into the past and
TSeai4ed the happy faculty of the old
ifecoFtor IN placing them in the
most favorable points CT view for
Deserving the scope Of any particr-
.ar branch OF Jurisprudence, it's re-
,ation to other branches, aud OF stinlIs
lating them TO Investigation of maf- .c
/ tefs not directly connected with their
studies. The .nosS interesting of thes,
latter disquisitions was IN relation 10
The Nickaiack Trail
1t is ike displaying q faded daguer-
/ rotype for enc Of these students to
attempt to reproduce the gist of thi.
or any other OF the qua si-l,ctures
after so long 9 time; o. to chance
( the figure it is ike The descaraanz
OF brave and noble pirate attempt
lng to discover the hiding place of
ouI1ed on ShipWrecked treasure from
MAPS ana descriptions OF places hand
ec down by the respected ancestor.
Colonel Cillev was deeply interest,"
ed ~ everything connected with the
history of the North American In
! dlan and in comparing it with thar
Of his Southern brethren, the Indians
whom the Spaniards found in Mexico
and Peru when they first entered
those countries. The latter, compared
with the condition of the former, as
observed when they were first or
countered by the whites. (some fifty
or seventy-tive years after the Mexi-
can and South American were first
touched upon by the whites) were
nighly civilized esad enjoyed much
Of economic and political organiza-
ton. The former knew littla about
organization, except that limited kina
that forced certain cognate tribes 20
! kee" up a sort of loose community
j, OF interests that might be called
temporary.
The MeXi"ans and Peruvians were
road builders; the North Americans
were not, their only roads being ''bca;-
en- paths or trails made and beaten
down by constant travel. The North
Amel excluding the McXican-~
was not constant as TO his habits ana
each tribe, Of course. had its owi
trails in and around its own particular
habitat for the time being. Then there
were national or international traits
used by ali tribes, local and m0nopo-
~ q by none, unless by force Of arms
inlruders should be driven away. n
the whole range of the country there
were several such intertlibal traiiy,
the one here under consideration being
The Nickajack Trail, from the Great
Lakes 10 the FLORIDA Coast The origin
Of this tYaii is . mystery, or rather,
something that nobody has ever found
out. The presence OF the Spanish set
Elements on tho Florida coast nearly
one hundred years before there were
any English settlements North CT
them, may have been brought to tha
notice Of Indians IN the vicinity OF
the Great Lakes, and they may have
! been led to make excursions down II
| that direction out OF Curiosity; or the
trail may have existed before the com,
| ing Of the Spaniarda. A any rate,
there is not and never has been amy
tradition Of the whites showing is
! beginning. That trall Colonel CillcY
! traced thrgQeh Caldwell county, ao
J Lemon, ovEr the warrior range ct
| mountains. across the foot of the
! Mulberry Mountains, aOd-traclng 1t
bv Inference through Burke county,
alone the old Wilkesboro- Rutherford
road via Moore's Crossroads-to make
! il couple up with the clear trace OF
! it, road at this day on LinVllle noun
! tain.
A year or 50 ago one Of the old
students. taking the back track. be-
can from I.invilie Falls and struck
( The old trail about mile up the
mountain and followed it along the
! Lirville mountain to where a mod
! ern branch trail goes off to Wise
mans View. The old trail goes on
along the back Of the mountain and
down into Burke county 1t is very
rocky trail slaving large boufders
in the middle OF it, has never been
used for vehicles. but is good fo:'
i pack horses. The tradition of its e-I-
, istence goes back past the memory
Of man and the wear Of the path Or
maths. for cften it is worn wide,
shows centuries Of use. Along this
! trail many of the Washington coln-
tv Tennessee, and some Of the Viz
Cinia recruits for Kings Mountain
made their way. In olden times 1t
was regular trail for the passage
! of pack horses, and often caravans
of them going and coming from the
! Linville Valley in Burke, and the
stores there, with loads Of corn ana
"store goods" for the mountains. Al
ter getting below Shortoff Mountain
! to Linville store, the. investigator
! took upon faith the leeht1tV 142i .! tile
I Nickaiack Trail with the old Wli6es 1es
! boro- Rutherfordton road, on TO Tao-
terson in Caldwell county. From thefe
on to Lcnoir the trail is picked IG
IN AGAIN at the crossing of the War
rior rio range of mountains, through II
dian Grave Gap. Here is or was as
the secular pile Of stones raised pg d.,
the Indians over the grave or giaVGa =,
~ number Of their race siam III
battle before ever the white mar! man
came r, into the country. Tradition
sfands for the existence Of the road
and and trail through this Gap Tor for a a
length of time the beginning OF wfi'n
is not in the memory OF man. Aho IT,
,,;.n uo'1:lr Crave Gap road and the Lin
tl,.e the ,JicEajack Trail The on only way ;a:'
to I get from Indian Graves Gap ia W;,Las To El;-
Vi Vile Mountain is along the ola ,i Wl,Nesf -
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