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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-20
CHIEF WEATHERFORD-A PAGE
OF BLOODY HISTORY

7 ATE in the summer Of 1913 the
~ whole country was stunned by the
news OF terrible Indian massacre at
Fort Mimms, Ala. only year before
had occurred the slaughter at Fort
Dearborn, but compared to the horror
at Fort Minus, tie Illinois tragedy
seemed Insignificant. OF garrison of
275 men, women and children, only IT
escaped alive.
The leader In this massacre was the
Greek chief Red Eagle (Lamochattee)
commonly knowA as Weatherford, a
half-breed, who had inherited the
worst qualities Of both races.
An army of 5000 men was put In
the field under Gen. Andrew Jackson
TO punish the Creeks. He made them
pay dearly for Fort Mimms. At Tai
lushatches 200 Creek warriors died.
At Talladega they lost 500 more.
At the Holy Ground" a natural for
tress on the Alabama river. Weather.
ford was the last to leave the field.
His capture seemed certain. Sudden.
~ he turned his horse to a cliff where
there was a sharp drop of Is feet to
the river. The chief galloped to the
brink and in one great leap horse and
rider dropped into the river. Disap-
pearing beneath the water, then
emerging, they swan to safety.
After suffering several defeats. the
Greeks prepared to make their last
stand at Tohopeka or the Great
Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa
river. Here on March II, 1914, Jack
son attacked them. The battle was
one Of the 'bleodlest In Indian history.
Weatherford lost 600 warriors. the
flower Of the Creek nation. His DOW
er was broken. Soon afterward the
Indians sued for peace. One of the
conditions imposed by Jackson was
that Weatherfcrd should be sracued
and delivered to him. Rather tn. n
suffer such degradation, the chief an
nounced that he would surrender vol
unfairly.
rev days later an Indian walked
into Jacksons tent. ~ am Weather
ford. who commanded at Fort Mimms"
he said. 81 desire peace for my peo-
pie and have come to ask 1t. am in
your power; do with me as YOU
please II wish to take no advantage
of you," replied "Old Hickory" "You
may return to your tribe and continue
the war. But IL you are taken you
shall receive no quarter"
"You can safely address me In such
terms now" was Weatherford's dlgni-
fed reply. II could once animate my
warriors to battle, but / can not ami
mate the dead. / ask for peace only
for my nation. You will find me the
Strictest enforcer Of obedience to your
terms" weatherford Kept his word
and until his death March 0, 1924. hs
held bis nation Of peace,
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Stories Of
OGREAT
INDIANS
WARRIOR TECUMSEH BECAME
A BRITISH GENERAL
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

TN THE year 17oS Meetheetashe. wife
i of Chief Pukesheeno of the Shawnees,
gave birth to triplets. One of them,
Tecumtha or Tecumseh, 1.-THE Shoot
Ing Star" name strangely prophetic
of his meteoric career, was destined to
be called by many historians the
greatest American Indian"
Tecumseh distinguished himself In
battle early. Although he was great
warrior, he was not cruel one and,
due to his influence, the Shawnees
gradually gave up the practice of tor
turing captives. He was proud chief
tain, too. At council with Gen. Wil'
liam Henry Harrison. governor of In.
diana, In 1910, the interpreter handed
Tecumseh a chair with the remark,
Your father requests you to take this
chair my father? The sun Is my
father and the earth Is my mother and
/ will rest upon her BOSOM" replied
Tecumseh haughtlly as he took his
place among his warriors on the
ground.
Tecumseh had come to protest
against the cession Of Shawnee lands
under the Treaty Of Fort Wayne. but
his objections gained him nothing.
He travelled throughout the Middle
West gaining recruits for his confed-
Grafton. His scheme failed.
While he was absent, his brother,
the loud-mouthed Prophet, rashly pre-
cipitated an attack upon Harrison and
the Battle of Tippecanoe In 1911 ended
Tecumseh's dream forever. He imme-
diately enlisted In the service of the
British. who, at the outbreak of the
War of 1912, made him a brigadier
general. Once while he discovered
some of his Indians butchering helpless
captives, he holly rebuked General
Proctor for allowing 1t.
"Sir," replied the general, "Your In
dams could not be restrained"
"Begone" shouted Tecumseh. you
are not fit to command. Go home and
put on pettieoats."
Aulcl III lic tuthpdlSh WHcu lno
cOwardly Proctor continued retreating
Tecumseh forced him to make stand
on the Thames river In Ontario. He
seems to have had presentiment of
death for he discarded his generals
uniform and went into the battle wear
ing the deerskin garb of Shawnee
warrior. He was killed in that battle.
His had been the career of shoot
Ing star, truly. From the Mad river
in Ohio, his birthplace, to the Thames,
II had been only 45 years. But In that
short time Tecumseh made his place
in history.
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strangely left him. She died In France
In the spring Of 1910, and Corvet's
first information of her death come
to him through paragraph In a
newspaper"
Alan had started; Sheriff. looked at
him questlontngly.
"The spring Of 1910" Alan ex.
planned, was when received the
bank Daft for fifteen hundred
dollars"
Sheriff. nodded; he did not seem
surprised to hear this; rather 1t ap
peared to be confirmation OF some
thing in his own thought
Following his wife's leaving him"
Sheriff. went on. "Corvet saw very
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"BenjaImn Corvet aad his wife had

Benjamin Corvet and his wife had
no children"
II thought that was what you
meant" A twinge twisted Alan's
face; he tried to control 1t but for a
moment could not.
do not misapprehend your father"
Sheriff. said quietly. ~ cannot pre-
vent what other people may think
when they learn this; but / do not
share such thoughts with them There
Is much In this I cannot understand !;
but know that 1t Is not merely the
result of what others may think tt
Of a wife In more ports than one,
as you will hear the lakemen put 1t.
What lies under this Is some great
misadventure which had changed and
frustrated all your fathers life"
Sheriff. crossed the room and rang
for servant.
II am going to ask you to be my
guest for short time, Alan" he an
nounced. II have had your bag
carried to your room; the man will
show you which one 1t Is"
Alan hesitated; he felt that Sheriff.
had not told him an he knew-that
there were some things Sheriff. pur-
posely was Withholding from him; but
he could not force Sheriff. to tell more
than he wished; 80 after an instant's
lrresolutlon. he accepted the dismissal
Sheriff. walked with him to the
door, and gave his directions to the
servant; he stood watching, as Alan
and the man went up the stairs. Then
he went back and seated himself In
the chair Alan had occupied, and sat
with hands grasping the arms Of the
chair while he stared into the fire.
He seemed to be considering and de-
batting something within himself; and
he seemed TO come to de-
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Of course. had key to the front door
like this one; his servant has key
to the servants entrance. l do not
know of any other keys"
The servant Is In charge there
nowT Alan asked.
Just now there is no one In the
house. The servant. after your father
disappeared, thought that, If he had
merely gone away, he might have gone
back to his birthplace near Manistique,
and he went up there to look for him.
| had wire from him today that he
had not found him and was coming
back"
Sheriff. waited moment to see
whether there was anything more
Alan wanted to ask then he went out
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| AIone,
cision. He went up the stairs and on
the second floor he went to a front
room and knocked. Alan's voice told
him to come In. Sheriff. went in and,
when he had made sure that the serv-
ant was not with Alan, he closed the
door carefully behind him.
Then he turned back to Alan, and
for an instant stood indeclslve as
though he did not know how to begin
what he wanted to say. AS he glanced
down at a key he took from his pocket,
his INDIGESTION seemed to receive d.
rection and inspiration from t.; and
he put 1t down on Alan's dresser.
ave brought you." he said, evenly,
the key to your house"
Alan gazed at him, bewiidered. "The
key to my house?'
ITO the house on Astor street."
Sheriff. confirmed. your father deed
ed the house and Its furniture and all
Its contents to you the day before he
disappeared. have not the deed
here; II came into my hands the day
before yesterday at the same time /
got possession Of the pictures which
might--Or might not, for all knew
then-be you. have the deed down
town and will give 1t to you. The
house Is yours in fee simple, given
you by your father, not bequeathed to
you by him to become your property
after his death. He meant by that, l
think, even more than the mere ac-
acknowledgement that he Is your father"
Sheriff. walked to the window and
stood as though looking out, but his
eyes were blank with thought.
"For almost twenty years. he said.
"your father, as have told you, lived
in that house practically alone; dur
ing all those years q shadow of some
sort was over him. don't know at
all, Alan, what that shadow was. But
1t Is certain that whatever It was that
had changed him from the man he
was when first knew him eliminated
three days ago when he wrote to you.
1t may be that the consequences of his
writing to you were such that, after
he had sent the letter, he could ne.
bring himself to face them and so has
merely gone away. Tn that
case, as we stand here talking, he Is
still alive. On the other hand his
writing you may have preclpitated
something that know nothing of. In
either case, If he has left anywhere
any evidence Of what 1t Is that changed
and oppressed him for all these years,
or II there is any evidence of what
has happened to him now, 1t will be
found In his house."
Sheriff. turned back to Alan. ut Is
for you--not me, Alan" he said simply.
ito make that search. have thought
seriously about It, this last half hour.
and have decided that ls as he would
want it--perhaps as he did want It.
10 be. He could have told me what his
trouble was any time in these twenty
years, n he had been willing should
know: bat he never did. Your father
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"coRyET's SOM"

sYNoPsIs.--W eaithy and highly
placed in the Chicago business
world, Benjamin Corvet Ia some
thing of recluse and a mystery
to his associates. After a stormy
interview with his partner, Henry
Spearman. Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff.. daughter of his other
business partner. Lawrence Sher-
rill. and secures from her a prom
lse not to marry Spearman. He
then disappears. Sheriff. learns
Corvet has written TO a certain
Alan Conrad. In Blue Rapids. Kan
sas, and exhibited strange agita-
ton over the matter. Corvet's let
ter summons Conrad, youth OF
unknown parentage, to Chicago.
Alan arrives In Chicago.
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THE INDIAN DRUM
By William Maetiarg and Edwin Balmer


his interests were beginning to ex
pand. l met him frequently In ths
next few years, and we became Gloss
friends"
Sheriff. broke off and stared an In
slant down at the rug. Alan bent
forward; he made no interruption but
only watched Sheriff. attentlvely.
Between 1886, when first met him
and 1895. Corvet laid the foundation OF
great success; his boats seemed lucky
men liked to work for him, and he
got the best shippers and crews. There
was a saying that In storm a C0rvet
| ship never asked help; 1t gave 1t ;
certainly In twenty years no Corvet
ship had suffered serious disaster.
Corvet was not yet rich, but unless
accident or undue competition inter-
vened, he was certain to become so.
Then something happened
Sheriff. looked away at evident loss
how to describe 1t.
ITO the ships?' Alan asked him.
"No; to him. In 1896, for no APP
parent reason, great change came
over him."
"In 1861"
"That was the year"
Alan bent forward his heart throb-
bling In his throat. THAT was also
the year when was brought and left
with the Weltons In Kansas" he said.
Sheriff. did not speak for moment.
II thought" he said finally, ut must
have been about that time; but you
did not tell my daughter the exact
date"
"What kind of change came over
him that year?" Alan asked
Sheriff. gazed down at the rug, then
at Alan, then past him. "a change
In his way Of living he replied. 1.-THE
Corvet line Of boats went on, ex-
panded; interests were acquired In
other lines and Corvet and those
allied with him swiftly grew rich. But
in all this great development, for
which Corvet's genius and ability had
laid the foundation, Corvet himself
ceased to take active part. He took
into partnership, about year later,
Henry Spearman, a young man who
had been merely mate on one of his
ships. This proved subsequently to
have been a good business move, for
Spearman had tremendous energy,
daring and enterprise; and no doubt
Corvet had recognized these qualities
In him before others did. Since then
he has been ostensibly and publicly
the head Of the concern but he has
left the management almost entirely
to Spearman. The personal change
to Corvet at that time Is harder for
me to describe to YOU"
Sheriff. halted, his eyes dark with |
thought his lips pressed closely to-
gether; Alan waited.
when saw Corvet again. In the |
summer Of '96-I had been South dur
Ing the latter part Of the winter and |
East through the spring. was I'M
pressed by the vague but to me,
alarming change in him. was re-
recall Of a friend | had |
had In college who had thought he was
In perfect health and had gone to an
examiner for life insurance and had
'een refused. and was trying to deny
to himself and others that anything
could be the matter. But with Corvet
knew the trouble was not physical.
The next year his wife left him."
'rhe year OFF Alan asked.
"That was 1897. There was NO
question Of their understanding and
affection up to the very time she so
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Go back to hi I'll get
you! You--you can't save the
Miwaka r.
(To BE coNTINUBD.l
HomsIlke Touches.

Hon1eTIkc Touches.
Shades ana curtains should Va
chosen to regulate but not shat out
the light and air. Simple, durable.
sot1iy hanging materials, such "a
white or cream wolfe, scrim, swiss or
cheesecloth. hemmed or hemstitched,
make good washable curtains, which
may have ovsrcurtaius Of colorsd or
figured marerial.
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Errors by his infield cost Waite
Hoyt a victory over the Philadelphia
crew, the contest being lost by 4 to
2 score. He allowed the Athletics
only seven scattered hits but they
were mixed with errors and produced
runs
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I Townsend Community
Service Clubs Meet

The first meeting of the junior and
senior baseball clubs of the Townsend
Branch of Community Service was
held Wednesday night at the Masonic
hall. South Sixth street, with Mr.. Nc
Fadden, of the national office of the
Community Service, as special athlet-
ic organizer. Plans were laid for the
coming season and a committee ap-
pointed to secure as complete roster
as possible by next Wednesday night,
the time set for the next meeting.
Todd Reed was appointed manager
of the junior soft ball team, and all
boys wishing to play on that team are
asked to report to Mr.. Reed. Work
on the baseball diamond on Ninth
street will be started right away, to-
gether with the tennis courts and the
horseshoe pitching courts. All per
sons interested in horseshoe pitching
are asked to place their names with
Mrs Clark at Room 240, Colonial
building
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EARLHAM DIAMOND
LADS MEET MUNCIE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The Earlham baseball nine will
take on the Muncie Normal diamond
team, on Reid field. Friday afternoon.
in the second game of the season on
the home grounds. The men have
been working this week TO place a
stronger hitting aggregation against
the visitors, than any Maroon team.
of the past few games.
The Muncie team was trounced by
decisive score early in the week by
the sH,utler nine, and also received a
set back by safe count at the hands
of the Quakers. at Muncie. Dope is
therefore in favor of the locals for
Fridays results. The game was orig
inally scheduled to take place Satur-
day, but was moved up to Friday by
negotiations this week This will en-.
able Captain Hinshaw to journey to
Bloomington to take part in the jave.
lin event in the Earlham-lndiana meet
Saturday
The lineup in Fridays battle is ex
pected to be the same as that which
started against Wilberforce in the last
home scrimish. Gear and Stafford will
form the Maroon battery. Stafford
who is a sophomore from Spiceland
has been handling the receiving in 4
reliable manner, although he had moi
played in the catching position in pre-
vious seasons. The infield probably
win be composed of wing at first
Carr, second, Hinshaw, short and Had
ley at the third sack The outfiel(
will probably be lder, Kirk and Wen
bam.
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TWILIGHT LEAGUE To
OPEN SEASON, MAY 10

The Twilight baseball league will
open its baseball season Wednesday
night, May 10, with the Atlas team
playing the Piston Ring outfit, it was
decided at the meeting of the league
Wednesday night in the Community
Service rooms.
Other games for the first round will
be as follows: May II, Eagles VS.. Light
Plant; May 16, Legion VS.. Phi Debts.
All lists of players must be in the
Community Service headquarters by 6
o'clock, Saturday night Each team
will be allowed to have 20 players on
its roster.
1t was decided that all games must
be started by not later than Sis
O'Clock, and that only regular register
ed players will be eligible to play.
Teams not having a regular nine man
team on the field by Sis will forfeit
to their opponents.
Meetings will be held during the sea-
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LYNN TO STACK UP
AGAINST LOCAL nine
AT EXHIBITION PARK

Lynn will form the next opposition
for the Eagles baseball nine Sunday
afternoon at Exhibition park. The
locals will have a slight advantage
over the Lynn nine as they have play
ed two games while the visitors will
be playing their first game of the
season.
There is no doubt but what this
game will be an interesting one from
the first until the last man is out, as
the Lynn management has collected
good team for the season, They
have practically the same team this
year as last with the exception of
Chef Clements, who is covering the
Keystone sack for the Eagles.
Doc Mccoy who was out of the game
last season will take care of the sack
as his broken leg has mended nicely
and is as good as it ever was. Holsing-
er has been selected to do the pitching
for the Lynn nine. He is a pitcher
of merit and can be counted on to let
the locals down with few hits. Arnett
relief hurler to Holsinger.
Hawekotte will be back on the firine
line for the Eagles and is sure that
he Can JuIH the CdHuOlpn county laQs
back with a defeat Knight will be
behind the bat. Manager Logan will
send MINER back to the shortfeld
Tut the remainder of the lineup will
remain the same.
The teams will lineup as follows
Lynn-Hoover, 3b; Mccoy, 2b; Jones
IF; Arnett, IS; Holsinger, p; Hubbard
c; Runyan, If; Shade, lib; Beetley, CT
-FitZgibbons, IF; Reddinghaus
3b; Minner, SIS; Byrkett, 1b; Knight
c; Clements, 2b; Eubanks, If; Bundy
CT; Hawekotte, p.
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Edison has produced nickel thinner
than paper and has had book print
ed on it.
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SIX TEAMS COMPOSE
/ AFTERNOON LEAGUE

Six teams will compose the circuit
in the Saturday Afternoon league this
season. Five OF the teams are entered
and the sixth will be either from the
Pennsy or the Wayne Works.
Games in this league will be played
on the Easthaven diamond and at Ex-
hibition park. Two games will be
played on one diamond week and on
the other diamond the following week.
Teams will be permitted to sign six
outside players, but only three will be
permitted to play in any one game at
a time. This will make it possible for
the teams to sign nine players from
their own organization.
The season will open May Is with
Easthaven playing the Casket company
and the Florists playing the Safety
Gate company. These two games will
be played on the Easthaven diamond
The Gloves will play either the Pennsy
or the Wayne Works at Exhibition
park.
The rosters of each team must be
in the Community Service rooms b.
Wednesday night, May 10.
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the house at all He merely saw a
window, inserted his arm, and remoy-
ed a few articles. Now, my clients
arm is not himself Why punish his
whole body when his arm is the guilty
member"
THAT argument is well put" said
the Judge Sentence the arm to s12
months imprisonment. The man can
accompany it or not, as he chooses"
The prisoner smiled, took off his
wooden arm, and walkdd out.
Indiana university baseball nine IS
meeting with little success in the ORR
ent playing the Japanese universities.
They have failed to win single game
in the series up to date. The scores
have not been one-sided scores with
the exception of one or two that were
smuggling bees. most of them being
pitchers battles with such scores as
8 to 1, 1 to 0, to l, but they have
always failed to put more runs over
the pans than have the Japs.
Ernie Kruger, the husky Indianap-
oils Association catcher, tied the
worlds record for four-base hits in
the game with st. Paul, Wednesday,
when he hit the ball for the circuit on
three different occasions, and they
were also made in successive times at
bat Each time the ball was knocked
| out of the lot.
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persons in the city interested in pitch
ing horseshoes are requested to De
present at this meeting.
Plans for the opening of the sea
son next Saturday when tournamen
will be held will be discussed at this
meeting The courts on South Tenth
street are being put in good shape and
will be in first class condition for the
opening OF the season
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Chips and Slips

A lawyer was defending burglar
accused of burglary or house breaking.
81 submit, your honor" said the law
yer, that my client did not break into
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Service, met with colored boys at the
Masonic hall on South Sixth street
Wednesday night, and plans for the
league were discussed.
1t was decided to get a complete
list of all ball players wishing to play
ball and present it at the next meet
ing. which will be held at the same
o'clock.
If enough interest is shown, it is
possible that a soft ball league also
will be formed.
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Eagle Players to Meet
In He'll Thursday Night

All members of the Eagles baseball
team are requested to attend the meet
ing that is to be held in the Eagles
club rooms Thursday night at 1880
o'clock Manager Logan has some i'm
portant business which he wishes to
present to the players.
Practice also will be held next Sat
urday afternoon at Exhibition park
from the hours of o'clock until 5
o'clock and all members of the team
are expected to attend this practice.
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HONOR "PoP" ANsoN
CRv Associated Pressi


CHICAGO, May 4.-Described as an
'uncompromising advocate of clean
sports and athletics Adrian c. (Pop)
Arson was paid an unusual mark of
respect yesterday by the city council
when resolutions of coincidence were
adopted by a rising vote of the Chi
cago city council An engrossed copy
OF the resolution was ordered sent to
the family