The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
LA FAYETTE VISIT
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 ter to be the capitol site. It was selected as such only a few years after La. Fayette was here. Being the nearest town to the boundary line of the Greek Nation it was logical that Montgomery should be selected as the point to re- ceive the general even though Cahabs was the state capitol.
 The party travelling with the distin- guished French soldier was made up of his persnoal staff, his secretary, several military representatives of the govern' ment, French diplomatic personagei and from place to place he was accom- panied by state officials who left him at the boundaries of their states when other states officers took him in charge. He was pulled up the river bank and one-half mile to the fort site at Fort Mitchell, in a sulkey by Chilly McJn- tosh in charge of a party of Indians numbering sixty who hitched themselves by ropes to the sulkey and two abreast delivered him to the military on top of the hill and inside of the U. s. reserva- tion there. Mcintosh, the son of the old general who had been put to death by orders of the council of the nation only a month previous, accomp> >nied the par ty to Montgomery and was a partici- pant in the ball given in his honor on the evening of his stay in that city.
 The opportunity for A pageant which it is proposed to celebrate the one hun dredth anniversary of his stay at Clai- borne, is one of more than ordinary in- terest. While the place has practically been abandoned at the present time, the Masonic lodge in which he made his talk to the people and the rostrum on which he stood is still in tact having been moved up to Perdue Hill and these will no doubt be used. The celebration will probably be held at Perdue Hill only two miles from old Claiborne.
 Visitors to the celebration can go ur by auto to old Claiborne landing, the site of the canoe fight in the Alabama river, and several other historic points in the vicinity. Mrs. Mary Torrey' res idence, formerly the home of La Fayette's friend, James Dellet, while il was erected after the visit of the gen eral, has d very picturesque setting in a natural grove soma 300 yards back from the main street of the town. It it ideally situated for one feature of the pageant, and it would be very pictur esque to have one representing the gen eral ascend those 365 steps from thC waters edge to the top of the river banl at old Claiborne Bluff landing.
 The generals stay in Cahaba wat made memorable by visit from many of his fellow eountrymen who came down from Demopolis in order that they might banquet with him during his short stay there. The Wine anC Olive Colony" recently attempted ir West Alabama on the Tombigbee had not proven success and the generals secretary doubted that his fellow coun trymen would long be able to subsis' themselves, as their previous situation in life had not fitted them fOB thu arduous duties of the pioneer develop ment of West Alabama. History proved that his observations were correct. Somt removed to Mobile. Others returned tt France. Travellers of later days if oi an inquisitiYe nature could have learned much of Nhpoleon's campaigns from the ferryman on the Tombigbee as they travelled west to Mississippi, as thii selfsame boatman had commanded. Le
 
 gions under Napoleon.
 Travelling by special steamer dowr the Alabama the party made numerous stops between Montgomery and Mobile and in that latter city with so many French associations, the generals stay was most pleasant. He prolonged hi visit here to take advantage of thes. pleasant opportunities and the journa vollId indicate that with few excan tions his stay in Alabama was longer than that of any of the American states. Both he and his secretary wert sympathetic in their feelings towards the natives and the character of tn, American Indian appealed minutely t, them.
 The centenary of La Fayette's visi follows the one hundredth anniversar, of several occasions in Alabama his tory. The student is much interested il the means of travel at that time a compared with one hundred years la ter, There were many visitors fo fh