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I - 1 ~ ^ ggl ' " ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^^ l x. grist's sons, Pnbiiihers. j % lamilg lletrspaper: |or the promotion oj the f otitioal, Social, ^griobltural and ?ommei;riat Interests of the |rogl?. _ {cqP?'""S"1, ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, 8. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1906. KTO. 13. ' ~ ~ XVJ A m S~\ "W TT"^T" A I M.kAil?An tmamm InfnrvliinA^ hV HORSE SI J A Tale of the Revo Tinner i ^ r jt By JOHN P CHAPTER XVI. Tory Troopers, a Dark Road and < Fray. "By the whiskers of the Gram Turk I have got the four points 01 you, bully buff! High, low, jack am the game!" exclaimed Peppercorn. "You bave luck enough to worry ou the nine lives of a cat. That's an em to Backbiter, the best horse 'twlxt Pe dee and the Savannah. So blast me If I play any more with you! There send the cards to hell!" roared ou Hugh Habershaw, rising and throwlnj the pack Into the fire. It was Just at the closing in o: night, when a party of rufflanly-look Ing men were assembled beneath t spreading chestnut, that threw fortl Its aged arms over a small gravellj hillock, in the depths of the fores1 that skirted the northern bank of th< Pacolet, within a short distance ol Grlndall's ford. The spot had all th< a.# a a/vntvkf footnous Tt Wfli quaiuics ui a owi vi. % guarded on one side by the small river and on the other by a complicated screen of underwood, consisting: principally of those luxuriantly plaited vines which gtfve so distinct a character to the southern woodland. Th? shrubbery, immediately along th? bank of the river, was sufficiently oper to enable a horseman to ride through - It down to the road which, at aboul two hundred paces off, led into the ford. The group who now occupied this spot consisted of some ten or twelvs men under the command of Hugh Habershaw. Their appearance was hall rustic and half military; some efforts at soldierly costume were visible ir the decoration of an occasional bucktall set In the caps of several of th< party, and here and there, a piece ol yellow cloth forming a band for th< hat. Some wore long and ungalnlj deer-skin pantaloons and moccasins ol the same material; and two or thre< ^ were Indued with coats of coarss homespun, awkwardly garnished with the trimmings of a British uniform All were armed, but In the same Irregular fashion. There were rifles to b< seen stacked against the trunk of the tree; most of the men wore swords which were of different lengths and sixes; and some of the gang had 8 horseman's pistol bestowed conspicuously about their persons. Theli horses were attached to the drooping ends of the boughs of the several trees that hemmed in tne circle, ana wen ready for service at the first call A small fire of brushwood had beer kindled near the foot of the chestnut and Its blaze was sufficiently strong t< throw a bright glare over the motlej and ill-looking crew who were as> sembled near it. They might wel have been taken for a bivouac of banditti of the most undisciplined and savage class. A small party were broilinj venison at the fire: the greater number, however, were stretched out upor the ground in idleness, waiting foi some expected summons to action The two I have first noticed were seated on the butt-end of a fallen trunk Immediately within the light of th< fire, and were engaged with a pad of dirty cards, at the then popular game of "all-fours." These two personages were altogether different In exterior from eacl other. The first of them, known onlj by the sobriquet of Peppercorn, was i tall, well-proportioned and activ* man, neatly dressed In the uniforn of a British dragoon. His countenanc* indicated more Intelligence than be longed to his companions, and hi) manners had the flexible, bold and careless port that generally distinguishes a man who has serve( much in the army, and becom< familiar with the varieties of charao ter afforded by such a career. The 9ec ond was Hugh Habershaw, the captaii of the gang. He was a bluff, red-vis aged, corpulent man, with a face o gross, unmitigated sensuality. A pali bloodshot eye, which was expression less, except in a sinister glance, occa sloned by a partial squint, a small up turned nose, a mouth with thin an< compressed lips inclining downward at the corners, a double chin, bristllni with a wiry and almost white beard a low forehead a bald crown, am meagre, reddish whiskers, were th< ill-favored traits of his physlognomj The figure of this person was as un couth as his countenance. He wa rather below the middle height, am appeared still shorter by the stoop o his massive round shoulders, by th ample bulk of his chest, and by th rotundity of his corporation. In con federation of his rank, as the leader o this vagabond squadron, he aimed a more military ornament in his dres than his comrades. A greasy cockei hat, decorated after the fashion de scribed by Grumio, "with the humo of forty fancies pricked in it for feather," was perched somewhat su perciliously upon his poll, and hi body was invested in an old and muc! abused cloth coat of London browr ax it was then called, to tne ampi shoulders of which had been attache two long. narrow, and thread-bar epaulets of tarnished silver lace, j broad buckskin belt was girded, by th help of a large brass buckle aroun his middle, on the outside of his coa and it served as well to suspend rusty sabre, as to furnish support t a hunting knife, which was thrust lnt it in front. His nether person wa rendered conspicuous by a pair of din gy smallclothes, and long black boot! Close at the feet of this redoubtabl commander lay a fat, surly bull-doi whose snarlish temper seemed to ha\ been fostered and promoted by th peremptory perverseness with whic his master claimed for him all th privileges and Indigencies of a parr pered favorite. Much were the unattractive exterlc and circumstances of the man who as 10$ ROBfMSOW -1 -A Hi. 1 ? T? iu nonary oiruggit? m Carolina. . KENNEDY. aumed control over the band of ruffians now assembled, i "I wish you and the cards had beer broiled on the devil's gTldlron before I ever saw you!" continued Habershaw 1 after he had consigned the pack t< * the flames. "That such a noble beasl 1 as Backbiter should be whipped out of my hand by the turn of a rascallj t card! Hark'ee, you imp of Satan, yoi 1 have the knack of winning; your luck - or something else?you understand me i. ?something else, would win the shirt off my back If I was such a fool as t to play longer with you. I suspecl ! you are a light-fingered Jack?a light-fingered Jack?de'ye hear that f Master Peppercorn?" "How now. Bully!" cried Pepperi corn: "are you turning boy In youi i old days, that you must fall to whining r because you have lost a turn at play^ t Is every man a rogue since you have s set up the trade? For shame! If 1 f ixroro a a hnt ? fool as VOU. I WOUld i give you steel In your guts. But come ? noble captain, there's my hand. This . is no time for us to be catching quarl rels; we have other business cut out. As to Backbiter, the rat-talled and I spavined bone-setter, curse me If 1 would have htm as a gift; a noble f beast! ha, ha, ha! Take him back, s man take him back! he wasn't worth i the cards that won him." i "Silence, you tailor's bastard! t WoGTd you breed a mutiny In the > camp? Look around you; do you expect me to preserve discipline amongst i these wild wood-scourers, with your i loud hawhaws to my very teeth? You make too free, Peppercorn; you r make too free! It wouldn't take much ? to make me strike; damn me, there's i fighting blood In me, and you know ' It. When I am at the head of my i men, you must know your distance, f sir. Suffice It, I don't approve of this i familiarity to the commander of a r squad. But It Is no matter; I let It t pass this time. And, hark in your ear, f as you underrate Backbiter, you are a i fool, Peppercorn and know no more ol i the points of a good horse than you . do of the ten commandments. Why blast you, Just to punish you I'll hold i you to the word of a gentleman, and i take him back. Now there's an end ol , it, and let's have no more talking." I "Right, noble captain!" ejaculated l Peppercorn, with a free and swagger Ing laugh, "right! I will uphold the r discipline of the valiant Hugh Haber -? ? - HVI I 4 ?11 knk_ i snaff Ul ine i iKer, againm tiu mc oaui biers the world over. By the god ol i war, I marvel that Cruger hasn't . forced upon you one of his commls1 sions. before this; the army would be , proud of such a master of tactics." ) "The time will come, Peppercorn; r the time will come, and then I'll teach them the elements of military con1 struction. Mark that word, Pepper corn, there's meaning in it." "Huzza for Captain Tiger of Habj ershaw?Habershaw of Tiger, I mean!' cried Peppercorn. "Here's Tiger Hab1 ershaw, my boys! Drink to that!' r And saying these words the dragoon . snatched up a leathern canteen from the ground, and pouring out some splr, its into the cup, drank them off. i The rest of the crew sprang from i the grass, and followed the example r set them by their comrade, roaring out the pledge until the woods rang with their vociferation. ? "Peace! you rapscallions!" screamed r the captain, "Have you so little notior i where you are, that you bellow like i bulls? Is this your discipline, when l you should be as silent as cats in 8 i kitchen, hellhound! And you, yoi - coarse-throated devil. Beauty," he saic s as he kicked his dog. that had contri. buted to the chorus with a loud symr pathetic howl, "you must be breaking 1 the laws of service guard with youi i infernal roar, like the other fools ol - the pack. Be still, puppy!" The clamor upon this rebuke ceased l and the bull-dog crouched again at hli - master's feet. f "Isn't it time that we were at th? e ford? Oughtn't our friends to be neai - at hand?" Inquired Peppercorn. "Black Jack will give us notice " re plied Habershaw, "Depend upon him 1 I have thought of everything like ? s man that knows his business. I hav< 5 sent that rascal up the road, with or I. ders to feel the enemy; and I'll under [i take he'll clink it back when he one* e lays eyes on them, as fast as four leg; r. will carry him. But it is always wel - to be beforehand. Peppercorn. Lean s that from me; I never in my cam d paigns knowed any harm done by be f ing too early. So, Master Orderly, cal e the roll." "Rr-ndv air: alwavs ready when VOl - command," answered Peppercorn f| "Shall I call the ragamuffins by thel t nicknames, or will you have then s handled like Christians?" d "On secret service," said Haber - shaw, "it Is always best to use then r to their nicknames." a "As when they go horse-stealing, o - house-burning, or throat-cutting," In s terrupted Peppercorn. h "Order, sir, no indecencies! do yoi l. hear? Go on with your roll if yoi e have got it by heart. Be musical d dog!" e "'Faith will I. most consummat \ captain! It is just to my hand; 1*1 e sing you like a bagpipe. I have learn d ed the roll-call handsomely, and cai t. go through it as If it were a song." a "Begin then: the time is comlni o when we must move. I think I hea o Black Jack's horse breaking througl ,s the bushes now." i- "Attention, you devil's babies, th s. whole of you!" shouted Pepporcorr le "Horse and gun, every mother's im ?. of you!" 'e In a moment the idlers sprang t te their weapons and mounted the! h horses. le "Answer to your names," said th i- orderly; "and see" that you do It dis creetly. Pimple!" >r "Here," answered one of the dlsor i- derly crew, with a laugh. "Silence In the ranks!" cried Habershaw, "or, by the blood of your bodies, I'll make my whinger acquainted with your hearts!" "Long Shanks." ["Here! If you mean me," said another. "Good! Black Jack." "On patrole," said the captain. "Red Mug." "At the book," answerea tne man in the ranks; and here rose another laugh. "Red Mug! do you mind me?" said Habershaw, in a threatening tone, as his eye squinted fiercely towards the person addressed. "Platter Breech." "I'll stand out against the nickname," said the person intended to be i designated, whilst the whole squad > began to give symptoms of a mutiny r of merriment. "I'll be d?d if I will > have ft and that's as good as If I t swore to it. I am not going to be t cajoled at by the whole company." r "Silence! Blood and butter, you i vllllans!" roared the captain. "Don't , you see that you're In line? How of> ten have I told you that it's against t discipline to chirp above a whisper i when you are drawn out? Take care t that I haven't to remind you of that i again." Andy Clopper, you will keep , the denomination I have set upon you. Platter Breech Is a good soldier-like name, and you shall die in It, if I bid you. Go on, orderly?proceed!" ; "Marrow Bone." > "Here!" i "Fire Nose." [ "Fire Nose yourself, Mister Disor[ derly!" replied another refractory member, sullenly from the ranks, i "Well, let him pass. That's a crossgrained devil," said the captain, aside , to Peppercorn. "I'll bring that chap [ Into order yet, the d?d mutlneerlng [ back hanger! Pass him." i "Screech Owl." "Here!" "That's a decent, good-natured Screech Owl." said Peppercorn, "Clap per Claw! Bow Legs!" i "Both here." "They are all here, most comfortable captain, all good fellows and true, and as ready to follow you Into the belly 1 of an earthquake as to go to supper, i It Is all the same to them." i "Let them follow where I lead, Pepi percorn; that Is all I ask," suid Habershaw, significantly. "You have forgot one name on your roll, Mister Orderly," said he who had i been written down by the name^ of Fire Nose. "Whose was that?" "You forgot Captain Moonface Brag. ger?captain of the squad." ; "Gideon Blake!" shouted Habershaw, i with a voice choked by anger, until It , resembled the growl of a mastiff, I whilst, at the same time, he drew his [ sword half out of the scabbard. ' "Howsever, It Is very well," he said restraining his wrath and permitting the blade to drop back Into its sheathe. "Anqther time, sir. I have marked you, you limb of a traitor. May all the devils ride over me if I don't drive a bullet through your ; brain If you ever unfrlnge my disci; pllne again! Yes, you foul-mouthed half-whig, I have had my suspicions of . you before today. So look to yourself, A fine state of things when skunks like you can be setting up a mutiny in the ! service! Take care of yourself, sir, . you know me. Now, my lads to busi. ness. Remember the orders I issued at the Dogwood Spring, this morning. This Whig officer must be taken dead or alive, and don't be chicken-hearted about it. Give him the lead?give him ' the lead! As to the lusty fellow that i rides with him?big Horse Shoe?have i a care of him; that's a dog that bites without barking. But be on the watch that they don't escape you again, i Since we missed them at the spring they have cost us a hard ride to head them here, so let them pay for it. See that they are well Into the ford before you snow yourselves. wan lor viucio I from me. and If I fall by the fortune i of war. take your orders from Pepper> corn. If by chance we should miss i them at the river, push for Christie's; i, Wat has taken care that they shall i make for that, tonight. If any of you, I by mistake, you understand me, take . them prisoners, bring them back to . this spot. Now you have heard my orr ders, that's enough. Keep silent and ready. Mind your discipline. Black f Jack is long coming, orderly; these fellows must travel slow." "I hear him now," replied Pepperi corn. In the next moment the scout refer> red to, galloped into the circle. His rer port was hastily made. It announced that the travelers were moving leisure. ly towards the ford, and that not many minutes could elapse before their ari rival. Upon this intelligence Haber; shaw Immediately marched his troop . to the road and posted them In the . cover of the underwood that skirted i the river, at the crossing place. Here s they remained like wild beasts aware 1 of the approach of their prey, and i waiting the moment to spring upon - them when it might be done with the - least chance of successful resistance. 1 Meantime Butler and Robinson advanced at a wearied pace. The twii light had so far faded as to be only i. discernible on the western sky. The r stars were twinkling through the i leaves of the forest, and the light of the firefly spangled the wilderness . The road might be descried, in the i most open parts of the wood, for some fifty paces ahead; but where the r shrubbery was more dense. It was lost - In utter darkness. Our travelers like most wayfarers towards the end of the n day, rode silently along, seldom exli changing a word, and anxiously com|, puting the distance which they had yet to traverse before they reached e their appointed place of repose. A 1 sense of danger, and the necessity for - vigilance, on the present occasion n made them the more silent. "I thought I heard a wild sort of yell g Just now?people laughing a great waj r off." said Robinson, "but there's such h a hooting of owls and piping of frogs that I mought have been mistaken e Halt, major. Let me listen?there 11 i. is again." p "It is the crying of a panther, sergeant: more than a mile from us, b> o my ear." r "It is mightily like the scream ol drunken men." replied the sergeant; e "and there, too! I thought I heard tht - clatter of the hoof." Tne travelers again raueu cum listened. "It Is more like a deer stalking through the bushes, Galbralth." "No," exclaimed the sergeant, "that's ed the gallop of a horse making down gu the road ahead of us. as sure as you prl are alive; I heard the shoe strike a fui stone. You must have hearn It too." po! "I wouldn't be sure," answered But- te\ ler. nei "Look to your pistols, major and fro prime afresh." coi "We seem to have ridden a great way," said Butler, as he concluded the Inspection of his pistols and now held 9 one of them ready In his hand. "Can <| we have lost ourselves? Should we ^ not have reached the Pacolet before this?" "I have seen no road that could take us astray," replied Robinson, "and, by Sn what we were told Just before sundown, I should guess that we couldn't < be far off the ford. We haven't then Si< quite three miles to Christie's. Well, agi courage, major! supper and bed were he never spoiled by the trouble of getting ha to them." hlr "Wat Adair, I think, directed us to HI Christie's?" said Butler. wh "He did; and I had a mind to pro- hei pose to you, since we caught him In a yle trick this morning, to make for some me other house, If such a thing was possi- ' ble, or else to spend the night In the tie woods." gr< "Perhaps It would be wise sergeant; Ph and If you think so still, I will be ruled yoi by you." flr: "If we once got by the rlver-slde the where our horses mought have water, chl I almost think I should advise a halt tltl there. Although I have made one ob- 1 servation, Major Butler?that running Pa water Is lean fare for a hungry man. W< Howsever, It won't hurt us, and If you th< say the word we will stop there." to"Then, sergeant, I do say the word." pn "Isn't that the glimmering of a light mi yonder in the bushes?" inquired Horse all Shoe, as he turned his gaze in the di- Cr; rection of the bivouac, "or is it these ed here lightning bugs that keep so busy in shooting about?" 1 "I thought I saw the light you speak wi of, Galbralth; but it has disappeared." Ri< "It is there again, major; and I hear Sit the rushing of the river?we are near me the ford. Perhaps this light comes Inc from some cabin on the bank." oc< "God send that it should turn out so trll Galbraith! for I am very weary." to "There is some devilment going on the In these woods, major. I saw a figure i?g pass in front of the light through the pin bushes. I would be wiling to swear Th it was a man on horseback. Perhaps to we have, by chance, fallen on some W< Tory muster; or, what's not so likely, 1 they may be friends. I think I will Stj ride forward and challenge." Th "Better pass unobserved If you can, sla sergeant," interrupted Butler. "It will am not do for us to run the risk of being bu separated. Here we are at the river; wo let us cross, and ride some distance; of then, if any one follow us, we shall be ( more certain of his design." Ri< They now cautiously advanced into crs th? river, which, thoueh raDid. was am shallow; and having; reached the mid- ha die of the stream, they halted to allow wl their horses tvatgr. ?? hei "Captain Peter Is as thirsty as a Pa man In a fever," said Horse Shoe. "He Lit drinks as If he was laying In for a hi? week. Now, major, since we are here scl in the river, look up the stream. Don't Cri you see, from the image In the water, ( that there's a fire on the bank? And ed there, by my soul! there are men on tw horseback. Look towards the light. th< Spur, and out on the other side! Quick of ?quick?they are upon us!" kll At the same Instant that Horse Shoe er< spoke a bullet whistled close by his dn ear: and, In the next, six or eight cui men galloped Into the river, from dif- tht ferent points. This was succeeded by ful a sharp report of firearms from both ' parties, and the vigorous charge of tht Robinson, followed by Butler, through an the array of the assailants. They gain. nr< ed the opposite bank, and now directed eai all their efforts to outrun their pur- on suers; but in the very crisis of their Th escape, Butler's horse, bounding under 'or the prick of the spur, staggered a few rid r\n OOO frnm fKo rlvor a nc\ fa \ 1 rlpaH A onl bullet had lodged In a vital part, and lnt the energy of the brave steed was thi spent in the effort to bear his master ble through the stream. Butler fell be- ] neath the stricken animal, from whence thi he was unable to extricate himself, sis The sergeant, seeing his comrade's ha condition, sprang from his horse and arr ran to his assistance, and, in the same Cr interval the ruffian followers gained rle the spot and surrounded their prisoners. An ineffectual struggle ensued Th over the prostrate horse and rider, in tal which Robinson bore down more than su< one of his adversaries, but was ob- of liged, at last, to yield to the over- roi whelming power that pressed upon an him. th< "Bury your swords in both of them i to the hilts!" shouted Habershaw; "I rei don't want to have that work to do to- m< morrow." Ba "Stand off!" cried Gideon Blake, as thi two or three of the gang sprang for- ga ward to execute their captain's order; at "stand off; the man is on his back, and Sii he shall not be murdered in cold bri blood;" and the speaker took a posl- i tlon near Butler, prepared to make good kll his resolve. The spirit of Blake had thi its desired effect, and the same assail- A ants now turned upon Robinson. cd "Hold!" cried Peppercorn, throwing mi up his sword and warding off the blows bu that were aimed by these men at the ro< body of the sergeant. "Hold, you bu i knaves! this is my prisoner. I will ed deal with him to my liking. Would a to dozen of you strike one man when he Li has surrendered? Back, ye cowards; leave him to me. How now, old Horse ba i Shoe; are you caught, with your gay te) > master here? Come, come, we know ya you both. So yield with a good grace ed lest, peradventure, I might happen to wf I blow out your brains." lo< 1 "Silence, fellows! You carrion th . crows!" roared Habershaw. "Remem- bn ber the discipline I taught you. No lo< , disorder, nor confusion, but take the of prisoners, since you hav'n't the heart he I to strike; take them to the rendezvous, hi ' And do it quietly?do you hear? Se- ^ i cure the baggage; and about it quick- Wl i ly, you hounds!" tu Butler was now lifted from the ; ground, and, with his companion, was <a taken into the custody of Blake and ari one or two of his companions, who fr< ' seemed to share In his desire to pre- a* vent the shedding of blood. The pris! oners were each mounted behind one of the troopers, and in this condition Li ; conducted across the river. The sad- _ j die and other equipments were strip- Gf I ped from the major's dead steed; and di Robinson's horse, Captain Peter, was ; -daosa puq sasaoq u.wo asoq.w 'uaiu pa ar -puno.w o.wj jo puo[ aqj qq.w pauapjnq CI from them In the fray. In this Ise the band of freebooters, with Isoners and spoils, slowly and conjedly made their way to the apInted place of re-assembling. In a v momenta they were ranged beath the cheatnut, waiting for orders im their self-important and vain nmander. AV en wniinuai/. iiUriCcUanrous grading. 8T0RY OF CRAZY WOLF. loked the Pipe of Peace and Forgot Hia Revenge. Z!razy Wolf was a warrior of the >ux nation who held'to all the sav e traditions of his race. For years refused to receive rations from the nds of the whites, and this marked n singular among all the Sioux, s deadly enemy was Little Scar, 10 had made a lasting peace In his art with the whites and who had dded little; by little to the allure>nts of civilized living, rhe enmity of Crazy Wolf and LltScar dated from the day of the >at battle with the Pawnees In the itte River Vallay. They were the 1 ling men and were having their *t taste of battle. They had fought ; Pawnees under the eye of their lef and they earned their warrior les on that day. (Vhen the remnant of the stricken wnees had turned to fly Crazy olf and Little Scar quarreled over ? right to take a scalp and a handhand combat ensued. The chiefs rted them ' and said that neither ist die, foj the nation had need of Its men,' Though the hands of azy Wolf and Little Scar were stayby the chelftalns, hatred still lived their hearts. [t was ten years after the battle !h the Pawnees and at the Pine 3ge agency, where a portion of the tow l*n /I KftArt rvn f k a?a/1 t Vt n (tairoi>n_ jua iiuu uticii gamcicu, tuc gu?ti i?(nt erected a school house for the Han children. Instantly a division ;urred between the fathers of the be. One half of the warriors wished send their little ones to the school; i other half declared that the teachr of the. whites should never have ice In the minds of their children, e children of the Little Scar went the school; the children of Crazy ilf were kept In the wigwam, tunners 'came to Pine Ridge from indlng Rock and the Rosebud, ey told Of the coming of the Mesh; that the buffalo were returning tl that If the South?rn Sioux would t put their ears to the ground they uld hear the thunder of the hoofs the oncoming herd. Dne-half of the warriors at Pine ige were seized with the Messiah ize. They danced the ghost dance d put on ghost shirts. The oneIf stampeded from the agency and th it went Crazy Wolf as savage In art at he was when he fought the wnees on the frontier of Nebraska. :tle Scar stayed at the agency and i children still went to the agency tool. The hatred between him and azy Wolf never passed. D ie day after the battle of WoundKnee had been fought a band of enty Sioux braves broke away from 1 main body for the sole purpose raiding Pine Ridge agency and ling the children who were gath?d In the school house?the chll?n of their brothers who had sucmbed to the white man's ways. In ; band was Crazy Wolf, his heart 1 of the lust of killing, rhe warriors came within sight of i school house. It stood on a bluff d on one side was absolutely unitected. Crazy Wolf knew the lotion of the room In which the little es gathered dally at their lessons, e mounted warriors made a headig rush down the valley skirting the Ige, and as they whirled by the iooI they poured volley after volley 0 me room wnere me cnnaren ui ? friendly Sioux daily were sssem d. It was not the fault of Crazy' Wolf it on that day there was not a ughter of the Innocents. A teacher d seen the feathered heads showing long the willows by White Clay eek, and taking the alarm had hurd the children to the cellar. The raiding band went northward, lere was no cavalry at the post to <e up the pursuit and the fugitives cceeded in reaching the main body Indians, who by this time were surjnded by the troops of Gen. Miles d were being gradually forced Into ? agency. Crazy Wolf when he saw the surnder of his brethren was coming, junted his pony and made for the d Lands. He foresaw the end of s uprising and the" complete subjutlon of his people, and he laid it the door of the teepees of the oux who had refused to Join the nves on the warpath. Crazy Wolf made up his mind to 1 Little Scar. He nearly starved In e Bad Lands and his pony was dead, week after the surrender he startfor the agency on foot. His amjnltlon was gone and he had nothing t his knife. He ate willow bark and ots. Hunger took his bodily strength, t his heart purpose was unweakenTT -?1-1 J AtiAii trh nc wisneu oiuy ancngui cuuugu thrust his knife into the heart ol ttle Scar. Crazy Wolf, starving, lay on the nk of the White Clay creek. The pee of Little Scar was only 30C rds away. Crazy Wolf was famish, but he lay there in the bushes iltlng for night and vengeance. He sked down to the water's edge and ere he saw a little girl with a willow sket full of food. The little one iked up and saw the famished eyes the warrior. She smiled at him and Id out her basket. Crazy Wolf knew s strength was going fast. It might it last him till the hour of revenge s ate the proffered food. The child is moulding clay. Suddenly she rned and offered Crazy Wolf the odel of a peace pipe. "You have ten," she said "now smoke.' Crazy Wolf took the DiDe and blew i Imaginary cloud of smoke awaj am his lips. The little one smilei] him again. "Whose child are you?" asked Crazj olf. "The child of the great warrior ttle Scar," was the answer. Crazy Wolf had eaten the bread ol ttle Scar and had smoked the plp< peace. He had never broken a tration of the Sioux race. Crazy Wolf walked into the agencj id a little child was leading him.? ilcago Post. HISTORY OF SI From the First Settl the Re1 Tlv REV. ROHEP From the Yorkvllle Enquirer of 1876 INSTALLMENT XIII. Governor Smith. Thomas Smith, the successor ol Philip Ludwell, was amongst the flrsi settlers of South Carolina. He wae a native of Devonshire, England. Or account of the religious Intolerance and persecution which existed 1" England at that time, he, with hh brother James, came to South Carolina in the year 1671. They were amongst the first Individuals who settled at Oyster Point, the present site of the City of Charleston. The lot! owned by them were, on the laying oul of the city at first, numbered 41 and 57. They were living where Charlestor Is now situated as early as 1672 James Smith left South Carolina and went to Boston. Thomas Smith was? man of property and highly respected by the people and proprietors. On the removal of Colleton, he was choser governor, but Sothell coming into th< colony previous to his being formallj Inducted into office, Sothell, asserted his priority and was, as we have seen to the Injury of all parties, made governor. At different times the proprietors had made grants of land tc Smith, and he had purchased a large amount besides. He also married the widow of John D'Arsens, to whom the proprietors had made a grant of twelve thousand acres or land, in 1091 ne wa* made a landgrave, which, by the regulations of the proprietors, entitlec him to the enormous amount of fortyright thousand acres of land. Th? whole summed up, must have made Thomas Smith the owner of not much less than one hundred thousand acre) of land. He had held several office) in the colony before he was choser governor. He had been a deputy 01 the proprietors, sheriff of Berklej county, and honored and respected generally. We may safely conclude that Thomas Smith was a good man In 1693, after the departure of Ludwell Smith entered upon the duties of hh office as governor of South Carolina His long and intimate connection with the colony, led both proprietors anc people, to look upon his induction int( office as the dawn of a new and prosperous era in the history of the colony The instructions which were giver to Ludwell were repeated to Smith The difficulties which had sprung uj between the people and proprietor) still continued?not however, so threatening in their aspect. From the outse the Fundamental Constitutions, am generally the instructions given by th< proprietors to the governors, wer< stubbornly, and sometimes violently resisted by the people. The chartei given by the king was not obpected to and both proprietors and people appealed to it. The former claimed tha the charter gave them all the poweri and prerogatives that they had inserted in the Fundamental Constitutions and in the instructions which, at various times, they had sent to the differ ent governors of the province. Thl! was denied by the people, and givlnj this Interpretation to the charter, the3 persistently opposed everything tha seemed to them to be an encroachmen upon their chartered privileges. A different times concessions were mad< and liberties granted by the proprie^ tors, but the people had become lrrllated, and either could not or woult not see that the changes made In th< Fundamental Constitutions were foi their good. One of the Instances li which the proprietors yielded to th< clamors among the people for mori liberty. Is contained In the change! which they were "prevailed upon" t< make In 1682, on the Fundamenta Constitutions of 1669. The followlnj is the fifty-first law of what, by the proprietors, was honored with the higl sounding title of Fundamental Consti tutions, and which they unhesitatingly said were to "remain the sacred an< unalterable form and rule of govern me it of Carolina forever": "The Grant Council shall prepare all matters to b< proposed In Parliament. Nor shal any matter whatsoever be proposed li Parliament, but what hath first passet the Grand Council; which after havlnf been read there several days In th< Parliament, shall by a majority o votes, be passed or rejected." Th< i Grand Council, was composed of th< ' governor, five Individuals chosen by the people and five deputies appointee try the proprietors. The deputies weri generally men of Illiberal views, ant i opposed and thwarted every effort o the pnvprnnr in conducting the 8TOV' > rrnment of the colony on democrats i principles. The powers granted then by the Fundamental Constitutioni were very great. The Parllamen could do but little more than approv< ; of what was done by the Grand Coun 1 ell. Whether for the Interest of thi , colony, or whether from necessity, wi will not undertake to say, but In 168: i the flfty-flrst law of the Fundamenta Constitutions was so altered as t< grant the "Juryes of the countyes" ti > propose laws to the Parliament. I ; was also granted by the same lnstruc ) tlons of 1682 that In the event th< Grand Council had made no arrange i ment for the proposing of a law llkel: ! to benefit the colony, any member o 1 the Parliament might take cognizane ' of it and propose It to the house.' This was a great concession on th' i part of the proprietors, but the peopl 1 seem not to have seen it, or to havi ' been too much Irritated in feeling, t< t give the proprietors due credit for th< j privilege. This practice continued ii , the colony, and the Colonial Parlla ! ment began to resemble, more closely - that of England. f Quit Rent Troubles, r Notwithstanding the character o I Thomas Smith, he found it no eas; task to discharge the duties of gov ernor of South Carolina. The dlfflcul , ties and feuds existing between th< English and French colonist had beei [ partially adjusted by Sothell, but stil . the line of demarkation which sep arated the two nationalities was clear r ly visible. Sothell did many ba< things, but he did some good things )UTH (JAKUL1M. ement to the Close 01 rotation. IT LATH AN. I>. T>, Whilst he was governor of the colony, In May 1691, an act was "passed and i ratified In open Parliament for the ] C better encouragement of the set- j tlement of South Carolina." In this act It was declared, "for the sake of the Protestant religion and for the ad- i vancement of the Interest of the lords 1 proprietors, and for the preservation i of Justice and equity, that .all and every i French Protestant or person born In Switzerland, at present In South Car- I ollna, or who shall be In it In the year 1692, shall be adjudged free born to | all Intents and purposes as If born In the province." The English portion of i I the inhabitants complained loudly on ; i account or inese ana outer equauy . gnat privileges granted to the French I and Swiss immigrants. By a special i i favor of the proprietors, the county of I Craven, the section In which the Hui gnenots had settled, was entitled to six i i representatives In the Colonial Parlla- 1 i ment. Thus, sometimes this section r was allowed to enjoy, and at other i 1 times It was not. This bad state of , feeling, or perhaps we had better say i this species of persecution, thwarted the efforts of Thomas Smith to pro> mote the Interest of the colony and J unnerved his energies. s Smith was strictly charged to en5 force, by law, the collection of the uns paid quitrents and to supervise the i collector of these quitrents. This was an onerous task. The people had preI viously determined not to pay these quitrents, and every effort to collect s them stirred up the embers of opposl! tion which the popular breeze soon i kindled Into a flame. The proprlei tors threatened to dispossess the land- < i holders In the event the quitrents were i not paid. On the other hand, the t people, led by James Moore, a bold ' spirit, defiantly replied their title was I worthless, since the deeds which they i had made out were only signed by a . part of the proprietors. So far did the opposition to paying the quitrents go, i that a number of Individuals, rather . than be, as they thought, trampled In I the dust, left the colony, and others 1 made preparations to leave. The gov> ernor himself concluded that harmony could not be established in the colony . between the proprietors and people, l and amongst the people themselves. . In October, 1694, he wrote to the pro> prletors that he had concluded, with } others to leave Carolina and go to some other section of the New World, t Before he had time to hear from the 1 proprietors, he resigned his charge, and ?* Joseph Blake was selected to act as s temporary governor until another , would be commissioned by the proprle r tors. Tnomas smun aia noi, as ne m. tlmated to the proprietors leave the colony but remained and became the t founder of an honorable and useful 3 family. Origin of Jury Drawing. It was during the administration of Smith, or possibly during that of Lud well, that the mode of drawing Jurors, 9 so long practiced in the state, was in; augurated. It has without sufficient r evidence been regarded as the result t of the profound meditations of the imt mortal John Locke. It is not to be t found in either the charter of King i Charles, or in the Fundamental Con stltutions of the proprietors. The pro cess was simply this: The names of 1 all the free men in the colony or prei cinct, were written on slips of paper r of the same size and appearance, and i placed in a box prepared for the purs pose. From this box a child which i could not. read, drew the required s number of persons. The idea seemed ) to have been suggested by the ancient 1 statues and painting of the goddess of ? Justice. Truth was painted naked, and i justice blind. It matters not wno orig1 inated the process of drawing Jurors - In South Carolina, it was an honor to r the originator and a blessing to those I who were permitted to practice it. Introduction of Rice. 1 It has been customary to date the i Introduction of rice into South Caro1 Una at the time of Smith's adminlstrai tion. The circumstances of the intro1 duction of this staple commodity into f the state may be briefly related thus. ? A ship, on her voyage from the island f of Madagascar, on the coast of Africa i to England, touched near Charleston i a ~d anchored off Sullivans island. The / captain of the vessel Invited Thomas 1 Smith to visit him, which he did. The i captain gave Smith a bag of rice. 1 This seed he distributed amongst f some friends Stephen Bull and Joseph - Woodward being of the number. : Smith planted the portion reserved by 1 himself in his garden. It was found 9 that the soil about Charleston was t adapted to the culture of rice, and it b ultimately became an important article - of food in the colony and a source of b great wealth to the planters. The perb lod at which this took place has, with2 out sufficient reason been regarded as .1 the time that Smith was governor. 3 In 1691 during the administration of 3 Seth Sothell, the parliament granted t Peter Jacob Guerard what nflght, with - propriety, be called a patent for a e "Pendulum Engine, which doth much - better, and in lease time and labour, V huske rice, than any other heretofore f hath been in use within this province." e Statutes at Large, No. 72. From the " wording of this act, it is clear that rice UI.? iAifl In /*A!A?V T-vt?4 /"VT? fn e was UUIII Vrtlt-Vi III mc vuiuiij ^nvi w e 1691, and that other "engines" had been e Invented for husking It before the one 3 brought to perfection by Peter Jacob e Guerard. It may be that Thomas i Smith Introduced the cultivation of - rice Into South Carolina, but if he did r, ?and It Is not certain that he did?it was several years before he was governor. In a fragment of an early def scrlption of South Carolina, the foly lowing language is found: "Abrigantlne - from the Island of Madagascar, hap pened to put Into that colony; they e had a little seed rice left, not exceedri ing a peck, or quarter of a bushel, 1 which the captain offered and gave to - a gentleman by the name of Wood ward; from a part of this he had a very 3 good crop." i. This extract makes it difficult to say W UClliCI UUC VT oo IU 01 Ulil Joseph Woodward or Thomas Smith. Some years after the first introduction, a gentleman by the name of Du Bole, treasurer of the East India company, sent a bag of rice to South Carolina. This gave rise, it is said, to the distinction which was made in the kinds of rice. One kind was called red rice, AtkA* nvklfa anu IUV ukuci vTHtbv itw< It Is probable that the bag of rice Bent by Du Bols arrived during Smith's administration, and as it Is reasonable to suppose, was given to him since he was governor; and hence some were led to conclude that the cultivation of rice In the colony commenced at that period. With the Introduction of rice Is Intimately connected the rapid Introduction of slaves into the colony. Africans were first brought into the colony by John Yearnans from Barbadoes; but the number did not increase rapidly until rice began to be cultivated extensively. Rice was first planted on what we called upland; but It was soon discovered that low damp lands were better adapted tc Its growth. These places proved unhealthy to the English servants and Indian slaves, but not so to the Africans. It was not long until the negro population was, as It is yet, greater than the white. Sir William Berkley, governor of Virginia, sowed the first rice that was ever sown in North America. This was in the year 1677. He sowed one half bushel and made sixteen bushels. For a number of years after the settlement, the staple productions of South Carolina were rice, indigo, tar, pitch and turpentine. In time the indigo gave place to cotton. At one time an effort was made to Introduce the cultivation of silk into the province. The eggs which were sent over " A- -111* rrom r ranee iu prupaxaie iuc ***** worms, were hatched whilst the vessel which was conveying them was still at sea, and the young silk worms died for want of food. This was as early as the year 1681, during the reign of Charles the Second of England. Afterward, silk was to a limited extent, produced in South Carolina, and a royal belle of Europe once wore a silk dress which was the production of South Carolina. TO BE CONTINUED. OUR GREAT IRON RE80URCE8. Capt. Petty Tells of the Mineral Wealth of the Piedmont. Greenville is stirred up over the discovery of Iron after waiting more than a century. A very high value is put on the discovery up to date. They are talking about millions of dollars not enough to buy it. It has been our . privilege to watch some mineral discoveries in this Piedmont country for a long time, considering our youth. Before the revolution an excellent quality of iron was made in this county. Before 1826 it was known that there were acres of iron in this the "Old Iron District" Next came the d|scevery of lead and oopper. A shaft was sunk about two mflee fro^L Limestone Springs, and some fine specimens of galena and copper taken from the mine. Just at that time we knew much more about mineralogy and mining than we do now for we had Just been studying mineralogy and veins and dikes and faults, and lots of things. That mine being near my home, I concluded to investigate it scientifically, for I felt that I was competent, I went down into the earth, selected such specimens as I wanted, examined them and proceeded to write a column for the Carolina Spartan, showing that lead, copper and silver would never be found in that neighborhood In paying quantities. Major Bill Trimmier was editor of the Spartan, and in his kind consideration for me he published what I wrote. These luniors in college know lots. But any way, there was little work done In that mine after my Investigation and report. Then the gold mines were always with us. They have also been Investigated. But the Iron Is abundant. From the old Cherokee Ford to the neighborhood of Land rum iron ore Is found in various places. Thousands of tons have been smelted. Thousands of acres of land have been cleared to make charcoal to make the iron. In the neighborhood of Blacksburg there are acres of Iron ore and some fine magnetic iron. There was a little furnace over in Lincoln county, N. C., running after the war. They made iron with charcoal and magnetic ore. Blacksmiths said that it was almost equal to steel. Near Cherokee Springs before the war, farmers would dig magnetic ore and haul it to the roller mill, now Clifton and they got a dollar a ton more for that than was paid for the brown hemolite. There are tons of the same sort of ore about Cherokee Springs now, and the farmers are making crops on the land. The beds extend out towards the Southern railway near Campobello. When the South and Western is finished to Spartanburg, we will be not more than Ave hours from the Iron Mountains, where the famous Cranberry mines are. There is the greatest abundance of magnetic ore for miles along the southern slope of those mountains. Considering the abundance of iron in this Piedmont country, and the distance from fuel and the fate of Middlesboro, Ky., if asked for advice, we would say to our Greenville friends to sell for one million dollars, good and lawful currency, when offered and not wait for the five or ten millions desired. But we are not giving advice to prospectors and owners of mines. Some of them know much more than we did a half century ago, when our knowledge was astonishing. At least it must have been so to others. for it is to us at this date. While on the subject of iron it may be well to state that boiler makers before 1860 considered the iron made at Cherokee Ford superior to any they could get in Pennsylvania or elsewhere. Between 1845 and 1850 cannon balls were made at the same iron works. They were boated from Smith's Ford down Broad river to Columbia. The ore was hauled to the iron works in wagons, much of it being carried six to ten miles. At the Hurricane Shoals, long managed by Simpson Bobo, a tram way was built out northward on a ridge about ten miles. Instead of iron wooden stringers were used. The cars were drawn by mules, one small mule pulling more wood or ore thaji four could do when nn utQ anna Tho miilpfl WPfP HO well trained that drivers were not necessary. Early In the morning the train would start from the rolling mill with one or two drivers to look after all the cars and keep them going. Hands at the terminus would do the loading. The mules would be fed, and then start homeward. But the digging of ore, tramways, the making of Iron and nails, and the burning of charcoal will soon be amongst the lost arts In the "Old Iron District"? Charles Petty in News and Courier.