Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, October 13, 1817, Image 4
"STrHE HICHMOND COMPILE
'4 fH
^-'KKUNAL
Mutilated
From the ;
INDIAN |?VENGE. ;
Mr. Mead is pwsendwby a *ti?
?VfUer, who caHed yesterday at the
house of Mr. Solomon H.WMoftl,
with the following narration of.
fac": fflNRZ : ' ,
JMKw"n bclo?g'ng tr> tht
Choctaw h?tion? ?n company with
another Indian, got drunk at fiajte
ou Sarah, about 1 4 years ago, ant
they, in a fracas, had recouta! to
'eMfe* Sometime afterwariHp'rtie
Indian wfl&c name it not recollect
it. Hi* death being attributril by
.Ihn tndiahfriebds J'to-.' 'the * wounds 1
inflicted en him b|f/IJpwK But.
Chub's friends contended there'
was strong presumptive evidence
that his death wa* occasioned by
imprudently wading in the water,
the.
Creeks.'&Wing from Hayov Sa
Sh to Ratchet. The spring vea- .
flpn being rainy, the weather was
such.that no sick man Ought 10 tra
vtF on, fdOt, *?ir lie on the wet
pround, particularly when the m?i
siei were making their appearance.
Firfe oPsiif months after the In
dian's death, his relatives, four Of
whom, thirsting :.f<>r blood like ty
Cets of the fortst, caine armed
\ with thvii rifo* An^ o^er wcapou
peculiar to Indians, and lay in aaj-^
bush near Chub's encampment, on
the land of I? H -Esq aboue;
^KalfaiTTikiroin 'his house. ?
Chub being in search of what is
called to *his country, light <vood,
hS^if^n the nightinyead of can -
jpP^ or pine knots split info uftffl
\ called fire works,* was iu the act of
Splitting them, when he itteived
a ball in his right hip notwith
standing the wound, hegaffc ayell,
or war wholbp, and ran some yards^
He .was in the attitude ~at falluig':
when three Indians tired and put
three balls irtfo his right br?t.
Mr. Solomon H. Wisdom ( was
sent, for by the neighbors, who
were-tpuch alarmed both at hear
ing of the death of Chub. and the re- i
port ofohe guns, pegging him to
I inquire how* and in what manner;
qnd for what cause he had been
wiled. Upon a striqt'scrutLay of!
Indian Toirt his brother -Iw^law, j
Bapteast, a son-in-law, OUfc vjenny '
hu wife, jjMelia, Tom and Chvb,?j
their children, Celia the d^Oghtrr ,
of squaw Sarah, Jenny's shteiythey
solemnly declared to Mr, Wisdoru !
and the two young * meri? j
panying him^ of whom being
well armed, #bat the Indians had
^MUed Chub. B#b a Shelas, literal*
,fy v translated, friends come see ;
then they took the blanket <^E$he
dead bodjr, *nd exposed the naked
WQuraR^tothe view of all present.
?Thii savage scene c* miftder ejfc
citeMhe most alarming* appi^HPf*
'sittof^eat the/Indians should at^ru
bute his death to? the negroes .9*
fibeir masters. Though these In
dians hajre lived in - this vicinity
twenty odd years, and cjp speak
good English, whrrjL tUey^plea^ft
yc^jtheir savage: dispositions are uh*
changed* ',$?? he moment Chut
waskilled, 4 rufwefr??jk*>ent*q the
Cfw>ctlwtV^io%.to inform his bro
ther diathe h*?#*0 :ikW!$? K
lie came
to this |>)aqOpclve. miles jron^St.
FwcUkiMe,< dWd ?|lw> distanee from -
the nation, is supposed to J^e. -mote
tfan three fond red ?P/*be **y
he travelled, to enquire of did Jen
ny and her children* what kind of
IMianft those we're & w ha k il f* flpl
N^rother. Tney told him thaWtftev
tfcpttst of b too# to the Indian who
was supposed to have died of the
ft# the' first ball. This
rankled his breast with all his na
tive ferocity to cmbruc his hands in
theTHood o( Jps enemies.
lie followed him to the Attuck
aagk Apliglou^, Orichitaw, Nat
cRrcoche&j from thence returned to .
Natchez., then Came hithe t?to. tell
the farrtily^his great misfortune in
npt finding nor hearing of him ; ba
ing resolved ?n 1 ex Talipnis, lie re
turned to the Chdcktawnatiprtj un
J ' "" 5 imj, the
ari and half,
Rjfdwtfi |L>? jU"l>
'"SwiLv 5
IN acoguociie?, -Wfntner nc wepe^ flUy ]
find an opportunity of wreaking
his revenge and malice in the toost
secret indL,ji>toody , manner.; %
with the instrument of death which
he carried with him, he brought
him to the'g^Mind, And left him
lying in gore, in the ?t*te of non
animation.
This tragedy ended, he retimed
to Bayou Sarah to murrate the prow*
s ess and adroitness of the encerprizawj
anu to mingle fus felicities with hit'
relations, who applauded his gen
erosity for . having travelled nearly
?wo thousand miles, before he sati-'
atcd his swage appetite with
Mr. Wisdom Was told I
of p'rne, ??l <m tire in ??*? oid
lincl curt ted in ihu niKU.imo the wot*l?t
tlcci itatui I'm tinning if
*? a inaik Kit tl?? huwtsiWirW
with expressions of exuitaiio r _ t
he I)iv! achieved for die nui^s of
his brother ; chat he was about re
turning co the Choctaw nation, in
which* he hafremained ever since.
1- ? Rfffceat tragirat *inn\rm '?* \xr-*+
Florida, Bayou Sa^5ih> 4twclve miles
(rdmSt. Francisfij^ fPricUy, May
alth day. 1816. r* ,
AUput two week* anterior to
thij-date, Tom, a yowl^Jn^n
pjuid one- of the Cbickast^iigarion,
Leaving a Choctaw squaw^for a
' wi/e, and living here, had a quar
i$p? .borh ^ere drunk. The fom
mer cut the latter on his head wi^h
t-corvsequence^of which
le next
, , their rifles. v Tom,
accepted the cha^leage, their en
campments being five miles apart j
by agreemeritihey were cp^raeet at
a certain pla?^> being
The ch illertger?4rfived at the time
and'place, but tKe other party did '
not appear on the ground. The
fury of the old Indian increased in
[ proportion" as the chances of re-'
venge dimtfl^jbedi His m*ftf was
bent upon Mthin^But the * most
gloomy ahef horrid, ideas. ^VVith
the intention of taking thciMpe of
Tom* .he procured a youngMndiafc
who was his friend to kill him.
Fo^he said, fronl his wounds and
olerage, he cotdd not live long, and
that he was extremely anxious to
have Tom Jffinftej$fotely fciilcd ? *
His friend 0esang-froid executed
ihhuman injunction, and
to went to take the life of Tom.
? Who totd him thaHie was^RF
ling 1 6 be stfbt, but his mother
Old Jenny, said it jyasa shame that
such a young likely Indian as Tori),
should die fur an bid Glbictosaw
Therefore she 'n his
place 5 but Torn wdfiM nbt at first
X-. *&'*>'>'
^Jjgree to it.
ted him, and
rrsolved not .
After her life wajsr*,commute,., _
the old Chickasaw's, her son-in-law
took his gun, after loading it,
gave it to Tom, a young Indian,
not a relation, but the mutual
"friend of the , Duties, He held It
undet hi. #n|e<, tm old Jenny
capk her sublunary farewell of her
enildrefi, grand children, her sister ?
Sara&^fftd particularly oflfcr son
Jamcsj, a bqy about thirteen yeaft t>f
Hp ' ob? $aid, " James I am go
|?uf, father Chub, who
was also shot^but in a , private*
marw^r? -Here to this grave" which
pgKi dug for my%on Tom, by v my
request, f consign illy body}~Do
not mourn for me^-I okj and
goingJUo 4frK|uib, *nd your bro
Itficr'.yrho
When you dic~OH4^omc; ^
see me and you^ fahy^/ It is
dying request, that Tom would
go and kill the young {ndiahj who,
last winter, when in a stajc Of drun
kenness, cut your old aunt Sarah
?.on the head with a boW?~Ift
'Tom be killed forJC^^fflK9
bfotfier Chub must kill him, that
took his life. Should Tom not be
kilted I bed hint to take Care of
?my two s<S#p Then with no
kmd- low tune, and a slow step, she
moved far ward*and backwards, for
stfme rime, in a staight line. As,a to
kerf forthe Indiari to fire, shesquat
?led upon her knertk The execu
the muzzlc.df k to her bowftjl
and be dijuSttged Iff Contents (litoJ
her breast. Whatever articles sh$J
! Was in possession of, wire flung jn-N
to her few- Vi U is sported /that '
they decttnpfd in the night to some
l other place, for fear the whites:
^fcld prosecute them. The next]
morning Tom Went to execute l?is I
? other* bloody commands.? 1 he ]
Jian hearing o( Tom*s bCirtg in l
pursuifof him, kilted himself. Tom
says he does not wish to live sidro'
'J^m?<h<!f'S death? i^ his emttrtte*
in search of htm he will also
kill himself. This happetrfd' near
a school house ; the seliool-mawr,
I ft re woorotd. anflr the
I cmuveri vixre spectator*., A*cr]t
I interesting* *rtd intelligent yowg
y^TQy.W ^ 1 V cirs oid, of ix<4>C&*?
[ dble parent igct verbally told tr .
traveler ? that she saw h tr tuiiude^
the gun toiier breast, and heard the
report ofit, ;^nd saw her.fall icatj
Jo thf ^ -
* ^uuO'i ItV.^ /ToriVfo, 15 wi/^i
[ .""' '^rog m"4
Ml Me a ti? Thr ravclfrr hap
pened to be at the hoifte of Mr. S.
|^)|^y!sdoiTS fiear the theatre of
read, concurred rhat the stdt
was cbrfiffit.
Icr liberty to make up- of
whatever way he might
do.
Iridian Jattfei tecounted
[and Mrs. W
valedictory ..^ddrfess, iriiip
after iler execution, titjfeh? |
of'the whole famity. Thej
him if he was noc aqfery i
death. His r ,!tis .,0
I she wanted t<i
maskable saHy of tfwWHl
is seei> in th^ \t!D^g Indil
closed the ttrrestial exists
the old Chickasaw, and old
through the most endearing.
Iwp
warrio*f?sS|t, ftflpws ? ? "
who can .3*ay the unadu
blood of the brave aborigini
I not *?> H:
-not rcceiM|l;tc^?^<aa
withwiaWpTperVlJ^L
the injunction and
your Chickasaw friend ?
shall we express the bainfu
devolving on us af$ptta?i
subsequent -canau c r, wnicli \
L notlo tiiitSltjSwpfHWB
* Who <rah d^you Worthy
nathc j)l warrioiv^RW# yoi
stained that noble character,
fering the tragij^teli of
man to ynfock yo?|dS?
bias your judgment i Ol
you think it poMirol t{ieGr<
rit and the shade of your i
ffiend are pleased with you
duct-Ms this the lau^f reta
an old" sqigfjlfr whqrf life
irksome taTafr?etf?"tt-lls y<
will kill herself ityou exec
lon? with the dtjtpestsbrrow
only hear, $ut *e you make t
mutational" Being over*
with grief, he retired amRg
self Wisdom i
/diligent man, and can talk
sam ttf n/dr few-thft. fiaraai
try ft ooklynrtcy'aidmltt
p ftittvife wrth intent ttf
mmem in the Penitent*
years at hard labour*