THE ONCE MIGHTY CATAWBAS.
By Mrs. LuU A. Vmndiver.
Four hundred years in the life of a
nation is but a span. The England,
the France, the Germany of 400 years
ago was practically the England, the
France, the Germany of today. Former
dynasties have fallen and governments
have changed, but the nations are the
same.
But where 400 years ago was the
nation which now so proudly blasts
"The Star Spangled Banner," or
ruthlessly causes the American eagle
to shriek above the roar of the English
drums, Scotch bagpipes, French mirthb
and German music.
Among the workmen and the peasants
of the European nations a few j
individuals were just beginning to know
that they were men?that religion, hope,
education and liberty were for mankind.
The old feudal system was breaking
up. The first muttering of the Reformation
were striking upon the ears
of those who could hear. The people,
the masses, were dissatisfied, and
among them, whether watching herds
on hillsides, tilling the soil that the
rich might reap, spinning silk in sunny
France, guarding noblemen's game in
England, fighting starvation in Irish
hovels, or gathering at the chieftains,
sullen call among the bleak crags of
Scotland, must Daughters of the
Revolution and Colonial Dames 3earch
to find their progenitors.
But the broad Western continent was
not a desolate wilderness. The wild
rose bloomed to deck the breast of
many a dark skinned damsel, the tall
maize shook its flaxen tassels over
many fertile fields for hundreds that
were to eat the golden grain, to live,
to love, to struggle and die upon the
soil of the "unknown world."
And not alone in Europe were
nations at war. On the vast continent
Cherokee and Yamassee, Creek and
Iroquois, Chickasaw and Choctaw were
fighting for possession or supremacy
?quije like the Christian nations.
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t.wj w vii\> uui vii, aviuoo cue; ;
fijeshvwater seus, dwelt the warlike '
, Catawba Indians. Many had - been
their battles, and great their victories,
multitudinous the scalps which adorned
the wigwams of the braves.
But the great spirit became angry
with their people, and he sent against
them the mighty Connewangas. Ho
made the Connewangas exceedingly
mad against the Catawbas, and he
fought with the Connewanga braves.
The Catawbas were courageous, they
fought long and well, but when after
disastrous defeats they knew that the
great spirit was enraged, and gave
the victory into the hands of their
enemies, sullenly they gave up the
strife, and started mournfully southward,
a long line of grim faced Indian
warriors, their women and their children
in the centre of the procession.
Fighting against the world they made
their way, until at the head waters of
the river known to us as the Kentucky,
they met two other great nations, the
Chickasaws and the Choctaws, and
weary of fruitless strife and dreary
retreat, the larger part of the once
powerful Catawba tribe united with
one of these people, some with the
other. But there were among the
beaten, homeless nation many intrepid
spirits who in spite of fate refused to
yield their tribal identity, and the sad
remnant kept up their dismal march.
They stopped once for a year in what
is now Botetourt county Virginia;
hoping for, but not finding, rest for
their weary feet. They came farther
ouulii uiik.ii tut.- iumu ui ine raimettos
was reached. There the blue Bky, the
rich hunting grounds and the fertile
Boil mutely invited the wanderers to
remain. But not without a struggle
were they allowed to remain in this
land of promise. On the banks of the
Eawa Tavora they met in fearful battle
with the fierce Cherokees whose soil
they were appropriating. There ensued
a battle which was to settleethe
destiny of two prominent American
nations. From sunrise until dark the J
battle raged, not less deadly that no j
smoke obscured the view, no cannon
bellowed forth the war cry. Human
throats supplied the tocsin, and the
last rays of the setiing sun shone upon
a thousand warriors on either side dead
upon the field. And Indian women
with disheveled hair and bitter laments
sought by the moon's pale light for the
forms of loved ones, and tenderly
buried their dead.
When morning dawned the Cherokees
agreed to divide the territory with
this fearful invader and, as long ago on
England's shore lived side by side the
% Saxon and the Dane, so Cherokee and
Catawba swore eternal brotherhood,
and dwelt together on the continent of
the setting sun. The river, which was
their dividing line, was called no more
Eswa Tavora, but Catawba; and so it
is called today. Here for many moons
the triumphant northern nation held
undisputed sway, until among them
came the pale face people from over
the sea, and by treachery far mor$ (
than by open warfare deprived the
natives of their homes. As late as
1798 this Catawba nation held annually
an anniversary meeting. They gathered
men, women and children in a great
council and sadly the elders recounted
the numbers and the deeds of the
ancestors. Telling with all the pride
of the red men the mighty prowess of
those who awaited them in the happy
hunting ground.
The Catawba nation has passed
away, its territory is now the dwelling
place of the Americanized Anglo-Saxon,
and well the South Carolinian loves hi|
home, but does never the restless
spirit of the homeless red men return
to his ancient habit, and wail an un
dying requiem for his rare into the
chilled and startled ear of the usurper?
Then lay the grieving ghosts by, keeping
green the memory of the races
from whom tfle soil was wrested. I.et
the triumphant conqueror pay the
tribute of remembrance to tfTe conquered,
the fierce, the brave, the warlike,
who fill the desolate and forgotten
Indian graves.
The Man Who's Higher Up.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Justice has a streak of yellow, for
she grips the little feilow, but her temper
seems to mellow toward the man
who's higher up.
Though she runs to fix her clutches on
the one who steals as much as 50 cents,
she limps on crutches toward the man
who's higher up.
If the duties are evaded, quick is
righteous wrath paraded, for the few
wno simply aided not the man who's
higher up. , m
'Tis a most obnoxious feature; Justice
surely needs a teacher; worst of
sinners not the creature, but the man
who's higher up.
Little chap must go to prison for a
crime not really his'n, while champagne
is ever fizzin' for the man who's
higher up.
When a trust is caught at scheming,
Justice takes its menials, seeming not
to e'en be faintly dreaming of the man
who's higher up.
Ever calm her way pursuing, Justice
notes what some are doing, but this
duty is eschewing when the man is
higher up.
Justice should take off her blinder,
to the smaller fry be kinder, and, before
her or behind her, grab that man
who's higher up.
Z. Y. BRADFORD,
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