A Brief History of Baldwin CountyBaldwin County Historical Society, 1928 - 91 pages An effort to put in brief but permanent form the many scattered records of historic Baldwin. |
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Page 36 - General Jackson, I am not afraid of you. I fear no man, for I am a Creek warrior. I have nothing to request in behalf of myself ; you can kill me if you desire. But I come to beg you to send for the women and children of the war party, who are now starving in the woods. Their fields and cribs have been destroyed by your people, who have driven them to the woods without an ear of corn. I hope that you will...
Page 24 - That the State of Alabama reserves to itself the exclusive right and privilege of exploring, excavating or surveying, through its authorized officers, agents or employees, all aboriginal and other antiquities, mounds, earthworks, ancient or historic forts, and burial sites within the State of Alabama, subject to the rights of the owner of the land upon which such antiquities are situated, for agricultural, domestic or industrial purposes; and that the ownership of the State is hereby expressly declared...
Page 36 - I am now done fighting. The Red Sticks are nearly all killed. If I could fight you any longer, I would most heartily do so. Send for the women and children. They never did you any harm. But kill me, if the white people want it done.
Page 36 - I come to beg you to send for the women and children of the war party, who are now starving in the woods. Their fields and cribs have been destroyed by your people, who have driven them to the woods, without an ear of corn. I hope that you will send out parties, who will safely conduct them here, in order that they may be fed. I exerted myself in vain to prevent the massacre of the women and children at Fort Mims.
Page 36 - ANECDOTES. is conquered — the hand which so profusely dealt death and desolation among the whites, is now paralyzed — it is motionless. He died at his late residence near Montpelier, in this state, on the 9th inst. His deeds of war are well known to the early settlers in South Alabama, and will be remembered by them while they live : and be talked of, with horror, by generations yet unborn. But his dauntless spirit has taken its flight—" he is gone to the land of his fathers.
Page 43 - Precious and rich — but they died away : They came like peace to my heart and ear — Never again will they murmur here : They have gone, like the blush of a summer morn — Like a crimson cloud, through the sunset borne. There were eyes, that late were lit up for me, Whose kindly glance was a joy to see: They revealed the thoughts of a trusting heart, Untouched by sorrow — untaught by art : Whose affections were fresh as a stream of spring, When birds in the vernal branches sing; They were fill'd...
Page 44 - What a wonderful country is ours! How like enchantment towns and villages rise up! Blakeley eighteen months ago was a wilderness of impenetrable woods, and inhabited by the ruthless savage — but now by the happy and undaunted American. Nothing is now seen or heard but the...
Page 43 - THERE is a voice I shall hear no more : There are tones whose music for me is o'er; Sweet as the odours of spring were they — Precious and rich — but they died away : They came like peace to my heart and ear — Never again will they murmur here : They have gone, like the blush of a summer morn — Like a crimson cloud, through the sunset borne.
Page 24 - ... agents or employees, all aboriginal and other antiquities, mounds, earthworks, ancient or historic forts, and burial sites within the State of Alabama, subject to the rights of the owner of the land upon which such antiquities are situated, for agricultural, domestic or industrial purposes; and that the ownership of the State is hereby expressly declared in any and all objects whatever which may be found or located therein.
Page 13 - Society was permanently organized by the adoption of a constitution, and the election of the following officers : President, Henry Van Rensselaer, Ogdensburgh ; Vice-Presidents, Uriel H.