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With my diminished party I resumed the trail and followed it until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when we heard the sound of voices, and the corporal, thinking we were approaching Lieutenant Williamson's party, was so overjoyed in anticipation of the junction, that he wanted to fire his musket as an expression of his delight.
However it is impossible to reconcile all of the accounts of the relative order of Rutherford's and Williamson's marches. Drayton; the "Am. Archives" say only twelve killed and twenty wounded. In another skirmish at Cheowee three South Carolinians were killed. "Am. Archives," 5th Series, II., p. 1235. Do. Do., p. 990; Drayton puts the total Cherokee loss at two hundred. Do., Vol III., p. 33.
Pierce to take some rest, "for indeed you look much in need of it," she added, "and I will have a cup of strong tea ready for you in a few moments, for you need something to refresh you, I am sure, after being so long on the salt water." Her husband seconded Mrs. Williamson's advice. "You had better go, my dear, and lay down for a little while, and you will feel vastly better, I assure you.
Dismounting from my horse I counted the moccasin tracks to ascertain the number of Indians, discovered it to be about thirty, and then followed on behind them cautiously, but with little difficulty, as appearances of speed on their part indicated that they wished to overtake Lieutenant Williamson's party, which made them less on the lookout than usual for any possible pursuers.
As soon as we reached the fertile soil of the valley, we found Williamson's trail well defined, deeply impressed in the soft loam, and coursing through wild-flowers and luxuriant grass which carpeted the ground on every hand.
Not long after Williamson's party passed through their country, the Government was compelled to send into it a considerable force for the purpose of keeping them under control. The outcome of this was a severe fight resulting in the loss of a good many lives between the hostiles and a party of our troops under Lieutenant George Crook.
Rutherford, who marched to Pleasant Gardens, where he was joined by other forces. From that place Major Forney marched into the Nation with a detachment under Col. William Sharpe as far as the Hiwassee river, where they met with a portion of Gen. Williamson's army from South Carolina.
And, having argued to a conclusion, it mattered not to either that Miss Meiggs stood looking out at them with supreme contempt. An Alumni Dinner. "And it's we who have to rustle In the cold, cold world!" Dr. Williamson's landlady would not listen any further.
He hadn't bought it because it was a bargain. He had very little idea whether it was a bargain or not. And if there was a grain of truth in John Williamson's explanation, Rodney was only vaguely aware of it. He'd have said, if he'd set about formulating an explanation, that he bought the house as a result of eliminating the alternatives to buying it.
This spot was therefore fixed upon, and preparation made for spending the night as comfortably as the circumstances would permit. After we had unsaddled I visited the cabin to inquire in regard to the country ahead, and there found at first only a soldier of Williamson's party; later the proprietor of the ranch appeared.
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