| Show SANG AT AN INDIAN S GRAVE a blome anet horn was W 1 hooted iander Ve verillar rallar circumstances when the boundary line between tennessee and georgia was established it passed halt half i a mile south of the oaring tuck a lee chee chee among the foothills of the banakas and as it crossed one of the principal indian trail trall it became a place of much tin hortince por tince davs the atlanta constitution there had already grown up a strong rivalry between the tennessee tribes headed by chief ito ross and the georgia tribes headed by A fijor r I 1 ridge lidge both halt breeds and anti mm mn of extraordinary ability as leaders the etsa blish allent 0 the tie new boun lary line fixed the limits of thila territories and to tr to ind harmonize as fir far as 13 possible the conten ling fictions factions the government established esta blishel l a trading post there john ito how ird pine payne appeared upon tho the scene and wis N is accused ot of inciting tho the indian to insubordination he lie was placed under arrest as an incendiary cen diary and antl carried to the council house the I 1 he name of the place waa as changed from ft the euphonious appellation of tuck a lee chee dice chee to the one nion mort easily pronounced of red clay jay because of the color of the soil in that vicinity while 11 aine a tie was held there one of the first bands arrived and imong the indiana was the chief oo 00 chee or rattling gourd a brokenhearted man ho ile w a ia moody and abstracted str acted and refused ill all invitations to the council ho ise and would partake of no festive festle enjoyments whatsoever whit but spent the most of his time at the graved of his wife and arid child farther up the nalle at last one morning he be wa was wat t missed from ill his accustomed place by the camp lire ind and an alirio alarm was nisei thit that rattling gourd hid had escabel escape 1 the patrol scattered spattered in eer direction in search of him hini and anil some of them bethought them of his fondness for the spot where hia his loved ones tilo bitet pt and went ent in search ot of him there and there they found him weltering in his own blood his body lay between tho the little mounds that covered covi hia his squaw and papoose in some I 1 way he bad had secreted a bisonet when I 1 the indians indiana were being disarmed and bro brogdin odin over olier his removal he became be canu desperate desp deap frate and seeking that lone spot he chanted hia his death song tell fell upon the point of tho the ba bavo onet net NN which pierced his ills heart and died on the spot where he lie hid had often expressed a desire to be laid for his list last long sleep the affair caused greit great excitement and In digna con the malcontents mil contents took id vantage of the distressing occurrence to stir up strife and fears were entertained of a mutiny A grave was dug on the spot where he lay and the thief was burled buried by the soldiers one of the moravian missionaries after the ser vicea vices were ere over john 11 oNard payne who had been a silent of the pathetic scene begin singing softly to himself the song which his has been echoed through every land on earth gen bishop who mio hid had kept a close sc rutin on his ills act actions lonii heird heard the song and called inne to him young inin man sill the stern old indian lighter fighter where did you learn hit tha 1 I wrote that song rn nie self elt replied payne and where did 3 ou oil get the tuno tune I 1 1 I compo composed ed thit that also 11 would ou oil let me rite hue base a copy of it certainly I 1 will alit well a min who cm can qing ind and write like that Is 1 no appearances 11 ma bo be air but I 1 am going ving to set you arr free le I 1 shill shall write out your discharge inline ly ind and a pass to an anywhere here ion cju through the nation payne hid had been house 1 it the home of a family living near b and on his return there he exhibited his pas pasa and relt ted the circumstances thit that wis wae the first time thit that I 1 home home bad ever been sung in public |
