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  Revolutionary Reader


  REMINISCENCES AND
  INDIAN LEGENDS


  COMPILED BY

  SOPHIE LEE FOSTER

  STATE REGENT
  DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF GEORGIA


  ATLANTA, GA.:
  BYRD PRINTING COMPANY
  1913




  _COPYRIGHTED 1913_
  _BY_
  _SOPHIE LEE FOSTER_




  _DEDICATION_

  _As my work has been a labor of love, I therefore affectionately
  dedicate this book to the Daughters of the
  American Revolution of Georgia._




  September 4, 1913.

  MRS. SHEPPARD W. FOSTER,
  Atlanta, Georgia.

  My Dear Mrs. Foster:--To say that I am delighted with your
  Revolutionary Reader is to state the sheer truth in very mild
  terms. It is a marvel to me how you could gather together so many
  charmingly written articles, each of them illustrative of some
  dramatic phase of the great struggle for independence. There
  is much in this book of local interest to each section. There
  is literally nothing which does not carry with it an appeal of
  the most profound interest to the general reader, whether in
  Georgia or New England. You have ignored no part of the map. I
  congratulate you upon your wonderful success in the preparation of
  your Revolutionary Reader. It is marvelously rich in contents and
  broadly American in spirit.

  Sincerely your friend,
  (Signed) LUCIAN LAMAR KNIGHT.

  September 8, 1913.

  MRS. S. W. FOSTER,
  711 Peachtree Street.

  I like very much your plan of a Revolutionary reader. I hope it
  will be adopted by the school boards of the various states as a
  supplementary reader so that it may have a wide circulation.

  Yours sincerely,
  JOSEPH T. DERRY.




  CONTENTS


                                                                    PAGE

  America                                                             11

  Washington's Name                                                   12

  Washington's Inauguration                                           13

  Important Characters of the Revolutionary Period in American
  History                                                             14

  Battle of Alamance                                                  20

  Battle of Lexington                                                 22

  Signers of Declaration                                              35

  Life at Valley Forge                                                37

  Old Williamsburg                                                    46

  Song of the Revolution                                              52

  A True Story of the Revolution                                      53

  Georgia Poem                                                        55

  Forts of Georgia                                                    56

  James Edward Oglethorpe                                             59

  The Condition of Georgia During the Revolution                      61

  Fort Rutledge of the Revolution                                     65

  The Efforts of LaFayette for the Cause of American
  Independence                                                        72

  James Jackson                                                       77

  Experiences of Joab Horne                                           79

  Historical Sketch of Margaret Katherine Barry                       81

  Art and Artists of the Revolution                                   84

  "Uncle Sam" Explained Again                                         87

  An Episode of the War of the Revolution                             88

  State Flowers                                                       93

  Georgia State History, Naming of the Counties                       95

  An Historic Tree                                                   100

  Independence Day                                                   101

  Kitty                                                              102

  Battle of Kettle Creek                                             108

  A Daring Exploit of Grace and Rachael Martin                       111

  A Revolutionary Puzzle                                             112

  South Carolina in the Revolution                                   112

  Lyman Hall                                                         118

  A Romance of Revolutionary Times                                   120

  Fort Motte, South Carolina                                         121

  Peter Strozier                                                     123

  Independence Day                                                   125

  Sarah Gilliam Williamson                                           127

  A Colonial Hiding Place                                            129

  A Hero of the Revolution                                           131

  John Paul Jones                                                    132

  The Real Georgia Cracker                                           135

  The Dying Soldier                                                  136

  When Benjamin Franklin Scored                                      139

  A Revolutionary Baptising                                          139

  George Walton                                                      140

  Thomas Jefferson                                                   143

  Orators of the American Revolution                                 150

  The Flag of Our Country (Poem)                                     154

  The Old Virginia Gentleman                                         155

  When Washington Was Wed (Poem)                                     160

  Rhode Island in the American Revolution                            162

  Georgia and Her Heroes in the Revolution                           168

  United States Treasury Seal                                        173

  Willie Was Saved                                                   174

  Virginia Revolutionary Forts                                       175

  Uncrowned Queens and Kings as Shown Through Humorous
  Incidents of the Revolution                                        185

  A Colonial Story                                                   192

  Molly Pitcher for Hall of Fame                                     195

  Revolutionary Relics                                               196

  Tragedy of the Revolution Overlooked by Historians                 197

  John Martin                                                        204

  John Stark, Revolutionary Soldier                                  206

  Benjamin Franklin                                                  209

  Captain Mugford                                                    211

  Governor John Clarke                                               214

  Party Relations in England and Their Effect on the American
  Revolution                                                         221

  Early Means of Transportation by Land and Water                    228

  Colonel Benjamin Hawkins                                           236

  Governor Jared Irwin                                               240

  Education of Men and Women of the American Revolution              243

  Nancy Hart                                                         252

  Battle of Kings Mountain (Poem)                                    255

  William Cleghorn                                                   257

  The Blue Laws of Old Virginia                                      259

  Elijah Clarke                                                      264

  Francis Marion                                                     266

  Light Horse Harry                                                  274

  Our Legacy (Poem)                                                  276

  The Ride of Mary Slocumb                                           277

  The Hobson Sisters                                                 284

  Washington's March Through Somerset County, N. J.                  289

  Hannah Arnett                                                      293

  Button Gwinnett                                                    298

  Forced by Pirates to Walk The Plank                                300

  Georgia Women of Early Days                                        301

  Robert Sallette                                                    308

  General LaFayette's Visit to Macon                                 312

  Yes! Tomorrow's Flag Day (Poem)                                    317

  Flag Day                                                           319

  End of the Revolution                                              328


      Indian Legends

  Counties of Georgia Bearing Indian Names                           330

  Story of Early Indian Days                                         331

  Chief Vann House                                                   332

  Indian Tale                                                        334

  William White and Daniel Boone                                     336

  The Legend of Lovers' Leap                                         337

  Indian Mound                                                       344

  Storiette of States Derived from Indian Names                      346

  Cherokee Alphabet                                                  348

  The Boy and His Arrow                                              351

  Indian Spring, Georgia                                             353

  Tracing The McIntosh Trail                                         367

  Georgia School Song                                                369




  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


                                                                  Facing
                                                                    Page

  Fraunces Tavern                                                     11

  Ruins of Old Fort at Frederica                                      58

  Monument to Gen. Oglethorpe                                         60

  Indian Treaty Tree                                                  98

  The Old Liberty Bell                                               130

  Carpenter's Hall                                                   170

  Monument Site of Old Cornwallis                                    266

  Birthplace of Old Glory                                            318

  Chief Vann House                                                   330

  Map of McIntosh Trail                                              366

  Map of Georgia, Showing Colonial, Revolutionary and
  Indian War Period Forts, Battle Fields and Treaty Spots            370




PREFACE.


Since it is customary to write a preface, should any one attempt the
somewhat hazardous task of compiling a book, it is my wish, as the
editor, in sending this book forth (to live or die according to its
merits) to take advantage of this custom to offer a short explanation
as to its mission. It is not to be expected that a volume, containing
so many facts gathered from numerous sources, will be entirely free
from criticism. The securing of material for compiling this book was
first planned through my endeavors to stimulate greater enthusiasm
in revolutionary history, biography of revolutionary period, Indian
legends, etc., by having storiettes read at the various meetings of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, and in this way not only creating
interest in Chapter work, but accumulating much valuable heretofore
unpublished data pertaining to this important period in American
history; with a view of having same printed in book form, suitable for
our public schools, to be known as a Revolutionary Reader.

At first it was my intention only to accept for this reader unpublished
storiettes relating to Georgia history, but realizing this work could
not be completed under this plan, during my term of office as State
Regent, I decided to use material selected from other reliable sources,
and endeavored to make it as broad and general in scope as possible
that it might better fulfill its purpose.

To the Daughters of the American Revolution of Georgia this book is
dedicated. Its production has been a labor of love, and should its
pages be the medium through which American patriotism