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THE MOItNTSTG TIMES, SUNJftkY, DECEMBER 20, 1896
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tration the Brain Weary the Broken Down, All
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Munyon Cures Catarrh of 33 Years'
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ABOUT OLD NACOGDOCHES
A Town That Has a Stirring
History.
I'oumled by 3-u Sallo and AVas the
First Seat of t lie Govprnuieiit
of the Texas Heyuhlie.
J'tic York Eccn'my Sun.
"When the time conies to write the hifc
torv or Texas, for Texas ha.s a lii-tory or
ehigulur interest, the liiion.ui will fiiul
abuiu'.unt material in the ouuint old town
or XacogUoches. Little ib heard today
about old Nacogdoches The tide of lin
migration lias swept over it to the prairie
lands, to the west nnd fcoulhwest. Al
though NatdgdoUies is .said to betlie-oldct
town in the State, even older thai) the
ancient mission town or San Antonio, U
long since ceased to oceup an important
iilace among the towns ol the State or to
exertlse the slightest influeiiLe upon Us
politics. . ..
.socugdoches is situatetl away up in Die
northeastern corner or the State, in a
county of the same name.
The country niound the old town is
wooded and hilly. There are dene r0re.sls
of pme, giant magnolias and live oaks,
These Inns and hmis gai the hardj
pioneers protection against the Indians
aud t tie MeMcaiis, when I hey tame ovei
from the more crowded Eastern States in
the early part or this tommy. Tne Mexi
cans were always hostile to these set
tlers, Tor they foresaw the impending con
flict. They watched the Avngon trains
winch came from year to year with sullen
disapproval, and often Incited the Indians
to war against the whites. Jhit when uie
question of supremacy was settled and the
beaten Mexicans had retired beyond the
Rio Grande, leaving the new comers In
undisputed possession, the settlers packed
up their efrects, loaded tfiejr wagons again,
and continued their Journey to the fertile
prairies where it whatnot necessary to
cut away timber and uija,stumps in order
to find space Tor their crops.
It was thus that Nacogdoches, which ton
years before and for a longer period afUT
the Texas-Mexican war, was the most
important trading post twest of New Or
leans, gradually lost its prestige and became
tT-imi it iR imw a hipnm- orld countrvtown.
If anything it is sleepier and rustler
now than it ever was, for, as there is still
plenty of room on the prairies of the west
ern part of the State, and, the wooded hills
of the eastern section ar,e as uninviting
as ever, the immigrants continue to pasB
it by. a
Tno streets are ruged.and uneven, the
old log houses built by the pioneers are
tumbling about the ears oC;tlieir occupants,
and the logs are rotting away. Even the
old brick court house, which was built
not more than fifty years ago, looks
like a ruin.
Hut the sorriest looking place In the
town is an old stone building facing the
piiblTc square, and commonly known asthe
"old stone fort." Its walls are rough and
yellow with age and thej would piobably
have fallen down long ago were it not
for their remarkable solidity. Its builders
evidently put the walls there to stay, for
they are about thirteen feet thick. The
stones were puti together witho it much
regard for tne rules of masonry, but thej
were welded solidly Willi mortar. Noth
ing! ef-fa t han a cannonade could batter them
down. "When this dd fort was built there
is no means of determining, but there aie
various traditions concerning itsoilgin as.d
history.
One of the largest and smoothest stones
In the front wall bears the inscription.
"1619, Anno Domini." Nacogdoches folk,
who venerate ancient things as much as
people h other parts or the world, are
illKiK.-ji.fi tn ucfowt rim. iiiRnrint Inn as truth
although none of them Is positive aboutitT
At any rate they know that the old fort
has stood almost since La Salle's time.
Many think that it was built by the hardy
priest himseir as one or his chain of
lortres.es stretching irom Canada to .pw
Orleans, designed to protect the tern
tories of France from the Spaniards of
Mexico.
Another tradition says that it was
built by a young Frenchman, named St
Denis, who is believed to have established
a lepublic in the western wilds and main
tained himself against the French on Crno
sidelhe Spaniards on the ether, and the
Indians on all sides, until he was killed
in battle. This St. Denis, the tradition
rims, fled from France In the last decade
of the seventeenth century because of
some political offense, and took refuge
with the French colonists of New Orleans,
lie was forced to leave New Orleans for a
similar offensu, and tills time he sought
a retreat among the friendly Natchez In
dians, whose assistance he secured partly
because -he was helpless and partly be
cause he aiway.s dealt fairly with them
He attracted to his side many restless
spirits from the French colonies at New
Orleans j.nd along the Texas shore or the
Gulf, and many buccaneers who were forced
to give up their piratical practices in the
Guir and take to the woods to escape
French and Spanish men-of-war. He ruled
these men with a rod of iron and suc
ceeded i n resisting the power of the Mexica r
viceroy and the-French governor of Louis
iana until his death, when for want of a
lejider as- capable as himself his little gov
ernment dissolved.
This legend is not very well authenticated,
because St. Denisleftno traces in the shape
of documents behind him. There are, how
ever, nuuierous"lnscriptions on the walls,
some in French and some in Latin, which,
in the absence of better proof of St Denis'
occupancv, are accepted as evidence that
he really" lived there. It is said that St.
Denis' body was buried in the fort, but his
bones were never discovered. While the
war for Texas' independence was in prog
ress twoold'arqucbuses of the seventeenth
century pattern and the silver scabbard of
an old bioadsword were unearthed by a
man who was digging near the walls of
the fort. Tli est' relics are now in the pos
session of an aged citizen of Nacogdoches,
who went into Texas from Tennessee back
In the '20s.
The firsc Texas pioneers who crossed
Arkansas from Tennessee before the battle
of New Orleans was fought found the old
fort a r ofless yellow ruin, anil built their
settlement about it. They patched it up
and made It their arsenal and place of
refuge in times of trouble. The Indians,
incited by the Mexicans of the South, were
often hostile, and many a time the pioneers
hustled their women and children within
its protecting walls while they went out
Into the forests to teat off a hostile band
or Kickapcos or Comnncbes. Years before
Houston or Austin went to Texas the old
fort was the scene of furious battles and
thrilling tragedies. The pioneers held their
own until their numler.shad been increased
to thousands by the arrival of newcomers
from Ihp East and South, and they were
able tc fcegin their war for independence.
Nacogdoches was for a while the seat of
the new government, and tho scene of
struggles fiercer than any which marked Us
earlier history. While Houston, Austin,
Crockett and Fannin were fighting the
Mexicans at San Antonio and along the
Trinity and Colorado rivers, another band
of Americans was holding Nacogdehe.s
against hordes of Indians incited to hos
tility by the agent of Santa Anna. Their
position was a desperate one, for they had
fewer rifles and were fighting an enemy
far more skilled in border warfare than
the vain Santa Anna. Had they been
overcome the Indians would have been
free to attack Houston and Austin, and
these generals, hemmed In by redskins
on one side and the Mexicans on. the other,
would unquestionably have been destroyed
But the heroes at Nacogdoches were com
manded by a man well fitted fordesperate
enterprise. This man was Kcl.scy Hams
Douglass, a Tennessee pioneer, who had
settled in Texas in the early part of the
century. Before the war was begun he
ran a trading post at Nacogdoches. He had
always been lair in his dealings with the
Indians and many of them joined him
apunst tlie allies of the Mexir ans.
A few months before the battle of San
Jacinto, when the fortunes of the Texas
republic were at a low ebb, the Indians
about Nacogdoches began to show signs
of restlessness Hosfle bands sur
prised settlers whose cabins were situated
beyond the reach of the settlement, burned
the cabins and murdered the occupants.
Gen. Houston went to live with th'
Indians in what is now Indian Territory,
arter he resigned the governorship of
Tennessee, and he made many friends
among them. He was averse to stirnmr
them up. and he urged Douglass not to
attempt any retaliatory measures until
it was absolutely necessary. Accordingly
Douglass merely prepared Nacogdoctes
for defense and took a iwsition
near the fort from which he declared
"all the Indians out of hell" couldn't
drive him away.
The Indians came on in large numbers
from week to week, and in their irregular
fashion invested Douglass' position. The
women and children were placed within
the old stone fort out of harm's way
and the struggle commented. The Indians
made many furious night attacks, but
were always repulsed with greatslaughter.
They outnumbered the whites however,
and the siege laste.l for many weeks. The
stones of the old fort's walls were clipped
off by bullets and the roof riddled.
Provisions were almost exhausted and
the condition of the besieged was becom
ing desperate when thenew.s of San Jacinto
and the capture of Santa Anna came. The
Indians fled in dismay and the siege was
raised. Douglass did not let them escape
unscathed. Following the largest body
with 150 men he overtook them in a
swamp about twelve miles north of
Nacogd.iches, where they turned fiercely
on him. A bloody battle followed, and
the Indians yere routed. Other bands
were attacked and annihilated in the same
manner, and the settlers returned In
triumph to Nacogdoches. The legisla
ture of Texas presented a sword to Doug
lass for his services, and made him com
mander of the militia of the Northern
district of the republic.
The Indians became troublesome again
in Gen. Houston's term as president, but
Houston, still averse to fighting them,
ordered Gen. Douglass to let them alone.
Douglass resigned his commission in dis
gust aud the depredations became more
frequent. When Miraheau B. Lamar be
came president, and appointed Albert
Sidney Johnston as his Secretary or War.
Douglass was induced to take command cr
another expedition against th'em. He car
ried the war into the enemy's country
again, defeated the Indians In three en
gagements nnd burned their towns on the
Sabine and Red rivers. This was the last
stirring incident in the history of old
Nacogdoches Its decline began about
1840. The old stone fort was converted
Into a storehouse, and since then has at
different times served various purposes
Once It was used as a court house. Dur
ing the Civil War Gen. E. Kirby Smith
turned it into a storage place forpowder
and ammunition which he used against
the Federal troops in the southwest A
few years ago It was reroofed and is now
doing duty as a country store.
HAS NO LANTERN.
Lighthouse in the Hebrides Which Is
Run by a Mirror.
The most extraordinary of all lighthouses
is to be round In the Hebrides, Stotland. on
Armish Rovk. which is separated from the
Island of Lewfs by a channel over 500 fees
wide. On this rock a conical beacon la
erected, and on its summit a lantern la
fixed, from which nigh; after night shines
alight whichissoenbythefisherrnenfar and
wide. Yet there is no burning lamp in the
lantern, and no attendant ever goes to it,
for the simple reason that there i no lamp
to attend to, no wick to trim, and no oil to
replenish.
The way in which this peculiar lighthouse
Is illuminated is this On the Island of
Lewis. GUO feet or so away, is a light
house, and from a window in the tower u.
stream of light is projected on a mirror m
the lantern on the summit of the Armish
Rock. These rajs are reflected to an ar
rangement or prisms, and oy their action
are converged to a focus outside the lan
tern, from which they diverge jh the netts
sary direction. The consequence is that
to all intents and purposes a lighthouse
exists which has neither lamp nor light
house keeper, and yet gives as serviceable
a light-taking into account the require
ments of this locality as if an -elaborate
and costly lighthouse with lamps, servlto
room,- bed-room, living room, store room,
oil room, water tanks and all other acces
sories were erected on the summit of tho
rock.
SPOUTS OF CIUMLN'AI.
Ililipophauy in Paris.
The people of Fans are hippophagv.s to
a remarkable degree, consuming on an aver
age over 20,000 horses and donkeys an
nually. Last year, according to the re
turns, the Parisians ate 23,:i96 horse, -139
donkeys and 86 mules. This horse, donkey
.-uidTmule fltsh dressed ready for the butch
er's block, weight 5,879 tons and was sold
at prices Varying from 2 sous to 1 franc
per pound, the latter being the price paid
for the best horse steaks- Chicago Chronicle.
Prompt Punishment.
"Thet Rhode Island tenderfoot xi'lated
the rules of the club by wearin trousers
without no hip pocket."
"What did you do, suspend him?"
"Yep, by the neck!" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Means by "Which Convicts "While
Awny the Flonrs of Tmprlsonraent.
Philadelphia Press.
Tin- sriir' of miiiinaK is accomplished by
characteristic craft. This is especially
shown in .he n.etl ods in wI.ilIi tue new
comer is initiated into prison life.
Theiioviceisconductcdintoan improvised
' ourt chamber, where the Judges are his
fellow-pn- o ters. He isplaccd upon a stand
and gravtly tried on a pretended charge,
and he has barely been condemned when
;he stand is suddenly drawn away, so that
he is thrown violently upon the earth.
Many games necessarily imply resistance
o pain as an absolute condition of success.
For example,t here is the game of "needles."
One of the players places his closed fist
upon the table, holding steadily two needles,
one in each hand, the points U'ing slightly
exposed. It is the game then for a com
panion o strike with his own fist those
of the other, and it becomes a question of
endurance between the one pricked with
the needles and the one wl'Ose fists are
beaten by the other'sknnckles. These are
contests in which the fingers and hands are
wounded and the scars are an honorable
distinction.
Another characteristic of the game of
criminals is the admiration shown for
physical force, manifested In the docility
with which the vanquished in such spores
submit to the brutality of the victors a
thing observed among savages.
Finally, the insensibility to pain exhibited
la the sports of criminals proves that men
men are less acute In their physical senses
as well as less sensitive to the pains of
others, since what seems to others use
lessly cruel is only the usual thing with
criminals. As the drunkard, his taste
ha rdened by alcohol, hasneedofn stimulant
constantly stronger, ro in the case of the
criminal, the nervous system demands
stimulants so stiong that to the ordinary
s ej'dv-going individual it would beactuallj
painful.
"Wontlefnil.
"The hypnotist put Boozer under Ida
spell, and then- convinced him it waj
rainlncvery hard outside."
"Well?"
"Booer went home soaked." Phlladcl
phla North American.
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