Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . tted outrages and massacres unnecessary to be relatedhere. Lieutenant-governor Bull sent in haste to GeneralAmherst, commander-in-chief in America, for help inthis emergency. Troops were sent under Colonel Mont-gomery, and afterward under Colonel Grant. Aftermuch hard fighting the red men were conquered andAttakullakulla signed with Lieutenant-governor Bull atreaty of peace which lasted until the Revolution. This treaty is said to have been signed in the small one-story brick house built by th
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . tted outrages and massacres unnecessary to be relatedhere. Lieutenant-governor Bull sent in haste to GeneralAmherst, commander-in-chief in America, for help inthis emergency. Troops were sent under Colonel Mont-gomery, and afterward under Colonel Grant. Aftermuch hard fighting the red men were conquered andAttakullakulla signed with Lieutenant-governor Bull atreaty of peace which lasted until the Revolution. This treaty is said to have been signed in the small one-story brick house built by the original Stephen Bull, andstill standing at Ashley Hall. The admiration and respect with which Governor Bullinspired the red men was shown in curious ways. Moore, in his Annals of York, tells the storyof the Catawbe Indians, who lived in what is now YorkCounty. The chief in 1770 was called King Hagler, 142 CHARLESTON a person of much importance in his tribe. On one occa-sion he received a party of white men, who went to visithim, with dignity and hospitality, inviting them to The Old Building at Ashley Hall, still standing, whereIndian Treaty was Signed The dinner consisted of venison and sweet potatoes,roasted on coals, and served on bits of bark. To the surprise of the guests, each piece of meat andeach potato was offered on a fresh and separate piece ofbark. Hagler explained that he ordered his meal thus,because, when he had been entertained by Governor Bull. ATTAKULLAKULLA 143 he had noticed that a clean platter was used for eachdish. Fenimore Coopers heroes, the Uncas and Chingach-gook, who were the delight of our youth, are, we now know,but purely imaginary, but Attakullakulla really was afigure for romance. He had all the cunning and treach-ery of the savage of to-day, but he was capable of enthusi-asm for good and evil. Lyttleton he hated and despised,holding him in contempt for having broken the promise ofsafe conduct made to the chiefs, and hatin
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