74 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



has remained with it to this day. She swam to 

 him and by superhuman effort managed to get him 

 to shore, and eventually to camp, where she related 

 the circumstances which precipitated a great battle 

 between the two tribes. They fought for days and 

 days all over this country and it finally ended in the 

 visiting tribe being practically wiped out. I was 

 quite young at the time, but it was so terrible and 

 so treacherous that I remember vividly every detaU 

 of those exciting days. 



"A few years later the white men came to this 

 country and after several battles with the Indians 

 they drove the red men out, leaving the white man 

 in possession of this beautiful country. 



"Then the cattle-men of Virginia and Kentucky 

 followed the pioneers into this locahty and one day, 

 about ninety years ago, a man riding a large bay 

 horse stopped to rest under my very branches, that 

 afforded such good shade. 



"It was very warm, and from the appearance of 

 his horse I judged he had come a long way. He 

 was a tall, straight young man, keen-eyed, and 

 seemed to be much interested in his surroundings. 

 It was the first time I had ever seen a man ride a 

 horse with a saddle — which he had removed to allow 

 the horse to rest — as the Indians all rode bareback. 



