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ALABAMA ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
 
 Montgomerj^. 
 
 THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 
 ^21 MEETING 
 
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 opv 1 Maj) 13, iqcici 
 
 Fusihatchi Country Club, May 11, iqaa 
 6:30 p. m. 
 
 Presenting an Historical Pageant and Feast 
 in me Indian Country 
 
 Scenes at FusiKatchi, 1775 
 
 Glass Trade Bottle (61'^ in diam.) 
 Found at HuitK-le-wali 
 
BARTRAM AT FUSIHATCHI 
 
 
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 An Historical Pageant 
 
 Story, adapted from the original of Mr. Bartram' 
 of his travels, by Peter A. Brannon. 
 
 Scenario, by Mr. Brannon. 
 
 Directed, by J. Haygood Paterson. 
 
 Produced, by the Alabama Anthropological Society. 
 
 Decorations, by Mr. Paterson. 
 
 Managed, by E. M. Graves. 
 
 Time, December 1775. 
 
 Place, Fusihatchi, an Indian town in the present Elmore County, 
 Alabama, and on the Tallapoosa River, 13 miles east 
 of the city of Montgomery. 
 CAST 
 
 Mr. Wiilliam Bartram J. Haygood Paterson 
 
 Mustee, his Indian guide Lewy Dorman 
 
 Ola, a Muklassi girl Mrs. Lewy Dorman 
 
 Wolf King, Chief of Muklassi, J. L. Bishop 
 
 George MacDonald, young trader 
 at Muklassi, holding a sub-li- 
 cense under Mr. Germany 
 
 Ottasse, a Muklassi woman, his 
 wife 
 
 Mr. James Germany, an aged 
 Scotch trader of Kulumi and 
 Fusihatchi 
 
 Otala, a Creek woman, his wife 
 
 Lucy, his daughter, 15 years 
 
 Sam, his son, 10 years 
 
 Vica, his daughter, 8 years 
 
 Tony, his son, 5 years . 
 
 Sambuli, Chief of Fusihfltlhi, 
 
 Sam Englehardt 
 Mrs. Sam Englehardt 
 
 Peter A. Brannon 
 Mrs. Peter A. Brannon 
 Carolyn Brannon 
 Stephen Brannon 
 Dorothy Edwards 
 Thomas H. Edwards, Jr. 
 Allen McNeel 
 
 Malachtay, Chief of Hv-it^Je-wali T. H. Edwards 
 
 Tustanugga, Chief of Sawanogi 
 Nukuse, of Kulumi 
 Emautle, of Fusihatchi 
 Chinabee, of Muklassi 
 The traveler from Georgia 
 Indian men: Tame King, Mad 
 
 Boy, Path Killer, Little War 
 
 rior 
 Indian Women: Ika, Peggy, Su- Mrs. W. M. Marks, Mrs J 
 
 H. B. Battle 
 
 W. W. Brame 
 
 J. C. Oswalt 
 
 C. R. Jones 
 
 George Graff 
 
 J. Y. Brame, R. B. Burnham, 
 
 P. H. Smyth, R. Eagerton 
 
 sannah, Sechy, Pinkey 
 
 Indian Children: 
 Joe 
 
 Ria, Paddy 
 
 Y. Brame, Mrs. P. H. Smyth, 
 Mrs. George Graff, Mrs. P. 
 S. Mertins 
 
 Carolyn Brame, Alex Marks, 
 Sam Englehardt, Jr. 
 
THE STORY 
 
 Mr. William Bartram, the celebrated naturalist on his way 
 to Philadelphia, from a trip of discovery through the Indian 
 country and to the Gulf Coast, stopped for a two days' visit 
 to his friend, M^. James Germany, the Scotch trader at Fusi- 
 hatchi. Mr. Bartram has been accompanied from Mobile to 
 Fusihatchi by a young Mustee Indian, who on the night of 
 his arrival at M'uklassi, is married to a young Indian woman 
 of that town, the daughter of the Chief, Wolf King. 
 
 The young Indian and his bride are guests with Mr. Bar- 
 tram, and a number of the people of Muklassi, Kulumi, Huith- 
 le-wali and Fusihatchi, at Mr. Germany's trading house, on 
 the Upper side of the Tallapoosa River, in the Fusihatchi 
 town. (Mr. Germany has trading houses both at Kulumi and 
 Fusihatchi). 
 
 Mr. Germany gives a feast in honor of the occasion. The 
 festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a young man on 
 horseback, who proves to be the sole survivor of a party of 
 pioneers from Georgia who had been massacreed by a hostile 
 party of Choctaw Indians on the previous night, at Murder 
 Creek. 
 
 The young man is kindly received and tells of the horrors 
 through which he has passed. He is invited to participate, 
 and the festivities continue well through, the night. 
 
 (The Fusihatchi country club is located on the site of the 
 aboriginal town of that name. Mr. Germany's storehouse 
 was near the square of the town, the stream running to 
 the left of the actual spot on which these festivities are 
 held, still retams the aboriginal name, and practically all 
 of the events connected with this entire occasion are his- 
 torical. The name Fusihatchi signifies "bird creek." The 
 actual date ^ of the events which took place here, and at 
 Kulumi, were in December 1775. The pipes used by the 
 men are all from Indian town sites on the Tallapoosa 
 River. The beads and most of the objects used in the deco- 
 rations have been secured along the same river). 
 
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 COMMITTEES 
 
 (The arrangements of the entire details for the evening's 
 entertainment are under the supervision of the General Com- 
 mittee.) 
 General Committee'. Thomas H. Edwards, Chairman, 
 
 Allen M. McNeel, 
 
 R. B. Burnham. 
 Decorations Commit- Haygood Paterson, Chairman, 
 tee: W. W. Brame, 
 
 F. S. Holt. 
 Costume Committee: E. M. Graves, Chairman, 
 
 P. S. Mertins, 
 
 P. A. Brannon. 
 Transportation Com- W. M. Marks, Chairman, 
 mittee: OUie Humphrey, 
 
 Vernon Merritt, 
 
 B. W. Walker, 
 
 F. S. Holt. 
 
 E. M. Graves, Chairman, 
 
 H. P. Tresslar, 
 
 B. W. Walker. 
 Reception Committee Mrs. E. M. Graves, Chairman, 
 for Ladies: Mrs. J. Haygood Paterson, 
 
 Mrs. Thos. H. Edwards, 
 
 Mrs. E. W. Stay. 
 Program and Ticket H. B. Battle, Chairman, 
 Committee: J. B. Hearin, 
 
 J. P. Bibb. 
 
 Reception Committt 
 at Club: 
 
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