"The fearless chieftain cast his keen eyes at the Big Warrior, and said in a determined tone:
"'You —— traitor, if you give me any insolence I will blow a ball through your cowardly heart.'
"General Jackson now came running out of the marquee with Colonel Hawkins, and in a furious manner exclaimed:
"'How dare you, sir, to ride up to my tent after having murdered the women and children at Fort Mims?'
"Weatherford said:
"'General Jackson, I am not afraid of you. I fear no man, for I am a Creek warrior. I have nothing to request in behalf of myself; you can kill me if you desire. But I come to beg you to send for the women and children of the war party, who are now starving in the woods. Their fields and cribs have been destroyed by your people, who have driven them to the woods without an ear of corn. I hope that you will send out parties who will safely conduct them here, in order that they may be fed. I exerted myself in vain to prevent the massacre of the women and children at Fort Mims. I am now done fighting. The Red Sticks are nearly all killed. If I could fight you any longer I would most heartily do so. Send for the women and children. They never did you any harm. But kill me, if the white people want it done.'
"At the conclusion of these words many persons who had surrounded the marquee exclaimed:
"'Kill him! kill him! kill him!'
"General Jackson commanded silence, and in an emphatic manner said:
"'Any man who would kill as brave a man as this would rob the dead!'