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James Vann ws of the Blind Savannah word scratched out clan; he was about one eighth English & his English ancestors from London. His character was aristocratic, impetuous, and full of chivalric daring. To those whom he regarded as gentlemen, his hospitality was unbounded. He was rich and had many slaves. He was patriotic, and was often employed to represent his country on treaty unclear to the city of Washington.

      The escapes and exploits of James Vann commenced with his earliest years.
      An aged chief whose English name was Sour Mush was at a drinking party where there were many young men, and some of them belonging to the Blind Savannah family, to which James Vann as well as Sour Mush himself belonged. Sour Mush used language which irritated a young man of the Paint Family by the name of McPherson, who fell upon the aged chief and beat him. Sour Mush, looking round upon younger members of his clan who were present, mourned the degeneracy of the times. He said when he was a youth, neither he nor any other youth word scratched outof the Blind Savannah blood would have seen an old clansman used this vilely, without