64 A Bitter Feud

They had lived deep in the Appalachian Mountains, on either side of the Tug Fork River, since well before the Civil War. They were hardworking intelligent, and freely independent—and at various periods got along well enough to intermarry. But the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky are remembered today for their involvement in a vicious family feud that lasted some 30 years and claimed at least 13 lives.

Hostilities grew between the families during the Civil War when Harmon McCoy was a claim that he had been murdered by the Hatfields for having served in a Union army. Several years later, the Hatfields stole a McCoy’s pig led to a trial in which the McCoy witness who had gotten the acquittal.

Rosanna McCoy ran off. But it was a romance between two young members of the clans that precipitated the bloodiest era of the feud.

When the McCoy an of with Johnson Hatfield in 1880 to his family’s home, where she was welcomed less than enthusiastically. Now was her own family over joyed when she returned a few months later—but they did swear revenge on Johnson. The decision to alert their expelled John, with murder their innocent, Rosanna’s brother even- tually got even by attacking and killing an uncle of Johnson’s at a public gathering. The three soon paid with their own lives, and a 10-year round of warfare began.

As for Rosanna, she ended up alone, renowned by both Hatfields and McCoys. Her death from sickness and depression before she was 30 made her one more victim of the feud.

64 一场激烈的世仇

内战爆发前很久，他们就住在阿巴拉契亚山脉深处的塔格福克河两岸。他们勤劳、聪慧、独立自主，在不同时期相处融洽，甚至互通婚姻。但西弗吉尼亚的哈特菲尔德家族和肯塔基的麦科伊家族如今被人铭记，是因为他们卷入了一场持续约30年、至少造成13人死亡的恶性家族世仇。

内战期间，两家族的敌意加剧，当时哈蒙·麦科伊声称自己因效力于联邦军队而被哈特菲尔德家族谋杀。几年后，哈特菲尔德家族偷了麦科伊家的一头猪，引发了一场审判，麦科伊家的证人最终让被告无罪释放。

罗珊娜·麦科伊私奔了。但正是两家族年轻成员之间的一段恋情，引发了世仇中最血腥的时期。

1880年，麦科伊家的罗珊娜来到约翰逊·哈特菲尔德的家中，这里对她的欢迎并不热烈。几个月后她回家时，自己的家人也并不高兴——但他们发誓要报复约翰逊。他们决定警告被驱逐的约翰，却牵连了无辜者，罗珊娜的兄弟最终在一次公共集会上袭击并杀害了约翰逊的一位叔叔，以此报复。这三人很快付出了生命的代价，一场持续10年的争斗由此开始。

至于罗珊娜，她最终孤身一人，被哈特菲尔德和麦科伊两家族都排斥。她在30岁前因疾病和抑郁去世，成为这场世仇的又一个受害者。