Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-11

biu aifeeteu on ali tScssluns To prefer ctlng tns
slave OF such great warrior, To- hy.ug among tue
white nieu ard working hard all day lie boast.-
lied, said Bird g doa't deny it. hut thUnsht
II eAcusable in this case" The Big Captain, how
ever, WAS suspicious, anu would never give h,a
4 chance 20 escape.
One evening in tie latter part of Febrnsry, when
Bird hsd been Beat forty Ino0ns "A prisoner the Bic
Captain and lis Lady both got very d,unk, and rs
the rivers frozen, he resolved to take adj
vantage oi tiis ci;cumst,:ec, TO ATTEMPT gaming
Ieiroit, or some CthCr settlement OF the whitei.-
lie had from time to time, by little, and ltl9, fur
n'shed lis knapsack with So03 quantity OF er&ed
Vsn.son, to serve hun in his long Journey. Outhc
night 81 one ct the last days Of February, 1885, ne
left tie Big Captains wigwam, and TOOK direction
AZ nearly south possible, through tie woods in
order tosttise the shores OF Like Erie There VAS
an ldan path 80 the lake, but he did dare take
that, Tor fear 81 being oyettaksn by the indans,
sh0nId they discover his absence. Ii was cG!h
moonlight night, yet sti lac found muck difficulty
~ keeping direct course, and il broad day light
before he struck the lake. From thence. he conin-
uod up tc lake, uutl about twelve O'clock and had
go', rs they told him afterwards about 50 miles from
the town, when he was seized by part, Of FIVE In
trns, IS lac Mas sitting = lug eating n pece of
irrked renison. The Big Captain bad discovered
ms Hight at Gay Hight. Ard Sc, oil with 500 men, de
yfed INTO parties oil five each, to the woods in
every dire ticn
They tied Lis hands behind him, and drove him in
THIS way about mile to rising y sund. where they
Tired he;rguns, and lighted lre. 10y set,n, ire to
al old dry wslut tree, az signals Cor the other par-
ties 10 come in. Here they passed the nnht, du-
ring which time about one half of the parties had
come in. The mornag :d;er. they drove Bird into
The town, aSd cou1 Gil was called to dec;deon what
was TO be done with him. II WAS concluded upon,
that IS he WAS determined not TO STAY with them he
should he " GinrIt hics dlgs.' The famous Shaw
anese Prophet, brother to Tccumseh, was at this
council his opinions are of great weight with the
Sbawanese as ne is considered to speak the will oil
the Great Spirit. Bird has seer him often. he is
about fifty, very -ooking, and no warrior He
was continually exhOrting die Indians to fight the
Anereans, and keep them away from Their lands
The influence OF the prophet may be estimated by
the fact that ri time nc had prevailed upon some
OF tie tribes to abstain irorn spnituous liquors but
they afterwards returned TO their old habits
The B.S Captain came 10 tell Bird what they
were going to do with him. 1t was what he expec
ted, sid had made up his mind toit About IN hour
sitter SUNRISE he taken l:,tc outside of the VII
aee 10 tie waIdance ground, where nc supposes or
sCo hundred indians laa collected. They tied him
down on his back with his feet fastened to stake
and the Big Captain seized ire-brand which he
held first against his hand. then against his arm tam
tns linn at the same time, by asking " ifhe intcnh-
ed To run away again soon :" This was done b, nth
srs in turn for different ti:aes at intervals of half
an hour, so that he might be susceptible as nosshle
to pam. he lat rivals were filled up with daneings,
4
louder he grOaned, the louder they shouted. ey.
claiming that "lndians sroanec, hut the white
man was no better than woman" This ceremo-
ny CONTINUE d till within about two hours Of s,,n-set
at which tiCe the nEars OF his right hand were al
most consumed, and lis arm burnt quite To the bone
l saw iis hand aud ann myself, or / could never
have been brought TO believe that human nature
could pave endured such ougsufierinA
At tbs Tune, there came up one Randall M'Do-
naii, Scotch trader from Quebec. lie lad been
all through that country, buying uTs, and Was now
on his way home, With a caravan Of sixteen nou,e,
ahd four horses, lOaGed with skius; he was v ell
known 70 te Indians, and offered e. purchase Bird
for gallonci rum, which be told the Big Cantain
would afford them much better fiolick than burn
lna poor white man. The barge ~ wss st,plck-il,e
DlS Captain took the rum. Rai.dsli M'DorslJ
with his own hands, cut Bird loose nut him on nnt
of his horses, and sc, oa i'm nedia;cly They truv
eicd all night, for fear the Indians would repent
then ba' gain after drinking the liquor and reclaim
the poor haiI-burmed vatim. In nine days. nil.d
thinks, they reached Kingston, where Randall
bought hin some clothes, and get a Surgeon to at
tend l'in. They staid four GAYS at Kiugston and
then went down to Quebcc. All the time lurias
this jcmrcT, he was attended by Randall, who took
BIN home 10 his house in Quebec, employed sur
geon, and hc soon got well enough to be ate to t,s
Vel on loot. Ihe good SeOlchman then told him he
might ase las eholee, either to remain with him. or
60 nome Blrd chess the latter; and Randall gave
him money tD carry him 20 the frontier; and sent
him on, witiI his good wishes. In hes. miserable
times Il national siti?ates and savage warfare, II
Is gratifying 10 trace, i'll The conduct of Randall NJ
Donald thst steady, untirrg beneVoenee, which A.
doins ard eAeits our nature. That he should have
saved the priso-cr tt the stake, is nothino Bnt
t.at he shOu!c carry hin with in and supp0rt hi,,
through such a long, tedious journey, dress his
NSunds In the wilderness afterwards take him To
ms nome, aud na Il give him money TO support h,n
u'i Ne got to his own couItry, iswhat, fear, few
would have done Under the IKE circumstances let
us, then, do honor TO this benevolent ScoichTra-
WHO saved one of our citizens from the stake. enh
sent him safe TO lis home
The money given him by RarjIali MDcnald l,s
ted Bird till he came to Vermont from whence
TO Washington, he subsisted on the beneyolenc,. NJ
MS eolDtFymeis In general, he says, be had Iiiie
10 complain Of Ills story almost ALWAYS pain, him
fool and ludng, and, With very few exceptions. ne
was seldom turned away from any mans door Mis-
cry and poverty seldom knock at tie don. of an
American farmer, that his heart is not vet stce cd
TO apathy by becoming familiar with objects of dis
tress From the borders OF Vermont, he travelled
b. land To Albany, where the PatrOons GOT hin, q
passage, free, to Egg-HarboT, and he saS he IN p
his lady never would have done sending provisions
OF board the vessel for him. From Egg-lIarb1r he
came across New.Jersey to Delaware Bay, which
ne crossed to Joness Geek ia the state Of Delaware
whence lie went 70 Iaddaway's ferry, crossed the
Chesapeake to Annapolis and arrived at Washing
ton on the al, Day OF JuIy, 1915 Ills object in m.
ng there, was to fulfil his promise 10 ,e poor Igo-
man Of the old Shawanese Town. lis With l,les-
sure add, inst I've WAS admitted To an audience q
the President, and that measures have been taken.
hy ihe proper authority, to recover these ualort-
nate captves should they be still alive.
Il saw him, and enquired particularly into his sto-
~, which he repeated as have given Il, without Va
riiton or establishment. There was Ct, Xxi.
manlincs5 in bis deport,ne Mt, and he told his tale
with such an ar ofsimpie truth, that could swear
70 every word oft. asked lille had any objection
To its bling f1adc public lie said none, provided
dill not make fine story abont him lie was eoinf
among his dsiantrsatio1s ~ Frederick ecuotv vi n