Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-20

,ehSlohs TO prophecy she generally acted so n q,
success IN those undertakings; she of eonrse
rScame great favorto ofthcirs-they gave her full
hoerty, hohored her as queen, and regarded ber -.
"a mother an fsrdei." She had always tr,cr,n;naJ
10 escape by the first chance, but she assured ,h
that she was satisfied, and intended live with ,hcn
uurg her hfe; this prevented their suspicion of Lor
intendcd elopement. In June 1908 being nj l;be,,,'
sue sci out from the Chlicothe towns determined 10
return nome; under the feigned preience of poipg 10
ne w0ods 10 gather herbs TO medicine, as She
"u often done. As she did not return that day tho
inuians suspected her for escaping md sent somc
Warriors w IN pursuit of her. They had passed law
@ sne was not to be hurt while she staid with Them
uut she must go to the whites, they would urei,r
ae"eering her up, 20 get the expected ransom for bcr
nc warriors tracked her in the grass and oyertoos
"er OH inc scotia, about forty miles below the towns
sic had crossed the river three times so "a m dcc
troy her tracks-when thew saw bor r. Ia -,
crossed the Scotia n fourth tnne-thev fired nj nor
across the rver without object; but in the moment of
aar'h anu sudden hight she got of her feet Sc
Vcrey cut on sharp stone, OF which she did not full
/ ~ recover Tor several weeks. They rushed ncr,s,
the river in quest of her. but before they Got over ,
nau ended them by crawling into hollow limb of a
large fallen sycamore; they walked over the tree and
around 1t, nbout dark, and cncamped near the plnce
next day they went OIL To Ohio river, but not 6ndinr
her. they returned home. She stnid nj that MACE
tnree days. oocong her wound, and then set out for
/ home. wv w
She waited herself across Ohio river, at the mouI,
OF great hanawha upon log OF drift wood; she trav-
eed only at night lying by in day time for conceal
/ 1850 N"N SN"S'HtSu vi IoOtSs llcrDS, river muscles,
green grapes wild cherries, and berries of various
Kinds. In tins way she on to Greenlrier river
where by presidential accident she was found Inv
! Thomas Athol and three other white men, who wer.
gong out 10 Clendcnnn's settlement near which She
had passed, not knowing ofit.~ She was then near
y dead with hunger and fatCue-afer travelling all
night as usual, she had sat down BY the river aide
with no expectation of ever rising again. us she had
totally dcspolred OF ever renching home, and was un-
able 10 proceed. They found her in this situation
shc hsd been upwards of twenty days on the wav OH
ioot alone and destitute of every comfort Of civilized
lie They took her back to Clendcnnins where shr
was very Hospitality treated, and AFTER some DAYS
conveyed ON horse. by escort, to fort Young on
Jacksons river from whence she was taken home Il,
ner reIati!es. In few days afterwards Clenden-
INNS whole settlement broken up and DESTROYED
/ ny party OF Shawnces; who had probabiy come i'm
pursuit OF Hannah Dennis !
! The adventures of Mrs Renx and Hannah Dem
nls-stranIe hut truc-may sound little rustic, in
the refined ears of some of those ladies' of the pre-
sent day; who seem almost too delicate to do anv
thng else than TO nibbe al The south side of straw
Berry, or TO glide along the street OF country VIII
Iage with one or TWO galants at each elbow to helm
them over the gravcls, and assist them in yeltin,,
around the chips, which tie town police have nepli.
gently suffered to remain nbrushcd from the nave
IncHt. SON OF CORNS'rAJ'K
See similar instance of good fortune in the curious advcn
tunes "ia "Conretcd geroe published by Rev David Rice
IN the Sduiton Spectator, of the 2ch of August 1925
See deaiet account of this catastrophe drawn from ou
who was neishoT, and intimate Mrs Clendenu's or
about fifty yCarslt found in the EY1cos,Ie 9i,-a I
the 18th o Feb 1923. II fully clears ND an ,,yonso,
uoh, OF "a want OF maternal tenderness I'm thai lady n s
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