Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-10-27
ADVENTURES.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.

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INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
The following narrs,iva pos.csse. ,sash into
resi- ~as handed To us Tor publication. Ly !.
gentleman ot ibis city ia whose iusrrity ~. h,v.
c"urc confidence. lie states that Lee saw and rom,
Scr~d ita Asa, and made many i,.o,;r;,., .s...-
crrnsng hin, which leave no doubt Of liz. truth "A
ms history. II adds another To the list Of tLo.s
>srangc msd adscnturous lives, that have L.eu -,
40 uufrequent occurrence IN ,l,. early, ,,,,ms,s.
~ sa'cs' Cincinnati Chron.
In travelling through the western
states, have heard and seen a few
things which have deemed " orth re-
cording. In another journal of this
city. ! have published some of them
the following, IL you think proper,
VIII thank you to insert in the Chroni.
Gle.
The individual, whose story is eiven
below, ! met in the state Of Indiana:
and learned by mere accident, that his
life had been somewhat peculiar. lie
at hrst refused To give me his history :
and had to use some address 10 over
come hrs obstinacy. II was with mani
Test rcPugnance that he entered upon
the relation, pleaded haste, and finslly
lett mo unsatisfied a. to some parts.
Gentlemen present assured me that I
had been particularly fortuuate-that
they had never known him 90 commu.
NEGATIVE on these subjects before. but
that ! might, in their opinion, place
implicit reliance 10 his statements. as
has character for veracity was fair.
will endeavor TO give his narrative. as
nearly rs his own words, assisted by n
few hasty notes, will enable me.
STORY OF GEORGE ASH.
My father. Juhn Ash, was one of the
earliest emigrants to Kentucky. and
settled near Bardstown. Nelson eoun.
fy, many miles from any. other white
settlement. In the month Of March,
i7S0, when / was about ten wears Of
age, We were attacked by the Shaw
nee Indians; part Of the family was
killed, the rest taken prisoners. We
were separated from each other, and
excepting younger sister, who was Ia
ken oy the same party that had me in
possession, ! saw none Of my family
tor seventeen years. My sister was
small: they carried her two or three
days, bat she cried and gave them trou
BILE, and they tomahawEcd and scanned
Der, aud left her lying on the ground.
| was after this transferred from one
family to another. several times, and
treated harshly, and called a white
d0g; till, at length, I was domcsiica
ted IN a family, and considered a mem
Der OF 1t. After this, my treatmen,
was like that Of other children Of the
tribe. The Shawnees, at this time,
lived Oh the Big Miami. about twenty
h'iles above Dayton. Here we con-
tinued until Gen. Clark came out and
attacked Us, and burnt our town. We
then removed to ST. Msry's. and con
tInucd there some years. While here,
Zen. st. Clair camc nut against as
Eight hundred and fifty warriors went
out To meet him: and on their way.
were joined by City kickspoos. TIC
two armies met about two hours before
suasct. When the Indians were with.
in about half mile Of So Clair, The
spies came running back 10 inform us.
aud We stopped. We concluded 4,
encamp; IL was too late, they said, {,
begin the play They would defel
the sport till the next day. Gen. Blus
Jacket was our commander. A(teu
dark, he called ali the chiefs around
him, TO listen 10 what he lad 10 say. -
Our fathers said he, 'nsed Co do q,
we nov do---our tribe used TO fehI
other tribcs-they could trust to theil
own strength and their numbers, bur
~ THE Conflict We have NO such Teli
ahee--Our power and our number
bear no comparison te those Of our en-
emies, and We can do nothing, unies,
assisted by our Great Father above.
pray now continued Blue Jacket
raIsing his eyes to heaven, that he wiI
be with Us 10 night, and IL vas nov
showing, that tO-mOT row I've will caus,
the svH 20 shine out clear upon us, arr
We viii take IL as token Of good an,
We shall coBquer.'
I BIse Jacket appears TO have been
priest as vel a. warrior. Upon hi