Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-14

IN ~nsSc and accompanied them TO their hsbiti
tons Their, to witness n scene too awful for re-.
q c,ion TOO horrible for description Murphy had
two children one abou, two years old the other
abou, three month. The eld,s had apparently
f'd under the bed aud WINS pulled on, Ear enough
To receive the iomahaNk and scalping knife and
left The mother, beautiful woman Of 20 years
OF age, seemed not 10 have attempted an escape as
her hands and arms were severely gashed, and
her body in a remote part Of the room She had
-cceiyed three wounds in the head with the hatch.
Ct, one Of which penetrated the BRAIN Her crani.
um was literally skinned to ohlain her fine long
hair. Across her liEeless body lay her lovely
babe, smiling in death. II had been finished by
single blow. and was not mutila,cd Low muir
murng executions were whispered the tears Of
sympathy flowed from his friends but Murphy
stood silent, with dry and glarne eyes fixed on
the partner Of his youth and the pledges Of their
love. At length he took his murdered infan, in
his arms. swore to be revengrd or die. and sealed
the with kiss upon the cold cheek Of the
lItlle innlccnt A rude grave was then prepared
lind with bark instead OF coffin and the mourn
iul duties OF sepulnire CLOSED the bloody scene-
The children were placed in the arms Of their
mother to rest beneath the clods ofthe valley
They then proceeded TO the habaiion of Mr.
Harper and found it empty His wife was an
with child OF abou, ten months She had at
tempted to escape to the woods and was over,ak@n
few rods from the house There she and her
little son had fallen and their bodies had been torn
10 pieces by the beasts Of the forest This sprcta
clr was more ndng than the other. The hus
band wrunG hi> hands IN anguish as his friends
deposited The sacred fragments beneath the clods
OF the valley He also resolved to drive the foes
from their hann,s, or perish in the attempt His
was not the maniac revenge of Murphy. but his
purposes were as fixed his resolutions as deter
mined, and his designs more expanding The
surviving settlers Immediately bulta block house
10 which all removed rs soon as complied Pre-
sumlng that the Indians would rally in few DAYS
TO avcnge the death Of those killed by the two
prisoners Murphy proceeded 10 Schorarie to
obtain assistance from the fort and Harper went
to Albany and Obtained captains commission
authorizing hun to organize military company
in his own and ncighboring settlement
The colonel who commanded the FORT at the
former place, Immediately started with Murphy
for lake Utstayenthy. with about ninety men -
When IN the narrows about, two miles east of the
place, the advance guard retreated hastily, saying
there was a large body of warriors fresh painted
advancing upon them One of the guard had
been so closely pursued as to receive wound
from n tomabawk when. turning sudd' My round
he plunged his bavonet through the body of his
pursuer The colonel quickly arranged his men
so as 10 give the savages a warm reception Wait
ing some time for their approach and hearing
nothing from them. he despatched Murphy. with
six men 10 reconnoltre their position following
with the main body, abou, sixty rods behind -
When within balfa mile of the lake, three of the
enemy were seen retreane, one Of which fell be-
meath the unerrine aim ofthe enraged Iishman
! This was the signal for the colonel to rush
and in ten minutes hr engaged the whole force of
he savages Murphy took his station behind
large pine within twelvs rods ofthe Indians, who
lay in a ravine directly below HIM. For mo-
men they directed their whole fire 10 that spot
and pierced the tree with more than fifty bullets
In front he discovered the very savage who
had escaped to Aquaga He raised his gun to his
face, called the rcd man by name in a loud voice;
the sound was recognized hv his enemy who gave
a terrific whoop. and fell lifress to the ground
A, that momcn, charge was made, and the In
dinns were completely routed A part of them
fed down the ID laware and a part to Charlotte
valley Four Of the detachment from Schoharie
were killed and abou, thirty of Brands men
Having left the fort with a small force, the colo
mel returned the next day 20 his station, having
! prey ionsv buried his dead in one common grave.
Ia The mean time. Harper was returning nv the
/ way Of Cherry VALLEY, which hp deemed The safest
route As he CT ssnp the hills wesll the white
settlements, he came suddenly in contact with par
~ oi hiiern Indians, who had been a the recent
fight To flee he knew would he sudden death: he
therefore advanced boldly 10 them, gave them his
hand. and succeeded ~ lmp7essing them with a be-
lie that he their freud. Their leader he knew
well, but d muiUal recognition fortunately did moi
take place. He learned from them the disasters of
the battle The lake. and found they were on their
way Ia murdera white settlement on the Susqurhsn-
ma. lie then wished them good luck, shock hands
/ with them, and they parted Knowing they would
encamp at -choharie Greek early in the afternoon 10
reusnish their provisions the Captain hsstened 10
/ settlement about ten miles distant. where a number
az armed men m 'nuisriurIhg maple sugar, APP
pTised them of the design nf The sAv1gss and popo-
sed immediate pursuit They readily volunteered,
! shouaered thei guns and knspsacks. withtwn days
ntoyisi"ns each taking rope. The party amounted
| To fifteen including the Captain They made fore
ed march towards the place of destination, and Just
before ,isy the next morning, gained the top OF the
I hill shove the encampment
/ Around FIRE the enemy lay fast asleep Capt
{ Harper ami his men desc ndei. forded the creek
succeeded in obtaining the arms OF the sayages
which were stacked few feet from them. with
out ronsing them from their SAUNDERS As the
lay dawned each seiz.d his man. aud ai'er a
bard struggle they were all bound with ropes
brought for the pur2ose Their leader then re-
cogn,zed the Capt and fnsmed with rage 10
think he had pass through his hands 50 adroitly
the day previnus Instead 81 meeing the merllei
fate they reasonably expected from the injured
man in who's powSr they were, he conducted
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