Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-03

tunes remained behind TO proven, BY her cnreaies
the wnn'on destruction Of her patrons property
Here her life was frequrnay threatened Tor her
importantly, and on one occasion sword was
drawn TO execute that threat AT other times she
would drive her benefactora gig with his wife
and child in ii, through the darkness Of midnight,
to his retreat seven OF eight miles from Elizabeth
town Ohen during engagements between the
coniending armies the Doctors house was the hos
phal Of the wounded and dyitg patriots and she
was the surgeons assistance il staunching wounds,
taking of shattered liu,t,se administering drink
sad fec3so tue ~oanS !, = h,51te Nus ssary's
time was spent during thai long and bloody strng.
gle At its close she found herself separated for
ever from her friends. At the recap,ure of New
York, her stcpfather hal removed to Nova Scotia,
whittier he took all Of Marys family, and circum
stances prevented them from ever meeting again
The war ended, but not Mary's bardsbips and
exposures Soon after he revolution she was mar.
ried to young man who had accompanied Judge
Symmcs in his first tour TO the Miamies with
which he was so delighted that he determined TO
emIgrate 10 the new country. In lT7S, accom-
panied by little colony, Mary aud her husband
bent their course for their new home lived the
first winter on the Kentucky side, and in the
Spring of 1889 settled at Columbia, five miles
above Cincinnati where the little colony erected
block house and garrison. Here they remained,
living IN cabin some three or four hundred wards
from the block house, until 1891, when Mary's
companion was taken away from her. and she was
left widow in an Indian country, with two babes,
the eldest but two years DID, the other an infant of
only few days.
Before the loss Of her husband Mary Craig had
frequently, in times of more imminent danger re-
tired with him into the garrison; but in her be-.
reaved condition, her lonely and wounded heart
could not brook the boisterous mrth and constant
confusion to which she must be exposed The
feeling heart seeks solitude in affection She there
fore remained with her babes in the cabin In
vain did her neighbors depict the danger of mas
sacre from the Indians. She knew not what fear
was. Her trust was in that God who alone could
protect her and her little ones For her children
she provided bed under the puncheon floor of
the cabin, in a small hole usually prepared bv the
first settlers 10 preserve vegetables in winter from
frost Here every night week after week would
she place her children after putting them to sleep,
while she watched through the chlnks Of the cab.
in during the greater part Of each night the up.
Droach of the savages.
The plan was, Il the indians entered ut one door
to fly out at the other, and give the alarm at the
garrison before her children could be found in
their concealment under the floor Often thus
watching, she saw the Indians enter the settle
ments traverse the grounds 10 the vicinity of the
block house; sometimes they came to her very
door, but never did they enter Horses were stol
en-, settlers were killed and taken prisoners but
Mary and her babes were protected Delicate as
flower, and with all the tender sensibility Of the
mos, feeling hear it was the faith of the Chris
tain which sustained her under all trials, aud en-.
abed her 10 triumph over an fear There, day
after day, might be heard in that rude hut, Maryis
cnff ral IL
her lonely condition, humming her favori,e psalm.
After Mary had lived in this dcsoIa,e and per-
ilous condition for some fifteen months her char.
acter and history became known to young man
OF kindred spirit He too, from the age of twelve.
had been exposed to the perls of war. He had
served IN many campaigns against the Indians, and
had engaged with them in he battle field when
quite boy: He had traversed the Indian wiIds
from the Aiieghanies to the mouth of the Ohio,
and from the Kentucky river 10 the lakes Fear
he never felt, and had imbibed feeling of pitv and
contempt for any being who manifested tha, child.
ish emotion. Marys bold and fearless bearing at.
tracted his notice; and though he had travelled
much, seen and known MANY females, his heart
had never before felt the influence Of Lore and ad-
Dltration combined. Mary's exquisite sensibiliy
and tenderness added to her undaunted courage,
qualities so rarely found to meet in the same wo.
maj" huuScu hl'b NJ once 10 offer himself as her
protector and husband They were married.
and Mary's second husband proved himself 10 be
what she bad taken him for, man of true wor,b5
He was one of the frs, pioneers Of Ohio-con-
tribuled much to give to her constitution and laws
their broad principles Of liberty and equality--liv-
ed long to see and enjoy bsr psrspcrity, aud died
IN good old age not unhonored though 'unsung'
But Mary had left him years before, for a better
home. She lived TO rear to maturity all her chill.
dren, eigh, IN number and to them was attached
with an intensity of affection which nothing could
moderate. She bore all the privations Of fourteen
years Of war, British aud Indian, exposed TO the
most imminent dangers, and her heart and nerves
never failed her. But when one and then anoih
er, and yet another Of her children were taken
from her, by the stern hand Of death, her heart
was smilten and wihered like grass life los, It's
airactions-eauh its loveliness--an1 home its en-
dearmene She sunk under the loss OF her chill.
dren, and died OF broken heart
The stranger paused, the big tear stood ia his
eye and with quivering lip he added-'Tbe fr=
daughter, born 10 me after my mothers death
called Mary Craig, though my eldest bad been
panty namel for her years before II was most
lovely child, bu, il had an unearhly beasiy and
sweetness about il. The neighbors noticed this
and Whispered to each other, ule Mary will not
liye--she belongs no, 10 earh-her home is IN
heaven. She died a, an early age and sill
when | think Of tina, sweet child and is sainled
grand mother my heart Involuntary eIelains---
will the earth eSer be blessed with another Mary
Craio q