The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-05-20
Miscellaneous,
From the Cleveland Herald
Indian Adventures in 0hiOmNarrOw
ESCAPE Of Two Bold Scouts,

,l,,e with bold adventures and halr-breadth es-
.n.. We copy from the Lecture of Gen Sanderson
' y. tuoyyinq thrilling narrative of visit of two gal
c,or,s to the spot where the town of Lancaster
~" ,,,Da.-lheir successful fight with the Indians
,DOo Noun. Pleasant, then called the Standing Stone
,,,,oure ola female prsoner-and their narrow
& I'D o,,ioo, escape from their wary enemy.
M a,c,ty as the year 1890, the bock-house and
1 ,,,,,je above the mouth of the Hockhoctng river,
ga. frontier post for the hardy pioneers of the
Martin Western Territory, now that portion of our
s,,s from the Eockhocking to the Sciota, and from
bs Ohio river to the northern Lakes. Then nature
o,s her undsurbed livery of dark and thick forests
,,s,.Dersed with green and howery pruiries Then
W tho ore Of the woodman had not been heard in the
n rHdonc,s nor the pou Oh of the husbandman married
hebeluties of the green praries Among the many
\, tch and uxurant valleys, that Of the Hockhocking
* ga. rre eminent for natures richest ghs-and the
7l noron Of i wherein Lancaster now stands, was
NJ marked as The most luxurant and picturesque, and
AZ became the seat of an Indian village at period
eoly that the memory of man runneth not parallel
thereto" On The green sward of the prairie was held
Is many q rude gambol Of the Indians; and here too,
Ma many an asembIage of the warriors of one of the
most powerful tribes taking council for ''wnr path"
a Upon weak or dcicnceless frontier post Upon
A one Of these wsr-siirring occasions, intelligence
5eachcd the garrison above the mouth Of the Hook
h hooking, that the Indians were gathering in force
Omewhee up the Valley for the purpose Of striking
terrible and fatal blow on ofthe few and scatter
X ID deiences of the whites. council was held by
he gnrrson and scouts were sent MP the ilocknock-
g, order to ascertain the strength of the foe, and
Rhe probable point ofattack. In the month of Octo-
berand on one of the bnlmiest days of our Indian
summer, two m en- could have been seen emerging
fCu of The thick plumb and hazel bushes skirtins the
parie, ard stealthily climbing the eastern decVty
IO' that most remarkable promontory, now known as
Mount Pleasant, whose western summit gives
mmandng view to the eye, of what Is dong on the
aYaie. This em,nence was gained by our two
a adrnturcrs and hardy scouts, and from this point
n hey carefully observed the movements taking place
" nlhe prairie Every day brought accession Of
SarOs to those already assembled, and every day
h scouts witnessed from their cyre, the horse racing
\ Gaping running and throwing the deadly tonuhawk
by the warriors The old sachems looking on with
X Ddviepncc-the squaws, for the most part, engaged
HSl useful drudgeries, and the popooses maniGes-
Sl7s all noisy and hayward joy Of childhood.
w The arrival of any party of warriors hailed
y the terrible war achoop, which, striking tho mural
Sace of Mount Pleasant, was driven ba ok into the va
iouS 'ndCna,ons of the surrounding hills, producing
eVeTOerallon reverberaon, and echo echo, till
seemed as If ten thousand fiends were gathered in
Their orgies Such yes might well strike terror into
'"e oOsoms Of those unaccustomed to them. To our
scouts they were bat martial music strains which
"aNed their watchlulness, and newly strung their iron
'"mes-'rom their early youth had they been always
n Inc ifontler and therefore well practced in all the
so"Iely craft and cunning, as well as knowing the
IuOc"y and bIoodhrsty perseverance Of the savage.
i"ey were therefore not likely to be crcumvented
!! Inc cunning Of their foes; md without desperate
'"uss'e' would not fall victims to the scalpng knife
y" several occasions small parties of warriors left the
p""e' and assembled the Mount; on which occasions
WI scouts would hide in the assures of the rocks or
5?"s oy the side of some long PROSTATE tree cover
themselves with the scar and yellow leaf md again
,e 'neH hiding places when their unlimited visters
'"4 disappeared For food they depended on jerlsed
'uNOn' and cold corn bread, with which their KNAPP
)" '''u been well stored Fire they dare not kin
' and the report of one of their rifles would bring
rO" ,'e'' the entire force of the Indians For drink
''P'"ued on some rain water, which still stood
N'''"'ons OF the rocks, but in a few days this
"' was exhausted land M'Celland and White must
'0u 'ieir enterprise or find a new supply To
III: P''" TINS most hazardous affair, M'Celland
/, '"e e'der resolved to make the attempt-with
"us.y rifle in his grasp, and two canteens strung
n. Ills shoulders, he cautiously, descended to the
'"u sKrtng the hills on the north as much as
''"'e within the hazel thickets, he struck course
49,, "' "OcKhocking river. He reached its margin,
,r t"'ng an abrupt point of hill he found beau
sD.; ''a'" Oh Iimpld water now known as the Cold
t'"s within few feet of the river. He filed his
o,ri,- aHu returned in safety to his watchful COM
Go.h " was now determined to have supply Of
r,m., ''e' every day, and this duty was to be per-
,G.r w, alternately. On one of these occasions
man.. ""e mad filled his cnnteens, he sat a few mo-
ylirr "''o'ing the limpid element, as it came CUR
s,ns, W! OF the bosom of the .earth-lisht sound
saw us practsed ear, and upon turning round, he
tur;,. =, f''"s within few feet ofhim; these upon
INN, =. "e Jul OF the hill had thus suddenly come
ieschina Inc elder squuw gave one of those far
oDco s Wnoops, peculiar to the Indians. White at
"p'enended his perilous situation-for if The