The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-01-22
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lance from it. The poles were then
set on fire. While the preparations
were going on, the Colonel asked Girty,
who was sitting on horseback at some
little distance, il the Indians were 60
ing 10 burn him; and upon being an
swered by G;rty, very indifferently,
that they were, he replied that he
would endeavor to bear it with forti-
tude. ~. ...'l5i 3D. .,5. .U.t.J aE l..
When the poles were burnt in two,
the chief, Captain Pipe, addressed the
crowd for a few minutes, with much en-
ergy and animation, AS soon. as he
concluded the whole ofthem rushed up
or the prisoner with a loud yell and for
few minutes the crowd was so thick
around him, that the Doctor could not
see what they were dong. When they
separated a little, so that he could see
Crawford, his ears had been cut off and
the blood was flowing down from them.
The warriors then began shooting char
ges ofpowder into his body, from head
to foot, and the boys, taking the burn
ing poles, applied the fire to his flesh.
He kept running around the stake, en-
deavoring to aveid his tormentors as
much as possible; but it was only to
meet others equally implacabls, with
the same instruments Of torture in their
hands, while the squaws took up Goals
and embsrs, and threw them upon him,
until he had nothing but fire to tread
upon, and bis body was ~blackened and
blistered all over. In the intensity Of
his suffering he called out 10 Girty,beg-
ging him 10 shoot him throughthe heart.
Girty answered, "Dont you see | have
no gun, Colonel" and then burst into a
brutal laugh, and began jesting with the
Indians about the prisoners miserable
appearance. This scene of torture
lasted two or three hours, and Craw-
ford at length became exhausted, and
no longer shrunk from the frebrands
that were applied to his flesh; but walk
ed slowly around, speaking in a low
tone, earnestly beseeching God to look
upon him with compassion, and pardon
his sins. He at length laid down upon
his face, upon which an Indian sprung
upon his back, and kneeling down upon
him, stripped the scalp from his head.
A squaw then took some Goals upon a
board and threw them upon his bare
and bleeding scull, the torture from
which compelled him to rise and walk
around again; but at length nature could
bear no more and death released him
from his fend like tormentors.
Doctor knight, after being compelled
to witness the tortures of his friend and
was put under the charge
Of a Shawnee Indian to be taken to
where the same fate was to
await him. Being a small man, and
much exhausted by the hardships he
had endured, the Indian entertained
no fear Of his escape, and did not bind
him until they stopped for the night.
In the morning he unbound him, that
he might assist him in making the fire,
which had burnt down. Knight,taking
a stick, apparently TO carry a coal
to another place, struck the Indian sud
denly and knocked him into the fire.
The Indian scrabbled out Of the ire,and
his gun in Knights hands, run
of, bowling most ruefdlly, while Knight
presented The gun to. shoot him, bat in
his haste, injured the lock SO that it
would not 60 off, and the Indian es-
1t was twenty-one days before
Knight reached the post at Fort McIn-
tosb,, during which, time he lived upon
green berries and weeds, which was all
the food he could procure, except a ter.
rapin and two ~unledgedr birds devour-
ed raw; having thrown away the In
gun, which he was unable TO re-
pair aqads no bapot sA8 a3iiW 20 eGo|
. Earlysin Augustfollowing the defeat
Of Crawford, large detachments from
tie different tribes Of the Shawnee csc,
Tawas, Pottawatamies, Wyandots,and
CIherokees. assembled, At Chiliicotbe.
afforce. olive or six hundred