Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
aRESCIaEs AND s&R REVENGE.

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ssssI low mn nv instancesaf individual daring
Afh noble aser,iism, have game ar,recordeu
andScsHsigued stoznblivinrt .AIan vs1hipgs,
which, had they transpiresii M the lite ei
asssDe knowir and dis.iagaisheisinan would
kaxe sbeen zneeoraed in.stes pa ges al history
Aad exttited tslhe SIX les, hasesbeen fasgut-
ssn: and aha gaed influence which know.
lstgesof. ttheaf might hasea sheG iupana The
sRerld has beenslast...i Tse only tecud from
sxhicts any facts in. relation ius the unpab-
lrslsed, i,istorv of QUE 4Tantiers can be
sgalkered,a iisepreserved sina the TRADITIONS
which sexistearnong The s.,kIseialers,o son or
near those places which suffered most from
Rfi,shior, Indian .delrad4ii'hs. Every Old
9ssce along our frontiers, swhlc!rewas ex-
yaskeao the inronds ofihe savages and Their
<asligi,tened co.adf1toss dtringsahe .srevo!u.
iionary war; had its hero, WIN per !oned
9ents of svatifzg well worth recording. but
which daenai fidl5wi,hinsthc scope ofzlhe
shissbrian, who is necessarily corfiuedtn the
.sise and fall Of nations. the philosophy Of
goseftmenis in ahe fnultiiafious deffnssin
.ssiaich it4hassgeg egisteds upon the earth, 4anG
rslietching the 'acts, s,speeuliari,ies, and opera
-,ions Of those eminen, characters win hnve
left the indelible. impression Of iheirgenil,s
aspons The sagesain which they lived 5Bo,
sthsnksio otir old efandisifes, sior handing
down to tls egensin uncertain manner, the
names of many brave spirits towften, we
are much sipdebted for .lhe blessings oflfree-
dom and prosperity which, areasn Jiberallv
Dispensed to susi ~ Betier, and . far. more
lssting, is n monument built in the hearts
Afagra,efuls people, ,han one feared of
sscuipiured brass and ma rble. sszsy7sa aaSsl
aa he incident which we are now record
ing. took place about the iiqte that Gen.
Sslivan made his famous descent upon the
.indiaus of New York md aPennsylyal,ia
The sayages iphab4.ing,lhe vast exteht Of
Icouniry reaching from the sSusgaehannat to
the greatssalley of The Mississippi. having
sheen obliged 10 retire farther and farther
into their native forests by alhes onward
slnarch Of 1sciviliza,ion. had formed a cen.
siedfacy for espurpose Of bringing forth
their concentrated might in one last and
ldeiermined seffbrt % crush mo growing
spewer Of the spaIe hce.'i 4isig1 xaisad2saa
essb has BEEN said sthatthe period Of the
AmericaD Reyolution was peolific' Of great
men, Hshisasseriion il true oithe whites,
il is none the less certaine that the abori.
.giEss were ut this time equally favored;
and had the dirsts semigranis met with the
ssame opposiaions that was Afterwards waged
against their apesterity. this extensive. and
now populous country, would probably
have remained in its primitive sta,e.< Had
ahe sCornpianter,' Big Tree, and some
others of their noted chiefs whom we could
mention, lived al the time. that the pilgrim,
Fathers and the colony at James. River
scommepcedz their feeble settlements, in al
human probability their efforts had beer
tutile.ss. izszsfszsfsi ezsFzs.g d r. ssszg.z
Our readers are we'll aware of th'
dreadful state Of things TINT existed alonl
the western frontiers of New York an
Pennsylvania at this time. Many enter
sprising backwoodsmens had found their wa.
mp, the Allegheny and Snsquehanna riyer
and had formed settlements, which at III
time Of the breaking out Of hostilities, wer
ina very fourishing condition. Whe
she sayagAs, inciled by o sense Of sheir owl
wrongs and the more powe,fu ful siimulent O
British geld, were fully reused, then com
smenced series of barbarities without
parallel in lhe, history Of the world. il
their attacks, neither age nor sex wer
spared. All who fell into their hands wer