The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-08-15

II ysara They then began their rcsrcai
sor,Lward. When they hsd arrived .,
iha presoai ste of Bra,slcn villagc.
th.y gave Miss Coz sosA food and DIS.
missed her cautioning her W pro-
coed sioeis homc-peshaps fcaffel
lest news u their deeds and Of ibcir
rostc Leias recsved pronpsly lest Tho
garrison nigh. still w upon shan. Sbe
Proceesiea slowly onward toward home
short distance when che saw advanc.
ing toward her from the sou,l. large
fierce looking Indian fully armed, he
vas acting ~ the rear guard Of the
party, lc ssw Al q glance that she had
food which must have como from his
associates, seemed 10 oonsi,lcr Il ~ her
paes.port, stepped out Of the path she
VAS travelling and tnotioned her 70 pass
by him. A. sooa ~ she was out of
s;gh, Of the last Iniian she stopped di.
vested hersclf Of every article Of her
dres, that could impede her flight cx.
c.pt her gown, and uen winged with all
the speed which the fear Of captivity
and death. and the hope Of life and
home could impart. shc rau for her fa-
ther,' house, her fright and over exel-
ton in the race which was about Ave
miles long, produced such an exhaus,ing
effect upon her that through her unusu.
ally long lie she never entirely recov-
cd from it. Tho dwellings of her faith.
er, VIM. Cox. being within tho fort she
brought the first news 70 tho garrison
of the capture Of Crippsn and the Row.
ley boya. What exertions, il any were
made to recaWure the cnpiivcs, is not
known il il certain that the captives
with their prisoners escaped TO Mon.
treal. ....1I T. -a..4 a..
This Mas Cox, was said to have been
be,hroihed 10 the ill-fated Jonathan
Rowley, Jun. (brothcr OF Joseph and
John) who was mentioned in the frs.
number Of these articles, rs s!iot by an
Indian in a skif on Lake Champlain.
She married for hcr first husband, Mr..
| Amasa Ladd, OF pittsford, Tor her Sec-
ord husband Mr., Miller Of West
Rutland. and surviving Miller went Va
| live with her. con Mr.. Ira L.dd oi
Moakton, VI, where she died two OF
three years since. ps 4-
| Within q year after Mr.. Crippen',
capture he was released ON his parol,
returned TO Piusford, found his fuaily
had been driven away by other Indian
invasions, and were settled in Wallling
\ ford, where within a few mouths afiel
no died of the putrid, now called the
typhus fever. It was understood tha
Mr.. Crippen was not very severel,
treated in his captivity-one Of hi
sons Capt. AmoCrippen, now lives ii
l'ittsford. .... ..ee. .7...
i The Rowley boys were released from
their captivity, returned and lived sev
eral years with their father Mr. Jona
than Rowley who lived on the las
bank Of Otter Greek in Pittsford, o'
the north line Of the town and nortl
ef the fort. Joseph married, and set
!, tied in or near Shoreham whcre he die
: some 80 years ago,--John went
q Rochester and married, moved to Can
. antiagua, N. T., where he became
thriving farmer.
I, was supposed that this party &
), Indians was guided like the destroyer
y Of Roy alton by a British officer or POI
!, sibiy some renegade tory and that til
object of their visit was merely a.
scouting party to rocOnnoitre, ascertai
{ the strength Of the fort. take prisoner
: &c, and that they would willingly hav
taken Houghton a prisoner, but th'
his oppoaition TO that was 30 fierce an
+ resolute that they we're infuriated
j. avcngc his opposition thus brutally.
si There Was one other incident, but
q is not certain whether it occurred du
. this or some other foIay. A party
y Indians captured one Peter Whalan
. Brandon, who WAS an underwitisd
o crnsy fellow. There Is beautiful 81
e pcraition said to prevail among all p
. gan nations and tribes that those pc
q sons whose in,ellccts are deranged I
. vandsr;ng are under the special proie
o ton Of Heaven and that Whoever offe
o. violence to one of them incurs tbe'dr''
? vengeance of the Deity. Acsuated
!. this feeling the Indians could make
= practical use Of Whalan they ooa
u NOT take his scalp as trophy Of the
= prowess, they could not use him to 0
tain information which would be rell
N bic as . basis Of military operaiio
o they could ssarcsly expect that
X. would be ransomsd and they knew
e would be useless a. prisener-ti.
u ,bersfors were compelled 10 release b
4 and either from love Of fun or 70 shs
be ibeis sfprecialios u Peters insei'sci
T Il sadowneo,s they easconesd d
m snugly in m almost uamenlionable
lis .iclss Of lsdy's dress 70 wit. pair
he s,sys pui on wrong side up and 10
on carely fastened ,has the po"r ~bii
by ! could not release hiraself from I
". dursnes vile" but - he wandes
en- home had u abide for . ~hile the u
" and jscr of hooling urchins and The
. concealed mirth a children ef an ols
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