The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-24
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HISTORICAL. INCIDENTS OF 1Iiis
VICINITY.
N NINnIAN IAIInAn.


be- year l7sa, subjected Ia various iuruad- ot
indian parties attended hj tory rolugccs and
british officers. The one most memorable
or the number ~ pri .oncr taken and dwrl-
Ing, plund,rrd and destroyed, wa the a.
ack upun liuNAliun aud AicinilA. ia urinLrt,-
900, About tho IT Of July, l5so, there CO...
urrcd one of t,ecm rmdiu,rr,p pcditIon. iu-
20 The town of ritt,lorf and the particulars
hereof, though sr,or before puhli-hcd, may
'crhnps be- worthy of prcsor,aiion, The at-
lack ou brandon, iu The lall Of l77n causrd
Ihr goycruppnt of this state a. erect q pi,k"
Fort suitable nr the dcGncr oi the frontier
.ctilc~ iu lhc town of rnriun this Na-
located ou the baud of C,lcb llrrdrr add
boiup completed abput June, i7s", Maior
l.hrnclrr Alien nf 'linmoulhWitl, alnut loo
men. wa pat In comm1rd ofi They wrrr
s,arypl, established ~ tl.,ir nrW quarters ho-
t,,'' onr of their uumhcr was misiu" ca.
lrh llouphton, q Young man aged ahuut ~
yoar-, who came from the east part of lhi-
state, went out uarmcd to one of the neigh
barring dwelling, on an crraul aud djl r,s
return within the timr expected For spuc
time previous to thi- the principal them" nf
conversation among the mwi.ur bad very
naturally hrcn the hdiau- rumoud a. hc
pruwlme @Apul aud the nature and parlicu-
lar oc their horrid alrorihrs rh. had pro-
durcd such an rilcrt on lIourhtuu that he
had irightiul dream 81 his'b,'iug capurcd y
tortured ", them, hud lee hal afterwards sol
EMMY declared to his companion. that und"r
mo- circumstance, would hc ever allow him
.clfto be- taken alive D., the savage. and hc
thcrchy cNpo-cd 90 their Gcud.h cruclic-,
rh. hciug rccollcclul iu connection with
lloughtun- rcpuidtiuu tor n.-nhilnn nnd
strength, sal tRr- were entertained os 90 HE
Ctr. \ party of the mcn were sent ont tu
.carch,au a0cr whil, tloy found hi- corpse
about halt mile south 81 The Port. with
every appearance OF q drrrc struggle
.on.l -r,ai.r r,.vrir-r. tn 'Ird t,rrt -l,ot l-,
some one so near hin, that part oi ,hc vJd
was found iu the wound, tpmahoukrd scalp
od, aud run through with q sword, wuiuuius
him ,u tho ground Major Allen. to Whom,
are attributed some ui the prruliaritic. ul hi.
relative, old Ethan, cNa.pcrltd 10y the los
OF good soldier, and the auhritl ut the at
tack undc ,trcuuou, efforts To- discover the
murderer. lut for several dal- no further
trace of lhSHn could hc found Allcu ,ollce,el
p ff7 fTrii IN fT6TT ~ fT1 T5fgc goto pu the east
,ittn the Fort aud publicly vowed Ncn-
gcaucc against an, aud cNcrl Indian that
should como within his power and then q, a
memorial OF his vow, took junk hottie dllod
si!l-raI..-.!.p,..I -"sst--i. -laAt at lie n'aH.
aud dashed the lotrlc Giriou,ly against tl,y
gate aud chri,tcucd the fort "fort. Ven
gcancr." and 10y that name il Wa, ever after
Known.
The burning desire Of The garri.orttor re-
ycprc had scarcely begun 10 cool ere thc-In-
diaus were al work again. Mr. Samuel Grip
pen (Who viii Dc iccullcctcd as one of tho
fourteen who first formed n church in lut-
/ land, in October, l753) then living ON the
west bank of the otter Creek, ia riusiord,
near the south line of the town, started from
his hay field to 20 ,othc lurt.o Ills wifi ou-
ticcd that.as hr went away he Zen hay rake
standing which she soon saw fall without any
wind Ia blow it down This was construed
as an i'll omen at the time, aud it was prophc-
sled hc never would return. As he was pass
iug highroch about a nHlc and ahalT S0Ut1
nt the fort, party otlndians dartcd out from
behind the rock, seized thcTcins Of his bridl,
pulled him of from the horse aud led then
both around behind the rock detained him n
! IL. 4 l..
smcarcd their hand, and i,rcs in it, blood
4 short time after Miss Elisabeth Cox, q
daughter of William Cox, whose dwelling
J was within the tort.camc along ON horseback
the Indians, all le-nteared with blood, agat
rushed from their hiding place and uratc,
her and the horsca It, they had trppcn mn,
his horse The Indians remained lurN
ing about until They took two mnrc captivcs
to wit, Joseph Rowley, aged - years, anC
John Rowley, aged I years, and then com
mcnccd their retreat northward. When they
,hhd arrived at the present site of Brandon
Village they dismissed Miss Cox, giving he,
some food and cautioning her to proccc,
slowly home, fearful perhaps that if the new,
oi,thcir acts and route was received prompt
" the garrison might yet be upon them. Sh,
started slowly for homr, proceeded a shor
distance. when She saw, advancing toward hci
from the South, a large, ,Gcre-ooking Indian
fully armed; he was acting ms the rear guart
of the party. lie saw at a glance the toot
she had just reeeivedh-soemrd To understand
thrt As her passport-stcpped out one sido ui
the path she was travelling aud mohoncd hci
to pass by him. As soon rs she had got ou
OF his sight she stopped, divestcd herself of
every article of her dress that could imPcd,
her flight, except her gown, and winged Will
sll tl,,- stee4 which trur .uf captivity and
death, aud the hope OF life aud home could
gvc,shc ran Tor her fathers house. and there
after her ra,e OF five miles shc arrived in
safety, cNccpl dmt the fri dit and vrvrrfrvrr-
ton produced such o&hau-tou chat huoa-h