Litchfield enquirer., 1851-04-24
Fr m the Hartford Times.
The Last Survivor OF Wyoming.

The Last Survivor OF Wyoming.
Died in Meriden. April 5th. 1851. Mira
HANSAR Mills. widow Of E'ihu Mills. Esq
ct " M"isOr. a"i formerly the wife If phin.
cas- Foster. Of the same place Rged g.
Mrs. Mills was daughter Of Benjamin
K,lnourn, and was bern ut Bolton. Connec-
,,cut. on the l7lh Of May 1868 Tile early
the family Ia which she belonged. (aud oi
which sto was thS hast SURVIVOR having
t,eeu remarkable even for the .' tiM.es THAI
trisd .ls-m's Souls" u brief account If then,
will D.h b., out OF place Oh this occasion.
TIE French having been dispuss~sssd Of
NOva Scotia ia 1869, II bounty WAS offered to
sucil Eng isis and Americans Ws would settle,
ther4,,n. A. this tinA Bo,j .tnin KiibDur,,
was ab ,ut 30 years I'll Hgo, aud WIS settled
10 BplaU,s. with wife and two children. l..
S.lnllM.Ay witt others hs rem ,ve,l IT, that
cOn"t,y. lWping as l's safe, u Rii lucs,,i NJ.
where ia future years his children nigh,
settl.. arnuAd him. The climate pr0ving
cuti aud the soil unpn'duOivU, and having
hat h,s crops fm three successive years III
"a ,st wholly destroy I'D by trust. he return.
I'd to d di.nl in 1864. Here hs remained
u few years during which time this daugiI.
ter Hannah. the subject of this "b.tuar, .
wa. h'ru. In I773, hs b~came nl,ubsr
Of the Wyoming A."d Company, AID dur
Ing that year WAS went out TO make s.l..c-
tiOns aud surveys in thai then wilderness.
His perils aud hardshipS during this t,u,
were Of ,hs mos, t'.r'IIi"g desc, il,iO,., and
We're item III atter years. recounted to- hi.
clllire" and others. Tue only inlaI'iiau,s
ii MIuch Ut tls country which i,- -xi,l"red
we've wild beasts aIl much w.llel men
and some, purlmns Vt It we're pr,b ,bly nsv
er before visited BY civilized being. bur
ing the following season he returned to
CUn0rciicui--ahd IN Oct0cer. IVA, starred
with l,is own and other families for the new
purchase. Ills family ut this t,,ns co,lsists,,,
III u wife asri To" children, viz: Elixabrth
LGrr.'tm Lucy, Benjau1il. john. G,.s,avus
Ci,. 2p;.iri. Hannah, Chen Elk years 81 J
and Ai"s-s, varying in their ages
from, 20 ~ 2 years. They passed from
New L,.nd.m to Nav York iM u slap.
ll,ruc. L.ki"y tlls "verl"n' rolt~ I" THE
Su.q As,i..ni,.n. they rrached the Kingston
safely. The i1c";io" WHICH
Mr.. K.insur,. h 81 selected sar himself and
c.nniany was thirty miles beyond this
place; bdi tuo iiillanitauis up,M stl0 river
being filled wMh I'll ,rM on account Ut the
several l..di.u depra.iSii"'s. il WAS ,leeiIsrt
advisable i'."t itss Company shUul.l reGlnin
vt Kingston anal Wilkeslarre. I'll it was
thru ,lt m'urr. safe tU venture further im
tile wili~r"-ss. Tue Indian di.iurba ncs,s
,.ut suLs,lnhs. MIR. K AMI s"ns of his
old Deighlsoss 6 .aily settled OM thS Shaw.
uey EllCS, a.ll were there at the cusn.nels-
.:e.,leut ut tilo husIllMirs brtween Great
Isr,lai. and the Unit-d Colnnips. They
f'und the = u abu."tantly fertile ; bat new
Alh 9 lOliS hgVEo "a upon tlis'ir household
Oa"d. U.rI.'s the first year ut the se',,ls>
'Ilout, JIs,sstiau - younger aMl f,vWrits
brother Ut taco subject "f this sketch. was
drowned 10 the ssusquehHull.sh. aud Lucrs-
ti., al Vi l,r SISTER, deed Vt fever peculiar
~ that c.sumlry. ...,..
Yhv setlie.p.sHls on the river continued
to incrsase r"p,Lly 10 nunIbsrs aud imI,or-
tA"cs. aus.a:Is psupls Ors autz al themselves
IdtO civil 'sasl msiiilaiy cO'npicts for pnrlNs.
o. u seIt g.'veTnlneNl AND self projection.
Mr. 4 iO.'urM ~as a,'pO,ntsd magistrate
aGd IOWA Clerk. anI faithfully psriurm..d
varE Us Utis~S pu.'lic trusts. btslll.s tear hing
lmr wiaier scaI0Oi AMI reA.iing sermons to
Ito .asss'snb ~ cUlOnIsts UH The Sabbath -
he Was "ssn vi pl-iy. intelligence nud en-
l~rlnis s, M.Mi esrf exsr,ed n salutary ias>
dubucss Uls ,as minds and habits Ut sile sUt>
GicTs. '@
Uuring the spring and rsrly part If tho
sul.a.,ssr III l77S, the iuiaaUiiassgs sG the
v ails,y we're Aspl ip cans,amt State Ol ylagsh
BY t.lo murders and r,hOerles co.uinitissd BY
lIe sasasss. The English goveramrui,
Wusch asd bs~u at war with tne c.,lOmiss,
llad 6s0sally offered u 6Ounty tO the ludi.ns
lVr llse q alp ~ evosy white man wOmsaIs
Aasd Si..ll sanos tMey wOCld bFsng isitV THE
Ar,llsA casasa WyUm'nR wMs aa rs.
posed ta.Aaasrr. barueriMgSa tlas SsS NaaiOMs
Il laldlasas, Husss~TVus. fsace, aad nccusl"as..
Cd 10 Nar. 1IaS warriors Vi tisess Eibss
we're j0,sa b. ba"d ii tpa,er. who wrro
oVoa "...Te blnsd THIRSTY and GruUl lhSm
Ias,r savage alice. a'ne psx iaw aslll,,s
Ol IIIal Vvau. Cal Valley eOala,nsa by this
I,,Ils al,.sal o,le lHsIusalld Vllise t.lmil.s.s.
A.Id iIad IusHIslIsd V1S thousand ss.ldiers
lSs lIIs eSA,'as"lIAl army. WIN wrEe then
al'aUMa Sa aU,y. knOwlng lhrir dvgsmce.
loss eAdllh,aa. .lr C.Ilil, u Ole. X. AMI tlsusr
VI lls taelshlaDsu, WIN were aGcuse.IlaleI 10
FrlAaIe % tls SlaMwWry Fest, " nlucA
a 'Aass Vstt plthi. vvss WhWh - let auassl
Was espt. Abpat hs mldd.e N tuas wassl
isatlssa thsm Inn F.sll Fssi. sl klns.
slWn. thai 81 Ia.slsdlals stteek Wss s,,psehsn.
tlsa, eel WstAeag tno ppUplo ~ eetlse ~ THEFT
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