The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-10
EARLIEST ACCOUNTS OF OHIO. .
COLONEL JAMES SMITH,

COLONEL JAMES SMITH.
This Western prisoner was a prisoner
among the Indians i'll the territory, now the
State Of OHIO, ninctv-Scven wears ago when
the buffalo and the ELK ranged in its forests.
The journal Of Col. Smith was published in
pamphlet. at Lexington. Ky., in l199, and
hl> accurate and intelligent account Of the
country and Indians, and his adventures
anon. them, renders it valuable to every one
aLo tCrI> any interest i'll the early history OF
OHIO. We find the following account in the
DAYTON .Iounal
H. was taken prisoner by three Indians, in
Nay, 100, when he was Is years old, about
tour miles from bedford, PENNSYLVANIA. Hi,
comradr was killed. His captorS took him
TO Fort Du 'lucsnc, where Pittsburgh now is
aud there made him run the gauntlet They
kept him there till after Bradlock'S defeat
which took place on the 9th of July. the same
year. He stood upon the wall of the fort on
the morning of the battle, and saw the Indians
receive their ammunition, and march off to
the field, with the French and Canadians in
all amounting TO only 400. In the afternoon
hr saw them return victorious, exhibiting the
>a pS and plumber they had taken: and in
evening saw them commence the torture of
their prisoners, whom they burnt to death
y few DAYS after battle. the Indians took
Inn forty miles up the -lllcghanv. to one of
Their towns; and after remaining there three
weeks they went to another town on the west
branch Of the Mu,kingum, near the position
"f Newark; where they adopted him, and
'r',I"i h' ~Lh' hiood ont ~ him' He then
accompanied some of them to the Scoto Salt
Spln@<, IN Jackson county. on hunt, and
after rcfurnin" to the MuskiH.,m, went with
h' adopted brother to Lake Erie. between
>anIuSky and Huron river. the Indian name
OF which was Cancalooharc They remain
ed IN that vicinity about a wear.
In the fall OF l7556 he went with another
of his adopted brothers. and partv. alonc
the lake shore. in canoes. to tie mouth of the
'uIahoga. which they a>ccnIcd to the Falls.
They remained there until December. maxim.
one hunt over To the Mu>kincum and back.
men they went to the head waters of Bio
drawer. and spent the winter, during which
the SHOW fell, in a dav and night, to the depth
o' three irr,
In March. l7j7. they returned to the Guy.
"A'9a Falls, and descended to the mouth of
the river. from which they coasted along the
Lax" 10 the mouth of the Manmce. 4 few
H'', afterwards they sailed to the Detroit
H''r, and assembled to the Wvandot town or
'' anada shore. opposite Detroit. His de-
>.F'r'''n OF the French settlements on the
'ml'a side below Detroit. will be rccocnizrd
" perfectly accurate, by any person who
may see them now There has been nc
'"'"-e there in the last hundred wears.
lh''y remained on Detroit river until No.
''"'"r when they coa>ted round the LAX,
10 the mouth Of the Maumec. The hunter.
spread themselves across the land on tn,
'''''" S''' OF the river. from it to the Lake
""' y. 'F"'r all the game included within thcil
','''' "'"H to the point or cape They killed
".""' thirty deer, the >quaws and boys in ca
n."' f"mahaNking such as took to the water
'.E t.rn Wcntto the SanduSkv, and ascend
3. """' they came To the Plains, toward,
''' "y'd Of the >,iY;o. There they had wha
.'s called a ling hunt They kindled q
'' OF fir" IN the prairie, and as it burned
''"..' the centre, the. came crowded L.fnr.