Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

with his wishes he would in an instant
give him its contents. Finally Dorman
yielded and they came up on the South
side of the hill, to where the two roads
again inserted, about where Rohrbough's
schoolhouse now stand. Here, in order
to make sure of their prey on either route,
the savages were concealed. They shot
tomahawked, and scalped White in sight
and hearing Of the Fort. After this hor-
rid deed, Dorman took his family and
went with the Indians, but it was but
short time till he was poisoned by squaw
who was prompted by jealousy to do the
act. Dorman's widow lived with the French
and Indians until at length she married
Frenchman, after which she wrote back
TO John Hacker, on Hackers creek, Civ
ing the particulars of the villiany as well as
the merited fate other former wretched hus-
band"
The venerable lady continued her re-
hersal and said Eat another time while
the settlers were all living in Hackers
Fort, one night youth of about eighteen,
who was standing sentinel saw what at
first he imagined was large hog slowly
moving towards him. He called out
who comes there? who comes there? who
comes there? Before these words were re-
peated the third time it vanished out of
his sight. On the next evening the youth
related the circumstance to his officers
and requested them to let him stand guard
that night also. They consented but told
him if he should fall asleep and neglect
duty. they would have him shot. The
boy intent on unraveling the mystery of
+ his aparition, took his stand at the same
place, and towards the hour of midnight
he again saw some AIug OF Il swiniSh APP
pearance moving leisurely towards him.
when he einstantIycalled out who goes there?
three times at the same moment pulled
trigger and shot an Indian through the
b ody, who had cloaked himself in hog
skin and was thus insidiou>ly attempting
to tomahawked the sentinel and gain ad-
mission into the Fort Ny Informant
saw the blood flowing from the side of the
Trojan Savage when he was pulled into
the Fort, and unmaSked of his animal
exterior to the great CONSERVATION and
pleasure of all. | was also informed of
various exploits performed by her chival-
ric and daring uncle, Jesse Hues, some
of great interest, which may be seen in
BORDER warfare" And OF the death of
John Fink. who was killed by the Indians
while drawing wood about the place where
the main streets now cross. III Buckhan
non, and whose remains are in Mr.. Heav-
ner's Graveyard, designated by an epitaph
rudtly cut into a mOssy sand stone, mar
king his sunken and Sodden grave And
of the fate of Stonicher, who was killed
by the Indians near Beverly, through the
guidance of Dorman. who like Judas
wept repenlent tears, when he came up and
found instead of an enemy, as he Suppos-
ed, an old and intimate friend was weller
ing in his gore, who had been suddenly dri-
ven from the theatre of life by his own
doing, though the aid of his then
savages associates. | was also told of the
sad fate of the BoSier family, and had IL
relation of many other incidents of great
interests which [ have no space to record,
! but the correctness which l cannot doubt
Before our departure this very respectable
and venerable lady informed me, that she
was Seventy Two years of age, and is the
mother of seventeen children and as evil
dencofthe vigor of her constitution, she said
then on last christmast day, she was trav-
! cling on foot to visit the family of a Ger
tain friend when she came to a considera-
bic stream intercepting her way, and in
the absence of either horse or bridge, she
she took her slippers in hand and stepped
through the sparkling element, which she
had done in former occasions, without sns
taing the least injury from the expo
sure.
| But, Mr.. Editor, we are reminded and
are pleased to know that we live in diff
ferent period to the chivalrous early set
tiers OF our country. The hardships and
perils of welfare have passed away
The remnent of red men, whose ancestry
for centuries inhabited our country, have
either mingled with earth or sought a
refuge in Western wilds. Our Ancestors
with peril and blood have purchased for
US the boon of liberty, the greatest bles
sings of earth. Instead of the few white
settlers contending with the marauding
savage, our country now teens with a
population of another age and from every
cline. They had their day, acted their
part, and, with few exceptions, have pas
sed from the scenes of time we, in our
turn have different but equally responsible
duties to perform. They have cleared
away the rubbish. 1t is for US TO rear the
edifce. They have planted the tree of
liberty, and if we wish to reap its benefits
and transmit its blessings to posterity,
should we not be equally active in educa-
ting. moralizing. and enlightening our
youth and do all in our power to enable and
elevate our species.
EXCELSIOR.