New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-26

from thelf own mouths. This narrative has
never before been published. The Life of Mr..
Bailey has been published under the title of
Z" The Frontier Missionary" by Ide & Dutton of
Boston: .,--zs-rr .
night attack upon the Indians by the Whites-The
Murderers apprehended bnt escape punishment
Alliance between the Norrdgewock and Penobscot
TIibes-Fort Richmond reinforced--The Indians at
tack Capt, Whiddens family on Swan Island and
take thirteen pIisoner1-Capt. Whidden escapes-He
halls the Garrison at the ForA Soldier sent to take
him from the Island-Frght ofthe Messenger and his
| udicrous report-The Indians besiege the Fort but
soon wthdrlw-Rashuess of Jenkins, who is captured
by the Indians and carried to Canada-Nobe and his
Family captured-His Infant Daughter adopted by a
distinguished French Family and educated by them
Ransomed afterwards and returned to her home-Fnds
that her Mother has died and her Father ex
| poyerty-The Daughter marres,
| In the beginning of 1850, numbre of Indians,
arriving among the settlers upon Sheepscot
River, and being warmed with spirituous liquor,
boasted OF their exploits in former war, which
SO provoked a number Of young fellows that
they determined from that moment to effect
their destruction. After the Indians had with
drawn to their wigwams, these adventurers,
| taking advantage of the dark and silent night,
paid them a visit, and while they were in pro-
found sleep fired into their houses Several
were killed and others wounded by this unex-
pected and barbarous action, and before the sur
| yiyors could recover from their amazement, the
perpetrators of this bloody scene had fed Upon
q complaint made by the Indians these fellows
were apprehended by authority, but had the
good fortune to obtain their liberty without the
infiiction OF any punishment, but one or more OF
these persons soon after received violent death,
being attacked in a canoe by q nonstrous bear,
and either torn in pieces or drowned
The Indians, provoked at this denial of JUS
tice, and grieyously afflicted at the loss Of their
friends and relations, determined to retaliate
upon the enemy the injury they had received
And for this purpose the Norridgewock people
were active i'll stirring up the Penobscot Indians
to favor their designs, and while Mr. Goodwin
afterwards Maj, Samuel Goodwin, of Dresden,
was at Pemaquid to gain some intelligence Of
their motions, Capt. Phipps, son to the Lieut.
Governor, received an express from Mr.. Jabez
Bradbury, commander of st. Georges, that sew
enty Indians had already marched from Penob
scot to invade, as was imagined, the inhabi
tants of Sheepscot River An alarm quickly
spread through all the adjoining settlements
and Goodwin proceeded Immediately to arous
8 the people at Kennebeck. On the seventh @
September he touched at Swan Island and earn
estly requested Capt. Whidden and his family t.
repair into garrison, but they were deaf to hi
persuasions, and despised the power of thei
: enemies, In the evening Mr.. Goodwin arrive,
at Fort Richmond with eight men, which CAV
> Capt. Lithgow an opportunity of putting til
, garrison into posture OF defense
The next morning, little after the appear
. ance of daylight. .Whidden's family, with some Q
his neighbors who were engaged in frolic be
came suddenly alarmed by number of Indians
who rushed without ceremony into the house
and changed theirgaiety and merrment into ter
ror, lamentation, and the utmost distress. No
7 BILE Capt Whidden's son-in- law ran up stair
and fired at the Indians, without doing any exc
v cution, and the latter prevailed in the conflict
who, after plundering the house and destroyin,
nine feather beds, led thirteen persons into can
tivity. One fellow who was at the barn afte
eggs escaped without their observation, and tn
. Captain and his wife took advantage of the frs
= tumu1t and CONSERVATION which seized bot
parties, to conceal themselves in the cellar til
: the Indians retreated with their plunder an
!, captives When theformer conceived themselye
to be out of danger, they Travelled about thre
= miles through the thiekets to the northern ez
Q tremity Of the island opposite to Richmond
: Captain Lithgow, commander of the for
!, hearing them call for assistance, but ignorar
L of their situation, sent over man in a cane
n, to fetch them into garrison Captain Whiddel
who had secreted his wife among the bushes tt
some relief should appear, acquainted the fello
. with his misfortune, and hastened to fetch hi
companion, but the other was SO terrified at til
s. report of an enemy that he returned with tn
utmost precipitation to the fort leaving the dis
!, tressed persons behind Lithgow demanded tn
= occasion of this disturbance, but the ma
: answered with hurry and alright, E that til
~ ~ Indians had murdered Captain Whidden an
: his whole family You are certainly mil
taken,'' replied Lithgow, " tell me how yo
: came by your intelligence" 'sIt is certain
s, answered the fellow, = for L received the ney
from Capt Whidden's own mouth +.
The same day the Indians, to the number
or one hundred and fifteen, surrounded Richmon
i II i
Or Mr.. Goodwin reinforced it the evening befor,
= which they had received some notice of by th
W following accident One Jenkins, noted Ell
!" thusiast, could not be restrained from venturin