The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-05-05

and bloody resolution fixed itself on his
mind. II became madness. lie never
spoke TO man, but silently and temorse-
essly haunted the trail of the Sbawnees
10 slay every one that came within reach
Of his far famed rife. Then, after the
Indian tribe had gone, he retired mute
and alone to the mos, inaccessible part
Of the GIeen River Hills. There, in
shady dell, remote from the habitations
of men, he built himself a hui, where in
solitary .quie, he passed the remainder Of
his days. He hunted TO supply himself
with food and skins TO exchange for pow.
der and shot, which an old man in an out
settlement, duwn on the Green River,was
accustomed to supply him with. His life
was prouac,ed 10 the age Of eighty eight.
One day The old man at llie se,,lemen,
was heard to say thai something must
have happened to The Sien, Hunter, for
he had no, come as usual 10 fill his shot
bag and powder pouch. Bidding no one
10 follow him, he went out 10 the Green
River Mountains, and when he came
back, though many questioned him, he
said nothing Of what he had seen or where
he had been. From lha, day, however, !,
no man saw the Silent Hunter. No one
heard Of bis Fate but il became a dim ira
di,ion in that country, that his spiri, was
still amorg the mou itains Of Green Ri
yer. ea 'gv't.ai tlea'' aA'
Not many yerrs ago, however, ,Webber,
the naturalisi.huniet, started with com
paay in search Of game among the Green
River Hills. While hunting among theil
solitudes they came 10 tie dwelling of All
old irtpper-living alone with his dogs
hermit Of the forest, full Of its traditions
and familiar Nth all the spots they hunt
ed. He said that near the place, under
an old black oak LAY the grave Of a mighty
hunter. lie had been mysterious in>
habilan, Of these mountains, and his rest
ing bed was marked by a stone. lie had
chosen i, for himself years before he died.
|. was near spring Of which he drank
and an>oitsman had buried him, ihoii.l
no one bad since visited his grave. Web
Der offered the lrapper some money if he
would lead him 10 The spo., but he shud
dcred and refused, though with visible
,repida,ion, he consented 10 guide hin
within sight Of it.
lie walked in front Of them for some
time among cliffs and trees, owes streams
and through bollows, till they looked dow
on level, wide plain. Over the surface
Of this lay what seemed number of fla
rocks, but were in reality stone surcopha
pi, or graves, which are to be found i
thousands, sometimes covering miles c
ground 10 The southern portions OF Ken
lucky and Tennessee, The people VIII
used this mode Of sepulture are now ex
4 inct They existed long before the In
dian hation-long before tie ren skin
hunted through these woods and savan
mas. They were apparently plgmles, 10
their graves are no, on on average NOR
D than three feet in length. Some hav
imagined that these were the graves
their children; but the children of th
9 Aztec nation in this case, musl have die
: by thousands when they were abou, illre
feet Highland the elder people must hav
been buried secretly.
Tn one Of these cnrions sepulchres th
body of Bill Smith was found. 1t was
sorcophagus sunk into the earth, almo'
eighteen inches by the same in width
The explorers examined the grave
they even disturbed the remains, but the
laid them again in their place of rest,an
left once more in his solitary repose I'll
Silen, Hunter Of the Green River Hills
"a Wha, dark and mournrul story. llo
strange and chcckered a life. ltwas III
faith Of this man to his carly love, an
the affection Of his heart for her childre
that mado him the terrible, silent, rt
morseless being lie afterwards becam
But he was not in his nature a wcke
man. During the latter par, OF his life b
mind was shaken by the remembrance
:, Of lha, melancholy day, whcu Matte an
:, her little ones had been buried by b
hands in the Vale Of Pines.' "
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