The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-12-06
For the Cadiz Democratic Sentinel,
The Indian Chief Rhonuness.


this article, was employed By ths Wyandott
nation to avsnge the death of Big-foo' and
his party after wayne's Treatyin l795.
will now go further, and Hfim that the ma
ton not only did NOT employ Rhonuness,
but did not employ any one else.
II is the boast of the nation that theg
never broke faith with the United States
since th at treaty. though other tribes have.
They never shed the blood of an American
since the date Of that treaty, with two ex-
ceptlons The first was by few families
owning lands in the Province of Upper Can
ada and residing there at the breaking out
of the war of 1919, and as British subjects
were drawn into the war current; not con-
sideling themselves bound by WaYne's trea-
ty. The second instance was the son of
Governor of Kentucky, name not recoIlect-
ted, J who was travelling through the Central
part of Ohio to the Lake, and was waylald
by two WyandoIts, in revenge for one MUIR
dered in Chllicothe, some time previous to
the late war, the murderer was suffered to
escape punishment. Every effort was made
by the Wyandott chiefs to bring the MUIR
dererers to light, but in vain. l, was years
afterwards, when the excitement had died
away and the circumstance nearly forgot
ten, it was ascertaned that the murder was
perpetrated by Daonquot and Nooh Kehteh,
a Porcupne and Big Turtle.
I am puzzled with the following para
graph in the article under consideration;
"He often told us that was happy day in
his life, and that the more he thought and
reasoned about the course he pursued, the
more he was convinced that he had acted
right" By this we are to understand that
TO the author. Here is poser. 1t is ir-
reconcilable with his own account of his
life and adventures, as we'll as with Wyan-
dott hctory. can find nothing 10 support
it in either.
Since writing my first communication, |
have conversed with several of his survi-
wing relatives, among these John Dtven
port Brown, bis son-in law, with whom the
old man lived till his death. All unite in
pronouncing it destitute of, even a shade oI
probability. Every individual have coh-
vcrsed with, who were likely to have some
knowledge Of the old mans history ignore
the sta oment and deny Its. authenticity.
Who the authoris, am unable to deter
mine; but from the above quoted paragraph
il is evident that he has had some later
course with the Wyandotts, and therefore the
more inexcusabe, for his errors, as he had
opportunities of getting correct Information,
instead of introducing matters having ho
70 md dation, in truth, for NO other purpose
than
ITO point moral
... And udoTn tale"
IF, however,, there exist tradition in the
T., . family Of an Indian visiting the dwell
ing of their ancestor, and it WAS ascertain
ed afterwards that his object was to avepge
the death of Big foot (as stated, - is was not
BY authority Of ''the nation," nor was the
Individual Wyanlost
Their own version of the bloody conflict
is, that one of the war party escaped to car
ry the unwelcome news home, and he was a
Delaware. can only suggest the possibil-
ity Of this Delaware in after years, return
ing, upon "his own hook upon his own
responsibility, to ayenge the death of his
distinguished leader and other fellow war
riors, who fell in this engagement. This is
all the relief can afford the author. In al
lusion to the character Of this chief, the au-
thor says: "His whole life was unblama-
BILE, and his character as christian ire
proachable." This is true to the letter.
Such was truly his character, He was,
waen a lad, instructed in the Ereccpts o.
the Romish Church by his parents, who
were devoted members, and at proper
re became a regular communicant Of thst
church and continued such till, think the
year 1928, when he embraced the Protest
ans faith and united himself to the Metho-
dist Episcopal church Therefore, the au-
thor is at fault in saying "Soon this bold
AMI intrepid chief renounced his Indian re-
ligion." He never WAS pagan. He new
er was believer in "Inlian r, ligion," He
was a christian from childhood He could
repeat from memory nearly all the Ritual,
Pater Nosters, Ave Maries, Hail Marys, In
vocations, Hymns, De , of the Roman
church. and to his dying hour retained in
his possession his Rosary and Crueifix. He
died in the fall Of 1885. He fixed his
birth seven years after Pontiac's war, which
took place in 1863 If his own account be
true, he must have died in his 64;h year.
Yours truly,
WIN. WALKER.
Kansas TERRITORY, Nov. l6, 1854
VI. 4sssTT.E ------.--------------------
THE WRECKED SHIP New ERA Thu
FAR $50 bodies have b, en- recovered from
tie wreck, and thore are some 70 yet mis-
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