Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-07

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quired to strip them from the branch on which
they were growing by Mrs WHITAxER's tomb
made them wither before they fell upon his
Take them back let your father do simple JUS
tice before he seeks to bestow complimentary
legacies.
On re-perusing Mrs WHIrAKERs narrative,
You may be sure, sir, | was truly pleased to
find this statement in her own words when
my first husband died, in 1905, j. H. AVERY
helped and befriended me in settling his estate,
so also did Judge AsHBEL WELLS nv hus-
band left no will, having died suddenly, by
having his leg crushed in the machinery of a
mill, near where the late Deacon JONES lived y
| can speak with propriety of Judge WELLs.-
He was discriminating, highly intelligent and
judicious man, and knew the difference between
a truth-telling woman, and one who could orr
ginate vile fabrication.
Your father takes exception to this, which
appears in the St. Nicholas, as written by me +:
Mr.. MINER, in his excellent History of Wyo-
ming, makes no mention Of the destruction Of
the settlement at Wysox He does not ap-
pear even to have been apprised of its exis-
tence." He calls this complimentary i'm
peachment" Of his History Any sensible man
will tell him that those sentences convey no
impeachment. He happened not to have been
apprised of the event 1t would have been an
impeachment if | had charged him with a
knowledge of it, and that he had suppressed it
| from his work Wysox was about sixty miles
above the field of his immediate research. and
no rational man would impeach him unless he
assumed to cover more ground than he could
examine thoroughly. | ask nOte whether such
was not the case, and whether he should not
now be impeached by this, connected with 9TH
er omitted facts. He has omitted mention of
patriotic family, settled at She-she-quin. one
at Iowanda, and also the more interesting par
tlculars connected with the FITzGERALDs who
settled below Wysox. But will mpeach him
from the record. He says i" In the month of
May, IT'S, no families were attacked
no houses burned" In answer to this, refer
youSto page sic, Pennsylvania Archives,
HIS" where letter appears from JAMES
Potter under date of Jfau Il, IT'S. written
from Upper Fort" Penns Valley. He SAYS:
Our savage enemies ccatiRae to murder and
scalp. On the llth inst. out of a
few families, coming to Lycoming, six persons
were killed. Three men also. at I.oval-
sock. x Further, twenty persons killed
on the North Branch (the main river which
taken prisoner who made his escape This
was probably far ADORE Wyoming, for. if it had
been near there, Mr.. MINER might have heard
OF it bat as he has now taken all of the Sus-
quehanna under his jurisdiction, we have a
right 10 make charge of-want Of knowledge.
The writer goes on, - the prisoner who has es-
capped, says that the Indians are determined TO
clear the two Branches of the Susquehanna,
. faln. 81 ,f ~
course
Now, here is substantial impeachment, and
not very complimentary" Your father would
ike 10 make Us believe that the majority Of
settlers above Wyoming were Tories As he
knew scarcely anything of the upper portions
Of the river, this was ooHrtHie5st theory But
the fact is different, as many vet living, well
know. The Tories were few, comparatively.
For further and important defects in vour
fathers history, with regard to BRAxT's parti-
cipation in the Wyoming maSSacre-the Mora
Wan Missions EsTHER's history-the
locality Of SULIIvAN'S battle upon the TIoga.
and Indian History generally. | might refer
you TO fSco faithful and intelligent Historians.
OF Towanda and Emira, as well as 10 the Sc
ries 1858 and 81 of the ST. Nicholas but
for the reason that have no right to draw
any gentlemen into 10 this controversy. with
out consulting them, | refrain from saying how
much they might eaiigAt>n your father
Again, sir, you have misquoted NE from the
St Nicholas. to suit your purpose =
sFCgIoUs. sENUIxE
At the opening OF the Al the opening Of the
wzr- under the s0Id@ace cf under the guidance Of
their w4rChiefs tthe G-their var-chef the MohASk
haEks numerous fd7SiiIss numerous and powerful
vacated their possessions csted their Possessions upon
the GOhaSk, and removed the Mohawk. and removed
10 Ca1adA- C2nAda- st .NtcAol1t ..
Again =" They we're tax,
en Tiosa Peiat AsAin-psSe l24 The
and there given up, a tS< 8ptives take1
Ha-es 70 soTt4rr 70 prs Tlogz Point and Ihers
IN, Intro gwen up British. the
d~csd 10 BTi-h Officer head Of MS Rangers aud lu-
&c. .iAns'
The words, families introduced &c,
are Your interpretations.
Now, sir. approach another subject with
some reluctance, but | feel the necessity and
iuStice of alIade:ng TO IT, The descendants OF
Sebastian aud John Strope are so respectable
and intelligent, and feel 50 keenly your attack
that they viii hardly excuse me if l fail to make
mention Of any important fact that NAV have
bearing upon the question of ygr1r fathers
caHdor and fairness As they are upon the de-
fen>ive-au attacked party-and assailed by
surprise aS you we'll knew will help them
to weaken vou and fortify themselves. will
name some of them: MIS- LYDIA Soorr. wi
dow of Judge q EnEsE ScOrT, and Mrs BCgroX
klHGsBURT. her daughter. at Towanda Mrs.
JANE LEAyENwoETH and Mrs CATHARINE Hr-
LET. of Genoa in this State HARgr SraoPy.
of Wvsox: Mrs MaRY HARr. of Moarocton !;
Mrs EsENEzER STEVENS. of Candor ia this
county Isaac STRoFE, Mrs. HEHEy TCETL8.
&c. &c
You ara well aware that quite proportion
Of vour fathers history relates 10 the corhici-
ing titles Of Connecticut and Pennsylvania 10
the northern part Of your State. had heard
about TWO rearS since. that Samuel Avery. nv
grandfather, published treatise upon those
titles and, having parCicnable wish TO see il.
wrote to your father in 1883, requesting him