American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-03-08
LIBERTY AND FOREVER ONE AND
MRGANTONN hONONGlAA hONONGlAA COUNTY VA SATURDAY, MARCH 1855

Levi said to me:-sSuppose you 81
down here and let me watch them Fol
fear they come over and discover us un
awares. ''' 4 ''' ~! !'N 's'l 2
81 did SO, at the edge of a .iuttins
rock close by in heap of dry leave,
eddied there by the wind in its freeks
This done he continued:-- ~
\" Should you be discovered and ta
ken BY the Indians don't be uneasy, fol
they would only carry you into captiy
ity, and not Kill you; and I would
raise ewhole fort and follow them to
their wigwams for you. And tell them
your brother was killed this morning
four or five miles up the creek, while
you and ne were on your way to Prick
ett's fort. Mind this JIM" said he
hurriedly. ! 81
it The canoe was showed off, two saw
ages remaining on shore, the other two
with the woman and child making to
our shore little above us, when one
OF them jumped out and hurried up the
point on the lookout. Levi leaving
his gun under the leaves near by, kept
a prudent distance in his rear with a
tomahawk only. The Indian carried
his in his hand, having also no gun. -
They continued on this ridge for near
a mile, when the Indian bore for the
creek on his. right. They were de-
scending the hill, Levi SO close upon
him at one time, that he could have
sprang upon and dispatched him with
the tonahawk, for hesaid he felt It big
in his soul that he could have came off
victor in hand to hand fight and made
good his escape, had it not been for the
fear that in their search for their fall
len comrade, the savages would have
found me. ~
On nearing the creek he perceived
the canoe just making the foot of the
island, where the wamen and child got
out. The two Indians coming to the
opposite shore at this point we're bro t
in, as was the one on my side in a few
minutes. They spread blanket or two
over some bushes under which they
crept as Levi supposed for the night.
lie now resolved that as soon as dark
ness should set in he would swim to the
canoe and slip it from its mooring, glide
down to whore / was, both passing O.
yer, turn the canoe adrift, Ca fine large
dng-out which they had picked up on
the rlyer,) and make tor the mouth of
Prickcts creek. But just as the mo-
ment had arrived for this necessary
piece of seeming rashness, the captors
and the captives entered the craft, as
sisted by the light of torch yet bare
~ necessary in the dim twilight, leav-
ing large mass of timber and brush
on fire on the island, driftcd in the
back-water down to the point of rocks
OF which | have twice before spoken
IN the | fear to you irksomc narrative.
(" Landing again they all made un-
der the rocks at this point, and built
up large fire, cut forks and poles up
on which they hung their blankets &c.,
in order to dry.
Lew came to mo between and 9
O'Clock, finding me fast aslep but awoke
me telling me to get up. L was much
refreshed having lain comfortably warm
wrapped up in Lewis flannel wamus.
We attempted to put our guns in order
but could not by wiping, and feared to-
burnpowdcrin so'doing, and gave itup.
IIT
s"We went round to the camp, get
ting q full view of its occupants. They
were eating dried venison or some 9TH
er dried flesh--one of them chipping
and handing to the woman with the
child, which was sleeping by her side
on the leaves. He presently bade her
take off her wet clothes which She hes
itated to do, when he commenced Ia
king piece by piece from her body, till
she stood in perfect nudity. He and
she then wrung the water from them
and spread them around the fire. He
then took her by the hand and led her
to the edge of the stream, bidding her
wash herself in the most indelicate and
brutal language, which the poor thing
obeyed more dead than alive. He then
led her to the fire, threw down warm
blanket and moccasins, and deer skin
wrapper, or lcggins, he stood forth in
his nakedness an awful mass of depra-
we'd humanity. lie now babe the del.
icatc, pale blue eyed young lady, un.
dergo the same course of abintion
which having done under his instruc.
tions took hers with her eanally un.
happy companion. The savage now
outraged the person Of the first lady
in the immediate presence of the al.
most dying maiden, who was weeping
most bitterly. The outraged was non
passed over to the Other three sayaoes
and by each, in succession, made to 90
into the water, and by each subjected
to similar outrage.
"The little girl, moro child ] may
say, was now in the embrace Of the
r.