The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-01-28
[From the st. Augustine Ancient City.l
Indian Troubles in Florida.

Col. Douglas Dummitt, Inspector Of
the Customs at Smyrna, arrived here on
ON Monday last, and brings the intelli-
gence of the murder of Mr.. Shive, his
wife and two children by the Indians.
Mr.. Shive resided on Mosquito South
Lagoon, about four miles south of the
settlement of Smyrna, and had but late
ly moved there from Philadelphia, for
the purpose of c%ultivating an orange
Two young men, sons of Mr..
Sheldon, of Smyrna, having been up the
Lagoon as far as Turtle Mound, on a
ducking excursion, on account of the
high wind on Tuesday, the 23d of De-
cember, put in to the shore of Mr..
Shive's place, for the purpose of remain
ing during the night. On nearing the
landing they discovered the body ofMr.
Shive and one of the children. They
Immediately put off from the landing,
and crossed the Lagoon to the residence
of Col. Dummit, informing him of their,
discovery. The next day Col. Dummit,
with the two Mr.. LIQUIDS, who were his
neighbors, and several others, visited
the premises and buried the bodies found.
sl7F From all that can be known, it is sup
posed the Indians, on the goth, 1.-THE
same day twelve months before they at
tackled Lieutenant HartsuE, approach
ed the house from the West, and killed
Mr.. Shive with rihe-balls, which struck
him in the face, while at work some two
hundred yards from the house. It is
supposed that Mrs. Shive and the child
that was found withiher, takiugithe alarms
ran to the river to escape by boat, but
were both shot before reaching it, the
boat being in the shoal water some dis
tanee from the beach. 1t is believed,
when the Indians Killed Mrs. Shive they
Immediately repaired to the dwelling,
and then taking the gun of Mr.. Shive,
found there loaded with b~uckshot, dis
charged 1t at the child in the water, as
the body indicated it was killed by such
shooting. Mrs. Shive was killed by two
rife balls in the neck and head. One
of the children of Mr.. Shive was a Grip
pie, and without doubt was left, in the
excitement of so sudden an attack and
alarm, in the house. The child has not
been found, and there can be but little
doubt these inhuman savnges burnt it
with the building. Everything on the
premises that was not carried off was
destroyed by FIRE. When shall we be
rid of these devils %incranate; here are
four more lives lost and valuable prop
erty destroyed and these ~rascals tray
eled more than one hundred miles out
of their claimed territory, to, perform
this act of butchering 10 cold blood in
nocent children and ~defenseless women.
Would that Gen. Harvey could over
take them and play the Chihiki game
upon them. White flags have been pos
ted over the whole country occupied by
the Indians, and on the frontier for more
than a month, and orders to the troops
in the field, to operate only on the de-
f~ensive, with the hope of inducing a
peaceable termintioD of these difficulties.
Vain hope! Nothing short of the most
active operations. the next four months,
with competent guides, will rid US of
this pest in our borders. We have ev-
cry confidence that Gen. Harvey will be
successful.