Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-04-11
Di5torital.
THE CHIEFTAIN'S APPEAL.
A Tale of Early Times.


Sullivan scampaign INTO the Indian country
in the Fail Of lII9. realized none of The an.
tcipatiops which we're entertained regarding
it,
Early in April a party Of forty or fifty In
diaus aud Tories, under the command Of Cap
tain Brant, the Mohawk Chiei made an in.
cursiUn against liHrpriefrld, which they sur !
prlsed and destroyed. Nlneircu prisoners
and small amount of plumber was all thai
grac"d their Triumph. On his way from NJ
agara, Braut had despatched u party "E elev-
IN Indians, under II young Chief called Chry-
enduwah TO attack the settlement at Mnisink
and hriug in some prisoners. This WAS sue.
cessiuIIy accomplished, and five Of the male
luhabtunts were led captive lnio the wilder
ness, as far us Tioga point. Here however,
| they rose upon their captors While asleep anh
| III Il few moments nine OF them lay III the
| agonrs Of death, while the other two fled,
| one being mUrtally wounded. AT IN" tine
| iiarpcrsHrId was destroyed party OF four
| teen miih hhi'en, unter cammaud ut Captain
| Alexander Harper were IN the woods making
maple sugar tor the garrison at OLD Scho-
harla. Not dreaming Of the proximity of an
enemy, they were attacked 10y the party IN.
der Bruut, and two of their number shot
down before they could seize their arms and
when they attempted to reach them, thdy
found themselves completely tut oil and sur
rounded. Nothing remained, therefore, but
to surrender. fhe Tories, composing part
Of Brants pary were opposed to taking prIS.
uners, and wished Ia kin Them ut once, that
they might not be an ncuubrunce at the at
tack Of the Schuhare fort, which WAS one
object Of the expedition. A irightIul massa.
ere would no doubt have followed, had not
BruntS furelhOught prevented il. lie raised
his lomahawk to strike Captain Harper.
! which would have been the signal Tor the
death of the others, when, thinking perhaps
he might get valuable Information from hIul
he lowered his weapon, and looking the 9th
er eternly in the eye, he asked: "lluw many
regular troops are there III the fort 2 iiar-
,,r saw at once Tue object Of the chief aud
without any kpsiiallun or prrvarlcAii"n, told
him that three hundred Cuntmpntals had ar
rived but few days before 10 garrison tlt
forts. This WAS moi tIn" hut the truthful
e manner in which Harper told II deceived The
chief
One nf Iiarper's men. fearing, perhaps
that the Indians would put them al tn d. an
if they should discover the irS.uG. i,IInrmu
the chief Of the true state nf the case bu
he. thinking it "A ruse 10 t. ali him into dar
ger and thus facilitate ;ne escape of the prs
'''-''' l"' 49, 'tiNh III tlS sur 'ul WI ia
s. contrhr" was more convinced of Harper
,r tr"'ntul luess. 4 conference was held b'
. teen Brant and his subordinate chiefs
q regard to the disposal of the prisoners. III
III former was in favor of taking them 10 Ma;
ara, but the latter, disappointed ut the TAI
!. urr of the tnain part Of their enterprise, ,ar
cI. thirsting for blood were lar nlassacreinE The
ed at once During the controversy the pr
70, unprs, bound hand aud foot were thrust mi
M a prn Of logs where they were kept und
guard or the Tories ana their leader, an !
wretch Ivy the name Of Becrait III
near enough to the council To he
as going ON, and Harper understo,
of the Iudau language 10 catch 4
' ''alk." Brcralt tonk paiI
of the wishes Of the m
na.,S and il abusive langua
auld "ull he IN IN
influence uf Brant
led him TO pl
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