Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-03-31


Gu 10 60 to the house. On entering, their moth
er cried out begone, begone, for the Indians are
out just in the edge of the woods, watching
every movement. Well they said, just give us
a morsel to eat, and we will begonc, and be-
lore the words were out of their mouths their
dog barked, and they looked out, and their
house was surrounded with the Indians. They
sprang to the door and barred it, and clinched
their guns, and fred through between the logs
OF their house, and killed four of the Indians
while they were trying to pry the door from its
hinges which so balled them with the sight of
their numbers falling that they were about
to give up,-but finally succeeding in unhing-
ing the door, they rushed in upon their anago-
nists. At this crisis, Aaron leaped out at a
back window, and in an attempt to reach the
lwoods-on crossing the stream on log-was
shot through the hip and fell into the river, and
was drawn out dead.
While in the house, George stood his ground
and fought with the breach of his gun until he
had dispatched three others, and leaning over
forward, he received a blow from tomahawk
which sunk through his skull, and he fell dead
covered with wounds. Thus stood their mother
and beheld the awful tragedy. And saw her
son with three of his antagonists lie welterlng
in their gore. They were bade, by the Indians,
to leave the house, while they stripped her son,
carried his body out OF the house, and took up
their slain, and, after setting fire to the house,
marched to their camp in the woods AS they
passed along, the mother saw the body of her
other son laying on the bank of the river naked,
with hole made by the shot through his hip.
The Indians after arriving to their camp, pro-
ceedcd to bury their dead after the Indian GUS
tom. They then, together with the Tories, held
a counsel, (the Tories took no part in the COM
bat,) which resulted in decision to return to
Ticonderoga, which they did. This ended the
whole plan Of their attack on the Forts at Pitts
ford.
TWAS stated by the prisoners, who heard and
saw the proceedings of the council, which was
held to decide whether to proceed to the attack
on Pittsford Fort, or return, (as the Chief had
manifested some misgivings on the occasion,
and while the Tories were endeavoring
to encourage the Indians in their under
taking, and endeavoring to convince them
that the worst of it was over with. The Old
Chief looked very sad-said nothing for some
time, when he took up stick in his hands and
broke it, and then taking two others of the
same size, placed them in his hands rs before,
and with tee same strength only bent and drop
ped them and said nothing. What says Long
Leader, do you think we have not men sufficient
TO take the Fort? The Chief shook his head.
Ho, says the Long Leader, our force is su6i-
cient, for all the fighting men are gone and they
will make no resistance, Upon this saying, the
Chief rose and in his broken English said Al,
Ia, SO you say when We say 60 um, you say
these Mountalners no .its no fte um and there
lies seven, (pointing to the graves and counting
his fngcrs) seven of my best warriors took to
conquer two of um and how many take to con-
quer Fort full um, no so, no 20 um. And they
abandoned the enterprise and returned to their
Fort at Ticondcroga
The narrator, after observing that what he
had rehersod Of the transaction was what be
had taken from the mouth OF the mother, who
was an eve. witness to the whole transaction,
added, by way of improvement, some appro.
pirate applications to the assembly in setting
forth the great results Of the individual yaloI
which was exhibited in the Revolutionary strug
gle, and which was 50 wonderfully displayed a
Lexington, Bunker Hill, Hub6ardton and Ben
nngton battles, &c, &C.; and then in glowing
c,lors, set forth the distinguished part taken IL
the Revolutionary struggle by the Green Noun
tain Boys, (as they were then styled,) and bcin'
himself a soldier in the wars, he entered int
the subject with all the animation of Il Grecl
Mountain patriot, and rehersed the scenes o
Ticonderoga and Crown Point and spoke o
Warner with his legions under Montgomery, il
his arttul attack On TArlton, and capturing til
enemy with their shipping stores and muniton
of war, to the great relief Of the Provinci0
Army. lie then mentioned the effect produce
on tho invading enemy from such bold resistanC
as they met with in their encounters with thos
two individuals, which has called us togethC
on the present occasion, and which was I'll
means of checking the further pursuit of IL
enemy for fame or mischief, in the then Grants
and saved whole garrison of the inhabitant
of Pttsford from a long, bloody scige, and pc
haps long captivity; and of which, pro babl.
this would not have been the only instance, ha
they not met with such determined resistant
from those distinguished individuals.
The inhabitants or garrison from the fort
pittsford proceeded, the next day, to the scel
f heretofore described, and inferred the tv
corpses in grave dug with such impliments
they could make with an axe, having first plac
r them in cofins which they prepared from t
r bark Of trees. They then returned from t
e shocking scene, and the remains of those t'
4 persons have thus reposed till they were dlsi
+ tered for exhibition at the present anniversar
!. After the services on the above occasion we
:, closed, the spectators formed a procession 9
IS marched each side of the remains to where th
q were deposited in Il coffin, and then exhibited
vt all who wished to look at them, by Commit
C appointed for the purpose. In exhibiting
q skeletons, In the one thought to be Aaron
l. hole through the hip bone was foAnd, VII
y was supposed to have been made by the ball
vt the Indian as he attempted to cross the riv
s. The bones of the one supposed to be Geo
y were larger than the. Others, and holo sunk
I'd the skull bone was thought to have been d
Mt with the tomahawk of the Indians. The sT