Ceredo crescent. [volume] (Ceredo, Va.) 1857-1861, 1859-01-29
I - CEREDO, WAYNE Eo VA, JAN 29 1859

1Asdtels fnen, gis from "Dodridge's
ls.t.fs'. "R1 lAirteeu years of age
Lewis vas ID ~ by the Indians, to-
5.sAher With, hiS = Jacob, about eleven
prs>old Before be vas taken he received
slight wound in the chest, from bullet WHICH
carried of small piece Of the breast bone =
The second night after they were taken, the In
dians eueamped in the Big Lick, twenty miles
from the river, on the Waters of McMahon's 5
Greek. The boys were notcon6ned.. After the
Indians had fallen asleep, -LeWiA whispered to
his brother Jacob that he must 'eet up aud Yo;
back home with him. When they had got 4. =
ono hundred yards from the camp, u
down on log. swell" said Lewis, 'WsSE.Ikst Z
tgo home barefooted; will 60 back and. get q
pair of motcasins for saah of US" and accord
ingly did SO, aud returned After sitting lit
tie longer, "Nowi" said he, III will go back and
get father gun, and then we will start" This
was effected. They had not Travelled far on the
trail by which they came before they heard the
Indians after them. 1t was q moonlight night
When the Indians came pretty nigh them, they
stepped asid" into the bushes and letthem pass !;
then fell into the rear and travelled on. On
the return of the Indians they did the same.L
They were then pPrsucd by two Indians on
horseback, whom they lodged in the same way
The next day they reached Wheeling in safety,
crossing the river on a raft Of their own making
by this tinre Lewis had become almost spsst,
from his wound" 3. - >
After their return from taptiEityr aaA these
lads began to grow to be men, 6SAd tbS boys on
the frontier, at very carly age. soon
as they could handle gun, considcrsa them.
selves men) they took solemn oath that theyi
would never makeReucc nor truce with the In
dams, whilst they Mad strength to Wpld tom.
ahawk, or sight to draw a bead and they were
H. Al
far famed hero Of CafthagS "Thesc warriors
esteemed the dutyof rcvenaaeas the m9Ss pre-.
cious and sacred portion Of their inhcritancc'
The blood Of their murdered and nanSfed pa.
rents, and infant brothers aud sisters, was al
ways present to their minds. and strung their
sincws to activity, and wbeteed their souaAk to
the highest pitch OF resolution to bathcthcir
hands in the blool Of their enemies. -
1.-THE follows narrative goes to show =
mnch may be effected, Gy the Skill braxss "a
Physical activity of single indivd44l, i 14lhe
partizan Rarfare carried on against ths
on the westet'n fFonrter5z@s1 .exis@ s
,est =. .iiEt HAT Sf his .coteds -
60 ~ I1a s1eFys 49,
NJ 1tlls, e - 5 ~ IN =
-site ss Ne rsA 4 s lis Visa, me-
him 80 destructive % the India6l
I'm tho year l7a after Craxf1 81
Lewis Whctzel vent with Tbanas~ le
had been in the campaign, TO get hofSss th
he had left near the place where St. Clairsville.
now stands. AT the Indian Spring, two miles
above St. ClairsviIle, on the Wheeling road
they were met by about forty Indians, who were
in pursuit Of the straSglers from the campaign
The Indians andthe white men discorcred each
other about the same time. Lewis fred FIRST
and killed m Indian the fire from the Indians
wounded Mr. Mills, he WAS SOON overtaken and
killed. Four Of thc Indiana thea singled out
droppsl their guns and pursued Whetzcl.-
'Whctzcl loahcd his rffic as he ran. Alter run
ming about half nile, oneNf the Indians hav-
ing got within eight or ten steps of him. sWhct.
zcl wheeled around aud shot hinq1owp ,E1sn on
and loaded as before. After going aboutthrce
quarters of mile further, a second Indian came
80 close to him, that when he turncdto fire, .he
Indian caught the n;uzzc of the gun, and as he
expressed it, ane and the Indian had. severe
wringing for it he succeeded, however, in
bringing the muzzIe to the Indians breast and
killed him on the spot. BY this time he, as
we'll as the Indians, were pretty we'll tired the
pursuit was continued. by the two remaining In.
dams. Whetzel, as 81 Re, loaded his gun, and
stopped several times dpFiug the latter chase
When he did 80 the Indians trccd themselves
After going something tcrc than a mile, Whet
eel took the advantage Of little open piece Of
ground, over which the Indians we're passing
short distance behind him, to make a sudden
stop for the purpose Of shooting the foremost
who got behind little supling, which was too
small 10 cover his body. -Whctzcl shot, and
broke his thigh the wound, in the issue. proved
fatal The last of the Indians then gave little
yell. and said, "No catch dat man-gHn nlVaSs
loaded" and gave up the chase glad no doubt,
to get of with his life. This WASH frightfuf
and well maaagcd fight. 1t is said that Lewis
Whetzel, iu the course OF the Indian wars in this
part Of the country, (Whecling) killed twenty
seven Indians; besides o number more, along
the frontier settlements of Kentucky"
TIE TRuB DOc1 btE.-Our praying, singing