St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-03

1IlCt, NClS W lIli6tlIi, iliI y Jul = ''''
son, and his cousin, Joseph McCunc, .
who was at the house on n visit. The .
Indians took these boys prisoners, /
then pillagcd and fired the house, and
made a rapid retreat. David Jolly Jr.,
arrived at his dcsolatc and burning |
home, only in time to drag the re-
mains Of his murdered friends from
the flames, which soon consumed the |
building. He ran to the nearest neigh |
bors and gave the alarm. In few !
hours Lewis WhctZel, with his cOmpa-
pany Of veteran scouts, was on the |
trail, but the Indians, aware of the |
bold, daring and energetic character
of the men in and about Wheeling, |.
made cautious as well as rapid re-
treat, and cffectually eluded the tact
and vigilance of their pursucrs. To |
facilitate their retreat, they killed |
young McCunc soon after they set
out He was weakly, and could not
travel very fast, partly from phthlslc
and partly from fear. He also made
noise crying, which they feared
might attract attention, and they took
/ the shortest method to get rid Of him.
/ His body was found some hours after,
inst where he had sunk under a single
but we'll aimed stroke of the savage
tomahawk. The people Of Wheeling
assisted in burying the dead, and
when Mr.. jolly returned from his jour
ncy, he found himself homeless and
almost without family. lie and the
remainder of his children then took
up their temporary residence in Wheel
ing.
The Indians who committed this
depreciation were war party OF Shaw
ncCs, who carried their prisoner to
>andusky. VIM. jolly was, at this
time, lad of about ten years of age,
of good constitution and sprightly turn
of mind. lie soon adapted himself to
the Indian mode Of life and became a
favoritc with the younger portion Of
the tribe. His family made great
efforts to find and release him, but
owing to the continued and fierce hos
tility which prevailed for the follow
ing five wears. all their efforts were
unavailing. They could not even hear
Of him. and of course did not know
whether he was dead OF alive, or to
, what extremity Of torture and suffer
in~ he had been subjected by his iniu-
rated captors. After Waync's treaty
his brother David went to Greenville,
f in hopes to find him among the prls-
, oners surrendered up by the valorous
northwestern tribes under its stipu-
lations, but after long waiting and
: much inquiry, he utterly failed, and
| returned fully impressed with the be
10 lief that his brother was dead. From
a that time he was given up, and all
+ efforts to rcscu" him abandoned.
}, About this time David Jolly Jr.
+. married Miss Mary Gavin, and only
t. awaited a reasonable prospect of peace
c with the Indians, to remove to some
+ of the rich lands of the North-W est
d crn Territory to begin life in earnest
L He occasionally followed boating ol
the Ohio, and had been engaged il
5 furnishing supplies for Wayne's army
e at Cincinnati.
A. During the early part Of the sum
1t mer of 1896, hearing of the settle
l. mcnt which had been made that sprin!
is at ChiIlicothc, and its rapid growtt
1t he loaded a boat with flour and baco
Ii for that market, which on his arrive
te he found good He was 50 muc
in pleased with the Scioto country, tina
of he determined to move out and settl
tn there as soon as possible. According
", early in the autumn following Il
e. set ont, having induced his tathe
in brothers and brothcrs-in-law to a
as company him. They arrived in sat
mt tv, and settled down on rich tract
ed land near the mouth of Paint crecI
U.s. where they continued to reside Ii
he shortly after the death of the old ma
on David Jolly, when they removed
Highland. to escape from the mccssa1
= fever and ague which had been al
80. still continued the terror Of the bca
se- tiful and rich valley of the Sciota.
on During the winter of '96'97, Dav
ey jolly, Sen, received letter from c,
as Zane, telling him that his son Villa
in was alive, and living with the Cher
he kee Indians on the Coosa river III Al
ere bama, and directing him to Col. VIII
Mr.. lev, of Lexington, Kentucky, for #
,cv ther information. He wrote to VIII
nv lev. and received for answer descr
old ton of the boy, which he had obtain
Isl in person whilst acting, during t
alb past summer and fall, as Cover
,ph ment agent among the southern
ba- dams for the purpose of reclalmi
,rc certain prisoners, under the trca
.er then recently made. lie was able
md draw from the boy the fact that
Lut had been captured some years pre-
nm ous near Wheeling, and being p
Y a sonally acquainted with the mcidc
re- he wrote to Col. Zane statement
vas the facts, which satisfied him that
,sa- was the lost son of his old friend,
, 1T vid jolly Sen, who had recently
ned moved to Chillicothe.
, to Near the middle of March, II
, lie David Jolly, Jr., set out on horseb;
the to hunt his brother William and br
,me him home. He went Immediately
hey Lexington, Kentucky, and had an
the terview with Colonel Whitley, ,
use, satisfied him that his brother wa
cid he found among the Cherokces.
the gave him all the necessary inst
It of tons as to how he was to process
row recover him, and also Il letter of i'll
Mrs. duction to the Governor of Tennes
wait He set forward again and arrive
ater, Knoxville, in April delivered his
but ter to the Governor, and was XII
lner, received by him, who took step
,ush, once to forward the object Of Mr..
dead ly, by the exercise Of his official I
outh or to the extent which appeared ne
A sary. He applied to Major Hen
also agent of the War Department OF
atcly United States, who promptly II
cd in the necessary papers, and turnn
nded an experienced and trusty lnterpI