The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-03


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Greek ladiaae. Ieseaped iteA 49, 60
tAsOugh The intsffarenco ~ uhise nan Who II
living among them, esppossd ~ y : Mosnon,
bas Ms not 70 tucky ne l1cs tire, having fo-s
cssved i ssse c6a, SNo is1Ass - - ~ 1efts
breast. Ie ~ nos : mir hlaw, esss weald Moel
preoebly kavs proved faaaL
Th1 elndiaa who seAb6s1 - alnOeesleet -
He. I drew ny iev0lvef and shot 11s = the
baek g ~ kead, and prepared 70 eh0ps hin
again, bss discovered esher ladians near. fvas
afraid d bcing oAn8At Again, 20 ran - 1ass -
cosId - escape them. ID retreasiue fos safe-
81, ran los0 ~ midet Of auosher body Of ln-s
diauos Who were d the DOT Of Sssipping the oody
OF : white man Who had just been Ruled. One
blo0dy devil Of n Indian tore % bic scalp
1he antoftunate man belonged 70 our train, By
prise and alsrm gave . moss internal yell
which brought body Of our men from the
other side OF the crech, which saved me from
horrible fate. The Indians were surprised, and
did not seem TO know how to act
But sad and bloody strife ensued.s Our
party Killed i've indsane on the spot, and took
twenty prisoners, eleven Of whom escaped DUR
| iDg the night. The remaining nine were hung
on the following morning. This was done BY
| placing the tongues Of the wagons together, and
tying . rops ct the apex. The Indians wsrs
! made to stand upon . horse, the rope was a.
jussed around the nscks, The horss was thes
w.s shrs I.ndsd into sssrn;.r r ~ ~
scene. but ONE Of terrible necessity for ee,f.pre.
servaliou. One Of them proved 10 be 4 white
man, evidently Mormon. He -Sas stripped--
i iron rods from behind the endgatee al ave va
Rons we're used TO whip him until be vac nearly
dead: they were It . hested red hot and push
| ed into his nesh.
Oh It vss hOrrible and revolving; yet I, with
many others, stood and saw him suffer. They
burned MIN 90 that at last ne did not seem to
care any more tor il than the mere prick Of .
pan. A. nrst ne cursed and sw0re that hts
ftisnds the lndians) would have revenge ior
this They then hung him, and tied the knot
IN such Wy as TO ptolong his suffering. He
vas tnen cus do.n ana taken 20 tne wslo~s-
ne w.s watched oy men sscfeted IN The bushes;
10 snort tune some Indians came eneaking up
20 sske toe wounded man away. de seemed
% revive !nfougn something tnss was admins
tereo Dy them. ne revived sumcleely TO relate
TO the indians hls suasrIags. In their effort TO
run the wounded man on, the party sPrang up
rom tneir ambush, ana snot the miserable nah
dead. and wounded another Indian. Tho next
ni&ns sne Anulsns suPpeo INTO our camp and XII
iod two men oy the name OF Jefferson, from In
osns; knsw snem wen, Iney were orotners
sns M.eI 1D 1s'aye"e. vne ind'an vas caught
'AS Wv '.' 80 'uo eo's1'es 'ue neal neal oAy.
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CaARLEsrowS, JErrERsoN Co, Va,
| s 18th Nov, 1859.
lear 6r0tesr Jeremiah - opE KIND letter
OF the YIN inst, Is received, and also one from
~. Iilden. tor both OF which l am greatly
Obliged. Hou enquire, can do anything for
you Or your familyv i do answer. that my
sons, as well a. my wife and daughter, are all
| very poor, and anything that may hereafter be
due me from my fathers estate. wish paid 70
them, az viii endeavor hereafter to describe,
without legal formalites to consume it ALL One
OF my boys has been so entirely used up svery
| likely 70 be In want Of comfortable clothing ior
the winter. have, through the kindaess Of
friends, fifteen dollars TO send him. which will
| remit shortly. 1t you know where to reach
him. please send him that amount vt once, as
! Il had plain statement frog Mr.. Thompson
Of the statement of my accounts, With the es-
tate OF my father, should tus.e kno" oesser
vnss say ABOUT tnat matter. Az 1t lss have
n.y. ~ zoe ieas' memorandum lett me to refer to.
~. "ompsou WI. nate me statement and
g Ky $4,000 Nsty yo' "ss trosote, would
Vo"seo W "i"s. IA tnat case you
a:.: 800 M l... auy REMARKS u your own. ! ann
ss "e"''n o'o"y, anu aln 4.'te c"eerf"tin
VIEW =, my approaching eno' oeing fully per-
su'ueu 'ua' "u "ortn incohceivaoiy more TO
~:.y ." s,. ~. "y olue' purpose. Ood Ais
'"'sA'' WIS ."o sase you sn'
tou' "nes''nsse o'osner,
,op JOHN BROWN.
Nos: l"tu'-oay 70 my poor boys
I 800 lor one moment Oh my account,
aug snouio many OF ysa lve to see the time
~. ~ NJ. IVY .'usu =" o"n your relation 10
Wv so .h;. Do" ~ WIN DC more strange than
- 'l.ss 'u"s "ase nappeneo' ieei
.s;.a s''ss ore gu accoun. OF my sorrow
.ns eas suau y" Wy own sscoun.. 80 iar
- 10 s"s s..us'"eo, count y an JOY:
..s.,;sh.d 49, 'ne sOou ns' Auu nase as trust,
Au's.u ny ovuise. i'ease 70 snow TINS to
auy 10y 'aas !" you may see iove to all,
snu may uou "a lnnn'e mercy ior Cnrists sake,
"'ess v a"u ssss you e.
o1' s"ees'o"a'e "'o'"er' '. DROWN.
v,on A.. o,,.v 1,p ,ru
rxc,,.,,.. !. 49, Wv. -, 80. $50 ~
sr,snmsS mrre.teS SHsier shc s.sst:H
Laws..Hfe Is held as q Fugitive slave. |
This week q man of dark comrlex;on strsioht
black hair. black wniskers and mps,ache with
the charscter is,ic Irish bropue v.s srr.stea and
brought tn Olnev. ON the sno,mo,s nhsraa ~
being fugitive slave His cs,,ors TOOL h;s, ~
the iail for ths nurnoso of sscnrin~ h;., Nv,
Fred ZONES did no, fssl ss,. n ra.,sna H.,
the lockun wi,hou, some hst,e, sn,ho.;,s ~
his captors were able to produce and thsy ws,s
reduced to the Inconvenience of keeping per-
sonal watch over him, which created some little
curiosity among our citizens to know something
OF the fellow, concerning his history. In con-