Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-28


that he has % hand lot Of the seed Of
the African lmphee, for gratuisous dis
tribution. Those living at distance
can have it sent by mail. BY enclosing
the postage money in letter and send
ing to him. His great desire to bring
it into general use prompts him to do
this. He says:
81 know it to be superior to Sorghum
for molasses, and know that it will
grain and make sugar not inferior to
the best Southern sugar. l am now,
on this goth day Of Oct, 1859, making
a fair article Of syrup from the lmphee,
after it las frozen and began to sour. l
add one gallon of alkali to fifty gallons
of sap. / am using seven gallons Of sap
to make one gallon ofthick syrup"
PER,Lous ADVENTURE ON THE PLAINS
"A You've HoosIER's ExpEslENCE.-
The Lafayette Journal publishes a
lengthy letter from George Winter, Of
that city, addressed to the father, from
Carson Valley on the goth September,
giving an account of the plivations he
had escaped, while on his way over the
plains for California. We make an in
tcresting extract:
was captured twice by the Digger
Indians on the HUMBOLDT River, and once
by the Goose Greek Indians. / escaped
from them once through the interference
of a white man, who is living among
them-supposed to be Mormon-bnt
was not SO lucky the last time, having
received severe cut with knife, two
inches long, in my lett breast. 1t was
not fair blow, or would most probably
have proved fatal. The Indian who
stabbed me almost lost his life. | drew
my revolver and shot him in the back of
the head, and prepared to shoot him
again, but discovered other Indians near
-Iwa afraid Of being caught again, SO
ran as fast as could to escape them
In rctreating for safety, | ran into the
bushes amidst another band of Indians,
who were 10 the act of stripping the body
of a white man who had just been killed.
One bloc ly devil OF an Indian tore of
his scalp. The unfortunate man be
longed to our train, by name Thomas
Harding, from Ohio. In my surprise
and alarm, l gave most internal yell,
which brought body of our men from
the other side Of the creek, and saved
me from horrible fate. The Indians
were surprised, and die not seem to know
how to act.
But sad and bloody strife ensued.-
Our party killed five Indians on the
spot, and took twenty prisoners, eleven
OF whom escaped during the night. The
remaining nine were hung on the follow
ing morning. This was done by placing
the tongues Of the wagons together and
tying a rope at the apex. The Indians
were made to stand upon horse. the
rope was adjusted around the necks, the
horse was then driven from under the
galows, and each one was thus landed
into eternity. 1t was a sad scene, but
one of terrible necessity for self-preserva-
ton. One Of them proved to be white
man, evidently a Mormon. lie was
stripped, the iron rods from behind the
end-gates of FIVE wagons were used to
whip him until he was nearly dead; they
were then heated rcd hot and pushed
into his flesh.
Oh! it was horrible and revolving
yet |, with many others, stood and saw
him suffer. They burned him SO that q,
last he did not seem to care any more
for it than the mere prick Of pin. AT
first he cursed and swore that his friends
(tte Indians) would have revenge 70.
this. They then hung him, and tied the
knot in such way as to prolong his
sufferings. He was then cut down and
taken to the willows. He was watched
bv men secreted in the bushes in a
short time some Indians came sneaking
up to take the wounded man away. He
seemed to revive through something that
was administered to him. He revived
| sufficiently to relate to the Indians his
sutferings. In their effort to run the
wounded man of, the party sprang up
from their ambush and shot the misera>
BILE man dead, and wounded another In
dian. The next night the Indians slip
ped into our camp and killed two men
by the name of Jefferson, from Indiana.
l knew them we'll. They were brothers
and once lived in Lafayette. One Indian
was caught, and was put through the
fortunes the next day.
DARING ATTEMPT TO Run OFF SLAVES
-THE PEDLARs.-Since the Harper s
Ferry Invasion the country people of
Virginia and Maryland have been very
prompt in ordering pedlars out of the
States. A few days since suspicion
rested on DR.. Boyd who has been for
some time pedling French goods in Mary
land, and on his last visit to Westminis-
ter, Nd, his cargo was inspected. The
Washington Star says:
His attention was called to the fact
that shoe was missing from one Of his
horses, and while he had gone with the
horse to blacksmith shop, the opportu>
nifty was taken to inspect his team
Amongst his traps was noticed an OBJ
long box, with some suspicious holes
bored in the cover. Boyd, seeing that
an inspection was going on, came from
the blacksmith shop in hurry, and as
sured the searchers that the box con-
tanned nothing but "Frcnch goods. -
They chose to look for themselves, and
ripping off the box cover, 10! there was
ensconced q negro man and his wife,
with provisions, clothing, etc., and all
things necessary to enable the darkles to
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