The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-03-23

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sassinstien Of a friend, the friend Of his
father, whose life he was bound 10 de.
fend, or whose death to revenge by the
same principle Of fidelity and honor,
which forbid the disclosure.
While he was yet hesituting, Blue
Jacket came up to the Delaware camp,
somewhnt intoxicated, yoeirerating ven
gance upon Col. Mcpherson, who had
iust turned him out Of his house, and
whom he declared he would put to death
for tho insult he had received. The sight
Of the traitor aroused the Indignation and
resentment Of the Beaver to the highest
pitch. He seized his tomahawk and adj
vaucing toward the oulprit, 'you must be
a great warrior" said no; "you will not
only kill the white man for serving YOU
as you deserve, but you will also murder
our father the American chief and bring
disgrace and mischief upon us all; but
you shall do neither. l will serve
you as would a mad dog" A furious
blow from the tomahawk Of the Beaver
stretched the unfortunate Blue Jacket
at his feet, and a second terminated his
existence. There, said he to some
ShawNnese, who were present, "tnke
him to the camp ofhis tribe, and tell them
who done the deed"
The Shawonoso were far from resent
ing it, they applauded the conduct ofthc
Beaver, and reioiced at their happy es-
cape from the ignominy which the ue-
compliments Of Blue Jackets design
would have brought upon them. At the
great treaty, which was held at Green-
vile in 1916, the present venerable Sec
rotary Of State, Lewis Case, who was one
Of the commissioners, related the whole
Transaction to the assembled chiefs, and.
after thanking Beaver, in the name Of the
United States, for having saved the life
of their General, he caused handsome
present to be made him out Of the goods
which he had sent for the purpose Of the
treaty. II is impossible to say what was
the motive Of Blue Jacket to attempt the
life Of Gen. Harrison; he was not one of
the Tippaconoc ShOwanesc, and there
fore had no personal resentment against
the General. There is little doubt that
no came from Maiden, when he arrived AZ
Wapakonetta, aud that he came for the
express purpose Of attempting the life Of
the General: but whether he was instigat-
cd to it by any other person or persons,
or had conceived the idea himself, has
never been ascertainod. Upon the nr-
rival of the chief at Seneca, the principal
war chief of the Shawaneso requested
permission to sleep at the door of the G en-
erals marquc, and this he did every night
until the embarkotion of the troops
This man, who had fought with great
bravery on our side, in the several sorties
from Fort Meigs, was called Capt. Tom
my he was great favorite ofthe officers
particularly the General and Commodore
Perry.
The following is graphic account Of
what the early settlers endured, and how
they lived This statement was made to
the editor of the "Ohio Collections" and
is undoubtedly strictly true:
"People who have spent their lives in
an old settled country, can form but a
faint idea Of the privations and hardships
endured by the pioneers of our now
flourishing and prosperous State. When
l look on Ohio as it is, and think what /,
was in 1909, when l first settled here, |
am struck with astonishment, and can
hardly credit my own senses.
When l emigrated, was young man,
without any property, trade or profession
entirely dependent ON my own industry
for living. ! purchased go acres Of
new land on credit, 2J6 miles from any
house or road, and built camp of poles
7 by feet, and s high, with three sides,
and fire in front.
furnished myself with loaf ofbread
piece of picked pork, some potatoes,
borrowed frying pan and commenced
housekeeping. l was not hindered from
my work by cOmPanyi for the first week
did not see living soul, but, to make
animals for the want of il, had every
night a glorious concert Of wolves and
owls.
soon (like Adam) saw the necessity
Of help mate, and pursuaded a young
woman to tie her destiny to mine.
built log house, 20 feet square
quite aristocratio in those days-and
moved into il. Twas fortunate enough
to possess a jack knifei with that made
a wooden knife and two wooden forks
which answered admirably for US to eat
with. a bedstead was wanted; took
two round poles for the posts, inserted
a pole in them for a side rail, two other
poles were inserted for end pieces, the
ends Of which were put in the logs ofthe
house-some puncheons were then split
and laid from the side rail to the crevice
between tho logs Of the house, which
formed a substantial bed cord, on which
we laid our straw bed-,the only one we
had-on which we slept as soundly and
woke as happy as Albert and Victoria.
In process Of time yard and half Of
calico was wanted; started on foot
through the woods ten miles, to Marietta
to procure il; but, alas! when / arrived
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