The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-11-28
Ths IsdIan Ms,,ncy,s.

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those 1ncians who bad been rrea,e
Tor having participated in the mn,
derons sttacks npon the whites. :
sonr hundred and ninety-eieht ca
scs have been disposed ot, az man,
as forty casos having sometime
been attended to iu day. O
Tho prisoners we're broupt /,
chained together by the feet I,
, pairs. some cases eight at a time
L. and tho charges which were prefer.
= rcd by Gen Siblcy. read to then,
: through The interpreter, Antonio
8 Premier, and then, after being ex
horted 10 tell the trntli and mo,
. eqpivocs'e, each was asked az to
! the extent OF bis participation in the
outrsges, and. II necessary, witness.
es we're called against him. Then.
IT there was any doubt ne to bis
being willing participant IN the
ou'rages. he was allowed to call
witnesses in his favor.
About twothirds of the accnsed
admitted tina. they Ired at the
whites, but Insisted tharno one vas
killed thereby. The one third who
did not admit having fred at all.
presented u series 01 reasons for not
having done it, MlAcb-wouId have
done credit to a crowd waiting to be
had been too weak to do any fight.
ing; tho Young men had been too
frightened. Some had been hiding:
some eating, one slept through ali
the atrocities. aud some of the hard.
est old sinners had conscientious
sernples because they were mem bers
Of the church,
The atrocities which were proven
on the trial wore almost too horrible
for belief Women had been brn.
tally murdered, girls had been out.
ragged, and the most fiendish cruelty
msnifested In acts that would shame
the devil. Against one shrivelled
up old man, two boys testified
The report says:
The old wretch was made to stand
up, looking cold and impossible.
and as stolid as a stone, the boys
likewise standing opposite, gszing
at each other for a moment, when
one OF the boys said: i saw that
man shoot a man while he was on
his knees at prayer and the other
boy said: Il saw him shoe. my
MOTHER
There was a subject for painter.
The beholders could scarcely keep
their hands frsm tho throat of the
mummy.
All ages have been represented,
from boyish fifteen mp TO old men,
scarcely able to walk or speak, who
were fifty years old, to use the OK.
preston OF one, a long time ago,
and then they stopped connting.'--
Two of these old gentlemen were
once brought in together, who we're
direct opposites in physiognomy--
tho OF face ono running all to nose,
which terminated sharply giving
him tho pointed expression, while
that o! the other was perfectly flat
ed as a Ianle,) tne Iact Or Pureo.s-1e
ing in existence who couldn't open
and shnt their eyes and mouths at
the same moment. This specimen
was apparently asleep the whole
time with his lower jaw down, and
IA closed eyes was his normal con-
dition, he had to be pinched up ev'
cry two minutes, when tho president
of the commission WAS inlerrogating
him, IA he wished to look in his
eyes, so that his rat trap was kept
in continual motion, eyes and month
alternately opening and shutting
with 9 jerk
"knothcr weazen faced, shaggy
haired, lank specimen OF many
Winters with green goggles, looked
more like the devil than anything
human; | should have run from him
in tho night had he been a "good
Indian in tim's Of peace, in q reas'
onsblo probability that he wss %.
tanic-horDs and tail were all
that were necessary to make the
per-enilication.
BIT tho greatest case Of all was
negro who turned States evidence.
He confessed to having been in the
fight, hut said he was forced into It.
He had n wonderful memory and
power Of observation, which wore
made usc OF by the court.
Not the least thing had escaped
his eye or oar. Such an Indian had
double barroled gun, another Q
ngle bsrrcled, another a long one,
another a lance, and another one
nothing at all. One denied that he
was at the fort. Godfrey saw him
there, preparing his sons for battle,
and recclected that he painted the
face of one red and drew a streak OF
green over his eyes. Another de.
MED that he made a. certain state.
ment to Godfrey which be testified
to. What said G ,dfrey, don't
you iecollect you said il when you
had your hand upon my wagon.
with your foot resting on the wheelr
! To another whom he charged with
admitting that he had killed child
by striking it with his war spear