Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-01-02
, Me, FRIDAY, JANUARY ,, 1853.

Likiu, and witc were returning from Peach
ara th'y met Molly at Arnolds Mdl. in
Derby she 'sas on her way across tbe viii
dcue.. O. the Conn,cticut River. where
She sad shc had a daughter married o. a
white maa. Mr. Elkins inquired into her
means oi prosecuting 80 long a journey
through the forests and snow. of winter.
AMI found ,hc va bat scautiiv supplied
with provisions. having noth'n. but lttl,
lrrad. With hi, wontcl generosity. Mr..
kikins immediately eat slicc oi pork of
or pound, weight out 20 the barrel De- was
carving home aad gave it o. her. Als iu-
foriuant remarks she never saw a more
grateful crraiE-c than Molly "a. ou recciy-
ias this sifi. BE- Now you have been 50
good o. me-. She exclaimed. '' I will tell
YOU how cured tac folks thi. winter of the
dy,entery.- and told her receipt. Il va.
uoihiu- more or less than a dccoctiou q
ihe inner bark of the spr1cc.~
Tn. closes the sketch Of M1lio~kett.
W have % remark that shc must have been
to Canada on one of p, r-visit. A. Sac. had
lived iu Bcticl and Audoycr several years
Previous 10 thi- time
Rev. Mr Hall. a resident AZ one time of
B-m,1rl Ne. but for many wears Of Yer
mont. add, note % th, for,goin-.
" Among ms earliest rccollc,tions of
event, vas tb, arrival % Molly 40 GaildhaII
on thc Councctioui River. soon after the
event before mentioned. She was almost
iimi,hed a. wcil she might bc. after such
journey fpr % hcrstatemcn,. arr reliable
.hc was then more than Iou v,lr> oII IA.
Informed my father thar hrr husband fcI in
Loteacils war alI that she tfru had sew
cral Eraud,hiiIrcn. I.otrweus ~ar ter
minated in ls2r. n Moliy VA. thea only o.
year. old. she uu-t have brcu born a.. ,arlv
al. io~,. II -o .lc "a, 10 wears old. when
sh~ sven; from DERBY to Ga.ldhau iu l~oD.
and might have becn I2u or 10. But she
hscd o. year. after ili, period have no
Doubt .he va nearly lf0 year, old. a. Jhe
uule 90 hcr deaih. She Wa certainly vcrv
familiar 18th the events of Lo,ewelr- fght
and the var nrNt prrcrIing saw and
conNrrsed with her frvqacutly. from lSI2
to l9l6 and have no doubt that she Wa
born earlier than l6,.j. and that her state
u.rnts wcrc generally o. bc cr-litcd-
w think thcrr must have bccn some ms
take ln rcgarl % h-r extreme age a. de-
scrih-l by Mr Hall. i1- -hr had a daughter
residing with her in Bethel a.. late A. I7Sj
who va comparatively a Young woman.
We have rccri,,i th- following informa-
tipn respecting Moi,ock-tt from Mr.. John
y ns-;a=. as Mla=. y -. ~ho-- f.fi.--
Ezekiel Du,ton lived in What is now Ilano-
s,r. Ne. ou th- farm now occupied by Al
ana Milli.. E>q. IL Wa in the var of
l-l2 and died iu the army
d" MolIoekrtt hlI camp near ms fathers
iu Hanover for several wear. .ay about tLc
year i-i0. >hr kept her thing. in a cham
beg az hi, house. She wls thought much of
bs thr family. and aLru mg father was
v,aari. .L- ,arri-d- h.m oh to Eamtord.
and VA, gone tir,e weeks.
>hr .lii that .hc vas born ou a point of
land below >aoo Village. >b- ssiI that .he
vas ffr.n year- old when th- En~E.h at-
tackled tbe ~ Francis tribe which evident
ly vi. in 1850 uhen Col Roger. made hi-
expedition in that year. >L. saved h,r.slf
by hiding .n the bushes. CTh. accords
better With our own sicus of h,r age than
ans othrr)
>he hal SON in Canada by thr name of
>a-np who wl- prominent chief tierc
CIL.. sa. pr,bahi, tLe capt >a.ap.pokeu
of ts Mr Hall oi N,rnont)
.' >he rent to Canada every year or two
q, visit L,r friend. hrI would ki.s our FAM
.Ir YER, asretiouateiy on h,r return fr.t on
oa, ear and then on o. other-
Dor several years after thc settlement Of
Esta,l .he spent maeh of hcr fime ia huut-
ia. in that vicinity in si.ch .be va. YER,
ae.,-.iai ~he uol,i go in,o t'- woods.
shoot moose. ana then come orc O.. tte
.ettismtnt I.r a-...ttl.. f, bring i1 Der
game. of which OILY t',- no., ,alriil, r..--
tI.l. v.-r saved ~sal.td1at u.-. ducks
ai fhis t,re. th1t .h. .lot and saved f.sfh-
COL. .ufi.Iruf to make e,.i bei fog ier
frruI. Mr. ~anr
Sometimes .h. would range ~ ta .tta
ht.. arI rHuts thirty ar f-tt rI-. disc
tlrf. tui.I a ramr. aui saHur'v tmt in
Iae.' of game one oi h.r camp. va, a
short l..'anc, south of thr outlet of Jmta-
-a- Lake. vher, a iar-e smooth r,rk pro-
...f. i.t. H. at. IIIs d. r.a raII.I
W.fs R-t.s M.Ista-r,. passage
hsn the ake to the M-ra'l1vag river.
lI.r raa. i- a.-p perrst.af.I hE msaa-
t..1 in Co., eastern part af Ost.ri C.aat,.
I.Har. fr,rr.Htiv si.itsI Bethel during
Co.,. d.. .... .I.. ff..... P. ..f. Id.