Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-31
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The Capture ana nSssps OF Captain
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4 T10 capture ana G16gpO OF Captain
r.r.,l - John, h,JRoob l1LnoFtis. ,Jf,5
Al the dawn Of ,Rhe September morn.
Ing in the year 7sl, Captain Miller, FrRnI
huPP and Jacob Fisher, ,Aet out from Mil
ler's Block.houSe on Buffalo Greek, will
the double purpose OF PERFORMING the dan.
gsrous duties Of spies aud looking aiie
estray horses. Zach had with him hil
trusty Ti1e and equipments, wen EupplieC
With powder and ball. With alert and Wig,
orous steps they pursued . aWeSteFIy course
which soop led them beyond the reach o.
the most distant view. of their homea ani
into the nearly unbrokenI forest lying be,
tween ''Tbs three Ridges" aud the Ohio.
Having spent the day. in unSRocessfu
search and scoutiDgI roturning they WerC
oVertaken by nighttAll near the cabin oI
Jonathan Link, = on Middle Wheeling Greek
Here they turned in and were greeted with
that hearty kind Of welcome peculiar tc
bAekUOodsmen. They were Cordially in.
yited to share the comforts Of his lireSids
for the night which was GhgAEtailY gsSsIl
Pa. WHIST IN these PeFfIolss timed y IN
4 thSlF' GuAiegsssi0fgU UouV0rBatl0n duIieg ihe
]. eysaiag. aeets noIexs xsteise q fancy @ sonl
II ,FHOVi1g' uado their supper on Indian
I johnny cake and water, with some tjsrked
venison" which happened to be in the
cabin, they retired to their beds on the
lot: It was 3 bright starlight night, and
all nature seemed propiGouS Tor security
and repose, and bad it mot been for the
hercs barking Of their, dogs. no danger
would have been apprehended. the men
eoDjs0tured that the disturbance kept up
/ By the dogs augured ethan merely the
proximity ofwolVes or the hooting of ovls
which could DO beard occasionally in diff.
ferent parts Of the deep woods tkRt sur
rounded the cabin. s-as. -. "a -! -.
Link 10 his over anxiety to render bis
guests contGnted in the enjoyment of his
hospitality effected indifference, hoping 10
sllsy their appFehensionSro danger. But,
Notwithstanding, one or other of the party
seemed to employ his time alternately In
disturbed rest, and then, with anxious soil.
citude for their safety, casting watchful
glAnces around the cabin, or gazing around
tho opening, aud on the wall like masses Of
forest which doomed up dimly against the
sky light, seeming to enclose it in far
stretching mountain rampArts. Bat NO
visible danger could be discovered.
At length the chipping of the wood birds
and the peculiar chill and rufliug of the
air which are always the percarsors of ap.
proSching day, announced that the dawn
Was close at hand. as-l. ..- ~ 80
The hootipE of the owls had ceased and
the dogs lay in slumber, eurled down near
the cabin door. sa'' s.'.-i l,a,a. saaI., 10
During the night baud ofsavages had
crept cautiously and inHudibIy to places of
coneeaIment near tho cabin. Here they
lay smbnShiDg the door and the path lead.
ing 70 the spring neRF. By. -fz- = s.ri. as.,
The men arose from their restless beds,
each eheerfuIIy Aeknow owledgiug to the other
that hTu fee - 0fd IA 6oya- hod Insa,,
ed! But, alas khOW haIusiVa aroali hnuan.
hopes hnd joysl sHaPp aud iFiSHeis SuS9i=e
pectinglF HnnntnR ths. door steppsdi down
70 tho Ilmptd guEgituK sBpFlug; lhton " ~
but few PAGES below fot the purpose tof
performing their morning ablutions. Ia
immediately discharge of rifles issued
from the covert Of weeds and bushes near
by. killing Fisher and MORALLY woundiue
HupP, who ran into the cabin and up on
20 the loft, aud while exhorting his COM
pAnionS not TO give up, sank down into
the embrace of death. The blood thirsty
sAvsges now rushed frRnticalIy into the
cabin, demanding Of the men 10 surrender
limmediately and hand down their guns, or
they would 6re the house and envelope
them in AAmes. - ~, - .i -.
In this awful crisis of trepidation aud
alarm, being oVerpoWered by numbers,
Miller and Link had no alternative bat un.
conditional compliance. a..4s l1- l4s,sss a.,s /.
While their hands and afms were being
firmly bound, HnPp WAS Preeipitated from
the loft, dragged beyond theithreshold and
8calped. 70 7sr' 7sli'~ s'4 -'as 10 tl-
Pickstg having been detached, the. first
Indians of the 6le facing ~ northensterlya
direction, the npiseless march commenced,
leaving the mutilated remains OF their Vie,
tins to the mercy of the wild beasts. - .ps
The prisonerst With painful anxiety for
their relations and friends. now knew with
certainty that the Dutch Fork settlement
was doomed 70 speedy sealpings, eaptivf-
ties and murders. rapid march was,
thus continued in to profound silence till
they arrived ct the Summit Of the ridge
Immediately east OF the homestead, on land
now owned by the heirs Of the late Ohas.
Rodgers, Esq.1 Here they were met by the
returning picketS, and \ halt ensued. ..
| Al this place, leaving . guard with the
prisoners, the march Was promptly resum--
ed. . NOS - NJ esq ,'., - 1''' - T
The grand object now was to make a
descent oU the csbin of Presley Peak y hicE
tBtrattgic move was carried into successful
operation. Gnd resulted 10 The Capture OF
hPeak, man by the name of Burnett, and
4 William Hawking. .-.s...-.'-E. -.
i As. tie, relentless wretehes rushed With
eIuItant yells around the cAbtng Peak es.
sayed to make his escape through hemp
lpatch, In the rear Of his cabin, amid .
shower of bullets which, literally mo we'd
down thelhemp around him in ,his speedy
flight. But bounding over the rude fence
unhaFmsd by The Ieadens missiles, and
alightiDg SmOngSs the bushes that friueed
the dense woods, he was intercepted and
surrounded By the ubiquitous savage war
iFtOFB, At that moment BpeiuRinng from theIF
covert, and be was a captive - , a, ~
These three prisoners having been 80,
eurely bound Wersii left 10 charge OF. 4
Il guGrd, when . detachtnent Of Indians start.
: ed forthwith dow q the creek, while another
party ty.hastened to. the cabinr3 of William
Hawkins, which was about half 8 mile
further up the creek E95, -, aS,'' ~
Here they captured Miss Elizabeth Haw.
kihB. Shei being bI6k at the tiTnS iI,reVeFIt.