Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-10-13
VOL A NO. l2,l.


rnIse nor any other oompromlse, (Which
would have been Just rs applicable to
tho Indians as 70 tho lsebels) but went
and did their duty AZ good acitlsees,
never claiming exemption atcoun, Of
their being FedetaIls,. or Republicans,
which were Tho only political parties at
thai time; at least sueh was Tho case IN
the Western eountrye There were some
Of what were called friendly IndInns
remalqed an oarpoFef. ils pvlawa'er
believe, were among them-but our
people did sometimes mako mistakes
and kill some Of them, Without eonauli.
Ieg them TO know whether they were
friendly or not,
After tho wtr the Indians frequently
came to Broukville TO trade, Cnpl,
Isaac Fuller told me few years ago
that one Of them by the namo OF Ben
Davis claimed o horse that he got In
trade or bought, and he refused TO give
him up, and the Indian threatened In
Brookvile that he would shoot Fuller.
Some Of FuIler's friends gave him word
about the threats, which put him on his
guard. He soon afier saw Ben Davis
lurking about bis place on Blue Creek,
where hea then lived. Fuller said he
went into his house and got his rife,
loaded IL properly, and came ont in
plain view Of the Indian, his wife rer
monstrating agaiist his following, but
without effect. The Indian took up the
south side of tho branch just above his
house, on which Oliver Baker now lives
FILLER took up the north side, and they
d6dgeil each other till they got out N
the fats 10 the direction of Pipe Creek,
where he lastsaw Ben Davis, and never
heard Of any other person seeing him
afterward.
The. last Indians ever saw in the.
County was about 1919 or 1920 Nil-
linn West, James Sticky and myself
had been to Brookvihe, and when we
got back as far as Riley Woodworth's,
there were two Indians there waning
to. see Woedwor,h aboue horse trade
they had had with him. They alleged
that be had cheated them, but Woud
worth was not 10 be found Mrs Wood
worth and the children were dreadfully
frightened, AMI had sent to her father,
Henry Ncwkirk, heavy set man aboui
sixty years of age, who. lived near
Woodwor,h's on the hill. We soon saw
him coming down the bill as fast as he
could. He had on pair of heavy sto
ga boots, about the first there bad been
in The country. 1 thought he was very
strong but not fast, and made great
deal Of noise with his boots, and was
out Of wind. lie walked right into one
Of tic Indians Without any cersmony,
aud down went the Indian. The later
soon got on, of the o.d mans clutches,
and was up and drew large knife aud
fourished il about. West and SIrckey
inserfersd to prevent blood being spill,
cd on the occasion. The Indians soon
! left, bat I never heard whcthcr they
got 10 trade back with Wuodworth or
net.
Aneng tho first settlers on White
Water Of the religious denominations,
the Regular Bsp,ists bad large ma
jority.- There were churches on Hack
lcman's farm above Harrison, on John
ston's Fork, Little and Big Cedar. near
Fairfield, one or two on the West Fork
Their preachers in carly. times were
Ezra Ferris, at Lswrenceburgh; Jcro
miah Johnston at lIackleman's, Ithink,
was a preacher; James Remy, at John.
ston's Fork; Moses Horaday, at Indian
Greek; Lewis Deweese, WA. Tyner and
John Blades, at Little Cedar; and VIM.
w ilson, on the West Fork. Lewis De-
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wesse was an eloquent preacher, deIiv-
cred short discourscs, and quit when be
was done. lie likewise married nearly
every one in his yciLily, and wus noted
for his breyity generally. Some of the
others were good presclft re-, bat none
of Them SO popular rs Deweesc.
4 From divisions in doclrinal views and
other matters, the members Of that dc.
nomination have been greatly reduced
on White Water. Luther Hinman be-
longed to the Little Cedar Grove Church
and also TO the Free Masons, and was
4 an exemplary man in all respects. He
belonged TO the Free Masons when be
came tolthis country, and joined the
Church. There being no Lodge here
then, and little or nothing known Of the
Free Masons, there was nothing said
till,a Lodge was established at Brook.
Vile. Soon after tn ere " erescomp plant,
Z about bis being a Mason, and they soon
bad him ar.raigned in the Church. liz
told tho Church that he Joined the Ma,
sons when be was young, and that ht
believed i1tofbe almor al gand1 hum IA n
institutions, but that be was old and
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