Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-10-13

e BHooKyiILk, FHAsKfIs Co, fsp., I
.issf - september ~, 1900. y
In tho frat settlement Of the White
Water Valley. The Indians frequently
psme into the settlements 10 trade, and
were psaesably dIsposed until tho
breakIng out OF tho War OF 1879 or Q
sitne before. They began TO bs hostile
and eommit dspredaiions upon the sst.
iles 90 lhs borders OF The settlements,
when tho people had 10 build block.
houses and fssily agalnstt them Tl'srs
wss block house about half q nile
shore abe mouth Of Johnrlons Fork,
ON the bank OF the river; one three aud
half miles below Brookvile. on the
farm Of Conrad saiIorrr and several
more on the west Fork and on Pipe
and Salt Greeks, aud perhaps on the
East Fork and some Of The Inhabitants
made. sone improvements with view
iodefense. There Is an old house on
my farm that has two port holes In IL,
whIeh weio made by Benjamin Nc
csrty. who owned and lived on my
place NJ that time; and suppose II an
lsdian had come in range of his gun
he would have been 10 danger, for he
vas dead shot at deer. and knew
when and who're to look for them. d.
..twili Try to describe the Fortat Sail
ers where 40 frequently had TO go on
the alarm of Indians. II was sou re,
containing from quarter TO half an
acre. with u block house at each corner;
the ouisidcsaboat seven feet from tIc
gr6p.d pr jsetcd about thfee fec. far
shrr thsn the under pert Of the build.'
ing, With q ll.,torm in The upper story
70 stald on, with port holes above and
bslew-for rIfi.s. aid we'll ebinked With
wood. so as 10 be bullet proof There
wssa ditei, about three feet deep dug
tr"m one block houset to another, and
ppl sheans ten er twelve feet hong, we'll
s-tia theldiich so a. 20 break int.,
with suopg door. The Fort wa~
complete.
slJhe Whole nsighborhood hnd to as
s~n.bie fi.quenty on alarms and false
Alarms about the Indians. There were
several persons killed by the Indians
on White Mater. Two men by the.
name OF ST ford ard McCnne or Cune
we're killed ut one time on Salt Greek
while burning brush and clearing at
nighf.c 5 HE men were out shooting
tnIkies on the W,st Fork, and the word
got out that the Indians had "brolxe
eat, and by the time the news got to
BrvokvilIe il was reported that the In
aiahs were killing all before tbtm.--
Qnr. neighborhood were soon collected
Mt Sailors block house, and John Clay
ton and one or two more volunteered
and went in the night to Brook willie to
ace, r.sin ibe truth about the report,
and returned in the morning with word
thai, II was false alarm, which was .
great relief TO the persons assem- bed at
the Fort, for great many Of them were
about. ,as badly scared as they were
when Morgan did not come here IN
1868. Some lefI the country and went
,o.Kentucky.
We lad men in those days who did
nos-run worth cent, among which
were Abel and David Webb, Stephen
Goblc, John Stafford John Clayton,
Elliott aud Arch Herndon. Samuel Lo.
gan. Ben and Patrick McCarty, Isaac
Fuller, and some. others that do not
now reeolleet, " ho were old buniers
aud were. always on the alert and kept
the Indians at bay. There were com.
panies went out TO White and Blue riv.
ers, and burned the Indian towns and
destroyed their crops, so that thcy had
to movc further back, and we werc not
troubled much by. them after -lsl3.--
Elliott Herndon had command Of RI.
he company, whiehwas frequently call.
edsout and did good service There
was.a company Of mounted rangers en-
listed By the Government for Two years
torsdsfense against the Indians in the
Territoryif commanded by Frederiel;
Sholaz, raised on White Water; but
theyswere kept mostly on the Wabash
arvihcennes and Fort Harrison, after
the IndiausIeft this part Of the Terri
tory.
recoiIect witncssing several drafts
which wsrc done by some movement
whiIeathc' men were in line or platoon
The Iuckyones would go out and serve
tour, which. scarcely ever exceeded q
week and they were exempt till The
company had all served tour. There
wero not many substitutes hired, mol
large bo1nties given by the County tc
keep coyards and traitors at home. Al
they wanted TO know was, Whether the
country wsssin danger They never
asked who was a. the head of the Gov
rnment--whether il was James Madi:
sops James Buchanan or VaIlandighsm
They unifetaf1 Ia ~ o,~ bo,.s .l:J n,