The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-05-04

tiers for II exasperated' all the Is,dl.
ans so that they at once followed Mr..
L. as far as Foglesong's run
There he kept along the run and, wa
ding tho water, thus eluded further
pursuit ofthe mad red men Of the for
est. They came back making threats.
The settlers fearing an outbreak, met
together at night with their families
to protect and defend themselves as
best they could in some cabin house.
Although Mr. L. said he thought
II was bear that he was shooting at,
the Indians would not believe il. Fears
were entertained for some days after
they returned of an outbreak which
would result in an indiscriminate.mas.
sacrc oftho whites Finally, however.
through the kindness shown by thoA
whites. especially by sending for .
surgeon 10 dress and bind up the
s1uaw's arm, she got we'll and the
whites paid DR.. Shawk, (if he made
any chargc) The Indians were now
persuaded that they were among
friends. and confidence was rcstored.#
Noah tells of bear story when he
and his father one day went to horso
mill TO have some co. a "crdcked." -
On the way they came across bear
track in the snow. They followed
up the track and soon found whore
"bruin" had devoured n good sized
pig. Not far from this spot he lay in
a thickct. Old Mr.. Gundy routed
him. Noah says this was an exciting
chase. Old Mr.. McCalla finally shot
the old bear The chase lasted nearly
a whole day. Quite number Of
dogs were called in who had good
time. This was fine sport for little
Noah who was eight or ten years of
age. Boys will not soon forget such
scenes. ...-
AS hogs just nov bring a big price,
/ must tell a. pork story which is no
fiction, for have the facts from Noah
himself.
Before we had canal and at q
time when produce of every kind was
very cheap, Mr.. Gundy drove sixty
fat hogs to GAINESVILLE for which he
expected one dollar and fifty cents
per hundred. After driving the hogs
ia Zanesville,' nearly forty miles, he
was tod that they could not pay more
than one d0liar and quarter per hun
dred. This the old man refused to
take; neither would he drive them
home again. but said, "Before / will
take 81 % | will let them 90 where
they please" SO he went home with
out his hogs, determined rather to
lose his sixty fat hogs than be "chis-
eled" ont Of quarter dollar hun
dred. Astonishing as it may seem,
after two or three weeks the whole
drove came all the way back from
GAINESVILLE to their old home on Wal
nut creek. Little did Mr.. Gundy ox-
pcct when he left his hogs behind,
that they would ever como home
again. Soon afterwards he sold them
at homo for one dollar and half per
hundred pounds, amounting in all to
less than two hundred dollars. Such
lot OF hogs to-day would bring over
trc!re hundred dollars. What change
in the times!
Basil. Ohio. Fl. L.
%P. 5. Alter l had written the
Indian story above referred to, l OBJ
tanned some additional facts in the
case from Mr.. T. b Warner, who says
that his isthcr, who was also at the
time on hunting expedition with
Mr.. l., states that the squaw was
sitting on @ LOG in a thicket engaged
| in shaving a tomahawk handle. hold
ing the knife in both hands and hand
ling it like drawing knife. Mr.. l..
mistook the squaw for bear.
Soon after the accident had hap.
pehed, Mr.. W. came up to where the
Indians were. lie knew who had
made the shot, but plead ignorance.
Some one wanted to know if they (the
Indansl had any reason to suspect
Mr. Warner Of wounding the squaw.
They said, "Oh, no. he friend white
man" Mr., W. had been acquainted
with these Indians when they were
cncamped on Rushcreeli, and Of course,
had their confidence,