The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-11-29


falling by the deadly tomahawk or rifle Of
the Indians, in addition to the hardships of
the journey. 1t was not till after the saw
ages were thoroughly defeated and severe
Iy punished by Gen. Wayne, that they
ceased hostilities for time, and made the
famous treaty of Greenville In 1875.
The celebrated pioneer Methodist preach |
er, Rev. James B. Finley, who died sever
al years ago, was one of the earliest settlers |
of this county. His father was one Of the
first eInigrants who came down the Ohio |
river in 1888, and settled at Limestone,
KY, now Maysville. Hethus describtesthe
scene which occurred on their leaving home, |
and some of the incidents of their perilous |
voyage:
'I shall never forget the deeply thrilling
and interesting scene which occurred at
parting-this was in the autumn of lTSS. !
Ministers and people were collected togeth-
er, and after an exhortation and the sing
ling of q hymn, they all fell upon their
knees and engaged in ardent supplication
to God that the emigrants might be pro-
tected amid the perils of the wilderness. ]
felt" (says Mr.. Finley "as though we
were taking leave of the world. After
mingling together our tears and prayers,
the boats were loosed and floated out into
the waters of the beautiful Ohio. 1t was
hazardous undertaking; but such was the
Unsuitable desire to inherit those rich lands,
, and enjoy the advantages of the wide
? spreading eane-brakes, that many were the
= adventurers and although many lost their
lives, and others all they possessed, yet il
did not for moment deter others from the
i undertaking.
| I,,I; oc ba xybifo N
= and fearful of losing their immense and
profitable hunting-ground," from the
e lgreat tide of emigration which was con-
Of stantly pouring in upon them, were
ii wrought up to the highest pitch of fury,
=, and determined to guard, as far as pos
y sible, both passes to it, namely, the Ohio
d river and the old Crab Orchard road, or
j. Boone's old trace, leading from the south
10 ern portion of Kentucky to North Carolina.
They attacked all boats they had any prob
ability of being able to take, using all the
n strategy of which they were masters to de-
l. coy them to the shore. Many boats were
l. taken and many lives lost through the de
e. ceit and treachery yoftheIndians, and white
e, spies employed by them
n "The day on which the emigrants start
l. ed was pleasant, and all Nature seemed to
le smile upon the Pioneer band. They had
le made every preparation they deemed nee
A. essary to defend themselves from the at
N tack of their willy foes. 1he boat which
er led the way as pilot, was well manned and
d armed, on which sentinels, relieved by
- turns, kept watch day and night. Then fol-
re lowed two other boats at a convenient dis
or tance. While floating down the river they
? frequently saw Indians on the banks
- watching for an opportunity to make an
a. attack. Just below the mouth of the Great
D. Scioto, q long and desperate effort was made
Y, to get some of the boats TO land, by white
man, who feigned to be in great distress
" but the fate of Mr.. Orr and his family was
DR. too fresh in the minds of the adventures
le to be thus decoyed. A few months pre-
e. vious to this time, this gentleman and his
le whole family were murdered, being lured
1t ashore by a similar stratagem. But few
10 weeks before we passed, the Indians at
e. tackled three boats, two of which were ta-
lg ken and all the passengers killed. The
"a other barely escaped, having lost all the
lr men on board except'the Rev. Mr.. Tucker
ly a Methodist Missionary on his way to Ken
ar lucky. Mr.. Tucker was wounded in many
he places, but fought manfully. The Indians
in got into canoe and padded for the boat
ed determined to board it; but the womeI
er loaded the rifles oftheir deceased husband
ng and handed them TO Mr.. Tucker, who tool
rs, such deadly aim, every shot making tn
n number in the canoe less, that they aban
ur doned all hope of reaching the boat and re
lrt turned TO the shore. After the conflict thi
i'll noble man fell from sheer exhaustion, AM
of the women were obliged to take the oar
,se and manage the boat as best they could
nd They were enabled to effect landing a
We Limestone, now Maysville, and few day
nv after their protector died of his wounds
ac- and they followed him weeping to th
ell grave.
"But to resume our narrative. Being to
of we'll posted in Indian strategy to be decoy
d. ed, we pursued our journey unmolested.-
nd Nothing remarkable occurred, save tn
ay death of my much-loved grandmother
Ter The day before we landed at Limestone st
ms, took her mystic flight to better world
ks, Her remains were committed to the dust
er, Maysville, and the Rev. Cary Allen preacl
we ed her funeral. In company with m
ou- father and in his boat, there were two Mi
of sionaries, Revs. Cary Allen and Robe
ich Marshall"
,' ier One OF the first white men who is know
sci- to have visited what is now Highlar
the county, was Capt. James Trimble, faith
ons of our venerable fellow citizen, Gov. ALE
en-; Trimble, who is still living in Hillsbor
ms Capt. Trimble, when youth of only
BILE years, was volunteer in the expedite
un- led by Gov. Dunmore of Va, against t
net Indians in the year IVA. In that year W
40
me fought the bloody and decisive battle
'ag- Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Gre
fur- Kanawha river, in which the Indians, u
ana der their celebrated chiefs, Logan a.
,on Cornstalk, were disastrously defeated,
ver ter one of the hardest-fought contests in I
DDS, annals of Indian warfare. The battle
'nie 'nae gan early in the morning of the 10th
ms October, and continued until darkness {
t to scured the hard-fought field. The
'on- dians numbered upwards of 1900 warrio
r,eu te while the white forces did not exceed 4,
ins. or s00 Aware of their advantage in nu
pom bers, the savages fought desperately, a
and frequently drove the whites back into tn
v 'nS encampment, hut they always rallied az,
our with unyielding bravery and determil
con- ton, and finally repulsed the Indians a
drove them across the river. The obstin
the and sanguinary nature of the battle m
by be judged from the fact that more tn
who one-third of the forces on each side W,
IS to killed, besides the usual proportion
lime vVounded Can't Trim BILE took mart In L