The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-03-08

cradle, n blanket tied togeihera ai each end
tied b9tween two treee and the bsby in Il
swinging back aud forth IN great comfort
After Il aiiBg our goods into the cart, we
resumed our journey, the family following
on foot, while the Brehchmen pushed and
poled the perOgue over the shallow water
as best they CO I'D. We were "a meot nj
night on the hank Of The river and all camp
together, the boatmen having most of the
camp equipage, which We accordingly did
There being no road but an Indian trail
when we came 10 deep raVinee, of which
we found many, they had TO strike out into
the woods with the cal TO get around them
! W ith soinapy obstaclea to enrmount il took
us several days to get eighteen miles on
4 our journey. On the second day ont, abou,
hve O'Clock, We came to very deep gulley
with an Indian trail winding through IT,
The cart set out to 10 around while mother
thought to lead us across. We had left our
shoes in the cart, it being so very wram,
aud we soon found ourselves in the midst
| OF bed Of netiles (; and you may well be
lieve there was some loud crying. In the
midst OF the noise, mother espied the boat
and called to the men to take ua little ones
on board, which they did, leaving her 10
follow the cart Wewere now parted from
our mother, for an indefinite time, but we
enjoyed hanging our feet in the water.
counting the small fsb, and seeing the men
wade IN the water 10 push and pull the boat
throuh the narrow places. We camped
that night according to appointment, aud
awaited the arrival of the cart and our pa
rents, but they failed 20 come We Travelled
all the next day, aad camped the next night,
but still found no mother. H la.a
' Dear reader, you M y imagine the feelings
ct two children, one seven and tile other
five years of age, left with four rough men, q,
all OF them strangers, In a bowling wilder.
ness, infes ed with hostile savages aud wild
beasts, parted from our mother for two
days aud nights, thinking we should never
see her again. You may guess our Joy was
equal to our sorrow, when we came around
point near the head Of the rapids, and
spied our dear mother upon the high banks
ot the river, cooking by a good fire, accom-.
panied by my father, brother, Mr. Gum, and
several lndiansg IL did not take us long to
scramble up the bank and join them. When
we were seated on the ground, an Indian
came and placed between us dish, formed
OF bark containing some delicious honey,
ana my mother gave us some OF Il le cakes
that she had baked before the fire aud that
"'She "O tCuotVu SUN tnptuOubly. AIIeT OafK
we saw lights moving over the water, and
my father told us that IL was Indians, hunt.
ing deer. They brought us some of the
vedison next xtmorning, for which we had to
pay dearly out Of our own provisions.
Some days eIapsed without any particular
incidents, until we arrived at old Fort Def.
anee, which we found evacuated. Here we
found one white man, the only one between
Fort Meigs aud Fort Wayne. aai sitf"
After leaving Defiance, the secnnd day
out we had storm which lasted al night
so hard wind that the men found it i'm,
possible 10 pitch the tents and afrer build.
ing roaring fire, they stuck the polls into
the ground o,rwhich they fasteneda cover
let, slantiug, under which my mother sat
with one OF us children on either side watch
ing the eyes of the wolves all aronLd us,
We could see their teeth and hear the sticks
crack Under their feet. The next morning
we were very wet. but the sun arose clear
and bright, and we had all day to dry in
During the remainder Of our journey we
had very pleasant weather and nothing
remarkable happened to us, with the excep.
tion of meeting a party OF Indians, who
begged the most Of our provisions, and we
had TO snbsist OH FIVE sea b,liscuits for three
days. We arrived in old Fort Wayne on
the third day Of our fasting, it being the
fourth day of August, just one month to a
day from Presdne Isle. .An snl 7''sr' I.
MARY GREEN, formerly STICKNEY, fl