The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-05
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of The death Of Daniel rbaueh, 81
New Lisbon, o., on Che ssh Of last
month, aged 81 years. was born
in UniontoWn, Fayette cc1ty. Pa, on
the 2lst day of June el. The,
father Of the late Dsnia HarbsHgb, in
May, 1882, volunteered Bis services,
and Wns one oftl6se mounted meo Vi
accompanied Col. Crawford % The San
dusky piains, with the express purpose
sand design Of destroying the Indian
town, together with any Tudian corn
they might have laid up for their sup-
port End By al neans to oOupletelys
chastise the Wyandotte Indians, and,
ifpossibles tOrst0p and put an end (f0r
q time at least) % the numbering and
Plundering depredations which they
were in she frequent practice Of COM
fnitiing on the lFcntiaFa settlers Of Pam.
handle Virginia and West Pennsylvania,
/ which had become hard 10 be borne,
after the massacre Of the MoraVian
(friendly) Indians by Col. WilliRmson's
smeuin March, 1882. FWh -
Z Colonel CraWford and his mounted
volunteers met and skirmished with the
Indians on the sandnsky plains in
Wyandot county, on the 9th and 9th
Of June, 1882. On the last mentioned
day, Col Crawford asoertaiaed that the
1ndisns Fsre coming in from al quar-
teFs and recruiting their Numbers b
hundreds To save his men from be-
ing surrounded By tie Indians Tie next
day, he thought it prudent TO order
retreat on the night of the 9Th, 70 COM
mence at Q o'clock. This they did with
as little noise IS possible; (; they lei their
csmp 6Ees burning brightly 70 decisive
The Indians. They moved off under
the command Of CoIonels Crawford and
Williamson. Many Of their wounded,
not being able to 90, were left on the
ground, to be sealped by the mereiless
Indians the next day. They had
marched but ashort distance, when Col.
Crawford missed his son, and became
alarmed for bis safety; after making
some inquiry along the line and no
word Of him, be made an earnest re-
quest for some Of the men. to 90 back
q the camp with him aud make search
for his son. Several Of the men vol
unteered, and went back with Craw-
ford. And amongst them, my father,
John Sherrard, and the father of the
aforementioned Daniel HaFbaugh.-
After q fruitless search had been made
and The missing son could not be found,
Colonel Crawford, with most of his
men, come to the conclusion not to fol-
low the main body Of the troops, but
to strike of and take the nearest route
TO Fort Mcintosh, at the mouth Of Big
Beaver, on the Ohio river. Ny father
and Mr.. Harbsugh, of Uniontown, did
not consent to this proposition, but
wheeled their horses about and took
the trail made by the retreating horse
men, now under command Of Colonel
Williamson, and followed The same the
remainder of the night. The next day,
about ten o'clock, my father, being
foremost saw at a short distance, a sol
itary Indian step behind atree, and be-
ing apprehensiye of what might follow,
quickly dismounted and stepped be-
hind tree, bidding Harbaugh to do
the same. HaFbaugh did dismount but
had not seen the Indian and stood with |
his back to the tree, and Just as my |
father peeped round the tree he saw the
fash Of the Indians gun and heard |
the last words from the lips Of his
friend Harbaugh, exelaiming, "Lord |
have mercy on me, Pm dead man;"
and in a moment all was over with him,
This transpired at or near point now
ia Wysndot county, called Tymochtte.
As soon as the Indian fired he took |
to his heels and ran off IN an opposite
direction. Ny fathers first thought on /
seeing Hsrbaugh dead, was 10 take of
his psck-saddle, on which he had pack |
ed 200 pounds of flour as far as Cat |
Fish, nov. Washington, Pa, and re-
placed t by taking of Harbaugh's sad |
die and putting it on his own horse, he
next pulled off the bride and then let
the horse 20. He then mounted and |
proceeded on the trail as before, but in |
q more lonely manner, his mind so filed |
with what had Just happened, that he
had gone from the tree where HaT-
baugh was shot he supposed, about half
q mile, before he thought Of bis ash
cake, all the provision he had, rolled
up in his blanket and that thrust into
wallet and tied to the hind crotch Of
his saddle which he had left He |
stopped his horse and considered a mo-
ment or two whether be should pro-
ceed on the trail or return for his
blanket and provision. He soon came
to the conclusion that death might as
wen be before as behind; he then turn
ed and retraced his steps to the tree
where Harbaugh was shot, and
thought struck him that he would see
what part of his body the bullet had
entered, and found it had entered near
the nipple of the right breast and that
Harbaugh did not fall fiat on his face
when shot, which is said to be COM
mon in such cases, but he had sunk
gradually down on his 'hunkers, with
his back still against the tree, his right |
hand lying palm upwards, resting on
his rightIknee, and the ball of his thumb |
bloody, supposed to have been applied |
to-the wound as the ball entered his
breast But the closing part Of this
narrative Qoes 70 show, that while nv |
father was so short a time absent, the
Indian had returned aud scalped Har-
baugh, bridled his horse, took up his |
gun, had mounted and rode off towards |
the battle ground, for my father saw no |
more Of him, but no doubt be had been |
in such hurry to secure the scalp and
plunder that he had taken notice of the
pack saddle with the wallet containing !
the blanket and bread tied to the hind |
cretch Of It. But father was glad to
find it safe, and took it up and pro-
cesded again on the trail, but did not
overtake the volunteers under Colonel
Williamson I'LL near sunset when he
rode up among them, his comrades
cheered him, all glad to see him alive,
while many others we're dead.
On the night Of the 9Th Of June,
1882, the Indians on horseback over
took them as they marched on the re-
treat, and opened a brisk fire at ran
dom on the hindmost companies, which
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