The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-12-23

Daniel waiting for somebody to come /
and take care OF him, and when John
got near enough to grab him, Mohawk
ran off, and that was the last lie ever
saw them. He tells You that hia faith
er was Captain, and that lie got his
men together TO go after the Indians.
but it was so dark they could not fol-
low their tracks and waited till the
next morning. Would any inan who
ever saw an Indian, ever think of oV-
ertaking him and give him from ten
to twelve hours the start, and the In
dian fleeing for his life? / think no
rational man would think Of it. Then
he tells you that when they got TO
their camp they were all gone, and
with much difficulty they could track
them out, as the snow was quite deep;
but they found ont which way they
went and pursued after. When they
got to Hudson-they all gave out and
his father went TO Capt. Darrow, ana
told him he must get up new recruits
and go after the Indians and bring
them back. Darrow collected some
men and took the trail that night ana
overlook the Indians the next morn
ing. in Boston, near the river where
they had encamped, about five miles
from Hudson. Can you believe the
Indians would stop there when only
twenty-five or thirty miles from Deer
field, the scene of the terrible affair,
when they were fleeing for ttheirlive p?
Why, you can make your own caleu-
la:ions as to the distance. Deerfield
is town one in the sixth range, and
Boston is town four IN the eleventh
range. He tells you that, with much
difficulty, they surrounded the Indi-
ans and took them all prisoners but
Mohawk, Nickshaw and Bigson's
squaw, who got on their ponies and
rode off, and that Williams and Dar-
row went after them that williams
twice before Darrow got to him, and
that the Indian was dead when he
(Darrow) came up. Now, l should
not want to tell such story where
George Darrow and Williams were
known. I tell you that Darrow had
but few equals i'll running and wrest-
ling. never saw him beaten, and l
| think he could outrun Williams the
best day he ever saw. -.... s..--.
Mr.. Hubbard tells you that the men
who went from here brought their
captives, the Indians, back, and had
them tried and acquitted. / do know
that to be mistake, because when the
Indians were brought to Hudson, and
Williams and Darrow came back and
told what they had done, they were
discharged, and went back to their old
hunting ground in What is now
Streetsboro', to their headquarters,
and lived there till the war Of 18I2.-
Then all the Indians on the Western.
Reserve went off and did not come
back again. Some went to Canada
and some staid here. Seneca Chief
was always friendly to our govern
ment, and staid and helped us. The
Leader made a mistake when / said
he joined the British.
Mr.. Hubbard tells you he staid one
night with Darrow, who told him ali
about killing Nlckshaw, but did not
tell him anything about the taking OF
himself and Williams and trying them
for their lives for shooting Nickshaw.
He tells you he knew the Seneca fam
lily and that the Chief had six boys
who were all named John. I don't
know how many he had outside of the
| family, that he had with him. never
saw but seven, three girls and four
boys. The girls were all. married.
one to George Wilson, one to Nick
shaw, and one to Waubmung. The
| boys were John Bigson, John ANEW,
John Mohawk, who shot Diver
Nickshaw's squaw had a papoose, and
she was the squaW that ran off with
her papoose, on her back when Nick
shaw and Mohawk ran off. l did not
know anything of the case until those
men came to our house who were
pursuing the Indians. They told the
story as it was, guess. He tells you
about staying with Capt. Darrow one
night, and he told him the whole sto-
ry about the killing of Nickshaw.-
Now, l went to work for DarroW the
next spring after that affair took place,
and worked for him till the war broke
out in 1872, and heard him tell over
the story great many times, but l
never heard him tell in the way that
Mr.. Hubbard relates it. l think if he
and should get together and talk the
natter over, there would not be as
much difference between us as he
thinks there is. I should like to meet
him and talk over the incidents of the
early days in this country, and think
we would hayea good time of it.
Mr.. Hubbard says he came to Deer
field in 1902. l do not know how old
he was at that time, but think he must
have been quite young, or he is very
old now. l think that his memory
serves him very well, for think that
Mohawk never would have shottDan-
iel instead of John on whom he sought
revenge. And again, l think that
men who were acquainted with the
Indians never would have thought of
going after them when they had
twelve or fourteen hours the start of
them, and gone for Darrow and Will
liams, and think of catching the Indi-
ans, and they OH horseback and their
pursuers on foot. With such start
under such circumstances, L don't be-
lieve that all the men in christendom
could catch an Indian who was flee
| l..