Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-01

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but one roof covering the whole,
with pcrches the whole length, both
front and rear, and a plain, home
like look about the yard. This was
the home Of tile white woman, and
here resides her daughter, O-sOu
wa-pak- shin -quah, Yellow Leaves,
(so named because she was born in
autumn, when the leaves are chang
ing, now the wife ofWa-pa- pc tab,
which means all over white, as he
was born in winter, when the ground
was white with snow. His English
name, as l have said, is Peter
Bondy.
We are cordially greeted by Bro.
Bondy, whom we had met before,
and are introduced to his wife, a
matronly looking woman, who cor
daily shakes hands, and looks both
pleased and interested as ] tell her
that / cane from the country from
which her mother was stolen when
a child, and that ] was acquainted
with her relatives. But she speaks
not a word in English. We enter
one part Of the spacious log house.
A bed stands on each side of the
door, and another in another cor
neF, on which, partly reclining, is
her daughter, recently injured by
the kick of a horse; an educated,
sensible young lady Of about TWEEN
ty years, ready to converse and act
as interpreter when required. She
spoke good English. A daughter
of BrOuillette also was present, a
girl of sixteen or eighteen. Her
father and mother are both dead and
lie buried in the yard near the house,
as also do Francis Slocum and her
husband.
We Immediately entered into
conversation.
"What was Francis Slocum's In
dian name ?"
"Ma-coon-squah."
"What did that name mean 2"
"The Young Bear"
/ learned from Mrs. George Slo-
cum, who lives near them, that the
Indians gave her this name because
when they stole her she cried for a
long time and they tried to pacify
her by giving her nice things, but
she would strike them from her in
anger, like young bear, hence they
called her "Ma-coon-squah."
"What was her husbands Indian
name ?"
"The whites called him the Deal
Man, because he was totally deaf foI
many years. His Indian name was
She bak-o- nah"
"What does She bak- o nah
mean ?"
"Ah me no Englishr'
"Well, can't you give me some
idea of it?"
He went to his bureau and took
out a small iron rod about sixteen
inches long, with hole in one end
and pointed at the other. Holding
it up, be said;
''That is the name. That is She
bak- nah"
can arrow ~
"No."
"a spear ?"
mo, not a spear"
"Well, what is it?"
"Me no English"
"What do you do with it2"
"Me kill deer, kill bear, kill buff
alo, cut up meat, put string through
this hole, stick it through meat, slip
it on the string, hang it up to dry.
This is She bak- nah"
That is, a big needle to string
venison, to dry. He showed me
two tomahawks, the handles orna-
mented with silver bands, and in
laid with silver images of rabbits, a
pipe constituting the upper part of
the tomahawk, the handle answering
for stem to smoke through. One
of these and his shebakonah he
give mefor the cabinet of curiosities
in our Theological Seminary in
Chicago.
Taking the tomahawk he put it
by his side as if in a belt, and said,
Me carry this when wild Indian
savage"
"What did you carry it tor ?"
"Me shoot a deer; me come up
to him, he not quite dead me hit
him"
"Did you ever carry it in war, in
battle 2''
He shook his head and answered
oNo."
He said: white man cheat In
dian; cheat Indian bad--fifty dol
lars for tomahawk."
He showed me his wooden NOR
tar and pestle where he pounded
corn into meal. Several bushels
of ears of seed corn were hung up
by the husk, the ears having half
a dozen different colors Of corn on
each.
We went to the grave Of Francis
Slocum, but two or three rods from
the house, where are perhaps doz-
en- graves. One was marked with
a marble stone-that of Rev. Jean
Baptiste Brouillette, who died tive
years ago, universally esteemed as
an earnest Christian minister.
Francis Slocum found her home
surrounded by white settlements,
and felt the need of some friends to
protect her rights. She desired
one of her brothers to settle near