The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-01-06

keeper, and carefully initiated the nab
its and order of the whites in prepar
ing food, and in regulating her cabin
Jerome always treated her with KIND
ness, and deeply mourned, her loss
He often recounted the many happy
DAYS spent with her and his child, anc
bitterly denounced the cruelty often
eral Bell in sending her away witt
the Indians. There can be little doubt
that this piece of barbarism, on the
part of the General, was ~ineXcusabie
and wholly unnecessary, under the
circumstances; for Jerome and hIS
wife we're much attached to then
white neighbors, and would have hesr
tated to treat them treacherously, IN
such an exigency. Jerome had clear
ed a good deal of the present site OF
Jeromeville, and, was prospecting, be-
fore his separation from his wife; but
soon after began to. go to ruin. lie
subsequently married q woman who
resided in or near. where M anstle1d
now is located; aud continued to re-
side at Jeromeville some two or three
years after The, war. He then sold his
farm to Christian Deardof and VIII
liam Vaughn, and they Immediately
commenced to survey and divide it in
to town lots. This occurred in Feb
ruary 1915. They named the village
Jeromevilfe, in Honor of its original
proprietor. Jerome then purchased
the farm upon which "Goudy's MILF
was subsequently built, about two
miles southwest of Jeromeville,- and
commenced to build a small mill He
remained here some three years, ard
then sold the land and mill site to
Constance Lake, who retained it for
many years. jerome and his German
wife then settled at his old place of
residence at the mouth of the Huron
river, where lie died n few years after
wards, in INDECENT circumstances,
leaving his wife and child, who re-
turned to Richland County, where we
believe, some ofhis descendants yet re-
main. jerome is described as posses
sing a good dealofintelligence, friend
ly in his intercourse with men; and
full Of hospitality to all. He posses
sed much of the French vivacity Of
manners fond of recapitulating
his exploits while among the red men
Of the forest and was generally re-
spected by all the pioneers with
whom he had dealings, or became ac-
quainted.
CAPT. LYON.
The Indian chief. Captain Lyon, re-
sided some little distance from the
residence of the late Judge Ingnund
the west side of Mohican creek,
and in the Indian village. 1t is re-
lated that many years after the close
of the war of 1912 Capt. Lyon, then
aged and gray beaded man, re-
turned to visit the graves of his an
and his children. In the
meantime, the country had been clear
ed up, and its appearance greatly
changed. Mr.. John NJ. Musgrave, sr.
more recent settler, had purchased
land and built a cabin, which yet
stands, on n knoll, constituting a part
Of the old Indian cemetery. Prior to
doing so, he had taken up, boxed and
carefully reburied the bones Of those
Indians who had been deposited be-
Meath the site of his house. Capt.
Lyon, on arriving discovered that the
graves of his people had disappeared.
a feeling of deep melancholy rushed
through his savage mind and with
al the stealthiness peculiar to tn
dian, he advanced to the cabin, where
Musgrave resided, and with cautious
step entered the house, where he found
Musgsave engaged in writing at a ia
BILE with his back towards the door.
with his gray hair hanging up
on his shoulders, with all the pride
and majesty of his race fixed his eagle
eyes upon Musgrave, when the latter
looked up, and was deeply alarmed at
the presence Of the Indian in his cab
in. Conscious of having disturbed
the sacredness of the Indian grave, he
feared that revenge was the object of.
his visitor. With his dark, piercing
eyes, placed firmly on Musgrave, he
stood like a statue, uttering not a word
till the latter rapidly retreated from
the house under great excitement and
The Indian then left the
premises for his home on the Reserve
in the northwest part Of the state,
never to return. 1t is related that
visit long haunted the memory
of Musgrave, and that he never re
Aected upon it. without feeling that
he had made a narrow escape from
punishment, and perhaps death.
CAPT. PIPE.
The Indian Capt. Pipe, a leading
among the tribe, resided a few
miles west of this village, on what is
now the site of Hayesville. Mr..
in his History of Ashland
county describes him as exercising
much control over the balance of the
Indians; and his cabin as the place
where many consultations were held,
and the pipe of was often smok-
ed. There can be but little doubt
that this same Capt. Pipe had con-
the fearful execution of Col.
1882 and also had played
a conspicuous part in the wars with
Gen, Anthony Wayne in the north
west in the campaign of 1894. He
had abandone / hostilities to the whites,
and had buried the tomahawk; and
became the friend of the pale faces.
After the close of the'war, he resided
some time in Jeromevifle, where he
was much respected. 1t is now be-
that he finally settled in the
Reserve aud died among his people,
prior to their departure west of the