, 1870-03-16
=. Another Indian Stor,

" The Ni,sr a ZAs Chicago Tribune:
Il tAta Bureau County pspsr there il 4
horrible account Of ths soalping, and nurde,
by burning, of Rev: Mr.. sample ana wife
By the Indians, lead BY one named Girty. The
tragedy II alleged to hare occurred in 1889, I.
point in Bursau County, Illinois, vhare now
etsnds tho town Of P1inostoa. Al dead men
tell ao tales, and u, according to the story,
no ono Witnessed the ead affair but the lndi.
ans, and ~ the stor5-tsllar goes into very
minuts parh5alsrs Of The horror, and
falls t. indinAte ths source Of his in.
formation, lsAving in tho mind OF
the render very grave doubts Is to tbs
truth Of the story, ! may say that ii zemlnda
me Of STORY:
I onoe lad 4 nsmesake who Wis notorious
throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio
n the most wonderful story-teller ever seen
or heard Of. He could keep whole crowd Of
lBtenerf, On Steamboat or In tavern bar
roo1n, fn ! roar OF laughter for hours, nsver
queer anecdotes. Nothing was too arrange
or Improbable for his genius. On certain
occaeion, being 1t ! hotal in Cincinnati,
ard easted in the br-Eoom. he had
Eone On, n uaua1, until = lAta hour in
ths evening, telling story after story, and
hts lisieaers, I plAin-looking, elderly back
-wnodenAn, who bad made up his mind as to
the h1thfulness Of the great stusy-taIlar,
fioally sasd, in quiet way. that hs hlussH
knew = very curious storg, which wAs trus
etoty, for the Nhole thing occurred in refer
Ill the listeners, joined in the request that tha
old gentleman would 1t once tall it. After re-
freshmaats &n round. the story was begun,
1ua MAa IA fonowa: "D1r7ng the war Of
18l2," he said, 81 Was one Of 8 party Of
ecouts rant out By the commanding officer
army, then marchirg. into the Indhaa
country near the northern lakes. Our
scouting party numbered ten-a corporal
and nine nan-ll we'll mounted nc Ind I'D.
Tznced fAE into ths wilderness, on = dark,
short day in autumn, and. losing our courae,
became lost and beWildered in the thick
woods. Night coming down upon Ms. We
were compelled to camp and Hzit for morning.
Picketirg our horaas around ua, End making I
fire to keep Us VAIN, We lay down to sleep.
Sometime between midnight and daylight We
were suddenly surrounded by : large
sssng essz 81 our ssasass so4sss, ni0sMso; laa
our party. - they sross from thsir blankats,
and killed every man but mYselt alone es-
cAped for tho time being. and, breaking
through tho Surrounding line of sly1gea. I
ran for Gfe- I haye DO idsa how long or how
far 1 rAn, hut such running Is did On thst
occasion Was mzrTe1lous. On and On l sped
not knowing in what direction OF whittier /
wa proceeding At lengsk began, from
exhaustion, to nlanken my zpeed, and 10 feel
hAtI Nka saved, !whnr auddsnif 7 heard tho
force JelIA Of my Indian pursuoxs resounding
through TIM foEasss In my, rear, on nv
right and Lett 'WAs surrounded on
TIRES Gded; u yet the Indians hsd not got IN
my frunt With renewed energy bounded
forward. VIXEN, suddenly, right in front pey-
oeived lNgo, deep, and vide slough ur lake.
1t eftahdad far On either h1nd; tbs 1udiAuz'
yeua Wefc drawing nearer On my right, left,
md rear, vhen I perceived = largo oak tree
that kAd stood on the verge Of the. lake, but
had fallen xs full length into the wttef, ,.fe.-
tanning fu1l crop Of autumn lesyea- I did
not Htup lougto oonaidar, but jumped upon
the fallen trunk OF the Esa And passed a1oug
1t into lta bheltering branches Is they lay up
on the Eulfaee Of the uAtsr, md BanIl9 let
nose sbove tire water under =. bunch OF
leayes. ~ For l. moment 7 :, felt secure,
and tn1t ny, hiding place could not be found.
Alas! hon eoou Was to be undsceiyed.
perceived lkrge Indian, With sc1lpinE knife
IN hind, hut up TO the trunk Of my PROSTATE
tree. Jump upon il. and deliberately pursuing
my exact fpotsteps, let himselt down into tbS
water By my side!" Hero the old fellow
stopped With the stoEy al ears vere open
for the end, and. finally, Ill the listeners
shouted Well, we'll! Whist ne1t2," The sly
old naAn, looking very intently into the evs Of
my naueaake, exclaimed: - By he Lord Hur-
that tbs last atog-teller took tho horn. for
thAs evening. Ny namesake neYar told xnoth-
er story in Cincinnati Xxx.
QUNCy, Ill. March Is.