The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-22

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Oos Osa 80 - ssif Il
in the matter Of collecting la6uey,.fa1
it was said, audi believe truly, that
!; he carried away with. him from this
: town three hundred dollars. ,'''-e'
In this connection it win not, per-
hsps,D be ianfss, to give short hfsto-
ryfof MY early iife,i together with the
habits and customs of sthe Indians,
and the, wild animals. that infested
this country in its wild stated q5a
u wasDborT in w Washingtolp County;
Ra.2 JuneaI 79Iss In 1895 sE1moyed to
Wheeling Creek, Green County Pa.s
about 20 miles from w heeling, IVa.z-fi
The place then went by the name of
Indian Wheeling, owing to its being
great hunting resorts In the spring
of 1904, togethefawifh my fathers and
eldest brother, cameHto Ohios We
brought with us one horse, one yoke
/ of oxen, and what we could carry con
A fhe horse We crossed the Ohio Rix-
er at Steubenvile, passing through
i yellow Creek, Deerffeld where there
} were a few families living at that
time, and Rayenna, where there were
4 also several families bye the name aof
/ Wfiahts rAt that time there Wassa
] road marked outstoHuds0Ii and some
of tile anderbrash leut. We passed
on to hudson, where sYe found I'oHr
stopping place, Father bought half
| Of lot No. 10, in the southeast corner
/ of the township. On selecting our
site we relieved orr horse, cut four
forks and drove them into the grouad,
upon which Wetlai poles and covered
the sides and tops with bark, and also
constructed a bark fioor.a Our beds
filed with leaves, and blankets spread,
we were ready for operation. We
commenced by clearing land for spring
crops. 1t was then the 10th of May,
1904. We got in about three acres
of corn, and cleared off piece in time
to sow Wv heat Provisions were hard
to get,s and were obtained by working
for ,neighbors. We found out that
Mr.. Abram Thompson had, pork which
he wished to exchange for work, and
SO father sent my brother andomyself
up there to work for 81 lbs, of pork
per day. Abrams father, deacon of
the church, lived with him. He would
stand and keep US at work every min
ute of the time, and when meal.time
came would always ask blessing. He
was very expert in the use Of the
knife and fork, and when he was sat-
isfied he seemed to think the rest ought
to be, and would lay down his table
cutlery and offer thanks for what he
had eaten and then leave the table,
AS boys, we were rather Ibashful, and
of course would follow suit, no matter
whether we had eaten half enough or
not. we stood ieitwo days, when we
took ourfourteen pounds of pork and
went home.,iWe told father that we.
could not work in that .way-that. we
did not get enough TO eat. He said
he would go upsth next day, and T
went with him. 81 Whenowei arrived
they had done breakfast, and dJW G, went.
to work without any, but when noon
came were prepared for hearty meal.
We went in and seated ourselves about
the table; the Deacon asked the bless
ing, and then went to work as usual.
When he had finished he dropped his.
knife and fork and returned thanks,
and then left the table. NY father
said to the Deaeon, i..sY odr pray yers,
are good, but. Abrams pork Is. d I'd
sight better sIIsfsy ers viii not streHgt
en- a man to roll up fogs,2 and Went
to eating again. The Old Deacon 1leR-
er tried to choke him of with with his
thdqahtfaitneSS after that. y s'i'isl. sl3s
In September my father and BROTH
Ell. went back after the family, and left
me in care Of the sAanty until they
returned. II was then, only twelve
years Of age They left for my use a
small loaf of bread, an old rife that
carried an ounce ball, and some pow |
der and bullets, that I. might Kill
squirrels for my meat. They Thought
they would be back in three weeks
IL was a trying time for me. 4 could /
get along very well through the day.,
but when night came I was lonesome
indeed. would build a big fire and
roll myself mp in my blankets solthatf
1 could not hear anything and there
remain until m orning, j managed SO
about two weeks. Ny loaf began to
get very small, and I had to make my
allowance still smallerto Inakeit hold
out. The three weeks expired and
nobody came. The fourth week wore.
slowly away, and no one came. Ny
bread was gone, and. /, had TO live on
squirrels alone The fifth week ex-
pired and still was alone, with no
bread and no bullets. what to do Il
did not know. 1T is said that sneees-1
sity is the mother of invention IL;
There was a necessity of my. doing
brook and picked ups small stones
using a handful for a charge. I man,
aged to kill some squirrels in. this
this way, but. many were only Grip
pied and would get. awayat I stayed
there till the sixth week began when
one afternoon a severe thunder storm
came up. I feel asleep, and when /
awoke it was getting dark TRIED to
start q fire, but every thing was SO wet
that L could not kindle it. BlAsI Setd
there stinkeripgs with my fire all sat
once there, e,came,a screaming of wolves ;
a little way OH. I soon lett my fire.
place, and rolled myself up in my
blankets, partl y sitting sup with0 my !
gun by my side, loaded with gravel /
stones. L thought THAT if they al 1
tempted to .eomein 4 " oud give them
the contents. Bats aheya did not, at. |
temptit i sat there suntii morning, J
whensI left thei old shant y take
care of itself, and, went oVee to oIwheresl {
Harry OaBrieniliyed about thTeesm niles.
distant, and remained duntH our tamirl {
ly came backu which was not long, 9ol s
The corn that Web plsRted was all {
rs by + squirrels, blackbirds, 9
coons and peEcppinesa befones at was
large enough 2 to- roast7Tnot nand ear
came to maturity. IaB.Il 10 5Bo baEoi1 Y
sInl1807 L was bound out to- remain