The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-30


Whites did uIt Tor az ii.siaHt doutt
linen s.peaityq They were enter
.ausa IL ,,qa!I p9s;ic, .nsdiRrsr.t
hdu !, lA.i every ciyiiity and act e
kindness alieli tile hey .sspcrgcoui'l
prOf@r,, we're extended TO thsn.i II
a moment Of tic mos, perfect conf.
.dGnce in the innocence " their
intentions, the indians rose on them
and tonahawkcd qpi &calped all sSse
. fev,iwonen. and .rhiFreaa whom.
psisopera. ;--n SD
Z After the PespettasiOD c; tkia aes;i
,harbaroas aud bloody outrage, ,,te
Indians (eScOpringsatac few who took
charge of tile pi;sOns.D pfcfssdea 70
the settlement in the Levels Here
as at Muddy creek, they disguised
their horriid purpose, and wearing the :
mask of friendship, we're . kindly.
received at the house Of Mr.. clenden
nil, This. gentlemen had Just
returned from a successful hunt and
brought home three fine ,elks-these
and the novelty ofbeing with friendly
EIndiana, soon drew the whole settle.
ment to bis house. Here too the
Indians were we'll entertained and
feasted on the fruit of Clendennin's
hunt, and every other article of pro-
vision which, was there and .could
minister to their qualification. An old
woman, vho'was afthe party, having
q very sore leg and having understood
that indians could perform cure Of
any ulcer, showed 1t to one near her
and asked if he could heal it. The
inhuman monster raised histomahawk
and buried it in her head. Thia
seemed to be the signal Of general
massacre and promptly was itobeyed
nearly every man in the settlement
was killed, and the~omen and children
taken captive. rs,5.r J.,S
While this tragedy was acting, a
negro Woman, who was endeavoring to
escape, was followed by her crying
child: To save it from savage butch,
cry, she turned round and murdered i,
herself. a-.a i-s s7sf z-f=.,s as
% Mrs. Clendcnnin, driven to despair
by the cruel and unprovoktd murder
other husband and friends, and the
destruction Of all their property, bold
" charged the Indians With pcrfay
Il y
and sreaehery; and alleged that COW.
ards only could act With such duplici,y
The bloody scalp of her husband wa.
thrown in her faee-the tomahawk
was raised over herrhead; butshe did
not cease to reyile them. In going
over keeny's Knot on the next tisy,
the prisoners being in the centre, AM
I the Indians in the front and rear, sll,
gave her infant child to one Of tn.
women to hold for a while, She ther
stepped into the thicket unpereeive,i
and made her escape. The crying o
the infant ,oonl,d to the discovery d
her flight, and one of the Indians Oh
served that he could sSring til. COW t,
her calf" and taking the child BY tn,
heels, beat out its brains asoinst ,
tree. q. - '... sla-s9,
Mrs, Clendennin returned thu,
night to her home, a distance Of ts,
miles, and covering the holy Of her
husband with rails and trash, retir,
into an adjoining cornfeld, lest sht
might be- pnrsacd and agar. taken
prisoner. While in the cornayld, he
mind was much ugi,ated BY contend
ing emotions, and the prospect Of
cffecting an escape to the settlements.
seemed to her dreary and hopeless
In a moment of dependency. she
thought she beheld.a man with the
aspect ola murderer, stsnaing near
her, ard she became overwhelmed with
fear. 1t vas but the creature of a
sickly and terrified Imagination; and
when her mind rcgsined its proper
tone, she resumed her fight and
reached the settlements in safety.
These melancholy events occurring
so Immediately after the escape Of
Hannah Dennis; and the unwilling
ness Of the Indians that she should be