The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-02

was on horseback and was talking with
one Of the McCullOch girls who had come
down to spend few days with her sister
Mrs. Zane. Lydia was a good soldier
and had seeR hard service before that in
the defence oE The fort. f59-
u Required no pressing 70 induce her
TO Join the expedition, and she dashed on
ward from house to house, giving the
alarm, aud finally sped away to bring up
her fathers men, who were working u
mile or more north Of the creek. 1t was
not long before about thirty OF the best
backwoodsmen were collected about
the Colonel, and just US we were about to
start We saw Lydia dashilg over the float
bridge that SPAWNED the. creek, followed
by two stalwart men with muskets, who
rode the horses they had been working
With without waiting 10 take the harness
from them. With this company we set
out Lydia was bound 10 go, but the Col
onel would not listen to ii. He laughed,
and said: "No LYddy, II you. go who
VIM flleavo in charge Of the foftP SO
she got everything ready for siege, and
sant o lot Of theihiggest boys 70 hustle the
soWS home and give warning 70 such OF
iIjte tnGAias were working In their clear
Nobody knew, the extent Of their dan
,gGr, and aIl mad seen enough Of border
iRqIrlaTa Ia eiisTUin the worst Lydia rode
.sVePyWheFe. She had all the women
CARRYING, water INTO the tort, and when
ne men came 10. from their CleaEingsiRha
sent some OF them to bring all the boats
within range Of tho guns, and set others
to work on the gate which had become
diIapidated. AS for our party, when we
got to the mouth Of the run, the Colonel
sent me to call Mock. ono. wha, and when
hs pamgthslpRtyydiyidRd. \ part going
along under the river bank, and the rest
Riihthe Colonel, and MOCk.On.Owh fol.
lowing tho path had taken along the foot
Of the hill. was sent back out of dan.
ger and returned 10 the fort.
Our party reached the cabin before the
other, and instead of surrounding II, made
their appearance in body at the door.
n The Indian had beer, unable TO resist
the flrewateT, and he and Miller were
taken without much trouble, but the
other three escaped through an opening
on the north side of the cabin thai had,
served a. . window, Many Of the men
for hanging the Captlves on the
spot, as 1t was their usual custom to do
with COW thieves. But better counsel
and they were bound and taken
to the fort,
We learned from Mock On.o.wha that
there was no danger Of an attack, and
having irOned the prisoners hands, all re.
paired TO their homes to await the trial in
the morning,
In those days substantial justice alone
was looked for, and little heed was given |
TO the iormallties OF law. Sha-wan.dah.
so's crimes wcrC well known, and he was
A terror TO the settlers on the Muskingum
and the SCiOta, and yet 1t was determined
to summon half dozen friendly Indians
to sit on the Jury that tried him next day,
rs was tho general practice when an In.
dian was brought before the bar Of jus.
lice.
When the prisoners came to their
senses they conprehcndcd tho desperation
Of their case, and having nothing TO hope
Tor from Justice, determined, # possible,
10 escape It.. BY searching around In the
lark, they found that tho palisades on the
lido neXtIrthe river were nearly rotted
away. BY their united efforts they sue.
ceeded in breaking one Of the smallest
posts and crowd their bodies through the
aperture. The bank had been made
very steep on that side Of the stockRde, in
order to prevent its being stormed
from the river, thus leaving a better
chance to defend tho other three
sides There was no room 10 stand
and as each one slipped through he fell
or rather slid 10 the bottom. 70
With their hands secured behind them,
Il the water had been high they would
have stood o desperate chance Of being
but II was low, and a broad
space interviewed between tho water and
The bottom Of the bank. 6ha.wan.dah.se
went first, and knowing the ground well
slid to the bottom without injury, but as
Miller crowded through ho stumbled and
fell head foremost, striking his temple on
q sharp ledge OF rock that protruded from
the bank. II is impossible to see how he
could have been so mangled by such fall,
for his face was literally cut 70 pieces,
aud his skull fractured In several places.
lie was unable TO get away and died the
next day after making full confession OF
his crimes. ButSha.wan.dah.se, though
handcutFed, managed to got away, and
his depredations on the fton-
Tier until no was finally shot In an en-
yapemhnt somewhere in the West,