The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-30
and RGS\s&t,oMs
sr ALEXANDER 8; wlruERs.

The pack horses. which. were no longer
srrsiceable (haviug no provisions to trans.
ror,) and some of which bad given out
for, wan, Of provend.r.. were killed and
eaten. When the army arrived at ihe
Burning Spring, the buffalo hides, which
had been left there on their vny down,
we're cut into tnegs or long thongs, and
eaten By the troops, after having been ex.
posed to the hra, produced by the fame
from the Spring. Hence they called i,
Tugg river--a name by which i, is still
known. After shi, the army sub<ited for
while on beechnu,s bu. deep snow
falling these could no longer be obtsined,
a1d the restrictions we're removed.
About thirty men thca detached them.
sslves from the main body to hunt their
way home. Several ofshsm were known
to have persisted from cold and hunger
others we're lost and never afterwards
heard Of, as they hadspparated into small
parties, lho-more certainly to find game
on which TO live. The main body Of the
srmy was conducted home BY Colonel
Lcvis,after much suff ring-,he strings Of
their moccasins. the belts Of their hunting
shirts. sDd the aaps of their shot pouches
hsYins been all thslfosd which they had
eaten for some days.
A Journal oftbi. campaign was was kept
b Lieutenant M'Nutt, .gentlen,an Of lib
istal education add iueinind. On bis re-
torn to Williamsburg he presented it to
Governor Fauquicr, by whom it was de-
posted ia the executive archives. In this
Journal Colonel Lewis Vas cen,ured for
no. having proceeded directly to the Scioto
towns; and for imposing on the army the
restrictions as to FIRE and shooting. which
have been mentioned This produced an
Altercation between Lewis and M'Nut,
which was ssrmin tied BY personal en.
counter. 49, -
During the continuance of this war,
many deprcds,ions were committed by
hostile Indians. along the whole extent Of
the Virginia frontier. individuals, lesv-
Ing the forts on any occasion, scarcely ever
returned; but were, almost always inter-
cspted by Indians, who we're constantly
prowlipg along tb. border settlements. for
purposes Of rapine and murder. The
particulars Of occurrences OF this kind. and
indeed Of many Of more important char
aeter, NO longer exist IN the memory of
man-they eied with them who were con-
temporaneous with the happening of them.
On one occasion, however, such was the
extent ofsayage duplici'y, aud such, 80
full Of horror. the catastrophe resulting
from misplaced confidence. that the events
which marked it. still live in the recoI-
lection Of the descendants Of some Of those
who suffered on the theatre Of treachery
and blood. SOY
On the south fork Of ihe South Branch
ofihs Potomac, in What |. now the county
Of Pendletou. was the for, of Csp.ain 81.
vert In this fort. the Inhabitants Of Wha,
vas then called the clipper Tract" all
sought shelter from the .,empes. Of savage
feroci j and az the time the Indians sp-
pesrsd before il. there were contained
within lis walls between thirty and Forty
persons Of both sexes and Of different ages.
Among ,hom was Mr. Dyer, (,be father of
Colonel Dyer. nov Of Psndleton. and his
family. On the morning Of the fatal day.
Colonel Dyer and his sister lef, the fort for
the accomplishment Of soma object, and
although no Indian. had been seen there
for some time, yet they did moi proceed
far before they came in view of party Of
forty OF fifty shswaneeS. going Directly
towards the fort. Alarmed for their own |
safsty, as well as for the safety Of their