The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-20
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witnessed on Muddy creek, ard in Tie !
Big Levels; bu, they could not avail
% rePFsss them altogether.
In the coarse Of the preceding
'Pring, some few individuals had began /,
TO make improvements on the Ksnaw;
IA river below the Great Falls; and
some land adventures to examine and
survey portions of the adjoining
country To these men Captain
Stuart despatched an express TO
inform them that spprehepsions were
entertained of immediate irruptions
beng made upon the frontiers by the
Indians, and advising them to remove
from the position which they then
"ccoricd,as fromits exposed situation
without great vigilance and alertness,
they mns: necessarily fall prey 70
The savascs. .a-.,I
When the express arrived at tic
cabin ot'W"ltcr Kelly, twelve miles
below the falls, Captain John Field, Of
Culpcpner, who had been in active
service during the French war, and
vas then engaged in making surveys,
was'here witha young Scotchman and
= negro wcman. Kelly, with great
rrudcnc>, directly sent his family TO
Greenhricr, uudGr the care Of a
youhserhrOlhcr. ButCaptain Field,
considering the apprehension as
groundless. determined on remaining
Will Kelly. who, from prudential
motives, did not wish to subject him
self to observation by niingling with
others. Left with no persons but the
Scotchman and negro, they were not
long permitted to doubt the reality Of
those dangers, of which they had been
foreTa!ncdby Iaptain Stuart, +.
Nerysoon after Kelly's family had
left'the cabin, and while yet within
hearing oft, aparty of Indians ap,.
preached, unperceiyed, hear to Kelly
and Field, WHO were engaged in
drawing leather from a tan trough in
the yard. The first in,ima,ion which
Field had of their approach was the
discharge Of several guns and the fall
Of Kelly. lie then ran t-iskly
toTards the house to get possession of
. gun, but recollccting tina; it Was not
loaded, he changed his course, and
sprang into cornfcld which screened
him from the observation Of the In
dams, who, supposing that he hail
taken shelter in the cabin. rushed
immediately into it. Here they fon"d
the Sc5tchman and the negro woman,
the latter of whom they killed, and
making prisoner of the yours man,
returned and scalpsi Kelly. GzZlaE
When Kelly's family reached the
Greenbricr settlement, they spoke of
their fears for the fate of those whom
they had lett on the Kanawha, not!
doubling the guns which they heard
soon after leaving the house had been
discharged at them by the Indians.
Captain Stuart, with q promptitpic
which must ever command admiration
exerted himself efecsually 10 raise =!
volunteer corps, and proceed to the
scene of action, with view Of
ascertaining whether the Indians had
been there, and if they had, and he
could meet with them, 10 aadeavor to
punish them for the outrage, and thus
prevent repitition oIsiniim deeds Of
violence.
They had not, however, gone far
before they were,uet by Captain Field,
whose appearance Of itself fully told
the tale Ofwoe. lie had run upwards
of eighty miles, naked, except HE
shirt, and without food, his body
nearly exhausted BY fatigue, anxiety
and hunger, and his limbs gtieyousIy
lacerated with briers and brush.
Captain Stuart, fearing lest tn. ucces.
of the Indians might in''uce them 20
push Immediately for the settlements,
thought proper 70 return and prepare
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