The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-04
Romance of American History.

who generally cultivated friendly in
tercourse with the whites, even amid
troubles which appealed strongly to
their feelings as Indians. In Major
Waldron, of Cocheco, they had great
confdence-a confidence which he
abused cruelty, for, in September, 1916,
four hundred men, women, and children,
of the Eastern tribes, assembled at
Cocheco to sign treaty, but were seized,
several OF the number. hanged, the rest
hurried off to Boston, and sold into
foreign slavery, sent to toll and die be-
meath a West India sun, far from their
native home.
The Indians smothored their resent
ment, and awaited the hour when they
could punish the treacherous act.
In 1858, Andres seized and plundered
the establishment of Baron de st. Castin,
French nobleman, who had settled on
the Penobscot, and by marrying
daughter of the Chief Madockawando,
identified himself with the Indians OF
Maine. The tribes in Maine flew to
arms, but before the news spread some
squaws, one stormy night, asked admis-
sion into the garrison houses at Cocheco.
They were admitted without distrust
but at midnight they opened the doors
to the braves, and the slaughter COM
menced.
Waldron himself lodged in an inner
room, and, wakened by the noise, he
leaped out of bed, crying, What now !.
what now" and seizing only his sword,
met the Indians, and, old as he was,
with his white wrath blazing loftily
over the fierce devils, he drove them be-
fore him from door to door, till he had
passed the tiird. As he sprang back
then for other weapons, the Indians
rushed up behind him and stunned him
with their hatchets, felled him, and
dragged him to the hall, where they
seated him in an armchair, placed on
the top of a table, and, tauntingly ask
ing him, "Who' shall judge Indians
now 7" left him to recover his senses
while they compelled such of the family
as they had spared to prepare them some
food.
Their hunger being appeased, they
returned to Major Waldron, had his
books, in which their trade had been
registered, and as each Indians turn
came, he stepped up, crying, 81 cress
out my account" and with his knife
drew deep cash across the breast OF
the old man.
1t is not recorded that Waldron ut
tered cry of pain or an entreaty fol
their mercy. "Oh, Lord !' he said, " oh
Lord p and, spent with anguish and
loss of blood from the shocking mutila
ton to which he was further subjected
he fell forward on his sword, which on
of the tormentors held ready to receive
him, and the vengeance that had broodet
and waited thirteen years was satisfied
After setting fire to the mills ant
houses, the Indians, having killed
twenty two persons, and made prisoner
of twenty-nine, retreated by the ligh
of the blaze, so rapidly as to be beyond
danger before any other settlers wer
aroused to sense Of what had beeI
done.
Among the captives of that night wa
little granddaughter of Major Weld
ron's, who, having been sent by the In
dians while at their dark work in tn
garrison-house, to bid forth those hiding
in another room, had crept into be-
, and drawn the clothes about her sh
| had been found again, though, and ha
been forced to undertake the march wit
them, half-clad and on her little bar
feet. She was only seven years old, an
3 her trials were bitter. At one time he
/, master made her stand against tire
, while he charged his gun and took all
5 at her again, an Indian girl pushe
{ her off precipice into the river, anC
having clambered out, she dare not tel
t when questioned the reason of her bt
= ing so wet once the Indians stole off i
}. the morning and left her, covered b
!, the snow, alone in the woods with tt
g wild beasts and hunger, and, tracin
= them by their footprints, the poor lit
t thing went crying after them throug
t the wilderness; and at another tim
= building great fire, they told her 81
t was to be roasted, whereupon, burstin
}, into tears, she ran and threw her arm
# round her masters neck, begging hi
o to save her, which, on the condition thi
c she would behave well, he promised b,
: to do.
D Another. capture of more subsequei
importance was the wife of RichaI
: Otis, the ancestress of Honorable job
Q Wentworth, of Illinois, and of NJ
" Charles Tuttle, late of the Cambride
y Observatory. The unhappy Mrs. OF
/ had seen her husband killed as he 70
I in bed, son share his fathers fate,
q daughters brains beaten out against Il
Is stairs, and with. her little daught
u Judith, who was subsequently rescue
: and her baby of three months old, 81
y was led up through the White Mou
tain Notch to Canada. This infant
'e three months became a parsonage
, great interest in her day. Baptized
y the French as Christine, on reachil
ie maturity, she was married to Frenc
Is man by the name of LIE Beau, who on
OF lived few years.
J. Upon her husbands death an inc
st tinguishable desire to see her natl
to land took control of her, and not bel
l. permitted to carry her children wi
her, she left them in the hands of frien
ST upon the liberation of prisoners, and
at the loss of all her estate, which was l
1t, inconsiderable, as she herself says, jol
ut neyed back to Dover. A few years
80 terwsrd she returned to Canada, wh'
er she appears to have been greatly valu
lis made an unsuccessful effort to reco'
TX her children, and again underwent
" hardships of the perilous pilgrims
home.