Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
EATON OHIO, THURSDAY APRIL 3, 1873.
and hunting Indians was the order of

and hunting Indians was the order of
the day, or rather night.
When the Feecks learned that she was
married, they were highly indignant
with their daughter. After some time
the mother became anxious to effect a
reconciliation with her and have her
come home, but she could not think of
admitting her Irish husband with her.
"Never," said the daughter, "as
much as love home and parents, never
will I enter your house until my hus-
band enters it with me-" Her parents
tried her hard, sending repeated mes
sages. Her answer was always the
same.
One pompous cousin volunteered to
mediate. He came to prompt grief. He
told her how much her father loved her.
Yes," said she, "when at home L had
frock; now see how I'm dressed !" she
added, founcing the skirt of rich silk
gown, &c this shows who cares the most
for nae"
As old Feeck was rich and young
Murphy was poor, this argument sent
Cousin Cornelius home quickly.
By-and-by the old people heard that
Murphy was going to take his wife to
Pennsylvania. This ended the opposi-
ton. A family treaty was formed, and
escorted by about thirty officers and sol
diers, and party of citizens, martial
music playing, the happy couple
marched to the homestead. AS they
drew near, old Mr.. Feeck ran forward,
opened the gate and extended hand to
Murphy and his wife, saying, "You
have my daughter, but you Shall not
take her to Pennsylvania I have enough
to support us all.
Murphy gave the old mans hand a
pinch which he long remembered, and
said in his usual loud tone "She's no
longer yours, Master Fake she's my
wife. I didn't marry her to get your
property; I can take care of her my
SELF
Both parents wept for Joy. It is not
known whether there was dry eye in
the party; but there was certainly not a
dry whistle, for-if dare tell it in tenn
perance terms-they drank up ten gal
Ions of wine that night.
This reconciliation took place about a
month after the marriage, from which
time the couple made their home at Mr..
Feeck's. On the death of her parents,
Margaret inherited their valuable es-
tate, and believe her descendant still
lives on the patrimonial farm.
Mrs. Murphy lived 27 years, and died
at the age of A, in 1907, SO she was II
years old when she ran away, and Muir
ply was %.
At the wars end Murphy became a
farmer. It was characteristic of this
man to live for others, and he died from
disease contracted in saving the children
of neighbor from a winters flood.
When peace was declared and our in
dependence acknowledged, many of the
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return and settle among a people whose
whose friends and relatives they had
killed There was one Indian named
Seths Henry, who had killed more Scho-
harie people than any other man. He
would sometimes leave war club upon
the dead body of victim, with a horrid
row of notches thereon, each notch
standing for scalp taken. An ener-
getic savage, he once led party from
Fort Niagara, in the winter, to capture
certain Schoharie patriots, and he sue
ceeded, travelling six hundred miles
through the snow to do SO. He, too,
had the audacity to come back, but he
was too much upon his guard. One
day he started from one house to go to
another. Timothy Murphy was OBJ
served to go in the same direction short
1y dIG6r WdIu, dll0 IL 15 d Cu14Ouo CO1iS1-
dence that, as far as can be ascertained,
Seths Henry never reached any place in
this world.
After this there began to be mysteri-
GUS disappearances of Tories and In
dians, and it was to be noted that coin
cident with a disappearance would
be a brush-heap fire in the vicin-
ity in which the missing person
was last seen. It is to be supposed that
calcined human bones might have been
found in the ashes of these brush fires.
The remaining renegades and sayages
took the hint and departed that land
before they departed this life, SO the
country was cleared of this vermin.
Timothy Murphy was capital stump
speaker, and was political power in
Schoharie county. He brought VIM.
G. Bouck into public life, which brought
him into the gubernatorial chair of the
Empire State.
He died in 1918, full of years and OF
honor,
A fine old Irish gentleman.
One of the rdle ould stockl