The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-12-25

pe1ea on their camp W men Iley were
abs snt from IT, The Indians secreted
themselves near by and waited lill
toxardf 3 'ening when they came in.
-Four 0f lnem came In together, and as
they were entering their shanty the
Indians fred upon them, killing John
williams breaking Frederick Crows
arm and making, bullet holes in the
clothing Of the others. The three not
killed Immediately sprang into the
woods and ran in d diHeFent directions.
MareiR Crow said he ran by q big tree
behind which an Indian was standing
who fred upon him, sending q ball
tht tou9h Il his ear, the inuzzle Of the rifle
being 80 near his head .tllaE the flame
scprched bis hair lie ran until ne
came to small stream, across which
be attempted to leap, but the stream
being wider than he supposed, he
jj0lnped lae6 che seFateF and fell down.
wektia his guu and elothes. he
scrambled gp and ran oKsAs Having
run short distance. be looked back
and saw the Indian standing On the
bank of the stream where he had
jumped fa0fa.. He saw the Indian lay
doWn his gun and taking his toIna-
hawk in his hand, run down stream
TO shallow place, cross over and give
chase. Crow put for big hill which
visa not Ear 0fFgd As he was going up
this bill he again. looked back and saw
that the 1ndian was gaining on him.
He therefore stopped, laid down his
ga n, and began hurting stones down
upon his meFeiiess pHrsaeF. He could
throw a stene almost as straight as he
could shoot, and when q stone would
90 whirling down the hill the Indian
would dodge befiud q tree. He n this
way kept him in check 8 short time,
and when. he coald gain q moments
time he would prick powder into his
gun, aud when the Indian came out
from behind 8 tree he would point his
gun st him, ana 30 drove him off,
Crow then went on up the hill, un-
loaded and & reloaded his gun, and
hearing the dog bark which was out
with his brother, John Crow, who had
not returned TO camp with the rest OF
the party, he started for him but did
not find him. About dark he heard
the cracking of guns down at the
camp, so he changed his course to that
in which he supposed the others had
gone. A little after dark, in the hope
OF being heard By some of his COM
panions, he h0oted like an owl, and
then hoWled like q wolf, and soon
heard an answer from one of them.
In this way the three got together
again. Finding Frederick Crows arm
broken, they set It as well as they
could and sent him home. The other
two next morning went back to camp
where they found John Williams and
John Crow dead aud scalped, the lat
ter having been shot inst at dark as
he was coming alone TO camp.
The next Spring, on Easter Sunday
in April 1871, four OF the Crow girls
started from home to Ryasolfs station;
or bfock-house. It being warm,
pleasant day, they thought they would
go up TO the station. Having pro-
ceeded about half way they met their
brother Michael, ON horseback. 1t
was their custom to send Michael two
or three times a week up to the sta
ton to get The news. When he mMt
the girls be tried to pnrsuade them to
90 back home, but the girls thought
they had got so far on the way they
would go the whole distance. About |
twenty rods farther on. there lay a |
large rock by the side of the road |
When three of the girls reached this |
three Indians stepped out from be-
bind it and stopped them; The |
veungest girl, Tenah by name, was |
about fifteen rods behind them and I
saw them stopped by the Indians,
whom, however, she nnistook for me-
grees. Upon walking up TO them she
now discovered her mistake. The,
Indians marched them up q hill near
lya mile distant, and stopped. Here
they held . council as to the DISPOSE |
ton of the girls. The girls, believing
the Indians intended to kiil them, also |
held q council among themselves and |
agreed to all start at once and run in
different directions, thinking that as
thers were four of them and but three |
Of the Indians some of them might /
get away. They accordingly started, /
and Tenah; said that she had run but a
short distance when tomahaWkL /
struck her In the back aud knocked
her down upon her hands and knees.
She got up, and looking back saw one
of her sisters having q wonderful /
tussie with an Indian. She ran a |
short distance to g hollow in the side
of the hill, down which she went to
the road and 50 home, where she told
fine news. Some men soon collected /
for the purpose of pursuing the In
dians aud rescnipg the other three
girls. But there was not force enough /
collected until next morning, then a
search was made, and two of the girls /
were found lying on the ground dead
and scalped, che other was missing
Upon further search trail of blood I
was found which was followed, and /
soon they found the missing girl lying !
on the ground, aud yet alive. They /
took her home and she lived nine days /
la, an utterly insensfbte condition.
Tsnah Crow, the one that escaped,
and who was at the time of the adven.
ture i have Just narrated, ten years of /
ACE, married a Mr.. John Mcbride, +
moved TO Ohio, and raised large /
family. She lived In Noble county. |
In 1845 went down there and had an
interview with her on this subject.
which refreehed my memory.
In IS02-3 there used to come to our
house a man named George Tush, and /
tell over his troubles. He said he |
lived about four miles from Crows on I
q farm. One day he aud his wife |
stood out ia the yard leaning against /
the fence and looking at their hogs,
when an Indian creptnp and shot him /
through the breast, aud be fell down.
His wife ran into the house TO her /
three children and fastened the door.
but three Indians came up to It, split /
il down, and got in after some time.
While they were working at the house /
he got up, crawied away and hid him.
sell. but saw the Indians take his wife
and children away. After they were
out of sight he erawled of to neigh
bors, about mile awsy, where he got
some men TO 60 after his family and
the Indians. They went and found /
where The mother and her children
had ali been killed and scalped, and
in addition the mother, who was preg- /
nant, had been ripped open and the /
vet unborn babe taken trom her and /
scalped. The Indians went to anoth- |
or farm, stole two horses and made |