The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-12-25
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ney. AS they were going along they
saw big black bear sitting near 9
laurel thicket, and as they approached
him he ran into the thictset. They
thought they must have him; SO they
cut sticks to which they tied their
knives, thus making spears of them.
Some went around TO drive, him o1t
while the other repaired t6the place
where they thought he wMgEcoming
out, and as soon as he get out they
nitchad into him rough-shod and
speared him to death. Martin said
the bear was so fat that he could run
but slowly, any of the party could
ouirnn him. They stayed there Az
night. taking two good meals. supper
and breakfast, out OF him. The next
dag they again pursued their course'
In the afternoon they struck an Az
dian trail. which lay along n RtrGams
probably the Big Sandy, south OF Can
ton, which appeared TO be very much
travelled. On this account they pro-
eeeded with caution. In short time
after discovering this trail, they came
upon couple of WigWamss lWhach
they surrounded, and found Two
squaws and three papooses. As taay
closed up the squaws became aesper-
ately frightened at seeing 50 msny
.'shemocamum," as they called the
white man. From these squaWs Grow
aud his party tried TO ind out where
the Indians were, in whlch, however,
they did not succeed. The squaWs
thought they were TO be made prison.
ers, and one of them went into Wig
wan and brought out two brides ana
pointed in certain direction, Dy
which she was understood that the
ponies were in that direction. 6he
was given to understand that the
ponies were not wanted. The sqaaWs
then concluded that they were 60 be
killed, and one of them turned her
back to the white mon covered her
face with her hands, and stood tren-
bling, " IDENTIFY expecting TO pc toma-
hawked. Previous to this, Crow had
sworn vengeance against the lndlanss
and that he would kill all he could
find, either in war or peace but when
he saw that this squaW placed her lite
in his hands to take it or not, as he
pleased, his feelings changed so much
that he could not inlure her IN the
least. Alter this the white men held
council and determined that II any
of the papooses were males they
would dispatch them, but no males
being found among them, they were
all left unharmed, A council was
then held as to the best course to pur-
sue, and it was determined to work
their way slowly back to the Ohio
They believed there must be many
Indians somewhere in that vicinity,
too many for their small band to en-
counter. The next day as they were
proceeding homeward they saw bear
about two years old feeding in q hol-
low. They scattered and surrounded
him and drove him up big elm tree,
the branches of which came out low.
The bare climbed one OF these branch
es. One of the party was named
Kizzey Hames. He was made to be-
lieve that he could go up and knock
the bear off the tree. They helped
him up to branch, and when he had
about reached the bear he began to
yell and halo with the expectation
of frightening the bear SO that he
would jump to the ground. Instead
of this the bear turned and faced him
and began to come down. KizZie see.
ing there must be q collision between
them began to swing around under
the limb, to let the bear pass, and as
be came near him he uttered q scream
which frightened the bear SO that he
did jump off and he came very near
falling off with him. Upon reaching
the ground the bear was attacked and
killed with the same kind of spears
that had been used in the case OF the
fat bear in the laurel thicket. They
feasted heartily upon the flesh and re-
sumed their journey. Upon reaching
the Ohio river they learned that Gen,
st. Clair had sometime before mareh-
ed from Pennsylvania into the North
Western Territory, that part which IL
now Ohio, and up the MnskinRum
about thirty miles, with a force Of
twelve hundred men, for the purpOse
of attacking and destroying an Indian
village situated there, which served
as sort of headquarters for the In-
dians in their marauding expeditions
TO the east side of the Ohio, into PEN
sYivania and Virginia. TIE meet this
invading force of St. Clair's, the In
dians had collected at this place all
tAeir warriors from the surrounding
country, which accounted to Crow
aud his party for their not finding anv
indians, and also served to explain the
meaning of the squaWis s attempt to tell
them which way the Indians had gone
Information respecting this expedi-
ton of st. Clair's was given me BY a
soldier named Troop, who served utl-
der him. The village which ST. Clair
set out 10 destroy was situated near
Fort johnson. Upon approaching the
village, instead or marching directly
In and taking It, as he might have
done, st. Clair encamped at some dis-
tance, aud commenced throwing, up
Notifications, thus giving the Indians
timeSto send out runners aud bring i'm
many hundred warriors. The next
morning they began to come in. at
Que time i've hundred of them coming
in in a body. In the afternoon they
began firing on the fortified camp of
St. Clair, keeping up an incessant fire
from all directions until nightfali,
During the night all was silent, not
gun being fire. The next morning at
the break of day, they opened on him
again, and soon drove him from his
camp. He thereupon retreated to the
Ohio, losing in the battle and on the
retreat nine hundred of his men.
It win thus be seen that about 1890
hostilities were most actively carried
on between the Indians and the whites
in the vicinity of the Ohio. Aud Il
was on the 4th of November 1871,
that Gen. st. Clair, who, we may re-
mark, was the first Governor of the
North Western Territory, and who
David Hudson as q
OF. the Peace in 1901, before
the townsE n of Hudson was organ
lied, or the State of Ohio admitted
into the Union, was so terribly de-
feated near For Jefferson. II is there
fore probable that Brady's leap oceRr-
red in one of these years, aud as Mrs.
DsHaven's testimony is in favor of
1890, the greater probability is in favor
of that year.
THERE is a sect in England styled
the peculiar People" They consid-
er 1t sinful to call in q physician, and