The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-09-24

An 0sA COUPLE - their Travels-
RsW = Lyi7G YoaaE Man Posted
Then - Historic Sposs.
From lie Detroit Free Press
On the train the othsr day we're . very
con6ding old man and very Innocent old
lady. They had passed away ive-six,h.
of their lives hidden away behind the bill.
Of Vermont. ana were going to weS,ern
Michigan on . visit TO their son. After e
little skirmishing round, the old gentleman
pitched into me about the ''crops," isle. 80
md when found how innocent he was,
gave him all the infor nation l could. An
1t once, ~ be rode along, the wife caught
his arm and exclaimed:
Look out. Samuel, or you'll be forget
ting that pl.ce where they as!''
The old man explained. He said that .
young man who c~me down from Canada
with them, told him 70 look oot for tile
battlefield u Braddock's defeat ~ SOON =.
he left Detroit.
Twas going to reply that tho young man
was an Internal liar, but the sid lady
seemed 70 have set her heart on serinx th.
spot, and the old man WAS 70 anzious that
couldn't bear to di.appoint them. When
we got down into the woods l pointed out
tue battle 6eld," aud they put their heads
out N the window ADD took in the sceue.
"Think Of It Haun.h,' exclaimed she
old man, ~ be drew 10 his head think Of
them lnjuns creeping through them woods
and shooting Mr.. Braddock do~n dead"
My soui!' exclaimed the old lady,
seemingly overcome 1t the idea, aud she
kept her eyes on the woods until thought
she would twist her peck of.
We got along all right for about Eve
miles more, aud the old man wanted ~
know if We weren't down pretty near the
spot where Tecumseh fell.
"Wherei" yeIlei. and he said that
the ss~s young man had informed him
that the railroud iun close to the Identical
spot where the great Indian warrior fell
and slept.
"ItIl he powerful favor to me an Sam
uel if ven point out the spot, urged the
old lady, placing her hand on my arm.
How could ! 10 back on what that braz-
co young man had said! The old folks
h.u made up their minds to see the spot,
and if l didn't show it to them they might
y vrry for weeks, and they miyhs thlnk the
Young man had lied, Or that | wssu't post
cd ON the historic spots Of my own State.
Lor' forgive me, but mile further on
pointed out hill aud said:
Behold the last resting place Of the
great Tecumseh."
think Of it Hanunh-just think of IT."
exclaimed the old man right there Is
where they got h,u |"
Mercy! but il don't seem possible !"
she calculated, and she had TO get gut her
snuff box before she could recover from the
shock.
The old gentleman said he had partic-
ul ,r interest ir SEEING the spot, because he
knew the man who killed recumseh used
to live right ty him.
"l!r must have been an awful Injun p
broke in the old lady, "fnr the young man
said lie dldn't die Till they cut of ais hoad,
and feet, aud hands. and bowed the body
up with barrel OF p"wder''
! wanted to get sway after that, fearing
that something worse VAS commIng, but
she insisted on my taking pinch OF snuff,
and - kept my sr..t. We w-re just be
You'd brighton. mhrn the all m-n came ut
me like i stes mbu.,t, witt:
Nav, then, how fur Is it to the spot
where sh-y found the babes IN the ~uod.l'
wal, +. to &c. oIt of it, but how c"ald
II That young man had deliberately
lied to rl,.sc nicr old f,lks, and | hadn't
the moral Courage to tell m 80, and thus
bad to make liar vi myself. It's awful
tn d-reivp any unr, especially good old
man and y lat motherly did Lady, On tie r
way to The tomb.
"Thst's-yes-that's the spct'' raid |
~ We cnme to a dark piece "f woods.
Think o that, Hannah !" he suiJ, HE
head cut Of she window "think OF them
babies being found IN there
"Yes, il WAS fearful" she replied:
seems Us though could almost see them
stubbing about in there now T.
There was another historic spot Of which
the young man had spld them, but they
had forgotten it, and ] WAS never more
thankful. They kept quiet until the
brakeman yelled out +" Lansing" and rhsn
the ord man Lobbed up and exclaimed;
4" Lauslng-Lansing-why here's whers
they hung Tom Collins, amt it,"
lie explained that Ton Collins, a Chi
cngo desperate, had murdered eleven Old
women aud deank their blood for his liver
complaint, and after being hunted for
miles aud miles, had at length been cap
;ared IT Lansing, cut to pieces by the infu
rated populace, and then left hanging to
u tree.
had to point out the tree. 1t was a
tree near the depot, and the tail of . kite
had lodged in its branches,
"rhere's wh.r' they hung him Hammer"
said the Old man, stretching his ueck.
IAN there's some y his shnt lett YETI
exclaimed the old lady, and az ! backed out
Of the car tue old man was remarking that
h. ~as going to ask the train boy if he
didn't have .he pamphlet Life of Tom
Collins" SO that they could get further
particulars.
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