Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
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| Vermont and were going to western Mchi-
gan on visit to their son. Alter a little
/ diminishing round. tic old gentleman pitch
/ ed into me about the ''crop,," ''siie, and
when 70 md now innocent lie was, gave
him all the information could. All at once,
as he rode along, the wife caIght hls arm
and Gained
"Look out Samuel or you'll be forgetting
that place were they tit -
/ The cd man explained lie said that q
Young man wac came down from Canada
( with them. told him to look out for the bat
tie field OF Br.,dt,ocA's defeat lis soon as he
| left Detroit.
| was going to reply that the Young man
was an Internal liar. hat the Cd aiy seemed
| to have set her heart on seeing the spot.
and the old man was so anxious, that
/ couldn't bear to di>appont them. When
vc 1T down int, the woods | pointed ont
the "batte field" and they put their heads
out Of the windows. and took in the scene.
Think of it, Hammer exclaimed the old
man, ns lie drew in his head think ot them
lnjuns creeping through them woods and
| shooting Mr. Bradduck down dead -
MY soul. - replied the old lady. seeming
| " overcome at the idea. and she kept hel
| eyes on the woods until thought she would
twist her neck off
We got along all right for about five miles
more, and tie old mam wanted to know if
we wcren down pretty near the spot where
| Tccum>ch fell.
"Whcrc - yelled and he said that the
same young man had Informed him that the
where the great Indian warrior fell and
slept.
'It'll be a powerful favor to me ard
Samuel, if yell pint out the spot urged
the old lady. placing her hand on my
| arm.
How coHld 60 back on what that brazcn
young man had said? The old folks had
made up their mind, 70 see tie SPOT. and if
didn't show it to thea they might worry
for weeks, and they might think the young
man had lied, or that | WASN'T posted in the
/ historic spots of my own State. Lor' for
/ give me, but nile further on pointed out
/ hill and said;
"B.hoiI the last resting place Of tho
great Tecum>eh."
'Thak of ii, IEanner-tllink Of it - ez.
cl ine,! the Cd man right there is where
they got hin ~
"Mrrcy! bat it don't seem possible :" SIC
cjac,.l It'd and she hai to get out her snuff:
box before She c3ui recover from the
shock.
The old gentleman said he had paricn,,l
Interest in seeing TIE spot, because he know
the man wao had killed TecumscA--uscd to
live right hy him.
lls must have been an awful Injin ?"
broke in the old lady, for the young man
said he did't die till they rad cut of his
head, and hands, and feet, and bowed the
body up with a barre Of powder"
| wanted to get away after that. fearing
that something worse was coming, but she
insisted upon my taking pinch of snuff, and
so kept my seat. We We're just beyond
Brighton when the old man came at me like
steamboat, with
'Now, then, how fur is it to the spot
where they found the little Babes in the
Woods?"
wanted to get out Of it. but how could :?
That yoang man had deliberately lied to
those nice old folks, and hadn't the moral
courage to tell EN- so, and thus had to make
| a liar Of myself. It's awful to deceive any
one. especially a good old man and fat and
motherly old lady, on their way to the
tomb.
"That's--ycs-that's the spot!'' said as
we came to dark piece Of woods.
'Tnink o that, lIannern' he said, his
head out of the window: "think Of them
babies being found in thcrc,'
"Ycs. it was fearful" she replied "seems
as if could almost see them stubbing about
in there now! ~
There was another historic spot of which
the young man had told them, but they had
forgotten it and | was never more thankful.
They had kept quiet until the brakeman
yelled ont "Lansing.' and the old man bob
bed up and exclaimed:
''Lansng -Lansing-why, here's where
they hung Tom Collins, amt it,"
lie explained that Tom Collins, Chicago
dcsperado, had murdered eleven old women
and drank their blood for his liver complaint,
and after being hunted for miles and miles,
had at length been captured at Lansing, cut
to pieces BY the infuriated populacc; and
then left hanging to a tree.
had to point out the tree. 1t was tree
near the depot, and the tail Of kite had
lodged in its branches.
"There' whar' they hung him, Hammer ~
said the old man, stretching his neck.
"And there's some o his shirt left yet ~
exclaimed the old lady, and as | backed out
Of the car the good old man was remarking
that he was going to ask the train boy if he
didn't have the pamphlet Life of Tom Col
lins,'' so that he could get further iniorma-
ton.