Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-27

! prayed; and as his words were literally
true, we all felt them in such prayerful
! earnestneSs as people do not feel in the
splendid modern churches, where prayers
are almost mere form. And he besought
God, weeping, that every soul in Bryant's
| stockade might, that day and that minute,
be born again and thus fitted to die or
live. | was not until then Christian ::
but while I was kneeling there on the
hard-trodden earth [ felt must give N.Y.
self to God and I did; and from that
awful hour [ date my hope Of heaven.
And | was not the only one; every poor
sinner in the fort did the same. 1t was a
great revival within fifteen minutes, and
nearly two score persons were then and
there converted, and they held on faithful
unto death. That is the way men ought
always to pray, with blood-red feeling
and meaning in their hearts and WORDS;
for SO God would always hear and an
swer. When we arose from our knees
men and all were in tears, and we 6n0oo
God aoOuId take care of us, die or live
Then there was a moment of sad and
fond farewells, and we began to slip
through the gate and start for the spring
How vivid it is yet to me, though it was
about seventy years ago | can see and
feel it all, as if it were now before me;
the sun was some two hours high, and the
very air seemed as still as death; there
were the mocassins we had removed stand
ing in row by the picketing; the little
children were crying by the cabin doors;
the men were going to their guns by the
portfolios.
Invent out with my mother, and as we
were passing through the gate she said, in
low tone:
"Walk behind me, Hetty, so if they
shoot they will not hit you till they kill
me-"
But replied:
enc; for fathers sake and the chill
dren, Twill keep between you and the
Indians"
And did, going to the spring l walked
before her, and returning [ kept behind
her. While we were dipping up the
water | CHANGED to see under the bushes
the feet of one Indian and the hand of an
other grasping a tomahawk; they were
not twenty steps from me, and I trembied
so [ could hardly stand.
But God heard the prayer, and within
few minutes every one was safe back in
the stockade, and the Indians had not
fired shot. But some of the buckets
were not very full, for it is not an easy
task when you shake like the leaves to
carry water without splitting.
Authors may write about the courage
of soldiers in battle, but | think if they
had it all SO deathly still and dreadful,
without drum beat or bugle note, they
might not be Drawer than we women
were. But it was all of the good mercy of
God. AS the Book says: 6 If it had not
been the Lord who was on our side when
men rose up against US, then they had
swallowed US up quick when their wrath
was kindled against u.s."
The rest of the story is soon told. The
Indians attacked the stockade that after
noon, but the men fired accurately and
rapidly among them, and we women kept
their guns loaded, and the red skins lost
many in killed and wounded, while on our
side not person was hurt
In less than forty ght hours their lead.
er, renegade white man by the name of
Simon Girty, became discouraged, and
they all stole away through the great for
ests. We afterward found out that when
we went to the spring we were within
short ritle-shot of more than six hundred
warriors
Two days after, this same army Of In
dams fought and defeated the Kentuck-
ians in the bloody battle of the Blue
Licks, in which more than sky of the
best men on the Borders were killed,
among whom were Col. Todd, Col. Trigg,
Maj. Harland, Capt. Gordon and the sec
ond son Of Col. Daniel Boone. So you
see, if we had fallen into their hands, the
Indians would have made short work
with us.-Irg5ng Z. Benaan, IN Christian
Union.
Forests and Fire-PrOof Homes.