Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-03

benton them. had we made an attack instead
Of a surrender.
AZ rvcfDESr.
Before tho war Jack brandy went once to
Capt knaggs house very drunk, and in some
way offended him. knaggs gave him q tre-
mendous tlrashng have noted in my inter
! course win Indians on many occasions, that
anything done 70 them whom they nre drunk, is
| gu laid TO the charge of whisky. They do not
! i Now Il was Jack brandy who met Capt
! knaFgs and Gen. Winchester, rs they. were
/ lenyinR Col. Navarrc's house at daybrenk, and
alarm when he saw il was jack Jack said,
! hnnggs. don'tbc afraid we won thurt you
We are going to take you to orr British father"
! On their way to General Proctor they met
band of Pottawottamies, who bad q spite ngansi
kn9ggs, nnd raised their tomabawksto kill him.
! them to stand back he was Wyandot, and
| the prispnor belonged TO him. a Il the Indians
in NTH, the Northwest Northwest consider the Wyandotte the
| Nations. Their respect for the Wyandotte war.
| rior probably saved the lives ofKnaggs and Win
chester.
AFTER THE FIGHT
was over Jack remembered he had promised n
| prisoner 20 my brother. so he went to the
house where our wounded prisoners were. and
| took out q man who was woHndcd by ball
above tho knee lie took him to a Freuchman's
! house, had him fed, aud spent the night with
him. Next day he hired the. Frenchman with
| ms horse and train 70 take him to Detroit. A
| sled was usually called train in those days.
| One cold morning my brother and myself were
]
/ :, There are somo Indians coming with some
| thing on sled. probably vonison let us go
indian eRS re B ST ur'f6 w%' our
| wen, Jack. have yOu got some meat? " Oh
! yes, said he,
" GOT SOME GOOD YAxKEE MEAT"
| lie threw OF the blanket. and there was great
! big kentuckian, wounded aud disabled Jack
! saying at the same time. You sec. Harry Hunt,
| Jack Brandy cant lie" My brother took care
| of the prisoner till our army entered Detroit
] Nyn hrn mi a
| the prisoner, who had joined the army to re-
| yenge his death; When my brother reported to
! Nen. HarrtSpn that such n man was at his house
they came directly. and such happy mocting
never saw. Thi: mans name was Johu Green,
| lucky.
RECOVERING 4 STOLEN HORSE.
In July. 1872. my brother bought very fine
Z horse. which had been driven with the army
/ from Dayton. 1t was large. elegant dapplc
1 grey. and he rode it acting as the aid of Gen
! Hull at the surrender. Soon after the British
/ took the town the Indians stole the horse, sad
die and bride from my brothcr's stable. lie
much down at the loss of his fine horse There
! hc met Jack Brandy Jack says Harry Hunt
E@s' Ionr r,ce .nf . matter Tth y9n You hare very
Jnck the Indians have stolen my big horsr!''
jack says; = Dam rascal! Maybe me find
some bread me sHNf bynicy GETy oS some i meat & ana ID
in silver and what else he wanted. Jack
mounted his pony and started up the River
The next day he crossed an Indian trail. and
discovered that one of their horses had large
! IRON shoes. llc followed the track and that
! evening campcd with the party. After eating,
they wanted TO know where he was going. lie
sad he was directed to 20 to Chicago to call the
Indians in To fight the Long Knives They told
%ask says horse i tired "S NIiFS@R HSFsS so%i
and added shaking his silver in his pouch. 7" and
! give some boot. In the morning, after an
early break fast, jack told them to put the sad
CffI q NJ a a1il WpIl
/ try him, see irbo is a good horse" He mounted
4 and
1T WAS THE LAST THEY SAW
! Of Jack or the horse. We were standing in
front Of my brothers store about sundown the
/. next day, when we saw an Indian coming up
the road on horseback. 1t proved to b. Jack
on my brothers gray horse. When he jumped
! on and delivered him to my brother, he said
. lie.''
Going to Columbus in 1899, in n stage-coach.
/ There were three passengers besides myself.
The mud was very deep, and going very slow,
we overlook an Indian on rrutches. He had
rheumatic affection in his legs. one of which he
eould net use. As we pass d he turned his
head towards The moment put my eyes
on him knew it was jack Brandy. tofi the
We opened the door and took him into the
coach with us. and began telling the gentle
who had not yet recognized me. looked ut me
ytry intcntly while described the taking and
delivery OF John Greene, When said. ',Har-
| moment mentioned the name, he jumped up,
put his hands on my shoulders, and said,
much reioiced. During the ride we gave him
So, aud left him at the door of his cabin by the
roadside, perfectly happy.
AT THE TREATY or ST. MARY's
held by Gen. Case in 1879. Pasheto was very
given him By Major r. A. Forsyth, who was
secretary of Gen. Coss, this fellow kept a bow
placed under guard to prevent his doing mis-
chief lie had had three wives and murdered
all Of them. The Indian relatives of these
wives seemed to be watching their chance to
kill him. His nation. the Shawuncse. were in
the habit of going to Maiden for presents every
accompanied them on one of these expeditions
lie always said nothing could kill him but
SMALL BRASS HANDLED KXIrR
he wore round his neck, with the handle stick
ing out of the bosom of his shirt. When they
reached Stony Creek four miles beyond Mon.
roe. all the Indians went on except these Two
cousins and Pnshcto. who Temaiued drinking
at a little French grocery. While Pasheto was
drinking one Of them struck him on the shoul-
der with toInahawk- lie turned round and
killed the one who struck him with a single
blow. Then the other one and Pasheto closed,
and fought with knives till both fell. striking
ut each other ms they, lay. Pasheto after being
to remain there three months to recover.
On his way hnek to Wanakonncttn, he called
fighting very hard, was weak, and wanted to
get home to his people. He wanted ten dollars,
and of, red his cloth blanket as pledge that
he would come next year and pay it back. |
gave hun the money and he left his branket 1t
was three years before saw him again. He
came into my store with q Kcknpoo Indian-as
said :" Hunt where is my hi nket?' / told
him had sold ii three months before; llc said
= Hunt. ! am going to Maiden. ] shall be
back in ten dnys.. I"u give me my blanket
then or pay me $50. About ten days after
tEs Srss andiGF in p oI hSSor my
two Indians who had eampcd back of Maumee
70 paint ,thsI9selyes in hideons style. come
down the hill. lea ling their horses. They pas
scd me at the door without looking at me nt all.
They hitched their horses and came to the
! store.
! In the meantime hgd gone roun bohind tho
counter, where had an old musket standing.
= which was not loaded. but had a bay0nrt on II.
) saying. - Hunt, give me my, blanket or $50 in
money / cooked the muskct anil presented
the bayonCt t. him across the counter, looking
him straight IN the eye, saying, You damned
rascal, I'll kill you Much to nv surprise
and relief he qnailcd; At that they turned
round, went out of the store. mounted thGiI
f Point. u fur trader near Watcrvillc. Pashetc
said to him - Your friend Hunt has cheated
e me out of my blanket and You must nay me $40
I lon know it is the rule among Indians il on'
white man cheats us his friend must pay for il.
La Point thought best to pay.
! THE SENT FALL
there was ag tS payment e the 3awqf at the
1 chunts Of MHumee and PerTysburg were in tho
/, habit of tnking boards down and putting up
rough shanties in which to sell goods to the In
dians. had store there and the late Geo, D
, knaggs was my clerk. lie came in one nigh
, very much alarmed, and said he had heard
, PashctO trying t9-pers uade one of the Ottawa
, Indians to kilt md rob me. We slept tha
night, one at each end of the counter, with 0ul
pistols in our hands, expecting nm attack. Fol
some cause he gave i up. and the next day lcf
, for Maiden. There he met young chefna
White Feather, who also was n cousin To on,
of his murdered wives lie saw White Fcathct
going into bakers shop. lie followed him il
and told him to give him loaf of bread
a White Feather dill 80. They walked away arm
~ arm 10 the outskirts Of the town. Whit
: Feather, in the course of their talk, observed
. q brass handled knife sticking out of paSheto
bosom. lie seized il and
srRUcH MN MORTAL BLOW.
: Pasheto lived long enough TO he taken I,
his tens, wiierg hi. wife painted his face, b,