The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-07-24
,onaellH. Killed him. his wife aud sew.

child. and took Miss Hamilton into
captivity. We hero leave the historic
deeds CT savage burbari,y Ill! December,
1887. Although through all these
years the horrid tragedy Of frontier
warfare was kept up BY the indians,
wke1e lands We had. Mr.. President,
must I say it? I pause; bet the
trath ,n1st he !oid-whosO land We, q
Christian nation, stole from the sa7a.
ges! Had We bought and paid for
their lands, We might have preserved
peace and savGa gu. scaIps. Let nc
here say. fer Tie benefit Of thcss cLil'
lren. ''honesty is tic best policy" II
we do wrong vc must expect to be
punished for crime will always bring
punishment. Had tho FIRST settlers
been as honest as william Penn, who
bought bis land Of the Indians, their
Ecalps. yet, their liTcs, might have
been saYed WLea the Indians were
reproached for stealing and carrying
Of property, they justified themselves
by saying i was al tic price they got
for shCir land.
On the 18th dag Of December, 1887,
q party Of Indians came 10 house
standing III the field just beyond that
tai! poplar, wh:rc We see that small
gun and dogwood. and killed Z. West,
Sr., and captured Martha Hughes,
daughter cf Jesse Hughes, thea burs:
open tho door where wero Mrs. WesE
and her sister "a girl years old,
daughter Of John EncEer) and lmlne.
iiately t5mnbaUked hrs. West, struck
at the girl, but bill her en- the side Of
thc reck. She fell. pretending to be
dead, They then struck lad twelve
years old, brother of EdnGnd West,
Jr., onco o7er each DYE. Believing
their work Of death done, they took
from ahclf some bread, butter ard
milk, placed it on the table, and delib'
sratsly sat dcwn and commenced eat.
ing. The little gil, observing all
that passed. saw and knew Leonard
SchoolCiaf!. white man. with the H.
dams. When iouo eating, they arose,
scalped Mrs. West and the boy. and
dragged the girlbJ tho hair 40 or 90
yards, scalped hEr and threw her over
fence. Schoolcraft observed signs OIL
life aud told thdn it was not enough,
Au Indian then stabbed her iu the side,
but the Enife itril;ing rib it did nc
harm. She layali night IN tho top o.
fallen tree. At carly dawn she got
10 cabin, whe,o N G Hall now lives,
and had her wounds dressed. She
lived. married Peter Hartman. became
the mother Of leu children, and died,
us vas believed, oi nn affection Of the
heed, occasioacd by the wound she re
ceived that day. Young West wa
found next day standing in tie crCcl
where the bridge nov stands, tn
brains oozing froln his head yet ht
survived three days in extreme suffer
ing.
Here We will pass four years Of tot
and labor, clearing out tho forest, in'
crease Of population, murder aud scalp
ing.
In December, 1901. fow of tho
neighbors met in cabin, then staud,
ing near Mr.. Halls houGo, for rclig
ious devotion. At the same time tn
ludiau Chief TccunsGll aud his g,n!
lay within one hundred yards Of roll
wOrshippers, under that now !allcl
rock hero nj tie sand bank, in rlair
view Of " here We are now SO pleasant,
situated. The SANG evening tie Chic
ana his followers went to the house 0
John WaggoDer. killed ono boy in TIT
yard, took Mis-. "uggoner and six o
her children prisoners, mud made
quick retreat. After going mile
they killed ouu Of the children, and JUS
above Us here, on this hill, they kilIct
Mrs. Wuggouer aud two more. mang
ling their bodies in tho most barbaroUl
and shocking manner. They took GU
boy and two girls into captivity. Til,
girls returned, aud ono became the wife
Of Rev. John lIardmau and the othc,
the wife Of Jucob Wolf. The boy re
manned with the Indians 20 years, anG
is now living four miles up this Creek
respected by all. But time forbids me
to speak of the capture and murder, il
1871. Of the Meals. I'riPlcts aud Row,
cllsi or Of tha capture and escape 0
John aud Henry johnson, aud the
capture and murder of the Cozad fun
lily, and the miraculous escape Of ia
cob, who returned and lived in thi.
neighbOrhood 10 good old age. No,
Of the brutal murder of Mrs. Mock, who
was tomahaWkcd, scuIped and stripped
Of all her clothing in sight Of this place
and left laying iu the woods. Sht
lived q few Iays, gave birth to a child
and died. Nor have we time to tell Of
the heroic Mrs. BOzarth. who, in les.
than three minutes killed three lndiarI
with an axe. The last murder by the
lnliaus was done in 1895. Thuu
peace flowed like 4 river. NeiEhbors
met ana rejoiced 10 their happy homes
Industry and Improvement spread
through all tho land. inhabitants in
c:easgd ut rapil pace I'LL 1916, when
Lovis county was formed of. OF EIur:i.
sou, embracing su area of l, 7jI square
miles aud n population of G,2ll, aud
tho taxes were $3.50. Weston, at that
time, had QUO house, built by ono Of
tho Flcshcrs durinp tho Indian war.