Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-03
GEN. HUNTS REMINIsCENCEs CON.
CGUDED.

talk that way in council"
Two or three Indians and interpreters took
| him off out Of the council. The treaty resulted
in buying from the Indians the Northwestern
part Of Ohio and the Southern part of Michi-
gan.
Otusso in our language means White Cloud.
He was n very intelligent Indian quite the
sqqal Of Teeumseh in mental qualities, though
lacking the moral force and yigOr which gave
the latter the leadership Of his race.
INDIANS AND EDrcArIoS'
After the missionaries hnd established n sta
tOn opposite the Missionary Island, about
Twelve miles above the foot Of the rapids OF the
Maulnee, one day OtussO came to my store with
a lnrge pack Of fur.
After he had done his trading invited him
to spend the night mt my house. When supper
was oyer he said he wanted to talk with me.
lie tnlked earnestly and long. Tho pcrspr0tion
rolled down his checks. lie spoke of the mis-
sionaries, and Of tho future of his people. He
said "These black conts want us to send our
children TO their schools. We have been think
ing about it. We want your advice. The In;
dinns think tho Great Spirit put the bow and
arrow into our hand and intended us TO be
hunters; We are MUCH troubled about it, at the
Otusso's forebodings were not without reason.
Tho Mission failed of doing any permanent
good to the indiana In October, 1913. Detroit
our army under General Harrison.
DEoLINE or THE BRITISH POWER.
Perry's victory on the 10th of September had
put an end To British power on Lake Erie. On
that dny the Queen Charlotte. which had brought
before, was taken. She was so badly crippled
~ action that she was afterwards sunk nt Erie;
Ili, Harrison army 5VV or o,oY strong LANDED
Eric, a short distance below Maiden.
As they marched up the lett bank Of the river
to Detroit. Perry,s fleet could be seen coming
Tho river was also full of tho barges in which
the army had crossed the Lake. aud which kept
even with their march so ms to take them over
to the city. The army. the feet and the boats
came on in the full. clear light of an October
sun and reached the city together, and present.
magnificent and memorable sight.
While gazing at the fleet. one of the gun boats
left the line. moved quickly down the river and
barn Mt Spring Wells whore some hostile Indians
Ind been foolish enough to show themselves
The Indians seampcTcd out like SO many rats.
While our army was crossing to the city. two
hostile Indians. probably Qttawns. from SHgin-
9w, fully armed, and naked, except their
hreech-clUths and belts, stood on the dock bold
rs lions. Just MS the first boat, in which came
Capt. Andrcison, the leader of the scouts of
Harrison s army touched the shore, they turned
and went back towards the woods on Il slow
trOt. full of fun, shouting aud dancing to show
their bravery. In the woods they met some of
m our shawanese and supposing them 70 be Brit
lsh came openly up to them. The Shawancse
knocked them down and tied their hands behind
them and brought them back soon after in sorry
plight.
As Commodore Perry's ship passed near the
dock, ] saw him standing on the quarter deck,
with his arms folded, his face animated aud his
whole manner showing how much he felt the
exuitation of success.
PROM DETROIT TO FORT WAYNE.
About tie 2sth of December. 1913, left De
troit to go to Fort Wayne, in company with two
Frenchmen named Farcns and .Prcvo, who
were sent as an express by Harrison. They
Travelled on foot; ! accompanied thcm on II
Canadian pony. We left soon after sunrise.
The provisions for the party were in a wallet
which was placed under my saddle bags on the
pony.
In crossing the Rivers Rouge and Ecorsc, We
| had to swim the horse alongside of a canoe
When approaching the Drownstown Creek, near
where Trenton now is, and the place where Tc-
cumseh defeated Van Horn, | tried to cross on
horseback. The horse mircd and threw me off
into the mud. and water and ice Just forming,
was covered with halt-irOzen mud, saved the
saddie-bags but lost the provisions. We went
on to Huron RIVER. where we found deserted
cabin, and set tre To it, The man scrapcd the
mud of me and my horse, and we stayed there
gil night, without anything to cat Next morn
ing we crossed the Huron River. and il took all
day to get To- Monroe. 1t was hard travelling
for we were hungry MS well as fatigued. We
gaVe ms The host he LrInson' H w, ~ anu , ne
pork and Johnny cake. and tea without milk or
sugar. The country was bare Of provisions, for
we were at the scene of the River Raisin mas
sHcre, where Winchester was taken.
Col; Navarro showed ms the marks on the
1Ise-b9ards in one corner Of the room, where
the Indians threw the bloody scalps in a heap
us they came in after the fight. The next day
we travelled against a strong west wind, with
rain and sleet. hoping to, have n good night r
L
Crossing the creek four miles South of Mon
roe, We came upon the skeletons of eight or ten
Of our soldiers, killed by the Indians. and lying
in the spots where they fell.
4 BAD NIGHT.
We succeeded in reaching the Maumce River
opposite Fort Mcigs about dark. They saw us
! from the fort and tried to reach us in boat
not do it. We then went to the mouth of the
ravine. on which the Pearl Mils-Of South To-
!ed9-nOw stand. and there we sat. with our
| backs against an Onk tree, and our guns in our
hands all night. We dared not make fire toi
/ fear the bands of hostile Indians who were
roaming through the woods. The year follow
! ing Levi Hull was killed by them, near the spot
where we passed the night.
| The wolves having lived on the bodies o those
slain at Dudley : defeat, thought they had some
/ more fresh meat. and came around us in great
| numbers. We could see their eyes Rlist"unp
through the falling snow. They huwled around
us leariIIiy nll might long. and once we thought
/ they certainly would attack us.
The Indians say that when the wolves howl
/ they rub their 1orepaws over their mouths
which maAcs the howling OF one sound like thai
/ Of " hole pack
! During. the night we could hear the sentinel,
at Fort Meigs calling out. "All's we'll. We diu
| The next dav. on tho way to the head Of tn,
Rapids, we killed three squirrels. We tount
an old Indian camp. where we built fire ant
| cooked our squirrels. Hunger forced us TO max,
4 a fire, and run the risk of Indians.
/ The next day VIC killed three more squirrels
! and in the evening arrived Mt Camp No. 2. ter
miles below Defiance, where We spent the night
I The following day we arrived opposite Defiance
| and found the ice had become so hard that W,
! well with the officers of the Fort We dincd oi
| bear spare rib potatoes, cranberry sauce anC
good bread and thought them very fine. Tn,
commanding officer supplied us with provision
enough to last us to Fort Wayne, agrecably I,
! General Harrison orders.
NCrUAL SURPRISE.
On the second day after leaving Defiance so
ing on The North side of the river. and following
an Indian trail, | was riding about %O yards il
ncnce suddenly ramc upon the camp of tn,
Miami tribe of Indians. who, when tine Britsl
left Detroit selected this secluded SPOT to avoi,
| the Long Knives.
We had missed tho trail to Fort Wayne an,
taken the wrong one, which led us upon then
When they saw us they supposed We were spie
! IN the advance of llnrrisun's army, and the,
became very much frightened. The women an'
children ran screaming mp the bank on the op
! posite side, and the men taking to the trees
began loading their guns for fight. The dog
ran barking towards us, and the very horse
seemed to share the excitement. and ran about
I jingling their bells. Altogether il was liyel
scene for that cold morning.
The freuchmcn came up, and directed tGen
to do as l had done, which was TO dismOunt
and place the muzzlcs Of their guns upon TIA
ground, and rest their ehlns upon the butts Q
As they did so, the Indians Immediately un
dcrStood that We did not wish to fight, and
was amusing TO soc them poking their head
I their chief cnmc out With white handkeruhir
| tied to n ramrod, to have talk with us.
proved to he Buclnvilln, who was over-joyed t
lind that he knew us all, having seen us at he
uoit. lie invited us TO his camp, and treitr
us to hominy and ierked vcnsi0n. The me
put up their guns, and the women and childic
dogs and horses. got over their scare aud rc
turned to camp. They kept us with them tw
or three hours, telling them the news. The
had not heard of the battle of the Thames or tn
death of Tecumsch. We told them their Brtis
l luther hHd been driven out of Upper tadada
and that We had dispatches from General HaT
TisOn to Major Whistler, at Fort Wayne, advis
ing the Indians To keep quiet during the Wintc
and in the Spring to come to Greenyille an
make u treaty,
Buchayillc was a man Of mark among the In
dians He became wealthy, and by his inhu
ence gavo wealth to n number OF white peopl
at Fort Wayne.
We arrived at the end Of our journey withou
further incident, in eight days after lcayin
Detroit
JACK BRANDY.
At the beginning of the war of 1872 there wa
At Detroit young Wynndot named Jack Bran