Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-03-01

point and the cabin the child was
killed. The women carried the body
for few rods, but the close pur.
suit obliged them to drop it.
A NEW HORROR.
A new horror awaited them as
they entered the cabin. The demons
had already been there. The oldest
child WAS dead ON the tluol. its head
almost severed from the BODY, and
the youngest had been carried away.
Two Indians were still in the house,
making preparations TO burn IL.
One made a safe escape, but the
other WAS shot down by Mrs. Eb-
berts as he cleared the doorstep,
There was no time to remember the
scalped and mutilated bodies i'm the
forest. The Indians were at the
door almost before the dark icdy ut
the step had ceased quivering.
1t was stout cabin, having more
strength, than convenience. Logs
and roof were not yet seasoned
enough to burn, and the single win.
dow was protected by heavy bliad.
The redskins knew that there were
only two women in the housf, and
they dashed at il and swarHetl
around it as wolves would surround
helpless doe.
STORY OF THE. SURVIVOR.
"Mrs. Hutley was as pale as death
and her hand tremblsd as she loaded
the rife, but her eyes shDne like FIRE
aud she Tit her lips till the blood
came. / suppose was half crazed,
for / wanted to open the door and
fight the whole band"
Thus says the survivor, whose
story Of the terrible affair is as clear
as the page Of book. The excite
mept was too great for the women
to plan defence, but both under
stood that the In iians must be bea-
ten off. There were two loopholas
in the door and others in the walls.
While the savages were massing
against the door two of them were
badly wounded from within, and
soon thereafter one was killed from
a loophole in the wall. Discovering
that they had perilous work on hand
the Indians drew of and took cover
behind logs, stumps and trees, and
for an hour they fred at the loop
holes, hoping that a chance shot
might kill or wound. Their bullets
were simply thrown away, and the
effort to fire the roof was time spent
for nothing.
FEARFUL DAY AND NIGHT.
All day long the siege was main
tRined. and when darkness fell the
women realized that il was to be the
longest night of their lives. A child
dead in the cabin, another carried
away, a husband and two children
dead in the woods, and the little
clearing was alive with human devils
seeking the blood Of the two despe-
rate defenders. Says Mrs. Ebberts :
"My nerves were strung up till l
felt every minute an ii I must toss
mp my arms and scream out 10 re-
lieve the agony Of my heart, and
Mrs. Hutley was suffering just as
badly. At one time she would be
wailing and sobbing over the poor
dead body on the floor, and then
again she would stand at one Of the
loopholes, her face SD white that l
could see it through the darkness.
It was as still us death outside until
about ten O'Clock. We were not off
our guard at al, but were beginning
to hope thft the savages had left,
when we heard them on the roof.
At the same moment they plugged
up all the loopholes with sticks cut
for the purpose. l drove these plugs
out with the Ak, while Mrs. Hutlev
watched the roof. She fired as the
Indians made an opening, and we
heard scream Of pain. There
were no further demonstrations un.
til an hour before daylight, though
we heard the wretches creeping
around the cabin.
GATHERING THE DOOR.
''As the night was wearing away
they brought up log and battered
In the door. We had warning and
were ready As the indians rushed
into the opening we both fred. They
came faster and thicker, bat Mrs.
Hutiey went at them with the axe
and 1 with knife, and we draxe
them out. 1t was all over in a min
ute. / remember the shouts and
yells they got hold OF me 7 heard
the axe chopplng at them and then
we were alone again.
AID AT LAST.
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