The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-23
- WEST VIRGINIA AND
l'a ,.rsRN PENNSYLVANIA.
=, .,rondence OF the Register.

So,irss in the early part OF last
Pc, ,a, | gave an account of the cre-
.ofsmsn IN leg hut by the Peo-
,be Little Levels of Pocshontas
,,v during the early settlement OF
he county. The statement was a made On
y. y. ,s:so;lty o. Rev. Samuel Blown a
.,,.-,bIe Presby terIsn clergyman OF
r..;,-idse County, Va, who believed
.dsmsp who was burned was the
.,.brs Simon Girty Of border noto-
-. This letter having fallen under
..s. Of Rev. Horace Z. Hayden, that
.r,r.n wrote 10 Mr.. Brown for his.
ot the occurrence. Mr.. Brown
ir,,,v replied, giving his authority
-, .,s,emen.s ard reasons for be-
.,-,hs, the notorious G.rty had thus
s,s,p. Hsy den has quite celebrity
.,,,ous-lsn, and 81 xiOus to ascertain
.,,,,sc, is,e Of the renegade, in con-
..,f,r with Dr.. Diaper, OF Wisconsin,
,.r.rs,tup up the history OF the Girty
.rar spi hss recently laid before the
p...rrjssl ;, ciety OF Virgins, valuable
No.. ~ ,1.s subject. enclose for
.,,,,..,D n the R.GIsTEh' copy OF
y. HAYDEN. article SIS it was recently
,,-.bed in the Richmond Dispatch,
,..,s s,ll doubles. prove Of Interest to
rsrsopls Of wes. Vr. inis and Western
p-r.,.yalia. 1t will be seen thst Mr..
r,r..s ,.e,rIy establishes the fact that
..g,ip,, have been Simon Girty, who
,,...,nei il Pocahontss county. Yet
,...,. "lfit was Lot one OF the Girtys
,aw,A-9' think l can answer his
..-g. L. was robody.
aT .sAeD .ome pans recently to
,,,1ile in his nstter, and l ind that
10 one living IL th:s county (Pccahontss)
h.s sry kuo.!edge OF any person ever
bang burned in the manner de-
Ii.ts3 by Mr.. Brown. The Oldest
ctizsas have no recollection OF any
,sca occurrence, and none OF them have
,tsry such tradition handed down
from their ancestors. l knew that II
would have been f. termination Of the
b,o,iT career OF the cruel Girty, and
81 so'ry ,hst the stern truth OF history is
compelled to upset the Brown-WOod the
ory Q, bis dea!h But history is history,
m1 .scts are facts. So sm convinced
taai the credloiIity OF the two good old
men hss bsen imposed on, and | think
csn give the origin OF the story.
Some tory years $50 singular indl-
y.ilsI made hls appearance IN PocsAon-
IS COUNTY. Whence be came no one
kaeg. He was quite old, hsd hard Wis
sge sls-p features, and general blood
thirsty lock stout aim. He may have
been the founder OF the society of Trsmps;
S: shy rate he had sll the eccentricities
Of TIE members Of that order. he
sus.ied Tor short while in the
sea.eren! on S4sp Creek, and from
tie genera. J,i character and dlssolute
habits Of tie sgrl ysgrant, and the num-
b'rless stories tpii OF his connection with
the lIdlaA Troubles on the frontier, the
belief gained ground with the people that
tbs msn Was no other .hsn Simon Girty
Tie renegade. Everybody knows how
story Of this kind, repeated from mouth
= mouth, srd passing from household
y household, Will gain proportions IS 1t
goes std never lose anything. Coming
~ % Llls way 10 the ears o, old Jimmy
Wool AID Joe Hannah. two simple
@,'iet c'etG.Ogs old men, they drank IN
''='y Scrt O.! ]. IS true, and, doubtless,
NJ. =. The esrnestness of full confidence
.- Is !,l.h:g,ness in after years related
!; . Mr Blown: The old vsgsbond,
s-o hs1 been staying at the house Of
&sa tsmed Burgess, living on the head
EA:s. Of Williams river, branch OF
Ga-.e! suddenly disappeared and was
seq 70 more. The exaggerated
".'e' were pg: Iuto circulation about bis
-'''s'..-s -st.ssppesrsnce. Some people
81. !aa: De WAS miser and that Bur.
- lAl murdered him for his money.
a-9.te' Story gained credence, and the
.-s which Wood and Hannah held to-
-, ts confessed TO being Simon Girty,
4! Us: 81 a certain log rolling a. Sage
zee he pg! IN his appearance, the men,
---r' 'ae belief that he WAS the renegade,
.. cA'; bin, into s burning pile OF logs
AZ Us! lie pe'ished in the flames. But
'-s'e Sss 10 foundation for either OF
'-se so'es. The truth, IS near IS J csn
As.s''A.a y, IS thsl the vsgsbCnd started
..- b-rfe;s' house on his wanderings
- Us. N passing through the wilder
~ O. tie lew Mountains on bis way to
o'AI.5a ae per.shet. l doubt bot that
>Ne '.:.!e day. when the settler Is
A.ss o-I The vast forests OF the Iew
-.-2AsIs, there will be found beneath
ne moss bank the bones of the vsgrsnt
- aA' been the cause Of so much his
- Investigation. Aud perhaps
!oss.s.et remains will be
,.i ,',-7'ei up to decorate some
''~"cy museum, snd form the basis OF
Ns-Ielt OF some iuture Darwin Of
~ ~i'saS7 . tsProye the Mosaic sccouat
,'AHoa. o., IS is not altogether i'm.
t..'A,ie, the tour winds will be called
-. Is 10 the vision OF Ezekiel, "to
axe upon these bones thst they may
~. !" teach the rising generation the
.. "a. "a obligation Of paving the Shylocks
3. 'T' world according to ".he penalty
';.si; o. the bond"
- =, hAyten snd Dr.. Draper having
G.... - It's; Simon Girty died 3 natural
-. - = CAnsds, and it beiug equslly
S+- Ia no person was ever cremsied on
t.,.; t; PIE IN Pccshontss, the stery of the
"a: - IeAtn Of the scourge OF the from.
-. '4'y exploded. &. Il. II.
N'1E-We :hall print the article re-
'','s' 'o, which is one of considerable
,~"'esi in mex. TUESDAYS Rre,srxR-