The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-21
A STORY ~ rHg REVOLUTION.
Hsw Tive Brave Girl. Drs,e away q
british Han.ef. Mar.

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There u an interesting story connect-
ed with Cedar Point. s~ci,uats Harbor.
Mas. The heroine u Mi.s R.b.ec.
Bates, nov a bright, genial old lady 81
eighty -four. wh0ss memory continues
remarkably clear. The .ior from her
lips, can be deprndsd on n. Thoroughly
reliable. Her father wa Capt msou
Bates, VIZ light Keeper At the time. and
waz the first Who IN the light, In April.
ISL in III Spring ~ The follow ing
year English cruisers were numerous
10 Massachusetts, hay. aud IN one occA-
Sion The launches ~ an Engiish irigate
weyp sent Ia 10 Srituate HatbOr. 1hcy
sat fire lD the vessel. NJ the wharyea,
u towcd out tNo, nj the same time
threatening to destroy the town II any
resistance was offered. After this event
q home guard was formed. aud detaCh.
ments were stationed on Grow and &c.
dar po,ut~, and la front of the yiilngs.
with a brass piece. When no sail wAs
IN sigh, the guard were allowed Ia 20
home Ia their farms.
Nothing 10 occasion alarm occurred
again until the following September.
Robecca. ~ that time eighteen years II
age. aud her sister Abigail, fourteen
years old (-till liying), were sitting Ia.
ward evening sewing with their mother.
Captain Bates aud the rest of his large
family and the gua,ds were all away.
Mrs. Bates told Repccca IL was time to
pat on the kettle. A. Rebccca went out
into the kitchen. she for the first time
perceived N English ship ~ war close
nj hand. and lowering her boats.
~ knew the ship Mt n glance" she
said 1T was the La HoPue."
'Oh. Lord says !. Ia my sister. the
old La Hogue Is OF here again Wha,
shall W. dop Here ARE their bargcs
coming again. aud they'll burn up our
vessels just NJ they did nforc. You see
there were two vessels nj the wharf,
loaded with hour. and we couldn't nj.
ford la lose that In those times, when
the embargo made IL so hard ,o live We
had Ia bile pumpkins all day Ia yet
swcotenin for sugar. Their. were the
muskets ~ the guards. had n good
mind Ia take those out beyond the light
house. and fire them nj the barges, I
might have killed one or two. bn. Il
would have done no good. for they
would have turned around aud fired the
| village.
''rli tell you what wc'll do, said ! To
my sister, look here. SAYS !. you take
the drum. I'll take the life was fond
~ military music. and could play four
tunes on the ffe. Yankee Doodle was
my masterpiece. learned ON the life
which the soldiers had left at the light
house. They had u drum. too; so !
said la her. You take the drum and ri
take the fife"
"What good'n that doP" says she.
''Scare them. says J. All you've got
Ia do Is Ia call tho roll I'll scream the
fife, and we must keep out u sight; II
they see ~ tbc'll laugh us To %scorn."
showed her how Ia handle the sticks
and We ran down behind the cedar
wood. SO wc put in. ~ the boys say.
and pretty soon ] looked. and ! could
see the men In Oh. barges resting nm
their oars and listening. When I look
ed again J saw n flag dying from the
mast. head of the ship. MY sister be-
gan TAI max. n speech, and ] said
Don't make n noise; you max. me
me laugh and ] cant quicker up my
month";
When ! looked again ! saw that they
had e. q the flag, and turned about NJ
quick that u man fell overheard. and
they picked him up by the back Of his
neck and hauled him In. When they
went oil. I played Yankee Doodle"
l. moi this heroine who saved two
ships laden with four, and perhaps 9th
or yaluablcs, from destruction. entitled
To- n pcnsionP She has live brothers
and sisters still living. the eldest eighty,
tive and the Youngest scvcnty-onc, Her
grandfather was one hundred years
aud ono month old at the time II hi,
death.