The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-09

ly goods, aud when asked, "Where are you
Nor1H Gir0Ina Ba %as tbs ap sReP
On the next day perhaps you would meet just
such another family following in the wake OF
"a cart drawn by a poor old horse, whose ribs
you could count at the distance of many ards;
the cart had no tyre epthIckory wins. and
not ono ounce OF iron entered into It's stru G.,
TUE. "Where did you come from, friend?"
From the shallow ford OF the Big Yadkin,
North Carolina" Why, / became almo-J as
IA niliar with the localities OF the Carolinas as
m i had iived there all NV lifs remember
on one occasion TO have heard my old friend,
James Gregory, the father of Robert Gregory,
late one of our supreme judges, canvaSsing for
the office of lieutenant governor, making a
stump speech in the town OF Rushvllle. he
said that he "was born and raised Ia North
Car lima and had never seen wagon until he
was % years old, and then followed ii a mile TO
see why the big wheels did not catch up with
the little ones vi course 1nis was ni9 s
Illustrative of the early immigrants. They were
not lea ned, but no truer people ever lived;
they were the firm friends of freedom and
fought down the vile attempt to force slavery
into the territory.
These people worked hard and lived hard.
1t is matter of amaZeinent how they got
along so Well they did. Their cabins were
OF the udest kind. A f7w round logs notched
down, one upon another until they reached
sufficient height 10 form story of eight or
nine eet; q clapboard roof and puncheon floor;
q "cat and clay" chimney ornamentlng one OF
the gable ends of the structure; not a nail or
pane of glass anywhere found-such WERE in
short, their dwellings. The clearing of three
or four acres of ground and the removing
therefrom the green and heavy timber was
hard winters work. Even in the spring when
the seed was planted IL was Liable to be taken
up by the birds and squirrels, and some one OF
the family required to keep a constant
vigil around the little field to prevent these
depredations. In the fall when their scanty
crop was about maturing ii was IN equal dan
ger from the raccoon and other wild animals
roaming in the adjacent woods.
The foregoing. however, were not the only
difficulties surrounding the early settlers. The
boundary n. WAYNE
and Randolph counties sep rated them from
the almost bOundleSs territory OF the Indians.
We were in the midst OF war with the neigh
boring tribes, and hostilitieS about to conn.,
mence with Great Britain.
The savages continued to be exceedingly
troublesome until 1914. They had taken the
side of our enemies during the war with Eng
land. The settler lived in daily dread, not
knowing at what momeD his cabin might be
infested by the sayayes and himself ana fam
lily fall victims t. tueir cruel and relentless
warfare. Murders were frequent all along the
border, nor was IL unusual that the settler was
compelled to fly to some neighboring block
house for protection. Two persons, whose
names / have now forgotten, were butchered
not far above Brookviile, while working in
their field, and their horses stolen. A man by
the name of Morgan and his two brothers
were ain by the Indians on the west fork of
the White Water. The inhabitants became
sensitive TO alarm. The frequency of such oc-
currences and the hundreds OF rumors OF
bloody msSsacres, many OF which never hap
pened, caused them to live in constant ter, or.
recollect on one occasion gentleman on
horseback came dashing up to our cabin warn
ing us to II for our lives 20 the house of James
Kuignt, in Brookvile, as the Indians were
killing the settlers some eight or nine miles
above, and would soon be upon us II was a
cold, frosty night in the fall Of
1872. Without giving me time to
more than half dress, we were hurried
to Mr.. Knights, where we found about so per-
sons, men, women ana children. dozen
Indians co uld have captured the whole party
without trouble. There were iu the crowd
few guns, but great scarcity of ammunition
Mr. John X. Beatty, he rather OF the late
David Beatty, of this city, kept the only store
in Brookville. He had aoout a half a key of
powder, which was freely offered on this occa'
sion. Beatty was a brave aud generous man,
and had command OF the citadel. Children
halffroZen were crying in the arms OF their
mothers, and the motHers themselves weeping
In utter despair. Ii was indeed gloomy
night. Beatty exerted himself to encourage
hope and dry their tears. The next morning
about o'clock the scouts VINO had been sent
out TO reconnoiter the movements OF the en-
envy returned and reported that some hunters
on the waters of Pipe cree < h ID fallen in with
flock OF turkeysyand In the night were shoot
ing them on their rooSts This cTcumstance
gave rise to the alarm. We then separated 10
our respective homes, truly glad that We re-
tanned possession or our Scalps.
With the exception OF the battle of Tippe-
canoe, fought under the command OF Gen.
erai HarIison, m0een mo- h P our
surrender Of General Hull at Fort Dearborn IN
the month of August, 1872, without firing
that m lrched from Fort Harrison under the
command of General Hopkins; the retreat of
Colonel Campbell after the battle of the Mis-
the dis strOus defeat OF General Winchester
on the I'D OF January, 1913, at the river Ralson,
gave boldnes' TO the enemy and enabled Te-
cumseh ana his brother, the prophet, to unite
almost the entire body OF the Indians OF the
northwest against our people. The inhabit-
ants occupying the frontier settlements mad
good reason for alarm. The bate OF the
Thames and the signal de;e of Proctor with
his British forces and Indian allies in the lat
ter part of 1878, together with few successful
raids about that me In which the Indlan vii
lagos and their corn were burned and destroy
ed, gave US great relief and improved the con-
dition of the early settlers. The poverty and
suffertngs OF the Indians produced divisions
in the neighboriug tribes aud induced them
finally to sue for peace. BY the middle of the
think IL appropriate, and / know that
shall be forgiven, If, Just here,
quote somewhat from q graphic description
Her communication was published In 1851 IN a
Centervile paper. where then resided. Mrs.
10 the %bite %aTer country in ss he ws
the mother OF Jacob and George Julian, two
we'll known citizens OF this vicinity. Mrs.
Julian, among other things, says sir,r,,,oo ,.s
killed by the Indians about three miles from
our fort. He had on az the time pc ton OF
the dress of another man who had made
threats against them and IL IL supposed that
they mistook him for the latter. In the spring
Charles Morgan aud his two half brothers
were kllleu AT IneT sugar camp sea peu anu
one OF them thrown into the fire. This hap.
penet about six miles from our residence.
This was quite alarming. We knew not what
20 do We gathered ourselves in small groups
in order TO hold council. Finally we conclud.
ed To leave our new hom.s, which we aid
time after time for the space of two yenis.
We were grateful Indeed 10 see peace return
ing so that we couid again enjoy our hones
Tn re were many serious trials in the begin
ing OF this country with those who settled
amid the heavy timber, having nothing TO de.
pend upon for living but their own industry.
Such was our situation. However, We were
blessed with health and strength. aud were
enabled TO accomplish all that was Necessary
To ne done. Our husbands cleared the ground
and assisted each other In rolling the logs.
We often went with them on these occasions
to assist In cooking for the hands. We had
n st rate tlmes-just such az hard laboring
men and women can appreciate. We were
no. what now would be called fashionable
co ks. We had no pound cakes, preserves or
jellies, but the subs antials prepared were In
plain, honest, old fashioned style. This IL one
reason why were est I'm health. We
had none OF your dainties-nickaacks and
many Filings that are worse than nothing.
There are many diseases now that were not
heard of 30 or 40 years ago, such ss dyspepsia,
neuralgia, aud others too tedious 10 mention.
II was not fashionable at thft line 10 be