The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-22
LOVE IN THE WOODS"
a Stery,~G the War of 1919. Told
nv Old settler.

by N Old settler
Cleveland Herald
Mr. John ID. Taylor, more Familiarity
known to those acquainted with him as
Uncle" john Taylor. delivered lee
ture at the Town Hail, in the Eighteenth
Ward, Tuesday evening, entitled Love
in the w Gods; or "reminiscences of the
7 War Of 1872" The lecturer was born
in Northern New York, from whence he
came to Cleveland in 1902, being then
TWO years old. Most of his life has
been passed IN this country, where he
raised family of six children, but twoot
whom are now living. His life has been
/ in many respects remarkable one. He
4 is man of intelligence and education,
and has a keen sense of both pathoS
and humor, in which his lecture abound
/ ed.
The lecturer began by saying that he
needed no introduction to the audience
! The characters in history were not myth
| ical ones, for the father of his heroine
was a near neighhor of his own father,
and they had lived about forteen miles
west Of Cleveland. The heroine was a
| gushing, blushing girl, who bloomed into
/ womanhoOd at fourteen Years of age; the
hero Il gallant young Highlander hold
| ing a Lleutenantcy in the British army.
Mary Page is ntroducedas guest at the
| cabin of Hezekiah Snow about the time
of the siege of Fort Meigs by the army
of the British aud Indians, under the
| leadership of General Proctor and his
| confederate, Tecumseh. the great Indian
chief. The heroine and the Snow fami-
ly were attacked in their pleasant home,
and Mr.. Snow and his son, aged eigh
teen, were Immediately butchered by
the Indians, while Mrs. Snow and her
daughter Julia had swooned through
fright. The Indians carried Mary Page
and Julia Snow away as prisoners, and
the former was designed for the wife OF
the Indian chief, while Julia was after
ward murdered by a jealous Indian lover.
In the British army at the upper end
of Lake Erie was regiment OF Scotch
HIghlanders, among whom was Lieu
tenant McGregor, who had siled from
Scotland with his regiment in the early
part of the year 1912. The Indians
finally encamped near the picket lines of
the British regiment. y corporal Nj
chael Flanagan, was the first member Of
her devotlOns. The corporal made known
the fact to his lieutenant The lieuten
ant accompanied the patrol in his line of
of duty and they again saw her. The
lieutenant made himself known, and
promised the girl the protection of his
command. 1t was ust at this time,
while the couple were becoming interest
ed each in the other, that General
Harrlss army stormed the British en-
campment. The first thing the couple
knew was that the retreating British
were passing them. The lieutenant
picked Mary up in his arms and fed
Daylight found the fugitives at a little
French settlement OH the banks of the
River Raisin, Here McGregor left the
girl with a French family, as she was
unable to follow the army longer When
British troops arrived at Fort Maiden
Lieutenant McGregor was placed under
military arrest, and his equipments taken
from him for neglect of duly by absence
from his post in time Of action, being In
the woous making love to Mary Page
when the United States troops stormed
the eHoampment. The court martial was
destroyed DY the approach of the enemy.
A fter this followed the battle of the
Thames, during which the Americans
took many prisoners, among whom was
the Lieutenant. Some of the prisoners
were sent to Fort Megs and sQne 10
Cleveland, where the United States had
stockade on the bank of the lake ut
the foot of Ontario street. McGregor
was among those sent here. By the
kindness of a man who resided on the
south shore Of Lake Erie, who went to
the mill at the river Raisin With a load
of grain, Mary Page arrived at her home.
4 It the close of the war McGregor found
his way to that home, and in due time
marriage ended the troubles Of the couple
and the story.