Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-01
For the Herald.
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TOT Tue t4tfdius
MEssRs, EDITORS
as the order OF { he
day now il that every body that can, Is
away some place to rest or re@pcrato
whether they arc sick or well, so your
correspondent adopted the following as
a plan-lako wife IL n two horse coach
and make trip from Shenandoah
Valley, Va. overland 10 Nitany VALLEY,
Pa. a distance Of some SOC miles round
trip; ostcnsibly to visit married daneh-
ter, as also to seek health m The variety
of conditions and scenes Of human lie
to be met on the way. Tie first day
We dlned on the head waters Of the
Opoquan, a Virginia Creek abundantly
historic rs the Indian name indicates.
At night we lodged on the hi-h ard
yaregatcd hills Of Hardy Co. W. Va,
The next day through Morgan 20. and
over the Potomac at Hancock and lodged
on timber ridge for the night. The land
travelled over to-day was The ihinest we
ever saw-thc upper or producing sol
that over laid Tic lifclcss Gravel seemed
no thicker than venccring. BY to-
morrow We shall have passed four state
lines to-wit-V Virginia. ". Virginia,
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania. We also
passed two famous watering places
to-wit-Capon and Berkley Springs.
We desired to stop at the main build
ings to seek for information, but seeing
a group at cards we thought them too
busy throng to answer us and so we
drove on Licking Greek near where the
old Braddock road was cut out. This
road, so full of the romance Of Indian
history was cut through the forest by
Gen. Braddock British officer before
the independence Of America to march
out an army 10 punish tie Indians
lying between the Conejacheage settle
ments and Fort Duqu sus (a0T Pits
buzz. His failure with the Indian was
one Of the most humiliatlng to British
arms ever on record. Gen. Washing
ton then young in years was one OF his
subordinate officers and when he saw his
men falling IN sudden obstruction by
the deadly aim Of an Indian behind
every tree modestly proposed TO fight
the Iudian in their own way and fight
them from the covert of trees, but the
British General gave Washington a
gentle rebuke by informing him that a
British. General could not be instructe d
in war by an American Buckskin
Washington took it all kindly and con-
tlnued IN the middle Of the fight until
three horses was shot under him. 1T
was reported that an Indian said he had
taken deliberate aim at Washington
and missed him and expressed his be-
lief that Le could not be killed by a
rife ball-WashiugtOn was one Of Vir'
sinla's sons. So the defeated army
returned by tie same road they went
out.
Next day ne lodged at place called
d" DeQch orchard" for more than three
score years, then we inquired for the
spot where the peach trees stood We
were shown fine prosperous little
town, next VIC reached the three springs
of still more ancient date. there stood
another town but the progress OF tie
ages could pot obhterate the water
marks as readily as the peach-trees'
Thence we passed through Uares-Val-
lev, fifteen miles long, crossed the
Juniata river at Mill Creek and entered
Klshacoeuilis Valley, travelled it thirty
miles to the base of the seven noun
taius, thence over the mountains to
Bellefonte, and down Nitany Valley
through a pass Of the mountains into
Bald-Eagle valley, and down that Into
Clinton Co. within ten mile Of the
Susquehanna river and we are at the
!, end of our journey ana can report i'm
proved health. If any of your readers
want n appetite for two let them try
this mode of travel. 1t is cold up here,
near theAlleghanies could havean over
coat. Will return TO our warmer Vir-
glnia home on or before the time the
VIII Gcese migrate down,
Yours,
G.. Moss.
Clinton Pa. Aug. l6, 80.