The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-11
THE SETTLERS OF w,Lroit A>p
IHr INDIANS.

thrY cuult ire uTSsn The lndtanf tA
Ihry Uorc attacked Ihoagh pa"c
hzd bccu agreed ugnu between franc
aud En.iani. the p-op'r who b'r'
a.ung the frontier felt no security. Tot
the french IN CAuaia were csaiagA :
ursing tke Indians 10 commit dvFrcaa'
tion, GA ihc kAs..h. IL NJ, = shoss
and cav j~oarncy from Crown Point. ph
LAKE Champlsln, "a The valley %; iar
Connecticut. and the indlans al" soli
their furs 10 the Preach were i0c1svn'
visitors Ia the settlements along the
Connecticut
One 81 the Ind ans who yis TED John
kIhum VA, csiie~i captain i'hiliP. Tic
hal been baptized and chrt,ieucri by
the jesuit priests at the ludAa village
of ~. FRANCIS. Un tho bAnk- ot The
ST Lawrence. halfway from MonlTcal
Ia Quebec. The ~. Fraacls tribe were
called Christian Indians Iasrc were
umur. that war would break oct aEsn
between EnslsRd and France Bo.onr
war Was declared hosii.itics began.
/, was In the spring oi l'a@ that Cap
tan Philip male = visit Ia john Nj
burn's house with some bsaVcr - ns
for .alc. lie wanted powder. hu!lcts
and giui- for pty. While hc Ma trad
ins. Captain Philip was running his
ewes over the house. looking ~ The
thick timbSrs. the loop hoe - IN he
walls. When h. hsi iin shed his trade
hu visited the other houses in the settle
mcut lie was Kindly treated The
settlers never mistrustrsi thst he wa
taking observations for futnnr use.
Angus, came. The settlers heard that
wal had begun. aud Knew tlnt tue
French aud Indians might De upon
them at any momcnt. They streng h-
cBed their block houses. No one wen,
into the field q work alone. They
always carried their guns with them
They had some faithful waich-dOss
which always gruw.ed when Indians
were about. There were nrsrly forty
men in the settlement They were
stout-hcartcd. and were determined
NO, IT, be- driven out by the French
and lndians. They appointed Cuioacl
Bellows Ia be their leader. lie hal a
su-pician that Indians wcrc about.
I'VE must have aSuppiy nf meal. so
that in ease W. arc attacked We shall
have something In eat" be said.
The settlers Tiled each a tllg with
corn. shouldcrcd them. AMI then. la sin
gle file. each man carrying his gun.
they marched to the grist-mill which
they hal erected. ground the curn into
meal. shouldcrcd the sack. once more.
aud started homrwari. their faithful
watch dogs ,rolt n In advance. paving
no attention la squirrels or partrliges.
or game Of hat sort.
suddenly the dogs came back. growi.
ing. the hair on their backs ia "A ruff.
There are Indians about. Throw
down your sacks laid Colonel Bel
lows.
The men threw their sacks on the
ground. dropped into the ferns. aud
looked tn the printing 81 their guns.
The ferns were tall. aud completely
concealed them. Colonel Fellows stls-
pccted hat the Indians hal laid an
ambuscade nj n narrow place in the
path which they must pass. lie crcpt
slowly forward Ia see WHIST be- could
discover. careful not % break n twiy or
make any noise. He crept Ia the too
Of a little hill. peepcd through the ferns.
and discovered n great number ~ In
dams. nearly two hundred. crouchiny
behind trees, or lying on the ground.
waiting for the white men 10 enter the
tap. tie made his a hack to hi.
men. issued his orders ia awhisper. and
all crawled through the ferns toward
the Indians till they were only a few
rods from them.
All were ready. Every man sprany
90 his feet. and yelled as loud a. N.
could, .IIi-ya hi-yar' it was a terrific
howl.
seen; all had dropped upon the ground.
and were concealed by the ferns.
In an instant every Indian MAS on hi-
feet. firing has gun. but hitting nobody.
There was an answering fash from the
ferns. each settler taking aim. aud the
Indians sprang into the air. or fell head
long before the bullets.
The red men on~tnuInbered the set
Hers five 90 one, but were 40 astounded
By the surprise that. picking up the
wounded. they maize a hasty retreat
into a swamp. and the settlers made All
haste To their block-hou-e. anticipating
an attack Not one Of them hal been
injured "a
This body Of Indians was n part Of \
band Of more than three hunired led
bv Captain Philip. Who had come from
Canada with the en- pecsa;ion Of wipin,
out the settlements slong the Connect
cut. and of returning Z Canada with
many prisoners and no end II scalp-.
IL was y, the p~lcasantes; season q the
year. The woods were full of game.
aud with the pY Jrtsoo rhey world oct
in the s~ettlenieAfs which they Intended
to destroy they vouk. have al ahsa-
dance of food.
Captain Philip. With the rest of the
Indians. was creeping siealihily through
the woods ;osarytJ John kiiburn : house.
Mr. kilbarn and his son John, Mr.
fke and bis son. were out In the Essfp
rezpsDg wheat. their guns cso~eaf hand.
Mr. kilburn had trained his dog sn
scour the wOois, and the faithful .a;-
nal ever h1l1 his eyes and ears oprn.
and was sni ting the wjnI IL a xol car
bear VA zbsct On this x~fterpo,a IN
August the do, came running in vita
his hair in 4 raE. aud crossing.
Indians" said ST.. KiibIrn. The
msn and boys ssized fhsir gurs, ran for
the house, snd had jGs; time 70 re. n
side aud bar the door when Captain
Philip and nearly txo hundred Indians
made their appearance
The Indians SAID =. . safe distance.
sad 20 did Gaytaia Philip, ihouzh he
IN nezr enough 10 talk
"Come ouf, old JOINT cone Gut,
Young JOAN Igive yoa gssd quarter
he shouted.
TEere were only the two e the
two boys. Ars- kiI5u-n and her dzayis-
ter and Q children. In the house. with
three hundred IDdisns attacking fIsem.
bu: John kilsava sas not IN The l~s.t
frightened not he. Nesfher ~as Mr.
kilburn- nor her o or daughter. They