Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-07-21

grasp. Kenton was the only white
man upon whom they could satiate
their revenge. kenton and Girty were
then at Solomon's town, q small dist
Ance from Wspatomika. A message
was Immediately sent TO Girty to re-
turn, and bring Henton with him. The
two friends met the messenger on their
way. The messenger shook hands with
Girty, but refused the hand of Kenton.
Girty, after talking aside with the mes
sengor some time, said to Kenton, they
have sent for Us TO attend a grand
council at Wapatomika. Ttey hur
ried TO the town, and when they ar
rived there the council house was
crowded. When Girty went into the
house, the Indians all rose up and
shook hands with him; hut when Ken.
ton offered his hand, it was refused
with scowl of contempt. This al
armed hun, he began to admit the idea
that this sudden convention of the
council, and their refusing his hand.
boded him some evil. After the men,
bers of the council were seated in their
usual manner, the war chief of the de-
feated party rose up and made most
vehement speech, frequently turning
his fiery and revengeful eyes on Ken
ton during his speech. Girty was the
next to rise and address the council.
He told them that he had lived with
them several years; that he had risked
his life in that time more frequently
than any of them; that they all knew
that he had never spared the life of
one of the hated Americans; that they
well knew that he had never asked for
a division of the spolls; that he fought
alone for the destruction of their enc.
mics; and he now requested them to
spare the life of this young man on his
account. The young man, he said,
was his early friend, for whom he felt
the tenderness of a parent for son,
and he hoped, after the many eviden-
ces that he had given of his attach.
ment to the Indian cause. they would
not hesitate to grant his request. Ii
they would indulge him in granting
his request to spare the life of this
young man. he would pledge himself
never to ask them again to spare the
life of hated American.
Several chiefs spoke in succession on
this important subject; and with the
most apparent deliberation, the coun-
Gil decided, by an overwhelming ma
jority for death. After the decision of
this grand court was announced, Girty
went to kenton, and embracing him
very tenderly, said that he verv sin.
cerely sympathized with him in his
forlorn and unfortunate situation: that
he had used all the efforts he was mas
ter of to save his life. but it was now
decreed that he must die-that he
could do no more for him. Awful
doom
1t will be recollected that this was
in l77S, in the midst of the American
revolution. Upper Sandusky was then
the place where the British paid their
western Indian allies their annuities;
and as time might effect what elo
quence could not, Girty as a last resort,
persuaded the Indians to convey their
prisoner to Sandusky,as there he would
meet vast numbers to receive their
presents; that the assembled tribes
could there witness the solemn scene of
the death of the prisoner To this
proposition the council agreed and the
prisoner was placed in care of five In
dams, who forthwith set off for Upper
Sandusky. What windings, and twist
lngs, and turnings, were seen in the
fate of our hero.
AS the Indians passed from Wapato-
mika to Upper Sandusky, they went
through a small village on the river
Scioto, where then resided the cele-
brated chief, Logan, of Jefferson men,
ory Logan, unlike the rest of his
tribe, was humane as he was brave. At
his wigwam the party who had the
care of the prisoner, staid over night.
During the evening, Logan entered in.
to conversation with the prisoner. The
next morning he told Kenton that he
would detain the party that day, that
he had sent two of his young men off
the night before to Upper Sandusky, to
speak good word for him. Logan
was great and good, the friend of ali
men. In the course of the following
evening his young men returned, and
cary the next morning the guard set
off with the prisoner for Upper San
dusky. When Kenton's party set off
from Logan's, Logan shook hands with
the prisoner, but gave no intimation of
what might probably be his fate. The
party went on with Kenton till they
came in view of the Upper Sandusky
town. The Indians, young and old,
came out to meet and welcome the war
rlors, and view the prisoner. Here he
was not compelled to run the gauntlet.