Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-12-13

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Aosf piAECT kouT5 TO sTAuNToN.
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uinefeo WIN the wnoie company a. 70
tnelr course, ana consequently asked
tor 9lvlsion OF PoWoer ana leao,
lpIoVisions tnere was noDe,) ana sepa
faung Irom the wnole army struck out
on tnei5 OVID Hne 1"r Staupton; Tney
traveieo lor Gays ovef mountains ana
nliis. wa1Ing creeks, ana rafting rivers
and supplying themselves, as Opportu-
nifty offered, with game without know
ing where they were until they had
reached the top or q mountain. ana
came IN view OF peculiar shaped tree,
which ne had seen before on the +
TOP OF CLOVER LICK MOUNTAIN,
now In Pocahontss county, which he
had seen before The tree was then
ana ls sett Known as the crooked
sugar. y and has become noted In land
litigation as the beginning corner OF Lot
NO: z, Sherrard survey, and also as one
Of the corners of jacob Warwick's large
survey of C1over-Lick. This tree is
near the road leading from Big Spring"
to CloverLick, and q bee-hne q"
FROM sTAUNTON TO THE OHIO RIVER
would pass through Huntersville, 80
you perceive they were not more than
five five or six miles north of that line
when they found themselves. The
army struck the Valley near to Win
chester, considerable divergence from
. bee-line to StauntOn. This is the sum
and substance of his remarks. Dinner
was presently announced, when the
old gentleman delivered, In his peculiar
style q long benedictiOn, with his eyes
wide open, which somewhat bewildered
my juvenile notions. Mr.. Sharp was
one of the ~
FIRST SETTLERS OF PoCAHoNTAs
county. He was q man of industrious
and frugal habits, member of the
Presbyterian church, and withal an
honest man. He lived to an advanced
age. and was gathered to his fathers
without leaving single blemish on his
good name.
I have heard my mother speak of
John Mofett, who was captured by the
Indians when young, and was kept in
captivity eight or ten years. After his
release, it was with difficulty that grand
father could persuade him from return
ing to them. In order to interest him
and wean him of, he had post erected
In the yard; and a tomahawk for John.
to exercise himself daily in throwing
1t, and FOR
LONG TIME IN THE WAR DANCE.
10 the DAY OF MS death, he would smoke
nothing but an Iudian composition
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