Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-18

come in and that he would have tC
fight. He looked down the stairs ano
saw a woman, whom he supposed dead
coming in and lying down on the floor
where he went up, (the stairs) lying
partly on the steps. Then saw another
woman coming in and standing besides
the former one she was all white
clothes, cap and ALL He looked down
on one side of the stairs and she NOV.
ed to the other side, and when he look.
ed down on that side, she moved back
Then he went down and saw nothing
more of the woman in white. The
woman who was lying on the floor,
however, was moving, and he struck
her with q stone somewhat long IN
form. (does not recollect whether il
was the same which he saw in the
Court House) on the head, thinks,
three times; she moved little when
he struck her. He thinks he went up
stairs again and found her cloak, threw
it over his shoulder without any partic-
ular object in view; went down and out;
looked all round and saw about fifty
rods off great number of Indians who
called out, White men, great many
white men little way off; after you,
catch you (All the time he was
fighting with the woman, the Indians
were in sight.) Then went with the
stick in his hand through the wheat
field into the woods and lay down a
few minutes but heard the Indians
call out, the white men follow you
He rose, looked and saw white man
pass by ON horseback in the woods
| followed and wanted to kill him, but
when he got there could see nothing
more of him. Came to the creek, pass
ed along the beach little way and
then went straight across, it was lit
tie more than knee deep. After he
crossed, saw road, then came to a
fence, crossed it and lay down in the
bushes. Lay about l5 minutes
heard voices-both white men and In
dians; they said they had guns now
and could shoot him. He kept close
and did not look up. Heard his moth
er say he would die soon, for he had
killed people heard his aunt and his
little boy talk too; did not see them, but
heard them talk. Got up and went to-
wards his mother, desiring to see her,
but could not
Saw a house and went towards it /; a
man was standing in the road. Samuel
called out to him, IN kill YOU The
man ran. S. had stones in his hands ;
had lost the stick thinks he got the
stones in the field. He followed the
man who ran away; then saw the
child and threw stone at it, thinks
he hit it. Knows nothing about a
dog.) Then S. ran up the road from
the house heard the man call out to
get gun. He ran into the woods,
where he saw field before him he
was near the corner, where he sat down
against tree Looked up and saw
two women pass looked back and saw
the man following him with a gun;
saw him pointing the gun at him ; he
was then about FIVE rods off; threw the
cloak off and stood behind the tree side
WAYS, and then ran away, passing
through large field in which he stop
ped and looked back thought he
would have to fight and die now.
Could see no one for little while ;
then saw a man running with gun
through the field some distance from
him and going towards the woods. He
now saw house and went to it with
stick in his hand, struck the window,
entered the house, but found no one in.
Came out Immediately and saw anoth-
er house and went to it. Saw a man
standing at the house, and told him
that he would kill him. The man ran
around the house, hallooing. Samuel
went into the house saw no one; went
up stairs, saw bed and lay down on
it, but could not sleep. Thought he
would die in that bed; that persons
would come and kill him. He had two
stones heard good many persons
around the house, white men and In
dians, saying, "Kill Sam" Looked
out of the window and saw Indians.
Unison Gan Indian) said, Sam Mo-
hawk. bad man. Jimison said that s.
sold his gun at Lodi to white man
for forty cents that he was a very
wicked man that Sam Mohawk knew
that best that he made property out
of anything; that he killed people back
a piece; "bad man )" great man y
"Sam Mohawk, a chief"
Now Samuel saw the people below,
took the bedclothes and piled them up
at the door and sat on them supposes
it was to protect himself; knows no
other reason; looked around and saw
fiddle, took it down and began to play
then threw it down stairs. During
this time he had the stones beside
him; saw man coming up stairs,
took one of the stones, threw and
knocked him down. Heard them cal
out, Kill Sam Mohawk Saw Indians
out of the window heard his aunt and
mother come up stairs and talk in
another room they said, "you die
pretty soon" Saw figure of face
on the chimney which kept saying,
"pretty soon," pretty soon;" heard a
ticking saw two figures shaped like
: men about three feet and half high
which talked the same way as the
) figure on the wall He went round
T tie chimney and saw near the bed q
shape like small child it made g
noise and cried like a child A; looked a,
! a cloth lying on the floor, which alsc
cried like a child Then the bed quilt
seemed oil alive, moving up and down
Lay down at the chimney, where ht
heard talk close by, which said, "pret
: ty soon," "pretty soon" Fire appear
, ed to be proceeding from the mouth o
, the figure on the chimney; the figure
spoke, saying, that his brother-in-law
, Stephen was dead, that his father-in
t law was dead too +; looked at the chin
g ney it seemed to warm his face. H'
, saw petticoat and put it on; theI
D saw the people coming up stairs; tool
r the remaining stone and threw it a