The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-21
The Daily Bulletin.
Famous Escapes From Indians.

Famous Escapes From Indians.
DR., Edward Egglcston's paper in the
September century on Indian war in
the Colonies, recounts the following
exploits: stories of marvellous and
ingenious escapes were the romance OF
the colonies, and such adventures date
back to the earliest Indian war in Vir
ginia, where man and his wife, who
had been spared in the wholesale
slaughter, found their opportunity,
while the Indians were dancing with
joy over the acquisition OF a white mans
boat that had drittcd ashore, These
captives got into canoe, and soon
afterwards surprised their friends in the
settlements, who had believed them &c
be dead, Very like this was the escape
Of Anthony Bracket and his wife in
Maine. They were left to follow Oh
after their captors who were eager tC
reach plundcring party in time to
share in the spoil. Brackets wife found
a broken bark canoe, which she mend
ed with needle and thread: the whole
family then put 10 sea in this rickety
craft, aud at length reached Black
Point where theygot on board a vessel.
A little lad OF eleven years, named
Eames, taken in Philips war, made his
way, thirty miles or more to the settle
ments. Two sons Of the famous Han
nan Bradley, previously mentioned.
effected an ingenious escape, lying all
the first day in hollow log, and using
their provisions 60 make friends with
the dogs that had tracked them. They
jOurneyed in extreme peril and suffer.
ing for nine days, and one Of them fell
down with exhaustion just as they were
entering white settlement. A young
girl in Massachusetts, after three weeks
Of captivity made a bride Of bark, and
Catchingsa horse. rode all night through
the wood, to Concord. Mrs. Dean,
taken at Oyster River in 1894, was left,
With her daughter, in charge Of an old
Indian while the rest finished their work
Of destruction. The old fellow asked
his prisoners what would cure pain in
his head. She recommended him to
drink some rum taken from her house.
This put him to sleep and the woman
ami child got away. Another down.
east captive, with the fitting name oi
Toogood, while his captive during an
attack on settlcmentwas disentangling
apiece OF string with which to tie him,
jerked the Indians gun from under his
arm, and dwelling it at his head, got
safely away.
Escaping captiyes endured severe
hardships, One, Bard, taken in Penn.
sylvania, lived nine days on a few buds
and four snakes. Mrs. IDglis, captured
in the valley Of Virginia, escaped in
company with q German woman. from
place far down the Ohio River. After
narrowly avoiding discovery and recap
ture, they succeeded in ascending the
south bank Of the river for some nun.
dreds of miles When within a few
day 5 travel of the settlements, they
were so reduced By famine, that the
German woman, enraged that she had
been induced to leave the Indian flesh.
pots, and crazed with hunger, made an
unsuccessful attack upon her compan.
ion with cannibal intentions
The most famous of all escapes OF
New England captives was that of Han
nah Dustan, Mary Neif, and boy,
Samuel LeonardSon. These three were
carried of with many others, in 1897,
in the attack on Hayerhill, Mrs bus,
tan's infant child having been killed by
the Indians When the captors had
separated, the party to whom tho two
women and the boy were assigned, en-.
camped on an island in the Merrimac
river. At midnight the captives secur.
ed hatchetS and killed ten Indians
two men, two women and six children
one tavorite boy who they intended
to spare, and one badly wounded wo.
man eScaning. After they had left the
camp, the tugutives remembered that
no one in the settlement would believe,
without evidence, that they had per-
formed 50 redoubtable an action; they
therefore returned and scalped the ln-
dians, after which they scuttled all the
canoes on the island but one, and in
this escaped down the Merrimac, and
finally reached Hayerhill. This was
such an exploit as made the actors IA
nous in that bloody time, the Mas
sachusetts General Court gave Mrs.
Dustan twenty-five pounds and granted
half that amount to each Of her COM
panions, The story of their daring
deed was carried far to the southwark,
and Governor Nicholson Of Maryland,
sent valuable present to the escaped
prisoners.