Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-12-14
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heir guns. He next heard the squaws
make a mournful yell or scream and
then they broke for the woods. Mr..
Blackwell then heard the report OF a
gun when he sprang offhi horse and
held him by the bride. There was al
this time general fight or firing in
every direction. He saw an Indian
with gun leveled at him. as he sup.
posed, and he aimed to shoot the In.
dian, but his gun snapped. He then
took his gun from his face and prepar.
ed to fire when the Indian stepped be.
hind .forked tree. He Their aimed to
shoot him between the forks ofthe tree
but his gun snapped again. (This wa.
the day Of the flint locks.) After the
gun snapped the second time he look.
ed around and saw that his comrades
had pretty much all retreated. He re.
treated too, but led his horse about
one hundred yards, when he halted to
see what the Indians we're doing. In
a moment James Myers came up and
SAID he was wounded, and Blackwell
gave him his horse, which Myers
mounted. Blackwell told him to 60 on
and rally the men, that they could whip
the Indians. They went on. Blackwell
then saw James VIM trying to get up
behind Myrtle, which he did after get
ting to a log They then rode off.
The next person he saw was Squire
John Myers, who run into the brush
and hid. He wen: on and overlook
several of the men who had halted,
among them was James Myers, who
halloel that they had killed his father.
Mr.. Blackwell remarked that he was
In a few moments a loud
report was heard from a gun. He
tsrned and saw several Indians stand
ing where he had seen Myers stop. AT
this time the report of at least four
guns was heard, and in few moments
several more shots we're heard, at
which time the mare on which VIM
and Myrtle were mounted was shot.
The men then broke and left Blackwell
on foot. He ran about one hundred
yards to where the mare had fell with
her feet upon some limbs of a fallen
tree. WInn's leg was fastened under
the mare. He asked Mr.. Blackwell to
roll the mare off him, but he could not
do so. Mr.. Blackwell then took him
by the hand and assisted him in get
ting loose. Winn jumped up, when
they both broke into a run. They kept
close together for seventy or eighty
yards, after which Mr.. Blackwell turn
ed and saw that VIM had left the
trail and stopped and exclaimed "Boys
l am gone!" Blackwell ran on about
a hundred yards further, when he heard
two more guns fired. and he supposed
those shots had killed VIM. Black.
well ran on several hundred yards,
when he came to horse hitched for
him by Robert Myers. The bottoms
were very muddy and the nag soon
gave out, and Mr.. Blackwell footed it
until he overlook a part Of the compa-
ny at the cabins or settlement, where
Nathan Richardson and others before
lived. He found at the
cabins John Myers. j., and John As
bell who were each wounded in the
hand, Myers with a ball and Asbell
with an arrow. Capt. Trammel Gather
of Phillip TrammeD was wounded and
a portion of the company was with
him. As the company ret1eated they
took the women and children with them
to Howard county.
In few days a company was organ
lied in Randolph, under captain
Sconce, and preceded to the battle
ground. Mr.. Blackwell accompanied
them as a member. When they ar
rived there they found VIM dead
where Blackwell had seen him last.
Games Vim was a brother of Thomas
VIM of Round Grove township.) The
Indians had mutilated his body with
fire. They also found Squire John
Myers dead where MIR. Blackwell had
last seen him, shot with FIVE balls. They
went on to the encampment and found
Powell Ownby dead on the ground, also
two Indians. Another Indian was re-
ported dead. Gen. Owens came out
with force the next day and found
another dead Indian.
The Indians were afterwards arrest
ed by an Indian Agent, and they were
tried at Huntsville, but it being &C
knowledged by James Myers that he
had flied the first gun, the Indians
we're released.
There was no more trouble with the
indians in this part of the State, and
was quiet on the Indian
question until the Black Hawk war Of
1892.
The "wishbone', wedding has be-
,ome the correct thing. The couple
tand beneath a floral wishbone. AT.
er the ceremony the bride and groom
ire given the wishbone to pull. The
ug results in break somewhere, and
whoever holds lifelong piece is absolv-
d from getting up to build the fires in
he morning.
A man in Yonkers began to laugh
mmoderately over some amusing mar
alive, and finally, to his dlsmay, was
conscious that he could not stop. The
loctor had given him up and the fami.
y were gathered around in expectation
# the end, when a telegram arrived
aging that his wife's mother was COM
ng to make a short visit. He was
ayed, and has laughed no more