West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-09

nv - ~ W AN hdh llih IN am nNNn Tor
that purpose. under the jnstigatpn of
the cruel and trCaChcrouS Osccola. The
latter chief had this done for the pur-
pose of inciung the Indian, 10 revenge.
claiming that the murder was the work
OF white men anxious TO secure their
/ lands.
|. \ son Of the murdered Omothlc, eN-
e ted 10y these ucendiarv appeals and
eager To aVcnCc the death OF his father.
gathered a baud of young bucks all.
like himself eager for the war-path.
aud started out upon ca~cor of muir
der aud rapin'. Their course was
marked 10y terrible aud repulsive out
raScS, lighted 10y the glare of burning
homes and cnlivcncd 10y the torture of
helpless children. OF all these thing,
Johr Grant and his pretty little wife
were i'm bliSSful ignorance
september 20, 1855, was an unusual
~ warm day, and young Grant having
business at the country store. some ten
miles of, delayed h : proposed visi. un.
I'll the cool OF the evening.
AZ six q clock ne mounted his horse
and started OH. lie expected To return
about two a. m. lie kissed his hand
GA Is to his wife and tho Growing baby
as he rode away In a few moments
he was swallowed up IL the gathering
darkness and never again was he seen
of man. Six miles from homo his horse
stopped with quick snort and turlcd so
violently rs TO almost unscat him Sup
posing il TO be excited by some shadow
of bush or br.ar he urged it on.
n clump OF underground near the
river suddenly became alive. A sharp
ringing sound, faint puff of pungent
smoke scarcely visible against the night.
and his horse. shot through the hcari,
trembled and fell under him. Before
lie had time To cNtr.catc himself tn rel
devils, with war-whoop of ficndiSh
triumph, were upon him. Poor John
One prayer for Nellie and the baly and
then his bleeding scalp hung AZ the
gird!e of IA painted savage, while his
gashed and still warm body was flung
into the river, whose white arms opened
TO receive il.
One O'Clock came. and the little
woman in the log cabin put her work of
sewing aside. kissed the sleeping infant
near her and listened intently for the
footsteps she would never hear aga.n.
The night had become very dark The
moon was hidden bchin bank OF
clouds dense and gloomy. and there was
whisper of rain in the mo,Dhcrc.
The long yellow hound sleeping near
the door became restless and whincd
uncasily as he snullrd the air. Another
hour passed and the young wife, illcd
with an undctinablc dread, was about to
20 to the door when there came a yell
that almost froZc the bounding pulses
and left her cheeks a white as Tho i'm
press of death. For moment she stood
halr.le-e nj ,1..
her child TO her bosom, she raised n
loose plank in the floor dropped
through it to the ground and. with an
aSonizcd prayer to the Almighty. stole
out into the strange and compass. 1natc
gloom. Behind her she could soc the
quick glare of burning gOutbuildinge and
the little home TIA. had been "a paradise
to her Too soon was her Hight Ciscoy-
cred and the red licnds were upon the
trail
About two miles from the ashes of
her ruined home she was overtlkcn.
Two days afterwards party of hunters
came upon the dead bodies of mother
and child. Rough and toil-worn hands
gently bore them 70 "a quiet grave, the
babe upon its mothers brca Il. Near
10y little pool of their life blood had
collected, which the soil had not vet
absorbed. dark and noisome IN the
bright fall sunshine, "a blot upon the
swift swaying of trees and the Joyous
song of birds. In the opening spring
the body OF the husband and father was
found entanglcd in the roots at the bot
tom of the river and was buried with
the ones he loved so well.
few years later a passing huntcr,
one of the original party that had found
the bodies, happened on the same 10
caiity, and in the little hollow, where
the blood had gathered, saw q vigorous
bush. bearing such roses as / have de-
scribed lie cut some slips from q and
took them TO the settlement, where he
related his discovery Such a romantic
and singular story excited the curiosity
Of many in the adjacent counties. and
repeated efforts were made 10 secure the
growth Of the slips in other places, but
they have ali failed Of success With n
an area Of five miles where the Goleful
tragedy occurred, it is said the rose can
still be found, with it, strong aud sturdy
stock, It's pale green leaves, It's iu-curved
crimson petals and it's bloody dcW. -
hamilton J0y, tH PhtiddctDhtG Times.