Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-25

| formed his promise OF marriage, /
lived several years Oh Painters I
land, and raised family of chill.
dren. Mary had lost her mother
tongue, learned a little English at
terwards, but always conversed |
with her husband in the Indian Ian
guage.(a) They finally removed to
the West.
The garrison at Fort Cumberland |
was frequently annoyed by the In
dians. There are two high knobs 1
of the mountain, one on the Vir- I
ginia side Of the CohongOruton on |
the south, the other on the Mary /
land side on the northeast within /
a short distance of the fort. The
Indians frequently took possession
of these heights, and fired into the |
fort. Although they seldom did |
any injury in this way, yet it was
disagreeable and attended with
some danger. On particular oc-
casion a large party of Indians had
taken possession of the knob on the
Maryland side, and fired into the
tort. A captain (the author re-
grets that he was not able to learn
his name) and seventy-fve brave
fellows on a very dark night, vol.
unteered to dislCdge the enemy
They sailed out from the fort, sur
rounded the knob, and cautiously
ascending until they were within
reach of the foe, waited for day !
break to make the attack. Light !
appearing, they opened tremen' |
dous fire, which threw the Indians |
into utter confusion, rendering /
them pOwerless for defence, while |
the whites continued from all sides |
to pour in volIey after vOllcy, /
spreading death and carnage. But |
few of the Indians escaped. The /
knob is called "BIoody Hill'to this
day. This tradition the author re.
celved from several individuals in
Cumberland indeed, the story ap.
pears to be familiar with every aged
individual in the neighborhood.
Shortly after this occurrence,
Kill BUCK attempted to take Fort
Cumberland by stratagem. He
approached it at the head of a large
force Of warriors and under the
guise of friendship, pretending to
wish an amicable intercourse with
the garrison, proposed to Maj.
Livingston to admit himself and
warriors. Some hints having been
given to the commander to be up
on his guard, Livingston seemingly
consented to the proposal but no
sooner had Kill-buck and his chief
officers entered than the gates were \
closed upon them. The wiley chief
being thus entrapped, was roundly |
charged with his intended troach-
cry, of which the circumstances |
were too self evident to be denied. !
Livingston, however, inflicted no
other punishment upon his captives
than mark of humilating disgrace,
which to an Indian warrior was
more Notifying than death. This
stigma was, it is supposed, dressing
them in petticoats, and driving
them out of the fort.(b)
1t has already been stated, that
previous to the breaking ont of the
war, Kill.buck lived a good part of
his time among tho white settlers
in the neighborhood of Fort Pleas
ant. An Irish servant, belonging
to Peter Casey. abscOnded, and
Casey offered a pistole (c) reward
for his recovery. Kill-buck APP
= pretended the servant, and deliver
ed him to his master but from
, some cause or other, Casey refused
D to pay the reward. a quarrel en-
} sued, and Casey knocked Kill-buck
, down with his cane. When the
war broke out, Kill.buck sought
every opportunity 70 kill Casey,
. but never could succeed. Many
years afterwards, Casey's son OBJ.
, tained lieutenancy, and was or
| dered to Wheeling, where Kill
buck then being, young Casey re
. quested some of his friends TO in
) troduce him to him. When Kill.
buck heard his name, he paused
for q moment, and repeating,
Cal The author deems particular his
tory Of this woman necessary, because II
is one among many instances Of young
white children, when taken prisoners,
becoming attached to a savage life. and
I leaving il with great reluctance. Mr..
| George Painter, an aged and respectable
citizen of Shenandoah county, who resides
on the spot where this bloody tragedy was
i acted, and is a grandson of the man who
. was murdered and burnt, detailed these
particulars to the author.
IT (b) The venerable John TOmlinson n-
d lated this affair TO the author. Mr.. I.
f. does not recollect the particular mark of
+ disgrace inflicted ON these Indians. The
Of Rev. Mr.. Jacobs, of Hampshire. s"s''-''
10 this as the most probab,ll.ss.s Of gold, eanal
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