Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN. f,
MRS. HENoeE SAVES NINE eoyS
FROM THE INDIANS.

"A Dangerous Dog "-Good story OF .
Mothers Bravery .t the Burning OF
Hay.iton. W., During h Rsvolu.
uonary War.
Iparne ihs Evolutionary car The Indians
.ure generally on the side Of the British and
made sad trouble for the young colonies hat
we're lighting TO be states Hardly any chill
dreu In IN. +asteru states have ever seen an
Indian, except Ia q show or circus But at
that time tksy were plentiful enough. In the
S.t 70 tndspendenes the Indians did the most
destruction ~heu they were led by white
u,eu, IS they sometimes were.
Wide Awake telb q good story OF how .
wawsr .svsd nine little boys from being put
In death NJ taken captive by Indians. A
party OF Ssvsges led by a white mar sudden.
ly appeared before the village Of Royalton,
VI. nc. IN, ,7so. They burned IL TO tho
crnotd The farmers bad gathered their
harvest, and their barns were full cf hay
and grain. They killed the cattle and stole
the horses All was destroyed. A number
Of settlers were killed and others were car.
RED into captivity to Canada.
Among the women who were left free was
Mrs. Hsndee. But the Indians tore her little
hoy, z years old, from her hands and started
away with him. But would a mother thus
escape and see her only son led away q help
less little prisoner before her eyesi Never.
The 10y screamed to his mother to save
him, and Sue followed on after tbs Indiana a.
fast as She could. IL the child wns TO DO
killed, then she would not escape. But sho
thought she could save him
A river ran past there, and the Indians,
with their white leader, took their way along
down by this, brave Mrs Hendee after them.
She had her little girl dragging with her,
too, and was obliged TO carry her much Of
the way.
She wadet y stream Of water which was
up to her waist, and the current was very
swift. But she did not stop a moment. On
she went, and on. At length she reached the
Indian camp She was in momentary danger
of death, but she saw in the midst o white
man, with a red coat on, and to him she
went boldly. She begged for her son, and
the sons OF hor ~neighbors whom the Indians
had captured. The officer, Lieut.. Horton,
told her the boys were TO DO taken TO Canada,
TO DO reared and trained for British soldiers.
They meant 10 make them fight against their
own country, IL the war should last till they
were large enough. But Mrs. Hendeo said:
You know as we'll Us / do that these chill
dren cannot endure such q march as you will
make through the wilderness And when
they cannOt walk any moro, what will you
dol The Indians will tomahawk and scalp
them to prevent them from being o hindranco
in your fight, for every MAJ IN tho settle
ments will pursue you 10 revenge US. II you
do not kill them you will leave them to do
and to be torn to pieces by wild beasts. They
will be OF NJ use TO you, and unless you aro q
wild beast yourself you will give me my
child, that these Savages have taken away
from me. Do one good turn before you die
IL is snid that tears came TO the officers
ewes, and no replied: "You shall have your
child"
But he had hard work to get her son and
the other boys from tho savages. Once On
old Indian pulled the little boy away from
her after shc had got him, and raised a toma-
hawk over her head. Both mother and son
thought they were gone then, and the boy
screamed out loud.
At last though, she got her W littlo boy
and eight others, and started home. They
bad TO ford q river. II was so deep that
the smallest boys could not wade it. Ii
was a stream 200 yards wide at tho ford, but
this heroic woman went back and forth in tho
swift, ice cold water several times, carrying
the small boys upon her back. Tho others
put their arms around each others necks,