Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-15

hdh uOb piO,tNuNA i"it 'rlpAD Ah'f
approached a large fallen pine, with
a very bushy top. As they neared
the tree, Matthias Painter said, awe
had better look sharp; il is quite
Likely the Indians are concealed un-
der the tops Of this tree Tie bad
scarcely uttered the words before
one Of the Indians rose up and fired.
The ball grazed the temple of John
Painter. Moore and Painter fred
at the same instant ; one Of the
balls passed. through the Indians
body. and he fell, they supposed
dead enough. The other fellow
fled, leaving his gun and every
thing else behind. The white men
pursued him some distance, but
the fugitive was too fleet for them.
Finding they could not overhaul
him, they gave up the chase and
returned to the pine tree; but 10
their astonishment, the supposed
dead Indian had moved OF with
both gnns and large pack of
skins, Sc. They pursued his trail,
and when he found they were gain
ing upon him, he got into a sink
hole, and as soon as they approach
ed fired at them. lie had poured
out a quantity Of powder on dry
leaves, filled his mouth with bullets,
and using a musket which was a
self-primer, be was enabled to load
with astonishing quickness. lie
thus fired at least thirty times be-
fore they could get chance to dis.
patch hirn. At last Mr.. Moore got
an opportunity and shot HIN
through The head. Moore and
Painter had many disputes which
give the fellow the first wound
Painter, at length, yielded, and
Moore got the premium allowed by
law for Indian scalps. (a)
The fugitive who made his escape,
unfortunately met with a young
woman on horseback, named See.
hon, whom he tore from her horse,
and forced off with him. This oc-
Cured near the present site of
New Market, IN the county Of
Shenandoah. After travelling
about twenty miles, chiefly in the
night, and getting nearly opposite
Keisletown, in the cOsnty of Rock
ingham, it is supposed the poor
girl broke down from fatigue, and
the savage monster beat her to
death with a heavy pine knot. Her
screams were heard by some people
that lived upwards Of a mile from
the scene Of horror. and who next
day on going to the place to ascer.
tain the cause, found her stripped
naked, ana weltering in her
blood. (b)
At the attack on George Miller's
family, the persons killed were a
short distance from the house,
spreading fax in a meadow. One
Of Miller's little daughters was sick
in bed. Hearing the firing, she
jumped up, and looking through a
window and seeing what was done,
Immediately passed out at q back
window, and ran about two or three
miles, down to the present resi-
dence of David Stickley, Esq, and
from thence to Gen. Bowman's on
Cedar Creek, giving notice at each
place. Col. Abraham Bowman, Of
Kentucky, then a lad Of sixteen or
seventeen, had but a few minutes
before passed close by MllleI's
door, and at first doubted the little
girls statement. He however
armed himself, mounted his horse,
aud in riding to the scene Of ac-
tion, was joined by several others
who had turned out for the same
purpose, and soon found the infor-
nation of the little girl too fatally
true.
The late Mr.. Thomas Newell, of
Shenandoah county, informed the
author that he was then young
man. His fathers residence was
about one mile from Miller's house;
and hearing the firing, be instantly
took his rifle, and ran to see what
it was. When he arrived at the
spot, he found Miller, his wife, and
two children, welteriug in their
blood, and still bleeding. lie was
the first person who arrived; and
in a very few minutes Bowman and
several others joined him. From
the scene of murder they went to
the house, and on the sill Of the
door lay a large folio German Bi-
BILE, on which a fresh killed cat was
thrown. On taking up the Bible
it was discovered that fire had been
placed in it; but after burning
through a few leaves, the weight
of that part of the book which lsy
uppermost, together with the
weight OF the cat, had so com
pressed the leaves as to smother
and cxtinguish the fire. (b)
In the year l7GS, Capt. VIM. White
a brave and active Indian fighter,
made a visit to Col.Wm. Crawford,
who had removed and settled at
the Meadows in the Allegany
White lived on Cetar
creek, and Crawford had lived on
Bullskin. They had been out to-
gether on Indian expeditions of
course were well acquainted. Craw-