The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-09


band Of 'red skins" sought safety in flight.
The Indians were on the opposite side Of the
creek, otherwise they might have killed
every one of the scouts. As it was they
we're fired upon, and Captain McFadden was
shot through the ankle, the same ball pass
ing through the body Of his horse. The
Door, faithful animal carried his master per.
haps five or six miles before falling dead
near Buck creek. Then Mitchell took the
wounded man behind him upon his horse
and brought him to Ottawa.
.MrlBaresford WAS with the party who were
fleeing from the Indians. For some reason
his horse Jagged behind, and he was fire.
ouently waited for, but finally he had
dropped back out of sight, when firing was
heard. The scouts returned and found him
dead and mutilated in manner too shock
ing to describe
The scouts the next day reorganized
larger body and secured the whole country
north of Ottawa, and especially all through
Indian Creek timber, to find the Indians,
going as far north as where Earlville now
stands, and thence returning down the west
side of the creek named; but while they
found plenty of signs, none Of the red vii
lians were anywhere in sight.
suAU-BA-NEE.
This intrepid and noble specimen of his
race was everywhere rsking his life and
life and limb for the safety of his friends,
the white settlers. He had given timely
warning of the threatened massacre at In
dian Creek, and atterward notified the PEG.
pie at lIolderman's Grove, but they made
light of his fears and treated his story with
contempt The Indians did come, and find
ing no one at home, the people having at
last come to believe in the young chiefs
warning, the disappointed Indians burned
the barns and cabins at the Grove, taking
with them such articles of clothing and food
as they fancied Shau-ba-nee was so in
censed against these settlers for not needing
his kindly admoniton that he ever after re-
fused to speak to any one who lived at that
settlement.
vERMHT.
Among the peculiar people of that day
was a Canadian Frenchman named Vermet,
a trapper, hunter, half civilized, half en-
lghtened pioneer, who had been raised
among Indians and was fully posted as to
all their fiendish tricks. He had a small
cabin at the Grove. After this Indian raid
he secured scouting party at Ottawa, Mr..
Mitchell among the number, to accompany
him to the scene of the disaster to the barns,
crops, stock &C., at his premises. The party
arrived near the place, dismounted and led
their horses, fearing to make themselves
objects Tor Indian marksmen
They saw none of the red gentry, but rather
fresh signs were abundant; too fresh, in fact,
for comfort to the whites On reaching
the house, the party came upon an old
SOW inside the shanty with her throat just
ripped open from ear to ear. Vemet saw
through the red devils scheme in an instant
1t was to get the whites all in the house and
then butcher them But the French trap
per was too quick witted, for, noioning his
companions back, he exclaimed loudly for
the ear OF the hidden Indians: "We lost it
outside!" and they all went out looking in
the dirt, under the chips and around upon
the ground, as if hunting for some lost trim.
ket, but slowly making way towards their
horses, which when reached were soon
mounted and delightful distance put be-
tween them and their cowardly enemies,
who were in ambush, ready, had their cum
ming scheme not failed, TO butcher the whites
as they did the hog.
PREACHER PAINEs FATE.
A few days afterward, Rev. Adam Paine,
a preacher of the sect called "Dunkards,"
who for years had labsred exclusively among
the Indians in Michigan, came from Chicago
alone, designing to reach Ottawa, for the
center of his future field of labors. He
trusted that owing to his labors among the
red men, and his well known peaceful mis-
sion he would not be molested He began
his labors; and his body was found between
Holdeman's Grove and Marseilles. A
friendly Indian brought the news to the fort
at Ottawa, and body of Mitchelps cOmpa-
ny went out to seek it. The lifeless remains
of the poor man were found on tne prairie
the head stuck upon pole and his long
beard stretched out towards slough where
the body had been thrown by the red de
mons 1t was afterwards confessed by one
of the Indians that they ran him distance
of eighteen miles before his pony gave out,
and the manner Of his death was given with
revolving details.
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