The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-27
CAMPFIRE STORIES.
RELlos or TEouMsEH,
Ills Fowder-iiorn aud Piece ~ Ills hlfin
Presented 30 u q, A, n, Post,

Presented 90 q q, A, n, Post
An interesting biz Of Indian war his
tory Of this vicinity Is brought out by
tho presentation 10 lluif Post, q, A, ~
al Lawrenoeburg, OF powder horn,
once tho property oi tho Indian Chief
tain TeGumaeh, This horn was carried
slune across Teeumseha shoulder In tho
famous battle Of the Thames In lala, II
was presented 10 tho post by Henry
Morris, Of Lawrenoeburg, ile Ia son OF
VIM Morris better known TO Ohio Valley
pionoera aa "lndan Bill, " who figured
In many savage and bloody encounters
After the great fight, aeyenty-six years
ago, "lndian Dill" found the body Of tho
slain warrior, The powder horn still
attached 10 the string around Iooum'
seh'a neck, lay on his breast Tho scout
removed II aud preserved II as the most
sacred Of his relies, At his death, q
iow years ago, no presented II 10 bis son
Henry, The horn was cut from tho
head Of tho first buffalo Ieoumaeh kill
cd, lle carefully soraped and polished
II, and displayed great deal Of skin
and ingenuity In fitting bottom 10 IL
and shaping themouth, Tho entire SUR
face OF tho receptacle ia covered with
Indian characters and legends Mr.
Morris has another and more CORY and
ghaRtly trophy OF that famous battle,
II IL strip Of skin cut from tho middle
Of Teoumaeh'a back. Tho old settlers
iolt about tho same savage satisfaction
In cutting up and mutllatng tho bodies
OF their slain rod iooa, a. tho Indiana
did In soalpng Aitor taking tho horn
of Teoumseha body old "Indlan iill'
turned tho ohioitain on hia face, and
with hla aoalping-lnife cut strip OF
skin several inches wide on the warriors
back down the entire length, This
strip was "aurod,' and for tho remain
der OF Bill'a llio did service aa q razor
strop, Indian Bin Morrla at tho time
Of hia death, In Switzerland County
Ind, few years ago, was iOi yodra
old, When only seven years old,
living with his parents near what
became tho alto OF Lexington,
KY, no was stolen and carried into cap
tlylty by tho Indians, Two whito men
were takon prisoners with him, When
the party reached what Ia now Chilli
eotho, o., thon great Indian onoamp'
mont, tho two white men were skinned
alive by the aQuawa OF the village and
then slowly roasted to death, Tho boy
was made slave by an old aQuaw and
suffered incredible hardahlpa. Whom
aho died Bill foil 10 tho lot Of another
old woman, who devised even more
nondish treatment for him than hla first
mlatroaa, Blll was washing homlny NJ
tho riyor ono day whom ho was about
fitoon years old, whom tho old woman
struck him with q club, Tho iniurlat0d
lad wronchod the weapon from hor and
doalt her blow that knocked h0r a0nao.
less into tho atr0am and she drowned,
The boy was followed for throo days and
nights by tho aayagoa and finally oa'
oapod by hiding himself In o hollow log
that was floating down tho Ohio ryor
with othor drlftwood, Whom no finally
reached tho aettlomont OF Cincinnati, no
narrowly escaped being shot for an n'
dian, no closely did ho resemble ono, Ho
finally got back 10 hia parents who had
long mourncd him aa dead, From that
long captivity among tho Indians ho
got that lmplacabo hatred Of tho red
man which distinguished him In aitor
llto, For years, IN company with Dan
FOL Boono and other noted pioneers
Blll followed littlo clao than Indian
trails and no less gamo than savage
rcdaldn satisfied HIS hatred llo was
ono Of the bravost soldiers under Colonel
Dick Johnson aud killed nIno Indiana
himself In tho battle Of the Thames.
When he saw TocumsCh fail undor Che
unouing aim Of q comrado, ho rushed
forward and secured tho powdorhorn,
and the strip Of skin OIL the dead chief
baolE,--Clncnnat (o) Letter