The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-20

OF the closing OF their annual feast
was well known 20 the Indians. and
this was the occasion chosen for the
assault.
As the clerk was handing mp the
first measure 10 Mr.. Corrigal, and his
head was slightly above the level OF
the floor, his brains were dashed out
with concealed Ratchet brought by
one OF the savages under his capote
for that purpose At the same mo-
ment three or four others threw them
selves bodily on Mr.. Corrigal and bore
him TO the floor, and never relaxed
their grip on his throat until life was
extinct. and his body was tumbied
brutality into the cellar, and the trap
closed.
All this had taken place without the
least sound having reached the
servants quarters OF tho double muir
der that had been perpetrated so close
10 them. The men saw the heretofore
friendly Indians approaching their
house without suspecting them OF any
bad intent. BY preconcerted ar
rangement, the squaws, while theAnen
were In the trade shop, had gone out
side the gates and secured the guns OF
the party These they hid in the folds
OF their blankets and. returning, they
ranged themselves near the mems
house. As each ones husband passed
on his way TO the servants quarters,
his squaw handed out his gun, and in
less time than II takes TO write II, the
bowling band made a rush for the
building and It's doomed inmates
When the attack was made, the single
man of the servants, George Wright
by name, was lying in an upper bunk,
but not asleep. lie sprang down TO
help his companions defend them
selves. But he saw ut n glance it was
eyenthcn too late 20 be OF any use, as
men, women and children were almost
all killed by the first vollcy, and Inc
himself escaped by a miracle as he
dashed for the door, and, crossing the
open space, made his escape through
the gate. But as he ran he was fired
at by an Indian coming from the di-
rection OF the trade shop, and as he was
seen TO drop just outside the open
gate. and as he presumably was dead,
no Indian engaged In pursuit.
Young Corrigal had seen the man
Wright fired at and fall, and had also
heard the shouts and screams from the
mems house, and understood the
worst had come As lac could see OF
hear nothing of his father and the
clerk, he at once explained matters q
his mother in few hurried words and
got her and the children TO take refuge
in the cellar. Here, at the door OF the
cellar, young Corrigal stood his ground
with his fathers double-barreled shot
gun and pistols. He heard the outer
door give way from the rush of indiana
that hurled themselves against il, and
then OF certainty he knew il n &C
now come 10 the pass OF selling hit
life as dearly as possible In the defens'
of his dear mother and her children
Brave youth Before he succumbec
To the onslaught of savages he killed
three of the Indians with his father
weapons, and then fell slain himself
Nothing now 20 bar the way, the re
naming members OF the band entered
the cellar, and in few minute
. mother, stepdaughter and the younl
children were butchercd in cold blood
anu WIN uplilbtu MINUS HithuAhb ~
I mercy.
I Thus In half an hour or Whereabouts
/ all that had belonged 10 Hanna Ba
' post were dead. At least the Indian
thought So and gave themselves mp I
J, feasting and drinking without r.
e straint.
0 We return now 20 George Wright
5 whom we left as he received what wa
0 supposed TO be his death wound ii
o was not dead. as the Indians imagined
i but badly wounded, his right leg b.
ing shattered below the knee. Cril
= pied like this, with no snow shoes, an
IL his only provisions the moss from Oh
@ rocks, he made his way over the mo-
Il rugged and barren country in I'll
IS world 20 Moose Factory, distance {
Il one hundred. and twenty miles. An'
e wonderful 20 relate, he reached thu
Vt place, after untold sufferings on II
II way. Great was the lament and din