Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-05-29
small rocks and pieces of pots and dis.
charged at them, upon which they i'm.
mediately withdrew.

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A few days before the battle at the
fort on the bluff, Col. Sam Barton had
followed drove of cattle, wishing to
xii! one OF them for beef, they passed
near the head of the branch which ex-
tends from the stone bridge by Bass
lanyard, aud upwards to the head
they passed near the spot at the head of
the branch where the Indians lay in
ambush; they fred upon, and wounded
him in the wrist; he ran with the blood
streaming from the wound, and one
of them followed him. One Martin
ran from the fort to meet him, and
seeing him join Barton, the Indian in
pursuit retired. At this time John
Buchanon and his brother Alexander
Buchanon, were in Gross field; they
took circuitous route, and came into
the fort on what is now the back part
of the town of Nashville. Barton was
in the fort disabled by this wound
when the battle atNashville took place.
In the summer of 1881, a party Of
Indians killed William Hood, just on
the outside of the fort at Freeland 3
station. They did not at that time at
tack the fort.
In the same summer, between Free
lands station and the French lick, a
party of Indians killed old Peter Rem.
fro, and withdrew. In the fall of the
sams year, they killed Timothy Terril,
from North Carolina, and withdrew.
In the same year the Indians killed
Jacob Freeland, as he hunted for the
deer on Stoner's Lick creek, at the
place where John Castleman now lives;
there, also, at another time, they killed
Joseph Castleman, son of John Cas-
tleman. AT the same place lived Jacob
Castleman, who went into the woods
to hunt, and was surprised and killed
by the indians before he returned.
In the spring of the year 1889, party
of Indians fred upon three persons at
the French lick, and broke the arm OF
John Tucker and Joseph Hendricks,
and shot down David Hood, whom they
scalped and stamped, as he said, and
followed the others towards the fort
the people of the fort came out aud re
pulsed them, and saved the wounded
men. Supposing the Indians gone,
Hood got up softly, wounded and
scalped as he was, and began to walk
towards the fort on the bluff; when,
to his modification, he saw standing
upon the bank of the creek mum beI
of Indians, the same who had wounded
him before, making sport of his mis-
fortunes and mistake. They then fell
upon him again, and having given
him in several places new wounds that
we're apparently mortal, then left him
He fell into brush heap in the snow,
and next morning was tracked and
found by his blood and was placed az
dead man in one of the outhouses
and was left alone; after some time be
recovered and lived many years.
After the attempt to take the fort al
the bluff in 1881, the people were fire.
quently disturbed by Indian erruptiont
and depredations; they made no corn
in 1881, but in 1852, they made some in
the fields which had been cleared in
1880. The hostilities OF the indiana
were exercised upon those whom they
found hunting, q number of whom they
killed that year. In this year, 1882
a house or two stood at place called
Kilgore's 8 station, on the north side OF
Cumberland river, on the Red river and
on the south side of Red river, at the
place now called Kilgore's station
There were two young men of the
name of Mason, Moses Malding, Am
brose Malding, Josiah Hoskins, Jesse
Simmons and others. The two Masont
had gone to lick, called Clay lick
and had posted themselves in secret
place to watch for deer, and were neal
enough to reach them with their shot
at the lick. Whilst in this situation
seven Indians came to the lick: the
lads took good aim, and fired upon
and killed two of them, and then ran
with all speed to the fort, where, being
joined by three of the garrison, they
returned to the lick, found the dead In
dians, scalped them and returned tC
the fort. That night, John Peyton anG
Ephriam Peyton, on their way to Ken
lucky, called in at the fort and re
mained there all night. The indiana
came in the night and took away al
the horses which we're there; in thu
morning the people at the fort pursued
them, and overlook them in the eve
ming at creek called Peyton's creek
fired upon them and killed one, tn,
rest fed, and the pursuers retook al
the horsee. That night the latter cam,
towards the fort and carelessly en-
camped, and the next morning pro
ceeded on their journey; but in tn,
meantime, the Indians had got between
them and the station by circuitou
route, and when the whites came nes
enough, fred upon them and killed
one of the Masons and Josiah Hoskins
The Indians then retreated with thei
spoil, and the people at Kilgore's sta
tion broke up their establishment ant
joined those at the bluff. A little be
fore this, but in the same year, at tn
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