Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-04-05

It was but the statement Of what the
reader must have already suspected. Ho
had not been shot by Atlee that morning
when he was making his way to the sea,
but by quickly diving had concealed him
self for moment and floated downward
with the current, which was strong at
that place. The leaves and fallen tree
had aided him in his concealment when
he was obliged to rise to the surface for
air. When he was once free from all
pursuit, he followed oSt his first inten-
tiOn and Joined friendly lndlah tribe.
When so much of his story had been tod
the rest was plain to those present, and
even the most bittei of DOrOthea's perse-
cutors felt that they had done wrong ana
regretted it. If it had not been for that
tragedy only little over week before
they would have borne her from the
courtroom in triumph.
Hillary went on. had never been MS
intention, he said, to desert his HUE
girl. and so frequently he made trips 10
Sagnauck and waited about the piace
until he chanced to meet 'his baby, as
he called her. Once being unable to see
| her. he wrote note and left IL IN
his cabin, knowing that she
frcouented the old hut. This note was
the one the minister found, and sub
seeuently Hillary learned that Dorothea
never received it. The night upon
which Mr.. Granville had opened the noto
and read it, Hillary was waiting in hopes
of seeing his daughter. With bitter
! feeling in his heart he walked by the
minister's house, and, glancing In at the
window, saw the latter open his nOte'
Burning with rage, he waited until the
niece of birch bark had been laid upon
the desk near the window, and then,
breaking a pane of glass, he seized IL
and departed. When Dorothea told him
of her approaching marriage he began
securing furs, and followed by SIX In"
dians. bore her marriage portion to her
This simple explanation of all the
mvstpries surrounding Dorotbea turned
the tide of popular feeling against MI
| Granville. and all at once the fckle null
titnde remembered that he alone had
fostered and brought the charges against
the poor girl.
AS Hillary was about to leave the
stand one of the magistrates bade hlm
stop and asked of him why he had COM
PEELED his daughter to keep silent con-
cerning him, especially when that silence
had been the cause of bringing upon her
the public ignominy, which had resulted
in her insanity and the murder OF her
babe? Hillary anwered;
81 wished to be considered dead by
every white man, for was disgusted
with their canting hypocrisy? But !
never suspected that my visits would
bring so much cruelty to such a. sweet
girl as Dorothea. did not know OF the
whipping until it was over, for yonder
reverend gentleman took great pains to
announce the trial but one day before II
occurred, and to follow the sentence
with its execution before an hour had
passed. When the deed was once done
I might have led the Indians to burn the
town, but that would have been my only
way of revenge, and did not care t9 &c
that"
Dorothea was then announced fE oC
clear from the charge of witchcratt, ono
was led back to prison to await the SIT
ting of the magistrates next day, wher
she would be put on trial for her life 10
the murder of her babe.