Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-01
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE
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discovered near the Bull Run block.
house, but made no attempt on it. On
the same evening several Indians
ascended the logs of David Mcbride g
dwelling. adjacent to the blockhouse.
but finding themselves discovered,
leaped down and ran off From the
Beaver dam settlements they took six.
teen horses, killed all the cattle they
could find aud left them to spoil, and
also took two horses from Wilson on
Pigeon.
james Ore ,th purity of the Hawk.
los militia ana detachment of Capt.
Lewis company of Virginia troops,
commanded by Ensign Calvin, seven
teen in all, pursued more than one
hundred miles those Indians who way.
laid, killed and robbed, the trav .llers
in the Kentucky road on the nth of
March, aud they returned to Knoxville
on the thirtieth. The party of Indians
which he followed, as appeared by
their marks and figures inscribed on
trees, were twenty five in number. and
had taken four scalps, one of them
from the beard of u Dunkard preacher.
They had sixteen stolen horses. The diff
erence of numbers would not have in
duced Nlr. Ore to turn back, but it was
discovered that their numbers were
increasing from camps in the noun
tains, and not making for their to wns,
but probably to form large camp and
make another stroke upon the Cum ber-
land or Kentucky road, or some of the
frontiers, before they should return
home.
On Tuesday the first Of April, q
party of Indians, supposed to consist
OF from thirty to forty, smbuscaded a
path near Calvin's blockhouse on
Crooked Creek, u branch of Little River
fourteen miles from Knoxville, and fired
upon Samuel Wear, his two sons and
William McMurry. as they were going
from the blockhouse to work on their
farms. One ball passed through the
clothes of McMurray. On their return
to the station another party of Indians
who had also waylaid the path, fired
upon them but did no injury.
On the same day party of Indians
consisting of from forty to fifty, sm.
buscaded the road near the Grub Or.
chard, leading from Knoxville to
Nashville, and fred upon company
OF travellers consisting of FIVE persous,
killed Thomas Sharp Spencer, wound
ed James Walker, killed two horses
and wounded a third. Hence the name
of Spencer's hill. Spencer had with
him about one thousand dollars iu
| gold, and many valuable articles which
fell into their hands. These travellers
left the blockhouse at South West
Point in the morning, and the sur.
vivors returned to it in the night of
the same day,
On the night of the second of April,
a party of Indians, con ,isting of twenty
five, secreted themselves near the block
house at the mouth Uf Town Greek
commanded by Sergeant Herrod of the
18th company of the third sublegion of
the United States, and early the next
morning fred upon and killed William
Green, a soldier, attempted to gain the
door Of the blockhouse and were re
pulsed, leaving behind them a rifle
gun, a scalping knife, one blanket, one
French chappeau, eight ramrods, and
eight gunlock covers An Indian in
attempting to scalp Green was shot
through the hand, which obliged him
to drop his rife and scalping knife.
Three other Indians were wounded.
one of them within one hundred PAGES
of tie bockbouee. He bled con
siderably, but was carried off. They
stole about this time twenty seven
horses from Knox County. and four
from Hawkins.
On the 9Th Mrs. Livingston, the
mother of Peter and Henry Livingston,
and two children, were killed and
scalped near Moccasin gap, in Virginia,
and the wives Of Peter and Henry Liv-
ingston and three children were made
prisoners. A party Of the neighboring
militia, commanded by Vincent Hibbs,
gave immediate pursuit. killed two OF
the IndiansI and regained the two wo
men and two OF the negroes. One OF
the Indians killed was supposed to be
Bench, the noted Cherokee chief who
for long time by his repeated butcher
lea, had been the terror of the frontiers
On the 18th, sixteen horses were
stolen from the settlements on Beaver.
dam Creek. and many more from the
frontiers of Jefferson County.
On the l4th, party of Indians pur
sued Moses Stegall on the north side Of
the Copper Ridge so closely that he
was forced to abandon his horse to eff
feet his escape. And on the same day
nine horses were stolen from thai
neighborhood.
On the 10Th, they stole ten horses
from Mr.. Gibbs, making in the course
of few days upwards of fifty horse,
taken from the frontier inhabitantt
within the compass of ten miles. Some
of the inhabitants were left without q
horse to draw the plow.
On the 22d, William Casteel, hi:
wife and five children, were killed on
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