Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-13

tofore. He also enclosed Maj. Doyle't
letter from Fort Massac, in consequence
of which he had ordered to his relief
an ensign, sergeant, corporal and five
privates of mounted infantry. Besides
the death Miss Roberts, Reasons and
wife, and of Chambers, in the month
of September, as related in General
Robertson's letter, they also did other
mischief. On the night of the 14th Of
September, the Indians pulled up a
part of the stockading of Morgan 8 sta
ton and took out valuable gelding.
And on the same day party of Chero'
KEGS fell in with John Henley as he
passed down the Ohio, near the mouth,
and robbed him of a thousand dollars
in cash ana many valuable articles OF
merchandise. And on the 10th, when
they burnt the house of Mr.. Donaldson
they also burnt that of Mrs Hays. On
the 26th, arrived at Knoxville, Miss
Alice Thompson and Mrs. Caffrey, of
Nashville, by way of the Rocklanding
in Georgia, from captivity of up.
wards of two years with the Creeks.
The latter refused to deliver to Mr..
Seagrove, the United States agent for
Indian affairs, snndry citizens of the
United States who we've prisoners
amongst them, more particularly the
child of Mrs. Caffrey, taken about two
years before that time from Bledsoe's
Lick. Also they did not deliver young
Brown, the son of Mrs. Brown near
Nashville. Nor did they deliver young
Mayfield, the son of Mrs. May field near
the same place. The child of Alex
ander Cavet, also called Alexander,
taken from near Knoxville in Septem-
ber 1893, when the rest of the family
were massacred, was killed as these
late captiyes reported by Greek war
rior by the stroke of his tomahawk,
three days after their arrival in the
nation. Miss Thompson soon after
arriving in the nation was purchased
from her captOrs for eight hundred
pounds of deer leather, equal to two
hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty
six and two third cents, by white
trader, who treated her with humanity.
But Mrs. Caffrey was treated as a slave,
and was frequently scratched and torn
with garr teeth by way of punishment;
and was made to hoe corn, beat meal
and to perform other duties of slavery,
and when released was obliged to leave
her child behind. On the Cd of Octo.
Der, 1894, Thomas Bledsoe, son of Col
Anthony Bledsoe, was, killed and
scalped near the house of the late Col.
Isaac Bled5oe.: His father, brother,
uncle and cousin, had all suffered
under the tomahawk and scalping
knife.
On the Gath Of October, 1894, a party
of Indians fired upon John Leper and
another man near the house of the
former, on the east fork of Red River
in Tennessee County. On the same
day, another party of Indians killed
and scalped Evan Watkins, within
hundred yards of Col. Winchester 8
mill, in Sumner County. These two
places are seventy miles distant from
each other. On the s5th of the same
month party of fellows were discov-
cred crossing the road between Bled-
soes Lick and Shaver 8 cabin. On the
following day, Cornet Evans was fred
upon between Bledsoe's Lick and Col.
Winchester's by four fellows. And on
the S9th, the spies discovered party
of thirteen Indians crossing Cumber.
land River towards the settlements.
within five miles of Col. Wine hester's.
These several parties appearing in and
about the settlements nearly at the
same time gave an unusual degree of
alarm to the inhabitants. Families in
general through the neighborhood
shut themselves up in their stations,
and all intercourse ceased for several
days, except by patrolling parties.
The people cried out, that Congress
could not know their sufferings and
have the feelings of men, or that they
would take measures to give them
more effectual protection.
On the 9th of mber, 1894, a party
of fifty Indians on the waters of Red
River in Tennessee County, fell upon
the families of Col. Isaac Ellsworth
and of his brother John Ellsworth, and
killed and scalped seven white persons,
wounded a negro woman and took
prisoners white man, three children
and negro fellow, and also daugh.
ter of Col. Ellsworth. Pursuit was
given by the neighboring militia, and
the Indians discovering their approach
the three children and
scalped them, taking off the whole
skins of their heads. The white man
and the negro fellow they either killed
or carried off, together with the daugh-
ter. These murders were imputed to
the Creeks.
On the 11th of November, the Indi.
ans made an attack on Col. Sewers
station, near Clarksville, killed Snyder
his wife and one child, also one of Col.
Sewers children, and another they
mortally wounded and scalped. On
hearing the guns fire few of the peo-
nile of Clarksuilln rn. m,