West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-11
"A HISTORICAL SKETCH.
SOME INTERESTING FAMILY HIS
TORY OF me EARLY PIONEERS
AND INDIAN RAIDS THROUGH
THIS SECTION.

by Hon. James q. McGrew, OF this
place. and is Of such general inter
est as TO be'wclI worthy OF pubiica-
ton. ED.
Sometime about the year 1884. "a
man by the name of John Green,
with wife and several children,
loc ted on what aftcrgards became
known AS Green's Ruu," about
one mile ana half from where
Kingwood now is. and OH land VI
forwards owned by Samuel Trow-
bridge, whore he lived for msuy
years, and where he died. The
land at this date (lS02J is owned
by John IL. Brown.
Two or three years after Green
made his settlement thrre. num-
Der OF Miami Indians from west OF
the Ohio river. nude an incursinn
into the neighborhood whore Green
and few other white men had
made small settlement, the Oil ct
of the Indians being, -as tradition
informs us.--to kill one, William
Morgan, who had located south of
Morgan's Run, near where King
wood now stands. in revenge for
their defeat sometime before, by
one. James Morgan, when they
had attacked young settlement ut
the mouth Of Decker's Greek,
where MorgAntown now stands,
The tradition is that Morgan, in
this fight, killed number of In
dams. and that he skinned one of
them tanned the skin aud made u
"shot pouch" out of the leather.
This coming to the knowledge Of
the Indians through white traders,
and they, supposing that William
Morgan was klnsman of their
enemy, James Morgan, whom they
feared again to attack, they deter
mined to kill William Morgan.
The expedition sent for this pur
pose consisted of six Indian war;
riors of the Miami tribe. They
cI ossed the Ohio River at he mouth
of Fishing Greek, and passing up
that stream and down Indian Greek.
crossed the Monong hcla at or near
the mouth of White Day, then
Travelled eastward evidently intend
to strike the head waters Of Nor
gan's Run, and follow that stream
down to where William Morgan
had located but by mistake they
fell upon the waters OF Green Run,
and followed down that stream un-
Til they came to Greens Cabin, high
up on the south bank, and closely
resembling the location of VIM.
Morgan's cabin on the hill side
south of Morgau's Run.
The morning the Indians came
upon Green's phce, Green and his
vile and children were in the cabin,
but a hired man by the name Of
Lewis was splitting rails in the
woods some distance from the
house, and had Green's rifle with
him. The Indians approached BIN
stealthilv through the woods. shot
and killed him, and then rushed
upon the cibin where Green and
his wife and children were. Hav.
ing no defensive weapons, Green,
after defending his family and him
self as best he could, was soon over
powered and killed.
One of the children, little girl,
tried to escape by running. but was
fred upon by one of the Indians,
aud shot through one of her hands.
The IHdians surprising that she
was dead-as she had fallen to the
ground when shot--they did her no
further injury. She had sufficient
presence of mind to lie still where
she had fallen ; and the tradition
ia that as she fell she placed her
wounded hand over her face, and
that just AS the Indians were leav-
ing one Of them walked up and
looked at her, and seeing her f,ce
anil head covered with blood left
without scalping her.
AZ soon as the Indians had taken
their hasty departure she made
her way 10 Cheat River opposite
Butler's Fort, aud was taken across
the river and cared for by Thomas
Builder. When she grew up to
womanhood she married man by
The name Of Friend.
The Indians took Mrs. Green
aud her two girls, Sarah aud Eliza