Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-06

she took the letter from the ranger.
told him to- hide, dashed away on her
pony and was soon a prisoner. Brant
recognized her as soon as she was led
before him, and seemed little abash-
ed at her gaze, for he was in full war
panophy Louisa told him that
through anxiety about her father she
had risked her life to see him and beg
ged protection. The young chief gal
lantly answered that he guarded the
brave and that he would accompany
her himself to Marietta. The ride back
IT,. ough the forest was. no doubt.
pleasant one. Brant was a handsome
young fellow end had received a good
education in the east. The charming
Louisa was, fear, bit of coquette,
and was not averse to hanging one
more scalp to her belt and the fact that
this time it belonged to bona fide In
dian made the game all the more in
teresting. She introduced him to her
father, who received him with great
courtesy, though he refused to grant
his request concerning the treaty. .
Angry with the Governor, but in love
with his beautiful daughter, the young
warrior started up the valley with his
followers and meeting the Miamis and
Delawares, the fiercest of the western
tribes, going to the council at Fort
| Harmar, he persuaded them to turn
| back with him. But love conquered
| his resentment. He returned to Fort
| Harmar few days later, was present
at the feast and asked the Governor in
vain for his daughters hand. for St
Clair had no wish for Mohawk SON
in-law, though the suitor might be the
educated son of an educated chief
AS it was, Brant threw his influence
against the settlers of the Territory,
and helped his father draw the In
dians into confederacy only rivaled
by that of Pontiac. Had st. Clair CIV
en- his daughter to young Brant long
and bloody war would have been avert
ed.
During this gloomy time in 1894,
little girl was born on the banks of the
Mus klngum, who in later years was the
first woman to achieve reputation as
wri er in Ohio The verses of Mrs.
julia Dumont are not read by the
present generation, but they were
greatly admired by her contemporary
les. She spent part of her life in Iu-
diana and was for some years the pre-
ceptress of DR.. Edward Egglestor,
whose grateful pen has honored her b..
merted praise.
The name Aunt Fanny" is now sell
dom heard, though in the middle of
this century it was household WORD.
She who wrote under this nom-de-
plume was Mrs. Francis Dana Gage.
daughter of Joseph Barker, one of the
founders of Marietta. Her fluent ly-
rics 'The Sounds of Industry" and
"The Housekeepers Soliloouies," are
+ beautiful pictures of home life and
q were eagerly read by the women of the
, western country, who saw in thess
simple rhymes a photograph Of their
own domestic experience.
There is one other woman of whom
:, Marietta is justly proud. Like Mary
Lake, she began a great work which Is
destined never to cease, and has placed
her name high among the benefactors
F., of the human race Katharine Fay
Ewing began her life of service when
she was twenty years old as a mission
= airy among the Choctaw Indians.
:, While engaged in this work, her heart
was wrung by the tragic death of d
, homeless child and she resolved to do
all in her power to rescue dependent
. children from suffering and degrade
:, tion. In 1857 she returned to Mariet-
:, ia and with the money she had saved
N and two small legacies which had beef.
70 left her, she bought fifteen acres OF
:, land in the country and built a house
A. which she called her Children's Home
- Here she brought twenty-five little
~ children from the poor house, which
up to this time had been the only ref
n uge for the little waits, who, surrounds
a ed by the ignorant and vicious in
# mates, were left to grow up as bes,
N they could To feed. clothe and teach
q twenty y-five children was no small task
j, but Aunt Katie" was not discouraged
\ Her friends touched by her enthusiasm
A. came to her aid and the Directors o
I the County Infirmary gave her small
10 sum each year from the public funds
V At the close of the Civil war, whei
A. thirty-five soldiers children were add
II ed to her already large family, sh
n conceived the idea of asking the legis
os lature to make her home regula
no county institution, entirely separated
r in name and in fact from the poo
,e house. After three attempts such
40 bill was passed in 1866, and the plal