The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
MICAJAH GALLOWAY
A Famous Pioneer of Indiana and Com
panion in Arms of Daniel Boone
Hero Of Many Desperate Encounters.


ny of the present population
knew of Micajah Galloway? Not
many, yet in the early history OF
the state his was noted name.
He was a famous Indian fighter,
trapper, scout and soldier, the
friend in arms of Daniel Boone
of Kentucky; man who went
unrewarded to an unknown grave
Like Boone. Galloway was ter
ror to the Indians, and with
Boone he figured in many des-
perate encounters. Rough, un-
couth, uneducated, he was but
every inch a man. Micajah Cal
loway's deeds have not been told
in song and story, but his Won
derful knowledge of the woods
and his bravery and skill with
the rifle saved many white lives
and some of the people living in
this community are descendants
of those whose lives were saved
by the intrepid Galloway.
The territory now comprising
Washington county, with the ex-
ception of a small part in the
southwest corner, was acquired
of the Delawares, Miamis, Plan
keshaws and other tribes by the
treaty of Grouseland, signed
near Vincennes, August 81, 1905.
At the time of the white settle
ment there were Indian villages
scattered along the different
streams, and prior to 1911 the
whites and Indians lived in peace
and friendliness. But the war
of 1912 aroused the Indians, and
many of them became the allies
of Great Britain. The Indians
did not really become dangerous
until 1922, up to that time horse
stealing being the worst depre-
dation they committed. Micajah
Galloway used to trail them
through the woods.
He recovered many Of these
stolen ANIMALS, but always de-
clined any reward Nor would
he tell what had become of the
Indians from whom he got the
animals.
One of the small Indian villag-
es was on Royse's Lick. and
here lived "Old OK" a Delaware
chief, and his followers. TOW
Head" was the son of "Old Ok, "
and white man named McCul-
Tough was married to ''TOw
Heads sister. They had one
child, a boy named Sammy.
Two little white boys, Jimmy
and Johnny, were playmates of
Sammy, and when the Indians
left the village they stole Jimmy
and Johnny. Micajah Galloway,
at the head of a resolute party of
men, started to find the boys.
They went as far north as Mon
roe county, and gave up the
search-all except Galloway.
The Indians went to the mouth
of the Muscatatuck river and hid
for several days. The main
body of the Indians went TO the
village on the Wabash, near
Lafayette. The boy Jimmy,
while lying beside fire, was SO
badly burned that the Indians
killed him. Johnny was held
captive for some months, and
was finally sold to a white man
and adopted by d family named
Menaugh. This little boy was
John L. Menaugh, a man great
ly esteemed in Washington coun-
ty and for years identified with
its progress. Galloway followed
"Tow Head" and killed him, but
did not find the stolen children
Micajah Galloway was the
leader of the avengers of the
Pigeon Roost massacre. In Sep
TENDER, 1912, company of
whites encamped at a place call
ed Pigeon Roost, in Scott county
near Vienna. They were attack
ed by Indians and seventeen
women and children were muir
dered. Several companies, one
from this county, commanded by
Henry Dewalt, whose.desendants
still live here, pursued the Indl-
ans, Galloway leading the troops
until they came upon the muir
derers near Columbus. Nearly