Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-19

now dead some ye2Is. In somewhat
altered form it vi. published in The
Indiana Farmer, Dee. 10, 1889
My parents, Evan and Eve Shoe
maker, moved from the East Tonnes
see about the year 1909, and settled
in Salisbury, small village midway
between Centerville and RichmonH
now are, in Wayne county. There !
Twas born July 30, 1912. My parents
remained in the vicinity Of Salisbury
until after the ratification of peace
between the United States and Great
Britain in 1915. In the fall of 1916
my father, in company with three or
four other pioneer families, settled
in what is now Randolph county.
The pitched their tents IN an almost
impenetrable wilderness, surrounded
by wild beasts and savage Indians.
The nearest white mans cabin on the
north was go or 20 miles Cat Fort
Wayne); the nearest settlement on
the east was Is or 20 miles. All
west belonged to the Indians.
Our pioneer fathers had all their
provisions Except meat) to procure
in the old settlement until they could
raise the same at home, and that
could not be done until they cleared,
fenced and cultivated their ground.
The roads over which they had to
convey their provisions / will not de-
scribe, for they had none. The west
line Of my fathers land was the di-
viding line between the old and the
new purchase. Here Tin the new
purchase) the Indians were the bon
aide owners Of the soil, not having as
vet ceded their lands to the United
States. Notwithstanding the In
dams professed friendship and came
daily either to beg or excange bas-
kets, moccasins, legglngs or different
kinds Of embroidery for salt, meat,
tobacco, meal, -four, or anything you
had to dispose of, yet they viewed
each white person with jealousy and
wished for an opportunity to do an
injury. / recollect one day an In
dian chief came to my fathers house
i'm his absence. He wanted some
milk and butter. He had a deer
skin key to put his milk in. After
getting his milk, he wanted a saucer
to carry his butter in. Mother re-
fused to let him have the saucer,
whereupon he became very angry,
brandished his tomahawk and swore
he wished it would be war again, so
that he could get to scalp my mother
and a man named Jordan.
At that time OSLO the Indians
had stake or post, around which
they burned their prisoners, in the
adjoining county Of Delaware. II
was then neear where Muncie now
is. / saw this post in 1888. Tt was
considerably burned and charred foI
several feet above the ground, and q
rise or mound of Is or 20 inches
around the post was overgrown with
bluegrass. Ii was then standing
monument of savage cruelty.
When | was lad six or seven
years old | would go to the Indiar
camps and play with the young In
dams. Sometimes | would find then
at their. favorite sport shooting with
bows and arrows. At other time:
there would be score or more young
Indians lying in their camps, or IL
the shady grove, in a state of perfec
nudity. In the morning the adulf
Indians would take guns, tomahawk
and butcher knives, the younger class
their bows and arrows, and start II
pursuit of game, leaving the oil
squaws perform the drudgery o
the camp. They always went armed
From noon until dark the hunter
would keep strolling in; one with
deer dashed on his back, anothe
with a turkey, third with a har
or shoulder of meat, or hog with tn
hair on, and still another with a rae
coon, oppossum, poreupine, GROUND
hog, etc.
The Indian men, women and chi
dren, and the dogs would occupy tn
same tent The dogs generally sler
on the meal sacks as they mad
them a nice soft bed. / have see
them bake their bread in this mar
ner. They would first burn brus
pile, then rake off the Goals and asl
es, then roll out their dough, lay
down on the hot ground and cover
up with hot embers and Goals, and
would soon bake, and the dog hail
would keep il from crumbling ,
falling TO pieces.
If / were to tell you how annoyin