Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-11-02

pIODdolY OH Iilt very SPo0 az" "
were buried in o common tom
Some years later Il stone wall wal
built around the grave. The. foun'
dation remains, but the principa
part Of it was haulded away many
years ago to fill mud holes in the
road that runs along the foot OF the
hill. The act was purely wanton
for an abundance Of other rocks
could have been had with no more
trouble than was incurred in haul
ing these away.
The names Of only a few OF those
who perished in the massacre are
known. 1t is believed that most
of them were Germans.
The boy who was carried to the
Indian country subsequently, re-
turned. He said after the massnc-
re the Indians set out for home.
They reached Green walt pass, sew
en- miles distant. and camped the
first night at spring. They car
ried with them the Indian who was
wounded while peeping over rock
near the fort. FIe died that night,
and the next morning they carried
him up the face Of o steep noun
tain, hid him under shelving
rock at the base of cliff and wall
him i'm with stone.
When the Young man returned
from captivity some years later, he
pointed out the grave. The skele-
ton of the Indian was still to be
seen behind the stone wall which
enclosed it. From that point the
Indians crossed to the mouth of
Seneca, eleven miles distant, and
thence along the Seneca trail till
they reached the site of Elkins, and
thence continued their journey to
Fort Duqnesne, now Pittsburg.
| decided to follow the route tax.
en- by the Indians after they burn
ed the fort. It furnished an ex-
cellsnt opportunity to study the
Indians mode of woodcraft. 1t
shows their unerring judgment in
the nearest way. ! spent
nearly q whole day in the work OF
following The route, aud examin.
ing their camping ground, which
is we'll known The distance to
Greenwalt pass is seven miles.
The indians reached the place the
evening of the day Of the massa-
ere. | judge that the folt twas
taken early in the morning, and
that the sayages were on there
march by noon or soon after. The
seven miles to Greenwalt pass was
as much, | think, as they could
cover in half day carrying a
wounded man. who had been shot
in the head. and who, as already
stated, died in that night.
| followed ridge and ravine in a
course almost a direct line. o.
casionally | was in public roads.
crossing farms, now and
then in paths. and at times in the
woods. The old chief Kilbuck
was a master in the art Of cutting
down distances. The course he took
is two miles shorter, in II miles,
than all the road surveyors since
haye been able to lay out a public
road. hut it must be confessed
that he had no skill in stunning
hills. Some of those which | cross
ed in following his line OF march,
as tradition has preserved it, were
steep and formidable.
Between 4 and 5 o'clock in the
afternoon | reached the pass. Just
above the rocky gorge where the
Indians camped that night by al
fine spring, lives Jacob Greenwalt,
an old man. He has a little orch
ard Of old apple trees, a patch OF
corn, log cabin, and three dogs
which thy into paroxysnls or rage
At he approach Of a stranger. lie
lives alone. went to see him,
md found him in his orchard,
crawling on his hands and knees,
picking up apples. He is so Grip,
pied with rheumatism that he can
barely walk. Although his father
and his grandfather lived and died
where he lives. ye the never learned
to speak English except quite