The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
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Memories OF Pionr-r IsaN> RrrHlIcd 10, AZ
NurtIOR Va IhinE>IOn 'ounN IBIS
appearance oT MA indian. Nerve of n
louIng SriiIsr an,I Hast, Of - Perfume.
HAMMoNU~PoRI Y y O,t There
. sat much - the story 20, th. oid itiut
/ lock gan that WaS bought ~ an aucti"u
/ over Iu ltNtuC-'pn county the other day %
sad PlrNy GrIsNu'd. gath-rrr and verbal
chrplir'"- - uid tim" happenings "a old
St.ub.n aud parts adjacent. but there
, is enough To ~ seems 10 inr. 10 have made
! tn. gun worth mor,' than the twenty five
cents ~ WAS kuock-d down at
-FOr instance. IN IT." DAYS when h.nt
lock ,,ina we've still Ih" thing one JED
Miller settled ~ the town of tuvlngtOu.
Iivingst.,u county H.. c,,ins. from Oneida
county ~hcr" he had killed an Indian
for no other reason. ~ the tradition
comes down tnIn that the Indian was an
Indian
jed Miller hadn't been long time in
Livingston county when an Indian cam"
along Indians w.r,. ~ ~ wandering I,len-
tifullv about ~ western New York then
aud tarrf-d IN that neighbOrhoOd
There dldn't s...m 10 he any more points
about tins Indian than their, were about
others 30 ~ kind that were drifting
remnants 81 tht. western New York tribes
except that h- had notably fine rife.
About that time one Zenas Cowley
had come into Livingston county from
somsW here a youngs'er who was fond
81 m. hunt hul who had no gun. He
was wide a wake youth. and a. the sequel
proved had brought I'M nerve with him
70 that frontier
He knew u good gun when he saw IL.
and consequently that Indians rife
particularly took his eye. Jed Miller
had likewise gazed on II With approval.
-One evening after the Indian With
the fine rife had been loafinE around
two or thrc., DAYS b. was seen passing
nlonR in the ne, ghborhood % Jed Miller's
place, The newt morning jed Miller.
his own gun GA his shoulder. borrowed
another gun from fellow settler and
vent his way Wv and nv two shots W"r"
heard IN the woods near by. one quickly
following the other.
Then after a few DAYS II began to dawn
on folk. thr~cabout that they hadn't
seen or heard - the Indian with that
sut.ri,- -iHe since the evening he was seen
tassing along ~ the vicinity 1t jed Nil
I.r's aud they l.gan - hose around and
tnak. some little inquiry a. 90 how or why
the Indian had disappeared 50 mysteri-
utslY Somehow they turned To Jed
Miller and asked him how abont II.
oh" said J.,I. That Indian That's
50 That Indian Why, - course. Funny
| hadn't thought To- mention IT,
Then Jed went on and todd how he
wa wak.i by tremendous pounding
on hi- cabin d,sbr some night before.
which, a. 10 came 10 think about II. must
have been the, night the Indian was seen
RAISING along that wav. A. any rate
when led went 20 the door Their" stood the
Indian. and Jed got the idea somehow
that there was trouble brewing
-'You Jed Miller the Irdlar asked
him in the CIrtailed manner in which all
Indians ar. r.portad 10 speak English.
NO replied Jed Miller with that
stern and -toical clinging = y"racity
that has ever marked the white man ia
hIs intercourse with the Indian.
who YOU persisted the lndiGn.
John Hezerman. replied Jed Miller.
Damn lie'said the Irdiar with frank
p..-. and decision % manner which taken
from his shoulder. convinced Jed that
the visiting red man was pretty sure 81
his evidence. You led Miller Kill heap
deer in Oreida some lniun too. Nil
nv brother. Now mo kill Won
Jed Miller excused himself Ia ia"
Indian for his apparent mi-r.pr"--nta-
ion Of his identify 10y saving that having
zen rous"d from his slumh"r 80 sud
denly he must hav" Leon talking IN his
-l...p. aud h.. induced the Indian Ia delay
ms vengeance. until tn" newt dly a. h-
had sorn. pr.s-ing I@-r"IsI matters 20
attend TO- and then. h- assured the Indian.
lt.. would fus...t him IN the wOpdz hard by
and tax" h,- medicine Then IN" Indian
IaCr THIS would s.s'm 90 IL rather au tIn-
pru,s-ding on N" part ~
mat avrnRinR brother 81 the Indian
J.,l Miller had killed hut that IA" wav
-,di,inn a. coached bv Jed has handed
'b" matter down. and ! can't $50, any
way out - m"utIOning "
Urn. - his word J,-l Miller went To
Tho NnoIS Ia NEST the Indian and 10
and took b. and hi- own gun along with
INN b.. never oouti,i"d to tradition. but
10, wa al fr1nkues- "a explaining how II
lm., that M" i've shots wcr- heard over
IN ~" Sou'ir ono quickly followed hy the /
Jth"r
Whom I won't 20 the woods 10 m.-st
b." IT, good faith, said h". the !
Indian puil"u up and fired ~ IN" without !
.v.u waiting 80 =hak" hands tie missed /
me- Thou I took shot ~ HIM and n" ran !
AWAY hk" IN" wind Why. -'-~ That |
Indian Funny I hadn't thought 10 men !
ion u h-iDrr snid Jed.
That ~ all tradition ever got hold Of T,
~ ~ IN. mysterious disa pp"a rance 81
IN. Indian but TRADITION DOESN'T hesitate |
boldly . declare thai thu general i'm F.,
p-'.ssipn IN that part ~ Livingston county
was that ~ n"ver got far away from /
led Miile-s plac~ that night he wa eeen !
passing along that way and thar the two |
shots that we're fred IN the woods n~Ht
morning were fired by Jed himself from