The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-28
an ECHO 0F COLONEL l0GHRYs DEFEAT
From Henry Histery soi Harrison; County.

tery of Harrison; County.
/ After night they returned to Edward
Cunningkam's house and finding no
one. piHndered and fired the house.
Flee to the Moods.
When the savages withdrew In the
evening. Cunningham went with his
family into the woods where they re-
NAMED all night, there being no
settlement nearer than eight or ten
miles. In the morning they proceed
ed to the nearest house and gave the;
alarm and q company Of men was
soon collected to go in pursuit OF the
Indians. When they came to Cum
ningham's and found both houses
heaps Of ashes they buried the bones
which remained Of the boy who was
murdered in the house, with the
bodies Of his brother and little sis
ter who were killed in the field, but
so cautiously had the savages con-
Quoted their retreat that no traces y:
them could be discovered and the men
returned to their homes
Some days after. circumstances in.
ducedJ the belief that the Indians were.
yet in the neighborhood and men were
again assembled for the purpose of
tracing them. They were now en-
abled to distinguish the trail and pur-
sued 1t near to the cave. where from
the number Of rocks on the ground
, and the. care which had. been taken
by the Indians to leave no vestige,
they could not longer discover 1t. They,
however, examined 70 rit in every di-
rection until night forced them to de-
slst. In; thinking over the incidents
of the day the cave occurred to the
mind Of Major Robinson, who was.
well acquainted with the woods, and.
he concluded that the savages must
be concealed in 1t 1t was examined
early the next morning but they had
left It the preceding night and depart
ed for their towns.
After her return fro mcaptivity, Mrs.
Cunningham stated that at the time
of the search on the day before, the
Indians were in the cave, and that
several times the whites approached
so near that she could distinctly hear
their voices, the savages standing with
their guns ready to fire in case they
were discovered, and forcing her to
keep the infant to her breast lest its
crying might point to their place OF
concealment.
In consequence Of their stay at this
place on account Of their wounded
companion 1t was some time before
Il or Nir tn hat,
and Mrs. Cunningham's suffering of
body as well as mind were truly great.
Fatigue and hunger oppressed her
sorely, the infant in her arms want
ing the nourishment derived Prom the
due sustenance of the mother piled at
the breast for milk in vain, and the
Indians percetying this. put q period
to it's sufferings with the tonahawk
even while it was clinging to It's moth
er's bosom. st is:
The anguish of this woman during
the journey to the towns can only be-
properly estimated by parent, her
bodily sufferings may be inferred from
the fact that for ten days her only,
lsustenance consisted OF the head Of a.
wild turkey and three .pawpaws, and
from the circumstances that the skin
and nails of HEIR feet scalded by fire.
quent wading Of the streams came Off
with her stockings when upon their
arrival at village of the Delawares
she was permitted to draw them off.
Yet was she forced to continue on
with them the next day. One Of the
Indians belonging to the village where
they were, by an application OF some
sanative herbs, very much relieved the
pain which she endured.
When she came to the town of
those by whom she had been made
prisoner. although receiving no bar
barous or cruel usage, yet everything
indicated to her that she was reserved
for some painful torture.
The wounded Indian had been left
behind and she was delivered to his
father. Her clothes were not changed
as is the case when a prisoner is
adopted by them, but she was COM
PEELED to wear them, dirty as they
were. q bad omen for captive. She
was, however, not long in apprehend-
ing Of a wretched fate.
A conference was soon to take place
oSsWSSA4 tAS AAAl0Ao dll4 MAltGS tRlCs
paratory to reaty Of peace, and
witnessing an uncommon excitement
in the village one evening, upon in
quiring, learned that the. great cap
tain. sirom Girty, had arrived. She
determined to prevail with him, II she
could, to intercede for her liberation,
and seeing him the next day passing
on horseback she laid hold OF his stir
rup and implored his interference. For
q while he made light Of her petition,
telling her that she would be as we'll
there as in her own country, and that
II he was disposed to do her kind
ness he could not, as his saddle bags
were too small to conceal her; but
her Importantly at length prevailed,
and he whose heart had long been
steeled against every kindly feeling,
every sympathetic impression was at
length induced to perform an act of
generous. disinterested benevolence.
hrs Ransom Paid.
He paid her ransom, had her con-
.yeyed to the commissioners for, nego-