The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24

lauoQt Ine ufttl OF .AHfflf H1t1n q Qeeu
gone ~ days III !. lfts, fiufinx
which time we had neYe changed our
clothes We might have made coqsid-
cradle DE- we had bean ifidtis trious. We.
believe, sold our beaver skins Tor
two dollars a pound and the bear meat
Tor six pence q pound What would
you think now TO see two such per
SONS as we were2 Is -;
/. In MAY following tbe Indfans stole
some horses On the west FORK o. me
Aicnongahela river ana took two OF
three prison err. !. They were sfcfiow-
/. ed to near the, Kanawa,a river. our
men discovered them al night went
back and laid until near day when
they crept IN 10 the fire.. mt The IN.
idians were gone They narsaikd 4hAtf,
tiutai they got TO f8ln river. q mart 81
|. the. Indians had crossed t5:e otf,er
had taken down the river. or other
+ wise, the indlans that :had crossed
the river left III, horses over 81, me
west side of said river beine TOO
closely pursued ana took the Drisou-
ers of Our men fiyau : went 1 m, "a
river to a ford, crossed over ana took
the horses. On their return ID tic
ford TO recross tsiey saw tilat sa.ne
Shepard and his cornpaniotis DAME
Rcwell descending fhe river with, o. /
canoe before mentioned. and a hollow
Sycamore tree made so that Il would
carry load They .fnonehA Al ,Iirs,
sight that 1t was the :IndIans crossing
tie river and Shepard and Eowell
thought the others were were Indians.
However, they soon found out their
mistake. Shepard and Roweii pro
ceedei dcwn the river and had not
gone far when thev saw tie raft oi
the Indians floating from the Shore,
they having just crossed.
The same year, or about that time
the said Rowell and two other young
men, one OF whom WAS a Neal, were
UP said river near the mouth Of the
West fork Rowelt wax sitting III
the canoe ferfying the others over
the river, the Two young men We're
Standing up when the Indians fired
on them and killed the two young
men who fell out. OF the canoe. Row
ell swan ashore, ran to the camp
and got his gun without d loci. Id
had taken It of to grease. He then
made for Neal's station. On his way
he hid his gun and was never able
to find Il again. The men stationed
at Meals assembled the. river s(Kan-
awha), found the men and buried
them The Indians had not found
them as they were not scalped.
About this time the spies at Meals
station saw the traiiI Of Indians. wi,o
had been on the west for.k az fl,e
ENonongahela and stole nei,nans q 81
40 horses. They had, crossed fhes Kan.
awha some Is or 20 miles above its
mouth. The men at the station got
In canoes went down The Ohio mil
they struck the trait. where they mad
crossed. They followed and overlook
the Indians. retook the horses and
brought them back to the, station,
made a sale and divided the proceeds'
This is The first and last case ti,at
i nave afly .knowledxe ~ that the men
ofstl,is country kent 4r,e nronerty taI,-
en- from the Indians fi,at had heen
stolen nv them (See tho ,I3ortier war.
fare re I =. ~
In the year 1891 Indians KILLED
James or John sfrlntirn and wife =
mile or two above tfe mourn Of Ring
anon creek. Five or xix al s,is. wren
We heard the news started ana, twenY
To BENZ. Robinson% : iR6hinson had
appointed before we got 10 flis house.
to meet some men nm buffalo creek,
We startei, eleven AZ IA IN ali wenf
nm Tennpile creek "a tlne sno,fth n
Jones,s run. and in Going nm said mn
we found the trail Of tihe Indians hit
as Robinson. had promised to meet
those men, we went on Ii RnffaSo
creek. but found mo persons we
took I'M Buffalo 10 the i,eaa or Fish
ing creek. went dowI; cohstderaiTe
distance. tool, mn !, ,.ips,t f,and. hranch
on which we canned Maxi morning
crossed over fi1e dividing rttise feii
ON the waters N Middle Istand went
down the same To tho creek aho;t .
mile below the three forks The In
dians mad inst come dnwn Tho creeL
Here was fresh traii coi seoa;as
Jackson nrnnosed that s;x mon Should
be chosen who shonId strin rs light
as fhey cm,ld and On ahead ~ 1he
horses He also aslsed tho 1,iciiegs
az choosing tf,sm and going shcaI'
which was pranted t5en tharss,t'
chosen or not + Would he ane ~ ts,sn, ~
Gscrge iaclson pani, poh;nsa ,,
n, =. Is. 49,. -, I, =.