Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-17
CHAPTER VII.
THE OLD POWDER-HORN.

! There's the old revolution gul
. and the powder horn that goes will
, it," said Uncle Ez, pointing over
head where they hung in rawhid,
loops.
What an odd looking old powder
horn with so many carvings on it, ;
observed Marktree.
That powder horn has got ar
! interestin' history" said Uncle Ez
taking it down and handing it to the
visitors. See all them notches or
it; they tell of big events in history
mostly battles it has been in. That
little carvin' of a ship down at the
bottom with those letters We see
carved on it spellin' Grand Pre-,
was done by an Arcadian exile,
Louis Foonia. He and his sweet.
heart, Virginia, didn't happen t.
git yarded and penned up with the
others in the British ships and tug
ged off into exile. They put for the
woods, and finally wandered over
into New Brunswick where they fell
in with band of Micmac Indians
on their way to Quebec to barter
their skins. The Indians was friend
ly and let 'em 60 long with 'em.
They found lots O. game and fish
ana wild onions and berries to live
on, and the Indians made 'em both
some moccasins and clo'es O. deer
skin. They almost worshipped Vir-
ginia cause she was so tall and
handsome, and wanted to make her
their queen. They didn't hurry
long none and the summer was
poorly nigh gone when they got to
Quebec. The Indians was bound to
keep 'em, but they managed to slip
away, and went to the priest and
got married. Soon arter he lined
the army and his wife went with
MIN; and many's the sick and hurt
she tuck care on. In the battle of
Quebec she was nigh by General
Montcalm when he died, and hid a
cup O cold water fer i'm to drink.
That first notch, over the ship, side
O that pipe an Indian carved on the
powder horn when they was comm
thro' the woods to Quebec. tells the
battle of Quebec; see the date, Sep.
1859? In a battle that next spring,
few miles west O. Quebec, the
Arcadian was pooty badly done up
by sword cut, so't he couldn't
fight any more. There it's, record
ed on the old powder horn, in the
carvin' of a sword, After bein' in
the hospitle a good spell in Mont
real, he and his wife Virginia wan
dered down into the Grants. They
tuck up piece of timber back in
the woods not fur from fathers,
and lived with fathers folks until
they got their log house rolled up.
Father tuck hold and helped i'm.
Sometime along he give father this
old powder horn; he said he had the
mate tot. He told father that they
come from the biggest m hand
soonest OK he'd ever seen, and that
it had long, bowling horns, white
andsmooth as ivory. That nimble
little Arcadian cleared a fine patch.
and had got fixed all snug in his log
house and barn, with a pair o. oxen,
a couple O. cows, half a dozen sheep,
and pig and chickens, when he heard
the call to jine the Revolution, and
gin heed N started for Boston. He !
said he'd like help Meriky git in
dependence, cause British robbed it |
from his peoples and took 'em off
de home land His wife took care
the little home m herself m chill
dren while he was gone. But the
neighbors, a few on 'em that was
left, turned in and helped some.
That next notch on the old horn
father made when he was with
Ethan Allen at old Tt; see the date,
May 10, IT'S? That carvin' of
flag with the date of June, ITS, on
it, tells of duty done at Bunker Hill. |
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