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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC '52 Catalina; beautiful .
tone sreen sni dark top, light bottom
stery. r. and h. Hydra: drive: new
.SToN MOTORS; 123 Q st. ne.
PONTIAC ont Sr,I l24s Special De uxs Sc
terms. ROPER" 1880 r. i. ave, ne.
PONTIAC 40 Chieftain: beaut. -
tone green. Excel. body and mech.
G G2 - ;99s. Financing arranged.
top. sTEUART TRUCK CENTER,
2Saol West Virginia ave, ne Gall
PONTIAC i947 4-dr.; good cond.:
I'd: silver sprins, Md. ,"s Sunday day.
PONTIAC l94S conv. S-cylinder; new
tires, excel. nm, r. h., new seat
covers; 5000 or best LII. l-5633.
PONTIACs 194s; a selection of mod
6-cyl. and S-cyl,; some with Hydra
Matte and some without; Priced
cADE PONTIAC ' 1857 Az ' Irving at st.
NV, AID. 4-S500. -l3
PONTIAC 1859 S-cyl. convertible
coupe; light blue with black top,
nsis' esc fully e equ nrseri0n Carries Tie
81 4e5 " 4RcAp DEH PoNr1 EAScsf"n a4s7
p I5ylrE St. nv, nv AP. 4. .Si.,,s
MOTOR CO; %017 Virginia ave.
lSTUDEBAKER '4S Champion 3-dr.:
r; and n. new tires; motor recently
$50 EM RUtHn En- i se4as e s3ey
ISTUDEBAKER rs Champion de luxe
! S-door; r. and h.. 3D.. motor over
hauled perfect condition.; guaran-
s SSSa Pa .S ave See se e. SgN !,s MeoIoRs
sTUDEBAKER 81 Champ. bus. coupe:
| cd. dir. slgs., orig. owner; $3.50 or
best offer. OIL. 2-4l19. I'll
STUDEBAKER l94S Champion 4-dr.
dition, low mileage. privately owned;
Ssh. AID 2-l063. -I2
STUDFBAKER Al 2-dr; good tires;
S1dy and SG mechanical condition good.
STUDEBAKER As 4-dr.: tan. r. h.,
sf95. GRADY MOTORS" ~ my MY
Lincoln Mercury Dealers, 74O1 Wis.
syss11 Beth, Md. Open 90. OIL.
$50 AND UP. Good running cars a
Selling out old stock, GEORGE
TOWN To- \ -d MOTORS 5000 M st. NV.
sTUDEBAKER 1850 Champion =
door: heater. seat covers. beautiful
o oaTK sc ear la Rh W WIZ fffn SRs
!. Chrvsler- Plymouth (EM. 3-4i0S),
$500 Wisconsin ave.
STUDEBAKER so 2-door REGAL de
luxe luxe; r.: h., overdr.; beaut. blue
i This Gar is, ownerrated and ,eXcep-
tionally clean. economy beyond
compare Take to yyoSYdr. own M mech },
ROTOR Nc RsDe? 5aSi Wis $500 ave- LoG EN-.
STUDERAKER 40 4-dr S695. onlv
$40 down: . city blocks of emaz-
i. WHOLESALERS, INC" 1871 Blad-
sT TTHpEIs HsE as as CDR. sedan: good
! operating cond, needs some body
work Seen at Cathedral Gar. Conn.
ave.. Best cash offer. MR.. CRUDE,
II; 7.5!00, Ext; -2167 weekdays;
si,575; NN very low low I mileage: aqua aqua
green; auto: trans: and other. access:
H. I; SHADE, JU. 7-7792 for fun
sTUDEBAKER 1850 Champion 4
finish. This car is unusually clean.
Only 1905 with sos down. HA1NES
MOTOR CO, S232 Ga, ave, Sill.
Spg., Md. JU. $4,000.
| radio, heater. overdrive: traded by
prominent WASHINGTON doctor new
/ car condition throughout; Sl,0A5.
| LOGAN MOTOR CO, 2017 Va.
ave NV, ME. S-"SlS. Open eve
sTUDEBAKER 1a4s Commander COW.
black, new Wv. tires; r. and h..
! new TOP perfect cond.; 10000 mi.
! BY owner EN-. 2-@00S. --l7
WILLYS 194S station wagon: heater.
overdrive. extra snow tires; 500.
, King 9-0l93. 10
WILLYS 40 6-cyl station sed. Pvt.
/ owner. Excel cond. Versatile. r.
/ and h. Overdrive. SS45, JE. 3-al "a.
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TRUCKS FOR SALE

CHEVROLET 80 SEDAN DELIVERY;
BLACK SACRIFICE. PRIVATE
OWNER. JU. 9-76l1. -12
CHEVROLET 81 delivery sedan.
VI. cid: heater and spotlight; low
5-52GS Ia
GMC 1851, lift. all-steel furni-
ture van, side door, driven by /
owner. Ii. 1885. --12
81 DODGE tractor, de luxe cab; low
mileage; excellent condition, fully
equip: radio, heater. saddle tanks.
9TH wheel. air brakes. DAYS RA
BOB, ~ ' so
1915? GMC 94-ton pickup; 5000 mi;
ike new truck; wheels. For
quick sale, S1.150, 1925 Conn. ave.
NV, TEXACO STATION. liz
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Wanted immediately
WANTED
GARAGES

BUILDING. 3Ox55 IT,. fireproof; day
light lift. door; garage or lisht
mfg. CAN AID. 2-1147. is
VIC. 18th AND NJ SITS. N.W.-Brick
gar; concrete floor; running water;
$50 mo, HO. 2-5321. Ia
GARAGES in small apt. bldg. 400
Xenia ST. Sc, near S. Capitol and
Atlantic. UN. 4-3500. lib
18th AND o ST. NV, rear 1928 o
stone car. SIS. BARRY CO., Me
S-2035 -l3
) GARAGES for lease. Rear i4I6
Chaplin st. NV. Cali Mr. VINN1CK,
ME. S-2294. --l2
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SUMMER HOMES

COTTAGES. near Blue Ridge Summit,
Pa. WE. or season: swimming pool
MR.. DELGADO. Office, EX. 3-3S22
IL
A YEAR AROUND retreat in New
Hampshire, available for the sum-
mer season. Fine house, built in
1916. Furnished bedrmS, .
baths. > fireplaces, splendid view
OF the mountains. Property in
Guides a stream and 80 acres OF
superb scenery to view in all direc-
lions. Several lakes close by. 10
minutes from a community golf
course. tennis courts, and other
community club facilities. 3 min
utes to a village of stores, a theater
and friendly atmosphere, Rental
for season beginning June 18th,
through October. only 81 900. Call
Mir. Johnson, WO. 6-1966; eyes,,
OIL. 4-005l. MARSTELLER-Mc
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AVIATION

CESSNA-New 10 B. 1916 Cessna
40 wings recovered, painted. .
way radio, metal prop: reas. priced.
frequency and VHF radio equip
ment. new and used. See at WASH
GTON-VIRGINIA AIRPORT.
VAGABOND-Radio. wheel pants.
T and B, etc; 100 per cent perfect
225 hrs T T.. S995. MR.. LABO-
FISH. AP. 7-32Sl. IL"
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AUToMoTIVE MISC.

DUMP BODY AND HOIST. 5-yard
Garwood; $3.50 or best offer. Phone
10 5-0112 after 6 pm. III
FORD VS.; IS hip, rebored with 81
Gam, chrome rings. ported and re-
lleved, chopped flyWheel: SI75 or
best offer. WALDORF BODY & RE-
PAIR, Waldorf. Md, Midway 5-41OS.
AIR COMPRESSOR. s4-h.: K o. Lee
hard seat tools: X. O. Lee value re-
scatter; 2-wheel trailer. new tires.
Leaving town. sell cheap. Sunday
tn. 2-253q.
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FLORIDA PROPERTY

ST. PETERSBURG retirement home
and income: owners apt one eff
dcienCv apt: Il bedrms, 3 baths.
community kit. Income S13O weekly
during season, about SIS ofT-Season.
Only SOB, 600, SS.n00 cash. OWENS
REALTY CO, ME. S-04S6; ewes.
DU. 1920, III
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BoATS

G6-FOOT CABIN CRUISER, VS. Ford
with Wee drive, can be seen at KELL-
ANS RAILWAY. Chesapeake Beach,
SELECT YOUR BOAT from our
rect Craft. Wheeler, Richardson,
Craft, steelcraft, Welin and other
1858 Correct Craft cruisers and
WASHINGTON MARINA, 1900
Maine ave. s.w., RE. 7-4797.
CUPBOARD motor Sea King. lea
h.p.; used very little: Sl25. Hem
s@"FT. BOAT. eM-ft beam: sleeps
.; equipped with head, chrome horns
and compass; powered by Hercules
DIESEL motor; $3.50 or will take
small car in trade. DU; z-2326:
after 8 pm. and Sum- JU. 5-53SS9,
SOFT. decked over with pilot house.
Chrysler s marine. 3 to l reduction:
ia yrs. old ideal for drudging, Off
shore fishing. Price, $4,000. CAPT.
KROWE, HU. 3-9194. IL
CABIN CRUISER. 40 TT. hunks
and toilette, gray marine engine;
ideal fishing boat. Poplar 2-34S4.
GIFT. CABIN BOAT. sleeps two;
toilet. galley and marine engine:
equipped to go: $1,000 cash. See
MAXWELL at Berlitz Marina. Desle.
BOAT SANDERS rented, vibrator and
belt: saws; marine paint; L. T.
FOLK SUPPLY CO., 463" Wis, aye
WO. 6-052S. is
se-FT. RAISED DECK CRUISER. just
installed reconditioned Grey marine
motor. bottom caulked and painted.
CI .S@ r IA HYnR0PLANE, Mercury
super 10, 0S and trailer; Is hours
on boat and motor: will consider as
down payment rent, on on Nc 5e4 or similar nb
VANTED-Cruiser in new cond., to
sleep A. preferably Chris-Cratt.
CHRIS. IS hp b.. gray y
trade on cruiser. XII. $4,000. --12
DOCTOR SAYS sell my est. cabin
cruiser with Chrysler Crown 49,
h.p. marine engine with Aqua feeder;
fully equipped and passed lnspeC-
tion; many extras, bow, docking
lights. two anchors, nylon line,
radio. hunks, head, galley, llO-volt
wired also. air mattresses. swimming
ladders, etc etc, Ideal family or
Colonial Beach Yacht Club. or
ouTBoARD MOTOR, Elgin 81 g.
mp: fine cond. SIS or best offer,
lift If BAtYoc'RUILT BOAT with %
hp. Johnson. Both in excel cond'
bsnH fNfTss seth Rea and sti pS%
SAILBoAT, Chesapeake 20; 'Babas"
> suits of RatSey sails; trailer
dolly. and other extras. Emerson
RUNABoUT. nodded plywood with
Windshield, Speedometer, lights. Gus
tom made seats; with 25-h.p. Mer-
Snry motor; in peri. cond. $50
I2-Fr., SHIP. CUPBOARD runabout;
OUTBoARD RUNABOUT. 14-foot
new condition. Sacrifice. Sl75
DU. 7-1432
LYMAN left runaoout, complete
with heayy-duty, trailer and 1875.
THOMPSON. sun, TN, 4.sG53
BOAT OUTFIT complete. s4oo; II.
#, aluminium utility boat with cover
motor. For sale by owner. Sun.
2:3oo56;. 5123 Tilden st. NV. ,Wo
sTEEIScRAFT 1a47; foam rnbbe,
cushions throughout. See at Ok
call XII. 9-S906. -l2
lift. WOLVERINE de luxe outboarc
boat and new trailer. $500. 610.
Madison st, Rtverdale. Md. lie
SAILBOAT, Chesapeake 2O-footer
Hartge built, excel cond.. Just REIN.
ready to sail. 3 sets OF sails, excel
value. EN-. 3-9463 -l2
ALBATROSS. l9-ft. Day Saiier. sloop
, sets of sails, other equipment: S36C
or make offer. Phone KE. 1-0534
MOTOR-6-hp. Wizard new. Cost
StSa95, will sell $780, Phone after
8 pm, NO. 7-5162. -I2
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MONEY WANTED

$4,000 a So, payable mo-. 10, Is or
20 yrs, secured lst mortg. rented
business property, Silver Spring, Md,
showing l0oo net on 100000. Ex-
elusive agent. Box lO-D, Star. lie
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VACATION PLACES
"PERFECT VACATION PROPERTY

Furnished 2-bedroom residence To-
Gated in Maine, ) miles from State
capital and on paved road. between
Golf Course. Living room, fireplace,
den, kitchen, . utility rooms, bath
room (all modern convenienceS)
screen porch. barbecue pit, , lots
with numerous trees. Electric hot
water heater, stove, refrigerator
City water approx. 6 months OF
year. Ideal spring, summer and
early fall vacation spot with full
comforts. Swimming, fishing, hunt
ing, golf and tennis. Owner in
service, being transferred to West
Coast. Will sell for real bargain:
$1,000, full price. Write for pic
MAJOR D. SIMMONS. 4th Spl. Jr
Course, Box 100. MICS, Quantico,
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SOFT. decked over with pilot house.
Chrysler marine. 3 to l reduction:
Ia yrs. old: ideal for drudging, of
shore fishing. Price, $4,000. CAPT.
KDnUE 'g-n1ui 10
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MOTORCYCLES
SPECIAL.

You can now. get the same motor
miles per hour in winning the Day
iona. Fla. 200-mife race, modified
Tor. road use. The scrambled model
delivered for 1913 ready for road
or competition. Come in and see
the Xxx and the KRM 45. Used ma
chimes from sos up.
1919 80 DIV 1895
1850 "74" DIV ------ S495
Large stock to choose from. Open
Friday ewes. until Q pm
RED HOUSE
Harley-Davidson Sales, Service
1908 3lSt st. NV. AID 2-O602
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CABIN CRUISER, 40 it.. hunks
and toilette, gray marine engine;
ideal fishing boat. Poplar 234S4.
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gift. CABIN BOAT, sleeps two;
toilet, galley and marine engine:
equipped to go: $1,000 cash: See
MAXWELL at Berlitz Marina. Deale.
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h.p.; Used very little; si25, Hem
lock 4-S319 Ill
8a-FT. BOAT. 9h-ft. beam: sleeps
% equipped with head. chrome horns
and compass; powered by Hercules
DIESEL motor; 81 $50 or will take
small car in trade. DU. 1-2321;
after 6 pm. and Sun, JU. 5-53S9.
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AUTOS 6 TRUCKS WANTED

SOUTHERN BUYER in town for one
week; highest cash prices paid for
WESTERN BUYER has immed. cash
Tor nice low-mileage cars. MORRIS
HUGHES. 1912 Ga. ave. RA. 6-l122
FAIR, HONEST APPRAISALS of all
m mskfs S 81 faEs are isa4 assured IT at
Will PAY TOP DOLLAR for late
model convertlbles and hard tops.
MCNEIL tStudebakerl, 4034 Wis
consin ave, EN-, 3-72S6. Ia
MIG or similar sports car; have Glass
hydroplane boat with Mercury
Super 10. Qs and trailer. will trade
WHY'S jEEPSTER-By pvt. party:
must be in good shape; phone LII.
4-6543. --l2
ARMY OFFICER wants late-model
Plymouth coupe or sedan; all cash.
Phone DU. 10000 Ext. 900. IL
DEALER FROM N. C.
Pay big prices for 80 to SO cars.
7400 ca. ave. NV. RA. 1884. --13
GOOD MAN FOR BAD CARS
moval IA 97369 -----
ANY MAKE OR MODEL
Late models and prewar. Drive in
will pay off balance. WOLFE MO-
TORS. 1891 Wis. ave. NV. EN-.
3-0l4J.
Wanted Immediately
Ten clean cars daily, sc to SO mod.
els until we supply the demand from
our Southern dealers Top cash
prices paid. We handle all title de-
tails HOYLE MOTOR SALES. 1345
Que st NV. DU 7-S300
CADILLACS WANTED
41-'53 models. See US before you
trade or sell your Cadillac We will
pay you top cash price HOYLE
MOTOR SALES 1345 Que St NV.
DU 7S300
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S?-FT. RAISED DECK CRUISER. Just
installed reconditioned Grey marine
motor, bottom caulked and painted.
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CIiRIS- CRAFT-16-ft.. rs hip. Gray.
on factory-built trailer, ST ,450, or
trade on cruiser. XII. $4,000. --12
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TRUST NOTES FOR SALE
REAL BUYS IN
SECOND TRUST NOTES

/ Behind LIST trust (B and LD,
$3.50 end trust is S5.95O payable
S6:i mo. 90, Price. $4,000.
2 Behind LIST trust (B and ~
$1,000. md trust is $5.95N
payable $50 mo. 90. Price. 3,400.
SOL INV. CO. Ii 3-53O7 --I2
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CHRYSLER 1941 little de luxe sed.>
beaut. cond.; S345, terms. ROPER
i739 +; l; ave, ne.
engine, tires, in excel. cond.; radio
heater; $3.50 or best offer. RIA
6-S201, 1880 Decatur st. NV Ia
CROSLEY AS station wagon; cheap
est transportation in town. $3.50
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CLASS B HYDROPLANE, Mercury
Super TO- OS and trailer: Is hours
on boat and motor: will consider as
down payment on NC or similar
WANTED-Cruiser in new cond., to
Sleep 4: preferably Chris-Cratt.
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SAILBOAT. lS-ft. centerboard sloop,
$50. TIE. 6-6SS4 70 -
OUTBOARD MOTOR. IA hip. Elgin.
1859; excel. cond. Call 10. 2-439S.
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DODGE 1851 Coronet club coupe;
royal blue r. re h. dr aSs
trade. terms. WOLFE MOTORS,
1891 Wis. ave. NV. EN-. 3-0l41.
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good. clean car
Or trade; Sl65.
J., 712 E st. Sc.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

1850 6-cylinder 4-door
sedan; radio, heater, summer and
winter air cond., defroster. back-up
lights and seat covers, beautiful
light blue. This car in Al condi-
ton with low mi. by lady owner.
LII. 1-5S50. IL"
'52 New Yorker convert
ible: beige finish. fully equipped;
orig. price $500. will sell for
$3,175. Call OIL. 4-44S4, Ma.
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cor sedan; good tires,
ceptionally good cond.
WA. 7-5470 after
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OLDSMOBILE 1913 "6e" club sedan:
heater; 500. WO. 6-76Sl. III
OLDSMOBILE 1850 "SS" de luxe Glib.
cpe.; Hydra Matte, green, T. and h.,
spotlight, covers, sun visor, tires al
most new; low mileage. private
Ludlow ! -16O5. No dealers. IL
OLDSMOBILE 1949 "9S" Rocket-en-
cine cow: loaded with acces., in
cludes radio, heater, Wv tires,
Hydra-Matic. dark-green finish and
beautiful matching leather, new top;
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good cond,; $4s5 or best offer. JU u.
9-4311 --12
CHEVROLET Al 4-dr. sport sedan;
r. and h.; excel. mechanical cond.;
$3.50. Apt. q, 500 No. Pollard ST.,
Arl., Va, IA. S-3737. liz
CHEVROLET 40 cow; r. and h,
Wv. tires; $4,000 miles; $1,025.
AID. 4-1162. -12
CHEVROLET 81 2-dr. Styleline Spec;
equipped. One owner; excel. cond.
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on their backs. But for these the
colony would have had nothing. Some
of their TRIP We're made over the ice
on Lake Efe but it seldom was thick
enough tq hold them and most jour
neys wef overland.
Once elwhen they were bringing the
corn back on sled the ice broke and
the slea fell into the lake. William
told James pnd another boy who was
with them pm that trip to go into the
woods at the edge of the lake and
make a fire while he retrieved the
grain. was difficult and William
got thoIbughly wet but he got the
sacks Of corn out of the lake. Then
cold and frozen over with ice he went
to the Woods. No fire was there-the
other boSs had gotten so sleepy from
cold that they could not build a fire.
William built it himself.
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had been brought to Conneaut by the
Massaugas. Both were forced to run
the gauntlf and suffered the other
brutalities usual under such circum-
stances tten were tried in solemn
council bt the savages. 1t was de-
creed th3t Fitz Gibbon should go free
but that the other captive should be
burnedj Both white men remained
for a long time among the Indians
at the village.
So Soes the story of Conneaut,
AshtabQla County, long before the
white people came there to Kettle the
place. When the whites capeSp 1899
20 or 80 off the Massauka IAiian
esbins till epe sAndaegi but .Mere
F& ho\seJkery exceptionally neat
AMI cAnfkrhbfs as far as Indian
cabins cam DE expected to be and
showed hikher degree of civilization
than is usuklly the case among saw
age tribes. The Massaugas however,
had abandoied their village only be-
cause they bad to leave there-be-
cause of the Nurder of a white man
named Williams.
Conneaut itself is an Indian word
and means "plentysof fish," Who OF
what sort of people had lived there
before the Massauga Indian tribe had
its village on the kite is veiled in mys-
terry. But the 81 lot was peopled be-
fore the Indians fame.
The MassaugS Indians left their
own burying -grdund there but it was
far antedated another old grave
yard discovered and opened in 1900
near the later Presbyterian church in
the eastern part of the town. The
skeletons in it we're of gigantic size
Some of the skulls were big enough
to contain the whole head of a mod
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THE BLUFFToN NEWS, BLUFFToN, OHIO

count gives the time of their arrival
as some time in June.
Less thaV $50 persons then lived
in the whole Connecticut Western
Reserve. There We're 10 families at
Youngstown; three families at Cleve-
land ard two families at Mentor.
That simmer three families settled
at Burton and one settled at Hudson.
Life at Harperfeld was not easy
and the littfelcolony there came near
starvation. Al one time their supplies
ran as low s six kernels of parch-
ed corn for Each person. The vessel
that was bring them the winter
supplies SAX in Lake Erie and but
for Hafpkf sons james and William
the SETTLEMENT would have died of
Fst9fvaaof
The two boys made frequent trips
that winter to Elk Creek, Pennsyl-
vania, and brought back sacks of corn
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The Q0nneaut
POcdhOntas

1t was mid November, 1891, and
cold for that time of year, even on
the shore of Lake Erie. The young
white man, stripped naked and paint
ed black, strained at the rope that
bound him to trfe and looked down
at the hickory b3rk the Indians had
tied into fagots and piled around him.
He shivered WITH the cold and goose
pimples stood oht beneath the paint
on his bare body. 1t was going to be
warmer soonf- the savages were
about to burn him at the stake.
Just as the torch was about to be
applied young squaw rushed from
the circles of Massauga Indians who
sat huddled in noisy glee in anticipa-
ton of the torture they were about
to witness and with her arms out
stretched and heI back to the captive,
faced the warriors.
There was al lot of arguing and
much gesticulftion but no Indian
could out talk the excited squaw. Her
expostulationf and the promises Of
some furs ana a little money bought
the captive'S freedom and he was
turned over 10 the Indian girl.
What happened after his delivery
and what finally became of the young
white man is unrecorded and both his
name and that bf the Indian girl
have been lost among the long gone
years. The yarn is dim one, pre-
served only through the Massauga
tribe legend.
The legend relates that the young
fellow, with another white man nam
ed "Fitz Gibbons' had been taken by
the Indians in st. Clair's defeat and
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ern man and the jaw bone weuld
cover an eDfire face of person of
today:
Heavily wooded and apparently well
surveyed, the old burying ground
covered about four acres and except
ing fbr an angle necessitated by the
NATURAL slant of the ground, was an
oblSng square. Among the trees
which covered it and in the nearly
exact center of the plot stood lone
butternut tree.
Apparently the old cemetery had
been orderly surveyed into lots run
ming north to south and its estimated
two to three Thousand graves were
distinguishablE by slight depressions
in the surface of the groond. They
were arrange "a in neat ,roYs7-straight
rows.
The boni AxSn from the old
cemetSry kYere blackened with age
and crbnfhed to dust soon after be-
ing exp6sef to the air.
One tre} chopped down near the
burying- -grpund in 1929 by Silas Dav-
is, was buted into saw log and ex-
animation Aof it's interior showed
some marks\ made by some kind of
tool near its heart. Microscopic in
spection by Nehemiah King revealed
$50 annular rings in that part of the
stump and outside the marks. That
showed the MARKS had been made in
1479-before discovery of America.
A fragment Of the old tree for long
was in possession of the Ashtabula
Historical Sociyty. The marks in the
wood were believed to have been
made by rade who preceded the In
dams and wfh an axe made from
hardened COPPER 1t is known that
the Mound Builders had the ability to
harden coppef so that it would cut
like steel. Mounds were in the Con.
neaut vicinity.
Despite the apparent and legendary
age of Conneaut the first white settle.
ment in AshtaRula County was al
Harperield. Alexander Harper, Will
liam Mcfarland, Ezra Gregory and
their families drrived there March Z
1898, from Harperfeld, Delaware
County, New York. There We're abou,
20 persons in the party. Another ac.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-03

Mrs. Robert Ewing in Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz
and daughters and Earl Frantz were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M Melvin
Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Rickly of
Columbus We're recent guests of Mrs.
Arletta Rickly and Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron Reichenbach and daughter.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Purdy had
the following guests recently: Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Pardy and family
of Urbana; Mr.. and Mrs. Cleo Yodei
and family of Bellvue Mr.. and Mrs
Max Nonnamaker of quyahoga Falls
and Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Wisen,
born of Rockford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Krauttel
and family were guests of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Lee Ritchie and family in Lima
Others present were: Mr.. and Mrs
ROLAND Koontz and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack K rautter all ot
| Bluffton.
Saturday night supper guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Harris and fam.
lily were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Neil
and family and Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Howell and son.