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the yellow-bellied sapsucker.
This is an exotic looking fell
low, sure enough, with q real
potentiality for harming trees.
Mostly the various wood
peckers do little damage, at
least hereabout, but the sap
sucker is a bird of q different
color. He can really hurt q
tree and should not be toler-
ated.
To get rid Of him is easy.
Issue forth with a rolled
newspaper In the right hand
bang.
Usually this suffices to scare
the bird away. although two
or three more forays may be
necessary.
Often the presentation of
the rolled paper in the FASH
ion Of q gun is enough to in
duce the sapsucker to move on.
Since this is q very hand
some creature. one should not
use these measures at first,
but should allow plenty OF time
to inspect 1t.
But do not be fooled by the
yellow-bellied sapsucker.
He can really hurt q tree.
without the owner realizing it.
A few birds each year smash
themselves to death against
sides Of houses and into wires
and the like.
Not very many. but a few.
We have seen it happen to a
bob white, to a starring and
to several sparrows.
Small birds often smash
into full-length screens. us
ually without harm to them
selves.
4
This spring the great lights
OF various buildings in New
York and other cities were
turned on until after migra-
ton time.
It seems that birds succumb
to the follow-the- leader prin-
ciple and II the one in the
lead smashes. the rest do, too.
Some concern has been ex-
pressed about birds flying into
picture windows II there is
greenery showing through an
opposite window.
This may be averted By
placing curtains or other ma.
terials In the far window.
A mirror across from a pic.
ture window might caus.
birds to try to fly through
This can be averted by placinI
flowers In the window in SUI
ficient numbers to hide the u,
Election.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry icriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtionl
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w. W. Hoeke, Jr.,
Phone Official

Funeral services for w. War
rem Hoeke, jr., 81, district plant
supervisor for the Chesapeake
q Potomac Telephone Co. who
died Saturday in Emergency
Hospital after an accident at
the Bureau of Standards, were
to be held this morning at the
Hines funeral home
Mr.. Hoeke, an auxiliary VOL
unteer fireman. was on duty at
a small fire on the Bureau of
standards grounds when he
fell from a pumper. The
pumper backed partly over him.
He had been associated with
Engine Co. 81 for IL years and
was an honorary lieutenant.
Mr.. Hoeke was born in
Washington and was grad
uated from Mckinley High and
Lehigh University. He began
his career with the Telephone
Co. as a student engineer. Dur
ing World War II he served
in the Army Signal Corps
Survivors are a brother.
William L., Glen Echo Heights,
Md, and three sisters, Mrs.
Aubrey Spencer and Mrs.
George Price. both of Silver
Spring. and Mrs. Milton Sch
loser. 1922 Stuyvesant place
NV.
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films and giving talks on can
Ger detection at schools and be-
fore women's clubs.
An active member of the
Rogers Heights Citizens ASso-
citation, she served as its secre.
taIy for many years and was
credited with effecting many
community improvements.
She also served as publicity
chairman for Parent-Teacher
Associations of several Bladens-
burg schools. and for many
years was community reporter
for the Prince Georges Post,
She also wrote a column in
the Prince Georges Panorama
Post and the Enquirer Gazette,
A column of Democratic Club
news appeared regularly in the
Independent under her by-line.
She was a member Of the
Family and Child Welfare
Committee Of the Community
Chest and was a member of
the board of directors of the
Second Election District Dem:
ocratic Club.
Active in Symphony
She was an ardent booster
of the Suburban Concerts given
by the National Symphony ano
was an active member of the
Womens Committee of the Ma
tional symphony.
Besides her huSbnd, Mrs.
Swami is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Rozella Boyd
by a previous marriage, and
Elaine, IA, both of the Rogers
Heights address. Also surviv-
ing are her father, Charles
GoSs, Paoli. Ind, and three
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at st. Luke's
Episcopal Church, Bladensburg
Md. Burial will be private. The
family requests that any tokens
of sympathy be in the form OF
contributions to the American
Cancer Society. Prince Georges
County Chapter.
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Lee Everett, S.,
Ex-Announcer

Lee Everett, Sc, former radio
announcer here, died Sunday
at his home. l440 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
MIR. Everett had been an &C
countant with the Giant Food
Stores since the 1905.
Mr.. Everett was born James
Legrand Everett in Rocking
ham, N. c.. but he was known
as Lee. He began his radio
career in Charlotte, N. c.. and
came here in 1884 with WJSV.
Later he was with WAIAL and
other stations. He used the
names Old Sol. the Night
Waterman and the Old Timer
on various radio shows here.
He also did staff announcing.
Survivors are his widow,
Mary Lena Everett, who is resi-
dent manager of the Hotel
l440, and a son. by a former
marriage, James Legrand Ev-
erett III. Philadelphia.
Services will be held at $50
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MRS. Mary E. RisIer, SO;
Active in Social Work

Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Risler, 68, who
died at Providence Hospital
Saturday of injuries suffered
in an automobile accident two
hours before. will pe held at
2 pm. Thursday at the Church
of the Reformation. 30 East
Capitol street. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Risler's death came
five days after the death of
her mother, Mrs. Rosina Wege
Thomas, of Seat Pleasant, Md.
Mrs. Risler had spent the last
six weeks nursing her mother.
Mrs. Risler suffered a broken
rib and ruptured spleen in an
automobile accident at Eight
zenith and Taylor streets NE.
A lifelong Washington resi-
dent, Mrs. Risler was the for
mer Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
She trained as a nurse and in
early life was active. in social
work at Barney Neighborhood
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the calendar of either house
until it was passed. adjusted in
conference or dropped.
He was a native of Slough
ton, Wis. He left the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin to enlist in
the Navy in World War 1. He
served with a hospital unit at
Strathpeffer. Scotland, for two
years. He returned to the
United States in 1919 and went
to work in the House Document
Room.
He became a life member OF
the Blue Lodge in Inverness
Scotland, during his years
overseas. He became a 3d.
degree Mason shortly after and
was the youngest Shriuer at
that time in the United States.
He became a life member of
the AlmaS Temple of the Shrine
in January. 1855.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Mary Lois Howell
of the home address, 5000
Cathedral avenue NV, and
two brothers Ted Lewis of 1888
Connecticut avenue NV, owner
of the Ted Lewis Restaurant,
1855 Connecticut avenue NV,
and Morris Lewis of Stoughton
The body will be in Hysong's
Funeral Home. Services will be
at 10 am Thursday in Fort
Myer Chapel, and burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
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In Mrntnriant

SPRIGGs, FLORENCE A. In memoir
OF our dear mother. FLORENCE A
SPRIGGS, who departed this life nV'
wears ago today, July 20. 1869.
No one knows how much We miss you
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered since We lost you
HER CHILDREN. 0RANDCHlLDREN
AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
sTINGER. MARION ', IN loying mem.
DRY OF our dear mother. MARION y
STTNGER. who departed this life
one year ago today July 90. 1905.
God needed another angel IN glory.
To help. NIL His commandments
each day;
He saw that our neither vas ready.
So Ne came and took her away
THE FAMILY.
SWAMI, CHARLEs A. In lovine mem
SWAMI. Vno left us seven wears ago
today, July % 1850 Anniversary
Gsa ss OUT La0z NIL II f FHSsiLY 1'''
THOMAS. ROsELLE D In loving
memory Of our sister ROGELLE b
THOMAS .tnee Martini. who passed
agay twelve years aso today. July
Our hearts eanrot tel how We miss
Our lips % not Know vhst 70 say.
Cod only knows our feelinEs.
Which We hide under our smiles
HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS. 4.
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House in Southwest Washing
ton.
Survivors are four brothers,
George H. Thomas. 4104 Fourth
street NV: william l..
Thomas, 5524 Twenty-seventh
street NV: John L. Thomas.
l0006 Renfrew road. Silver
Spring, Md; Ernest Thomas.
GIL Shadyside avenue. Capitol
Heights, Nd. and three sisters,
Mrs. Margaret S. Crawford, 303
Sixty-ninth place, Seat Pleas
ant: Mrs. Alice Taylor and
Mrs. Patrick Ketner. both Of
1888 Alabama avenue Sc.
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Elmer A. Lewis, House Aide,
Famous for Keen Memory

Elmer A. Lewis. 81, the House
Of Representatives documents
supervisor since 1921, a man
with a Photographic memory,
died yesterday in Doctors Hos
pital from cancer of the liver.
Four House leaders, Speaker
Rayburn, Majority Leader Nc
Cormack. Appropriations Com
mittee Chairman Cannon and
Minority Leader Martin, were
to take the floor today to eulo-
giZe Mr.. Lewis.
Mr.. Lewis. whose phenomenal
memory has been nationally
Ipublicized through the years,
was the only Capitol employe
to have his name in an appro-
priation bill. giving him perma-
nency in his job. That was in
1888, bill engineered by Rep
resentatives Rayburn, McCor-
mack and Cannon. according to
his brother Ted.
He had an uncanny memory
for numbers and names" his
brother recalled last night" He
was entitled to a secretary, but
he never took one. He typed
out the bills, for the files. When
he copied them, he'd remem-
Der them"
Long Hours on Job
Mr.. Lewis underwent an OPP
Grafton for cancer on May 3.
He was in and out of the hos
pital until last week.
He could have retired two
years ago." his brother said,
but he had no desire to. He
would work IA to 18 hours q
day when Congress was in ses-
sion"
During Mr.. Lewis SO years
of service, thousands of bills.
resolutions. reports and docu-
ments have been fled in his
office. Many on the Hill be-
lieve Mr.. Lewis remembered
each item.
ASK Elmer was the pass
word when a Congressman,
newspaperman or any other
person wanted to track quickly
an item filed in the Document
Room.
Without consulting a card
index. Mr.. Lewis could name
"a bills number. who intro
duced it and when and its
status from the time it reached
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Mrs. Ruth Swonn Dies:
Active With Democrats

Mrs. Ruth Marie Swami, 81
active in Prince Georges Coun-
| ty politics and civic affairs
died yesterday of cancer at the
National Institutes of Health
B ethesda She lived al
540l Farragut street, Rogers
Heights. Md.
Mrs. Swami was a member
of the Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee for Prince
Georges County and q member
Of the County Liquor Board
An active Democratic leader
she was elected to the State
Central Committee in the
Democratic primary in June
1854. In February. 1855. she
was appointed to the Liquor
Board and was renamed to the
board this June by Gov. Nc.
Keldln.
The former Ruth Marie Goss
Mrs. Swami was born in Terre
Haute, Ind. She was educated
at Richmond. Ind. and at the
Lola Compton Seminary ir
Birmingham, Ala.
She came to Washington in
1885 and was employed at the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing until 1943. In that year
she married Alton Swami and
the couple moved to Prince
Georges County.
Illness Detected
Mrs. Swann's illness was dis
covered in 1855 when she under.
went surgery at Prince George.
Hospital. She entered NH fol
treatment last August but
from December to March of thi.
year she had been at home. Sh,
suffered a heart attack ir
March and was returned Il
NH.
Mrs. Swami has been active
in cancer drives. She was ex.
ecutive secretary of the Prince
Georges Chapter of the Ameri'
can Cancer Society. She de
voted many hours to showinI
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DEATHS
announcement OF
Services BY Cham bers
In Mrnnriant

BYRD. FREDERICK. In memory OF
ms son. FREDERICK BYRD, who
passed away thirty-four wears ago,
July 23, 1928
/ have TO stop and ask myself
II he Is really gone
And ask the Lord to give me strength
TO hs loT ne garry y,S on s,srr,
COLBERT. CHARLIE. In memory Of
twelve years ago today, July 20. 1915
In memory Of someone dear,
However long apart,
It's ike q soothing melody
DEVOTED WIFE, SUSIE COLBERT.
FREDERICK. MILLARD p. In loving
memory Of devoted husband,
brother and stepfa ther, WILLARD ?,
FREDERICK, who suddenly left us
one year ago today. July 90, 1855
Pleasant memories Of thee viii ever
finger IN our hearts
DEVOTED WIFE, DAISY, AND FAM.
JACKSON. EUGENE .. and KATIE P.
In loving memory OF our dear
shiS Ne on June 60 iassh Sps se RaTfS
p, on July %. 1855.
~N@~~- ~ hANaN AhgA g0ul
graves today
Are tribute OF our love and devotion
in their beauteous display
Memories OF YOU are nappy and sad
On this dav We pay reverence TO
Mother and DAD
THE FAMILY.
JONES. MABELLE n. In loving mem
DRY OF our devoted wife. aunt and
erandaunt, MABELLE H. JONES
Who passed away three wears aeo.
July 20 1854.
Some may think you are forgotten
And the wound Is nearly healed
But little do they know the sorrow
That lies In my heart concealed
pEvOIkD HUSBAND, CLARENCE A.
II you could lust be here with 10.
or We could be with you,
So We could chat Of this and that
The way we used TO DO.
wouldn't Il be vonderfulP
wouldn't II be say?
Wouldn't II be Grand
10 BE- toeethef again TO-DAY
DENOTED. Meets AND NEPHEW
DOROTHY WHYTE SHIRLEY
DANIELS AND THADDEUs .
wHYIE, u.
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Garn uf Chunks

CLARK. JENNY L. The family OF
JENNY L. CLARK wishes to express
their appreciation to the Rev. Rocks
relatives. ORGANIZATIONS and friend:
death OF my sister.
MATTE B. THOMPSON.
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With Regard to q
Card of Thanks

Very often q card Of thanks in
The StoF meets O need which con
hardly be solved in any other woy.
Not only is il o gracious expression
Of gratitude to those who hov. sent
florul tributes but also eourteously
acknowledges the services and kind
nesses Of the mony to whom o per-
soncl note Of thonks connot we'll be
mailed or whose nomes and 3D.
dresses ore NOT known. Insertion Of
o cord Of thanks moy be oronoed
BY telephone to The Stor. ST.
$4,000.
The Evening end Sunday sto,
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am. tomorrow at the Ryan
funeral home. 3l7 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. Burial viii
be IN Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Crenatoriunr

Crematorium
]. William Lees Sons Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Rinaldi Funeral Home
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Veterans Burtai Allowance, $3.50
SIG u St NE II 3.4SsO
Malvan & Schey, Inc.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
l24 r st. NV. NO. 7-Ol3S
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FUNERAL DESIGNS
GEO. c. SHAFFER. INC.

Expressive Floriai Tributes Mooerately
priced Open dailN Sun holidays
Phone orders also accepted $3.50 10 y
Ma S-0i06.
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ToRT LlNcoLN-ii sites reasonasl,
for cash. leavins city. pu. 5.ss95.
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CEMETERY LOTS

NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK ~. for
persons Of Jewish faith. reas. cash
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ADVERTISEMENT
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with home medication

~ DOCTORS TESTS. NEW STAINLESS FORMULA WITH
AMAZING AESTHETIC ACTION Stops Pam INSTANTLY
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WUOD' LMMtII n. q Io.4 I3th
st. NV, died Sunday,
]! !; q: !? !. ];
MI July 81, 1857, late mem
Der of the Federal An
IEGGH nuitants' Relief Associa-
WHU ton. Funeral on Wednes-
MI" day. july "a. at 10 am.
from the Lincoln Me-
mortal Temple, 18th and
HARRY s. THOMPSON. President.
REV. STEPHEN PYOS, Fin. Secy.
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HELEN B. WATSON,
VIOLA Il. CURRY. Secretary.
TAYLOR. OLLIE. ON Monday. July
80, 1857, OLLIE TAYLOR Of 4el I
ST. NV. Notice of funeral later
Arrangements by Mcclure, Inc. rs
THOMPSON, MELVIN X. On SUNDAY.
July 81 1922 III a. J, his resiSsnSe, s9ts
beloved husband Of Thelma NJ
Thompson, and brother OF CLYDE,
Harold, Charlie and Opie Thompson.
Funeral from the Simmons Bros. Flu.
neral Home, 1861 Good Hope I'd Sc.
on wednesday. July ~. at go m.
Services at Fountain Memorial Bsp-
list Church. at . nm. Interment
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 90
THORPE. SARAH W.. on Monday
Home, oiney Nd, S SARAH Tpfsi M
THORPE, mother OF the late Col
Harland c. Griswold of COLLEGE Psrf.
Nd, Funeral and interment at Lay
louisville, Md "a
TOWsON. BESSIE o. 1nee Osborn,
fsld Hospital BESSIE % % Tows son
Of 1924 Jefferson 81. NV. beloyed
wife. Of Irving c. Towson and sisteI
Of Mrs Anna NJ. Shoots She also 4
survived BY q host of other .s!stiyes
and friends Services al the 8 ii
Hines Co, Funeral Home, eaOi i4th
~. NV. on Thursday, July ch. All
ment Rock Greek Cemetery. ~
TOWSON RESSIr N 80
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Monday, July - 1857. HORACE
r. CRAWFORD, Jr., beloved son Of
Crawford. sr Also surviving are one
brother, Ishmel F. Crawford. one sis
ter Jacqueline W Crawford: four
aunts, Mesdames Flora Collier, Ida
son two uncles DR.. Hoyt Crawford
and Thomas Crawford, and other rel
atives and many friends Notice OF
funeral later. Arrangements by Me-
CURE, Inc 2b
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COMPTON, WILLIAM r. On Monday.
5 1Hls " W,,i IAN s. E E6Srss9Sy Hos
band OF Mrs. Leta Z. Compton, father
Of Mrs. Louise Suite, Mrs Helen Suite
and Eugene Compton. son OF Nadia
and Eppa Compton, brother OF Mrs.
Ora StranSky, Mrs. Bessie Bowen,
ney Eppa. ir., and Robert Compton
Friends may call at the Lee Funeral
Home, 4th ST. and Mass. ave ne,
where services will be held on Thurs
Ar fi tom National cem,te lg.er@ q
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CUsICK. ULA. on saturday m

20, 1857, JULIA cUSIcK OF Waldorf
Nd. beloved wife OF Joseph Gu
cuSick she also is survived by fiv
sons, joseph. James, Robert John an
Henry Thomas CuSick; four dauRh
iers Mrs Mary Wood, Mrs. Cath
crime Pyles. Mrs Sadie CLANCY an
Rose lee Cusick two brothers, Josep
and William Thomas, and a sister
Mrs Annie Cox 81 grandchildre
and one sreat-grandchild Friend
may call at the Richie Bros. Funerl
Home. Upper Marlboro, Md after
nm Monday, July 30, and on Tines
day, july ~. between the hours q
pm, until 900 pm. Funeral Serv
ices will be held IN the funeral HON
chapel on wednesday, july "a, al 4
am lnterment ST. Thomas Gene
terry, Groom, Md. -
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day, July 10, 1857. at the District
General Hospital. MARY BACON
MARSHALL Of 23c2 shannon pl,
Sc, daughter Of the late Peter and
Matilda Bacon. She leaves many
friends, After pm. wednesday.
July -, friends NAV call at Camp
bells Funeral Home, 423 4th ST. S.V.
where services viii be held at /
pm, Thursday, July rs, the Rev.
A, J. Edwards offiiating, interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. ca
Mcleod. CLNRE NJ Students. or
MCLEOD Of Ala Davis place ".
Beloved wife Of Neil X Mcleod and
sister, Of Mrs Eileen c. sisk Of 81
Friel Of oueenstovn. Nd FRIENDS are
invited 20 call at the Bethesda Chew
Chase. FUNERAL Home OF Robert A.
humphrey, Bethesda. Nd. where
services will be held on Wednesday.
July ~. 81 10 Am. Interment Mount
Olivet Cemetery. 81
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urday, July 90. 1857. at her resi-
dence, .512 Q st. NV, MARY M.
COLLINS. wife of the late Col. James
S Collins and sister OF Mrs. Mar
garet l.. Perry of New YORK City
Prayers at the S. II Hines Co. Fu-
neral Home, 29Ol | ith ST. NV. on
Wednesday. July "A. at IN am
parking facilitiesl. Interment Ar
llngton National Cemetery New
York City and Blnghamton, N. Y,
papers, please COPY y %
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D S1ls ~ 1872 SEoR oEo & OF 1 b6S
HUE. beloved HUSBAND Of G cyriiis " 3
Donohue. father of Mrs. Anna Marie
Kane and brother Of Rev Cyril p
Donohue, s. j.. Of Marquette Uni.
yersity, Milwaukee, Wis; Jerry r
Leo p. Donohue Of Burbank, Calf
Funeral from the W. K. Huntemanr
& Son Funeral Home, 5732 Georgia
ave. NV, on Thursday, July 25
a. $50 m. Requiem mass at the
Church OF the Nativity at q am
Relatives and friends invited to at.
tend. Interment Fort Lincoln Gene.
terry. "a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-12

captives then were ordered to stand
up and form lines four deep to be
counted. Then the Indians began to
select young men whom they were to
take with them to their towns. Num-
bers were thus carried off.
The foregoing is an American ac-
count. The British account differs.
A strong corps which had thrown
down their arms and surrendered
were taken under escort of so men
to be put aboard the British gunboats
where they would be safe from the
Indians" At the camp they were de-
serted by their guard and were at
tackled by a cowardly and treacher-
Gus crowd of Indians out only for
blood. The remaining few of the es-
cort tried vainly to save them but
with gun, tomahawk and knife about
40 were killed before Tecumseh rode
up and put an end to the slaughter.
Tecumseh jumped off his horse,
grabbed one Indian by the throat and
another by the breast and drawing
both his tomahawk and knife rallied at
his warriors. He dared any one of
the hundreds of Indians around him
to attempt to murder one more Amer
lean. The captives later were put on
the British gunboats and later were
recaptured by Commodore Perry.
Thus the English treated their prison
ers of war.
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In the old garrison Underwood
caught the eye of stout old warrior
painted red. AS ne neared him the
Indian gave him hard blow on the
face and head with his wiping stick.
The Indians formed a line to the left
of the road, which had high bank
at the right, and there the captives
were forced to run the gauntlet, the
savages whipping, shooting and TOM
ahawking them as they ran by their
line.
Underwood ran close to the gun
muZzles SO that the savages would
have to shot straight in front and
could not do so sidewise before or af-
ter he had passed AS he entered the
ditch in front of the garrison the man
in front of him was shot and fell into
the ditch. Underwood fell over him
and others coming also stumbled in
to the pile. The passage thus was
clogged and 20 to 40 men were killed
there, captain among them.
When inside the walls of the gar
rison the prisoners were ordered to
sit down. Then a new scene COM
menced. An Indian, painted black
mounted the dilapidated wall and shot
one of the prisoners near him. He
reloaded and shot another, the ball
passing through the hip of another,
who afterwards died from the wound,
it was said. The savage then laid
down his gun and drew his tomahawk,
killing two others. When he drew the
tomahawk and jumped down among
the men they tried to escape him by
jumping over the heads of others.
Thus they were heaped up and some
were trampled to death. The confu-
sion and uproar at that time were
hard to describe, Underwood related.
There was much excitement among
the Indians and they appeared dis
posed to massacre all the prisoners
of war One tall, stout old Indian
walked into the middle of the hud-
ding group, drew his knife and began
10 whet it. He was looking around as
if to select one to begin with in the
killing. Then he grunted and walked
out. ~
About that time Elliott, a white
renegade, and Tecumseh, the INDIAN
chief, rode into the garrison. The