The Santiam news., April 07, 1911, Image 5

lx>g»ton, who became hungry for milk, ! rxaustwl, and must change hia mode of called Whitley county, John Tye. hi»
and the Indian« having kill«! all the warfare or haw* his scalp. He throw •on. and »omc other», having camped
cow» or frighten««! th«*m off, he plead«-1 * hi» opponent again and, without at- on the head of Big Poplar creek, were
with several to go out with him in i tempting to bold him. jumped from attacked by a party of Cherokee
search of the cattle, hut seeing the him and as he roae, aimed a fiat blow Indiana. Tye's »on was killed and the
danger, all refusml. He sallied out at his head which knocked him down «Id man wound«!. The others now
alone. an>l while riding earolee>iy along again.
Each time the savage
tied and mad** their escape. The Indiana
a path, the first intimation ha had of l ogston gave him a powerful blow, rushed u|>on the camp, and two entered,
ark of two and at each effort he was slower to re­ but wen* met by two cur dog» which
RelaFaq Irciients Not Recnriei in Oir danger was the sharp crack
rifles, one on each side of hl» track. cover himself.
Ixigston at length defended their wounded master with a
Nislohts. But Which Will Interest
, One ball grazed his breast without «truck him with gr< at force uuder the brav.ry that wouki have done credit to
f injuring him. the other »track his horse ear and the Indian fell, as Logstun animate of a higher breed. One of the
Oir Readers
behind the »addle. when he fell.
Log- thought, nearly dead. Bending to Indians was severely wound«!, and as
ston was on his feet in an instant, with grasp his neck, legston discovered that soon as he could extricate himself from
his rifle in his ham!», an«! from h« groat tli,- « i. ,ig> wu • so far sensible that he the jaws of the enraged dogs, the |>arty
The following atory of pioneer life in activity might have escaped by flight, was using his right hand to unsheath a tied, leaving their moccasin» and leg­
1 he (I uf«* gings on the opposite side of the creek,
Kentucky ia published by reque»t and but this he was not dupoaed to do. Th«* *n !* "..it hi g at l.i twit
in order to preserve a page of hiatory moment the rifles were fit«*«!, an athletic was shprt, the Indian was endeavoring w here they ha I left them to ford the
By FRANCIS LYNDE
of the "Dark and Bloody Ground." Indian sprang toward lA»g«ton with up­ to force it up from the sheath ami with stream.
In the early settlement of the county,
which ia not given in our achool raised t««mahawk. but a» »«on a» the g«~«i succvaa, l.ogston, keeping his eye
Copyright. 1910. by Street Ô Smith
hiatoriea.
The "Colonel Whitey" latter prose nt «*«1 hia gun the savage upon it. permitted the Indian to work Joseph Johnston was kdleti by the
spoken of is the great grandfather of jum|H*<! behind two saplings a small the handle out. when he suddenly Cherokees on Lynn Camp. They en­
the better-half of the N ews . The distance apart, neither of which was ! grasped it, jerked it from the sheath ter«! hi» house when there was no man
Tllouut was »till warm enough io I m *
story was written by Dr Graham large enough to entirely cover his body, and sank it in the Indian's breast, the about but himself, and killed him with pervinptori
’’Y«*s. yon may eoutra*
for the Louiaville Commercial and he was evtn|x*lied to keep darting from latter sown expiring. Logs ton now their tomahawks. His wife was out di* t It ton may «.ty that It Is wholly
one to the <>th< er to amvv himsrlf from thought of the other Indian. Not milking the cow» at the time, ignorant
1 lien lu* romcnilierod
published in that paper in 1878.
of what was passing until »he reached th«* • lain« of friendship "I'll («■ frank
The veteran pioneer. William Whit­ th«* effect of a •tc ««ly ami direct a un. kn V 1 , to What extent he was-muun.
with you Gantry This thing has been
ney. of u’hom I »hall reconi the follow­ * Conscious of having two enemi«?s on cd. he proceeded cautiously in search of thecabin. when she beheld her bleeding < ientl«>i>«*d to m.* once. |>ut nothing was
whose
rniitionn
it
husband
in
the
agonies
of
death
and
the
the
ground,
waa
him.
He
found
him
with
his
back
ing incidents, was born in August, 1749,
•!•» i«!«l absolutely nothing I didn’t
in Augusta county, Va. He was among necessary to watch. Lofton k<- Pt a broken and prup|»-d against a log. but, Indians standing over him indicting a. I
even promise to take it uuder advise
ditional
wounds
U|s>n
the
now
uncon
­
keen
lookout
fur
the
other,
and
by
a
severely
wounded
as
he
was,
he
hail
luent.**
the very first settlers €>f the almost un­
\mong the**«* »«ho knew him exter­
known region writ of the mountains quick glance detected him I m hind a tree succeed«! in loading his gun, and made scious body. The savages discovered
called Cane-Tucky. In 1775, having •carocly large enough to hide him. He several efforts to »hoot l.ogston, but at her the instant ah** appear«! at the nal.) \|r ltl< lianl Gantry liad the rep-
married Easter Fuller, and commenced was at that time rapidly loading his each effort would fall forward and had door. One of them sprang at her with uHifion of owning a I immv tongue. Itut
housekeeping in a small and humble gun, and in the act of pushing down to push himself against his gun to rise his tornnbawk, she dropped her milk u* n.* knew te tter than the real Itleb-
m! Gantry when to make the l.xwe
way. and coming in wearied from his his bullet he exposed his hit#, ami in an • gam. l.ogston. already much exhaust­ pail ami tied in the diri-etion o( the tongue wag away from the subject
house
of
the
ekl,-r
Johnston,
about
one
instant
l.og»t>>n
tire
I
an«l
w<,und«l
him
ed.
an.)
not
wishing
to
expose
himself
toil upon |>oor land, he told his wife he
Ired and fiflv yards off, th«* Indians «ni’h In«» r< .* h«l Its nicely adjusted
had heard a fine report of the rich land severely. The other Indian immediate­ to a chance shot, returned to the fort.
.'Umax.
in the new world, and he thought they ly rush«! at la*g»ton, whose gun was When he reach.*«! there he was cover«! in full chase. Mrs Johnston was a
'
’ l * ' r** In* knew It Fvan
could make their living there with lew now empty, with his raised tomahawk. with dirt and blood, and as his com- remarkably stout, active, young woman, Blount was goMlpIng with Ids tatde
and the race was one for life ( getting companion over n «■» lai function two
labor. She replied, "Well. Billy, if 1 They were well matched; both were panion», seeing the wretched plight in
A II til«* later tilt» waller
large men, and both distinguished which he was. refused to credit his a few yards the start of the savage», days old
was you, I would go and see."
brought i hi* icigars. amt the danger
she
maintained
the
relative
their
associates
for
strength
am!
dint
aiwt*
among
story,
he
told
them
to
sally
out
and
see
In two days he was on his way with
between them, until she reached the ixdllt. If any then* w ere. waa safely
Pausing activity. The Indian mad«* a halt ai a for themselves.
his ax, plow, gun and kettle.
yard
fence of the old gentleman, when past.
distance
of
fifteen
or
twenty
feet.
and
The next morning a strong party
through Cumberland Gap. and trudging
It was
»he, with one tx>und. cleared the fence. w er»» t»u w lien t he two young iii»»n
over mountains and crossing unbridged throw his tomahawk with all hia force, out for the battle-ground They found
their w 11 y 1Io the club amok-
The savage made an unsuccessful thrust
l-ogsten dodged it, clubb«.-d his gun and a trail, as if something ha I been drag
• mountain ’
■ - n«*.«r two bm
* * *:*|H*<i Gon
at her head, gave » yell of disappoint­ try to talk buslne»» with him.
miles, he descended from the spurs of mad«* at the Indian, thinking to knock ge«i away. On tracing it, they found
ment
and
retreat«!.
him
down.
Th«*
Indian,
depending
on
Blouin stroll«! on by himself and.
the Ixsiv of the larger Indian by a log
the Cumberland range down to a beauti­
In 17M5 the camp of an emigrant finding th«* smoking room, went to
ful plain covered with crab-apple trees, dodging, sprang into the brush or sap­ covered up with leave», Still pursuing
Ia>gston, the trail, which was not now so plain. named McClure was assaulted in the loung. In i ilt,y < hnlr. whose chief at-
(now c died Crab Orchard.) and two lings to avoid the blow.
whose
rifle,
from
living
repeatedly
tjiey found the wounded Indian lying night tn th«- Indians, near the h«*a.l tr. lion win that It «tixsl naif hidden
miles southeast of this he erected a
hi n little alcove line«! with tewikcasro.
struck
against
the
trees,
was
re«liic«d
on
his back with his own knife sticking of Skaggs' creek in what is now l.in-
fort, known as Whitley's station. There
Il,* <ri««l solitude and a chance to
coin
county,
and
six
whites
were
killed
to
the
naked
barrel,
matte
a
side
I
low
in his body just below the breast-bone,
were then but two approaches to the
think
things over fairly and without
.• t . to show that ne had killed himself and Mrs McClure ran into the woo.Is with heat.
"Dark and Bloody Ground," one by the Wit ’. ■■..-Il for. r ■ hat «,* i : •
her
four
chiMron,
and
could
have
es
­
Indian,
it
flew
out
of
hia
hands
and
te--
ha«l not died bv the hands of an enemy.
Ohio river and the other through the
I few mlMtM later Oaatrj laakH *
caped with three if she had abandon«)
c
lag hi - (.«if
Cumberland Gap, and Whitley's station yond his reach. The Indian now gave The great efforts he must have made
the
infant,
whose
cries
gave
the
savag
­
■ oilcaled easy chair and Its occupant
being at the foot of the mountains, and an exulting cry and sprang at him with alone and under circumstances of ex­
all the savage* fury of which he was traordinary agony, show U> what a es notice where she was. sh>* heard ill I in* te«*ik< use alcove, w ent tils way.
the first upon this land route (original
them coming where she was hid in the
He waa »«ar.-ely gone before two
ly blazed out by Daniel Boone,) it be­ master. Neither had a weapon, but height of savage heroism the In lian
grass ami bushes, but she was a moth­ men entered, coming down the corri-
came the city of refuge and defense of th«* savage, seeing la>g*ton bleeding, character some time» rises.
er, ami determine«! to die with her dot fi**ni lli>* Ktlll ro.,m
all the settlements around it; and, be­ thought he could throw him down and
In October, ITMfi, a large number of
Blount »nw tlu iii. and he made auro
babe. The like feeling prevent«! her
dispatch
him.
They
seized
each
other
i
fore I give Whittev’a full character, I
famihr, traveling by land to Kentucky,
that th«*y saw him Hut when they
telling her throe eldest to fly am! hide.
will relate some of the stirring events and a desperate struggle followed. known by the name of McNite's com­
■ * . ........ .
«id.* *.f
She feared they might lie lost; hoj «1 Hi* r<* in he wa*. »uddeuly a»aur««d that
I.
>gstoii
coukl
throw
his
antagonist,
but
and bloody struggles that almost daily
pany. were »urpriae.l in their camp at
could not hold him down; the Indian i night, between Big and Little Laurel they might not tie killed. The Indians tiny had mu »«*u hlui 1'ney were
occurred around him.
being nak«! and oil«! had greatly the rivers, by a party of Indiana, and de­ soon extinguished both fears and hopes talking quite frovly of hint and of bls
In February, 1775, the danger of the
in th«* Idood of the throe chiklren. SI e father.
weaker stations was such that, for a advantage in a ground scutfie After feated with a luaa of twenty-one kiliewl
Well, tin* llouorable Magebrush lias
an«! the infant wor t made captives; ale
throwing
him
five
or
six
times
taigston
and the real diaper»«! or made prisoner,
time, the settlers retreated to Whitley’s
got M.VI.knr dead to rights this
was
taken
back
to
camp
and
made
to
Fort, and among them was a daring, found, between violent exertion and j and burnt at the »take, shortly before
cook for them. In the morning she time," said the elder of the two. a full
being •ettlementa were made in what ia now
reckless fellow, by the name of Joe loss of blood, that he
was compelled to mount an unbroken f. e «! num, to whom iiiouul had been
Introduced on hla iirst day lu the capi­
horse and accom|>anv thorn on the r tal. but whose mim«. and station be
return home. Intelligence of this sr.d «<>iild not rocall. '•'I’hls scheme of put­
catastrophe, like others of dally occur
ting til» »on up for attorney general is
re nee. !>eing conveyed to Whitley’s Hie foxiest thing the senator has ever
station, he was not at home. A mes­ put a<*rt>«» You can lw*t the air was
senger was dispatched for him by Mrs. blue In the Transiontln.nial Cbteago
W hltley, who at the same time sent otll. es wlo n lhe news got there.'*
■What do you »upis.se McVIckar
others to warn and collect his company.
will doy asked the other.
On his return he fuund twenty-one men
'll«* 'will j|o anything the senator
collected to receive orders. With these wants him to do Blount Is land hun­
he direct«! his course to the war-path, gry. and I gm «» he'll lake a few more
intemifng to intercept the Imlians re­ sections of the railroad m«*»a land on
turning home. Fortunately they had Ger the «‘Irorwater ditch That was
stopped to divide their plunder, thus what h«. did two years ago. when Me*
enabling Whitley to gain the path in V I. kar want«! the right of way for
advance of them. Hr saw they had not th«* branch through Carnadlns coun­
RS?
ty“
passed, and prepared tor their arrival.
Ih.n’t you lH*lleve lie’s going to
sra«€A«n
!
His
men
were
concealed;
he
had
not
*ms
w. *.*< 1 RÑICOÍ. \
take any little Christmas gift this
liquid PAihf
U
s .:»•»
MFl.l.OTONE
waited long before th«* enemy appear­ time.’* wns the rasping reply ''He'll
.*>
f-l f l
;
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;»H|
ed, dress«! in their spoils. As they ««■II th«* railroad aomething and take
J I ICO H ia TT) '
¿Tai y
approach«! they were met by a d**adly g. «a| imrd money for It! It'a a cinch.
•». -,-g
{ 1
1 2 ‘
Ak»’- • ’
.»
■ w. .«„e —
fire from the conceal«! whites, which The rnllroad can’t afford to have the
n V
ìn
kill«! two. wound«! two others, and courts against It. and McVIckar will
<li»p«*r»«*’i the rest. Mrs. McClure and lie made to sweat I.I imm I. You watch
her infant and a negro woman were lhe wh«*ela go route! when McVIckar
rescued, and six scalps taken by the conn*» out here."
Evan Blount found himself turning
Indians recovered.
•lek nt heart. Could It be hla father
Ten days after this a Mr Moore aid whom tb«.y were thus calmly accusing
hia party, also emigrant», were defeat­ ■•f graft ami trickery and blackmail"
ed throe miles from Raccoon creek, on Ing nietteMls?
the same road. In thia attack the
Ill» fir*<t Impulse was to face the
savages killed nine persons, (>n receipt two men. to demaud proofs, to do an«!
of this news Colonel Whitley rai»«d say whnt a loyal non should, Hut the
thirty men am! start«!, under the same sickening conviction that they were
impression ns before, that he could discussing only well assitrvd and well
known fact» crusl-ist him back Into
intercept the Indians on their way
bls chair, and after that hr was ant*
home. On the sixth day, in a cane- I«*'.» for only one thing that they
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brake, he met the enemy face to face n.*«h! finish their cigars aud go away
before he had any intimation they wltbotit dlscov ering film.
r
were near. He instantly ordered ten
I at.* w.is kind to him thus far After
of hia men to the right, as many to the a little further talk. In which the ac-
left, and the others to dismount on the ceptsst point of view of the onlooker
spot with him. The Indiana, twenty in was mad«* still more painfully evld«*nt.
numtwr, were mount«l on good horses the y»nng«»r of th«* two men s|»»ke of
•nd were well dressed in the plundered an engagement, aiu! they both went
out together.
clothes. Being in the usual Indian file,
One clear thought, and only one.
•till pre taint from the rear wh«n the came to Kian out of the sorrowful
front made a halt, they were brought c< nfusl n
Kot for any Inducement
into full view, but they no sooner dia- that could l>e off<*r<»l won Id lie now
cov -red the whites than they sprang lend him-. If to the furtherance of hla
from their horses and took to their father's plans.
her’». In the pursuit, throe Indiana
Beyond this he did not go tn the mis­
were killml, eight scalp» retaken, erable hour wrought nut In the quiet
• wentv-eight horses, tie« ide« cash,
of tbt club amok Ing room.
clothing and other raptured article».
(Continued next week)
(Continued next week)
I STORY OF EARLY
PIONEER LIEE
The Honorable
Senator
Sagebrush
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