Notes and queries historical, biographical, and genealogical, Vol. I, Part 19

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Rutter, Anna Mary, b. in Manchester Twp., York Co., Pa., Mar. 26, 1782 ; d. Aug. 6, 1851.

Remley, John, b. Jan. 12, 1787; d. Mar. 25, 1850.

Remley, Mary, w. of J., b. Mar. 13,1800; d. April 7, 1839.

Remley, Anna Maria, (nee Alleman), w. of J., b. June 13,1783; d. June 9, 1832. Rebman, John, b. Sept. 30, 1805; d. Jan. 18, 1837.

Russell, James, d. Aug. 28, 1834, aged 47 years.

Russel, Mary, w. of J., d. July 31, 1834, aged 43 years.

Stentz, Michael, b. Feb. 8, 1780 ; d. Mar. 18, 1847.

Stentz, Christina, w. of M. and d. of Matthias Winagle; b. May 5, 1784; d. Sept. 6, 1841.

Seagraves, T., b. Sept. 7, 1823. d. May 4,

Strauss, Frederick; b. Aug. 5, 1753 ; d. Sept. 5, 1816.

Strouse, Elizabeth, w. of F. ; b. Nov. 3, 1769; d. July 3, 1836. Sehuler, George L .; b. April 17, 1772 ; d. Dec. 16, 1811.

Schuler, Margaret, w. of G. L. ; b. Mar. 15, 1777; d. Aug. 27, 1817. Schuler, Nicholas, b. May 18, 1776 ; d. Sept. 15, 1826.

Schuler, Mary, w. of N. ; b. June 12, 1780; d. Apr. 25, 1825.

Schoekin, George Philip, b. Dec. 11, 1735; d. Oct. 18, 1807. Schoekin, Anna B., b. Apr. 19, 1744 ; d. Nov. 28, 1830.

Seagraves, Barbara, d. of John and Catharine, b. Nov. 7, 1821; d. July 7, 1832.

Schneider, Catharine, d. Nov. 17, 1816, aged 64 years.

Schneider, Maria, b. April 7, 1748 ; d. Sept. 7, 1808. Schneider. John, b. July 27, 1755 ; d. Mar. 12, 1835.

Schneider, Maria Elizabeth, w. of Jacob, sr., b. July 29; 1753; d. Feb. 24, 1839. Snyder, Jacob, b. Nov. 26, 1774; d. Dec. 27, 1831.

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Snyder, Jacob, b. Scpt, 12, 1824; d. Oct. 11, 1836.

Snyder, John W., b. Sept. 12, 1826; d. Mar. 9, 1843. Snyder, John, b. April 6, 1786; d. Sept. 26, 1834.

Snyder, Auua Maria, b. Jan. 22, 1785; d. Scpt, 13, 1863.

Snyder, John, b. Sept. 28, 1817; d. Feb. 28, 1852. Shirts, Jacob, b. Feb. 24, 1772; d. May 8, 1808.

Shirts, Catharine (Metzger), w. of J., b. May 22, 1777; d. Dee. 4, 1849.

Sheaffer, David, b. Mar. 20, 1780; d. Mar. 13, 1815.

Simeox, Catharine, w. of J., b. Dec. 22, 1796; d. May 14, 1829.

Spayd, Christian, b. Aug. 16, 1773; d. Aug. 29, 1841.

Spayd, Elizabeth (Frazier), w. of C., b. Oet. 26, 1787; d. Aug. 27, 1826.

Spayd, Susan Lousa, b. Feb. 12, 1808; d. July 1, 1813.

Stoehr, John, b. May 31, 1805; d. Feb. 23, 1829. Stoehr, Eliza, b. Feb. 13, 1806; d. Aug. 1, 1829.

Stoehr, John, b. June 12, 1778; d. May 8, 1832.

Stoehr, Margaret, b. Dcc. 22, 1781; d. Nov. 27, 1833.

Stentz, Sophia (Mylin of Lan.), w. of Henry, b. Mar. 29, 1811; m. Jan. 27, 183%; d. Mar. 9, 1837.

Sener, John, d. Mar. 6. 1835; aged 47 years.

Soner, Mary, w. of J., b. Oct. 18, 1791; d. Mar. 27, 1847.

Smuller, Joseph Henry, s. of George, b. Aug. 20, 1834; d. Aug. 24, 1841.

Smuller, Susan. d. Mar. 23, 1864.

Smuller, Margaret M., b. Sepr. 13, 1810; d. Mar. 5, 1830.

Smith, John, b. Nov. 30, 1808; d. Feb. 14, 1855. Selser, George, b. April 6, 1782; d. Oct. 9, 1851. Strite, Nancy (Toot), w. of J., b. Oct. 22, 1795; d. Dec. 3, 1868.

Toot, George, b. April 18, 1786; d. Fcb. 24, 1810,

Toot, Gco. Fred., b. Aug. 3, 1759; d. Jan. 25, 1813.

Toot, Cath., w. of G., d. March 6, 1811, aged 44 years.

Toot, Sarah, youngest d. of Geo. and w. of John Smith, b. July 17, 1808, d. Feb 4, 1848.

Ulrich, Michael, b. Jrly 26, 1781; d. June 24, 1845.

Ulrich, Cath. (Stoever) w. of M., b. Jau. 2, 1777; d. Jan. 6, 1837.

Ulmer, Jacob, b. Apr. 4, 1797; d. July 11, 1863.

Ulmer, Rachael, b. Jan. 22, 1796; d. March 11, 1871.

Wagoner, John, sr., b. 1778; d. April 12, 1826.

Wagoner, Sarah, w. of J., b. 1782; d. July 11, 1826.

Wagoner, Anna Maria, b. Jan. 15, 1759; d. Feb. 15, 1837. Wagner, Fred., b. Dee. 14, 1758; d. June 19, 1843.

Winuagle, Mathias, b. Nov. 2, 1788; d June 26, 1846.

Winnagle, Elizabeth, w. of M., (nee Rupp) b. July 3, 1795; d. Mar 18, 1838.

Zimmerman, Catharine, w. of John, b. April 13, 1791; d. Nov. 8, 1850.

NOTES AND QUERIES

Relating to the History of Dauphin County.

XXXVI.

THE FAMILY OF JOHN HARRIS .- In view of the approach of the Cen- tennial of our city and county, we pro- pose in a week or two to give an aecount of the Pioneer and Indian Trader, John Harris, and of his son John who laid out our City-on-the-Susquehanna. In taking a retrospeet of their services through the most trying periods of our country's set- tlement and struggles, we shall only be reminded of our duty in honoring their memory and keeping alive the record of their patriotism and virtue.

ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH AT MIDDLETOWN.

In previous numbers of Notes and Queries we have given the tombstone in- scriptions in the graveyard attached to that old church on the Swatara. For a brief history our readers are referred to the recent History of the County. The following paper, however, bearing upon this subject, is of value and interest. We

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are indebted to LaRue Metzger, Esq., for the original which we copy with all its queer orthography:

MITTELTOWN, July ye 13th, 1767. In the Name of the Holy Trinity, Amen. On Monday the 13th Day of July & in the year of our Saviour Lord Jesus Christ, 1767, & the Seventh year of his Majesty's Reign, George the thirth, king of great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith; when the Honourable Richard Penn and Thomas Penn, Esquires, absolutc Pro- priators, and his Honour, John Penn, Esq'r, Lieutenant Governor of the Prov- ince of Pennsylvania, and the countys of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Del- aware; James Bird, Esq'r, one of & Province his Majesty's Justices of the Peace Mitteltown, Lancaster county in of Pennsylvania, did

the High German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, lay the Stone of Foundation to a House of Worship in the Town of Mittletown, Paxton township, Lancaster County and the Province of Pennsylvania, in Presence of the Rev. Theophilus Engeland, their present Pas- tor, assisted by their Revcrences Nicho- laus Hornel and Conrad Bucher; Church Wardens and Elders, John Christian Roth, John Metzger, George Philip, Shagge Gottlieb, David Ettlee & Jacob King; Managers of the Building, Georg Frey, Frederick Zeppernick & Conrad Wolffley; with the remaining members consisting on an average 66 old & 63 young Persons, on the Lot

No. 135, which is in lenght 200 feet and in Breath

50 Do., which said Lot of Ground the former Proprietor of this Town, Georg Fisher, had gratis deliver'd for the use unto the Congregation, and on which by this Presents the Stone of Foundation is lay'd, and within the said stone inclosed:

A German Bibel in small octavo after the translation of Dr. Martin Luther, printed in the orphan House of Hall in the year 1763; 2ly. The shorter Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther, printed at Philada., 1764; 3ly. 3 Wafers; 4ly. A half pint Bottle of Wine; 5ly. Some Pieces of this Province current money; as a memory to Posterity, that this Church is build, erected and dedicated only for the true

Believers of the ortodox Doctrine of Dr. Martin Luther, which this great Reformer delivered and defended before the most eminent Emperor Charles the V, and the whole World at Augsbourgh, and is con- tained in the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible, call'd the invariable Confession at Augs- bourgh, its same Apologia libro Concor- die, the small caldish artikles and Cate- chism of Luther.

Therefore, we conclude, wishing hearth- ily the Almighty would bless for ever these Proceedings. The Lord be mercy - ful in Propagating this Doctrine of Luther to His Glory, and defend it by His Power against all Opposers.

AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT,

[The following valuable paper came into our possession through the Yeates collec- tion. It is an interesting document, and gives many facts which are of moment in the elucidation of the history of our early pioneers. ]

Lancaster County, ss. :

The Deposition of Alexander Mitchell of Donegal Township in the County of Lancaster, yeoman, taken before me, the Subscriber one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, this Fix- teenth Day of March, Anno Domini, 1770, in the Presence of James Wilkins of Peters Township in the County of Cum- berland, yeoman, & John Litle of Done- gal Township aforesaid, in the County of Lancaster, afs'd, yeoman, and by & with the approbation & consent of the said James Wilkins & John Litle.

Tbe said Alexander Mitchell being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Al- mighty God doth depose & say, that he the Deponent in the Year 1719, on his ar- rival from Ireland into this Province of Pennsylvania, came up to Donegal Town- ship aforesaid & there saw one Feter Allen in Possession of a Tract of Land late & now in Dispute between the Heirs of William Wilkins & the Heirs of Nathaniel Litle both dec'd; that the said Peter Allen erected a cabbin thereon in which he lived, & had cleared about an acre of Land thereon; that he this Deponent afterwards in the Year 1720 was present when one - Taylor sur- veyed the said Tract of Land for the said

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Peter Allen, & Richard Grier & Martin MeKinley carried the chain; that the said Allen afterwards cleared six or seven Acres of Plough Land, five or six acres of Meadow Ground, & also planted an Orchard on the said Tract; That the said Deponent, in or about the year 1727, was present when the Rev'd James Anderson of Donegal Township aforesaid purchased the aforesaid Tract of Land of the said Peter Allen, & agreed to give him Sev- enty Pounds for the same; That James Mitchell, the Deponent's Father, drew the Bill of Sale or Conveyance, as appears from an Entry in his Father's Books, wherein said Allen stands charged with eighteen pence or two shillings for draw- ing the Bill of Sale or Conveyanee afore- said, which said Conveyanee this Depon- ent remembers to have seen when exc- cuted; That the said Deponent, in or about the Year 1728, was present when the said Anderson exchanged the Traet of Land aforesaid with a certain William Wilkins now dec'd for the Tract of Land whereon the Ferry commonly called An- derson's Ferry is kept, & said Anderson agreed to give said Wilkins twenty Pounds by Way of Boot; That he saw Anderson's Conveyance to Wilkins for the Tract first above mentioned, & well remembers the Name subscribed thereto to be said Anderson's Hand Writ- ing, having often seen him write his Name; That said Wilkins then put a Tenant on the same Place, who continued to live thereon for One year & upwards, & afterwards the said William Wilkins moved to the said Tract of Land & thereon continued to live till the month of April, in the year 1734, when he died, having first built a Barn and madc addi- tional Improvements of ten or twelve acres of Plough Land and six or seven acres of Meadow Ground; That in or about the year 1733, this Deponent car- ried to Philadelphia a Letter from the said Wilkins to Thomas Lawrence, Esqr., of the said city, now deceased, request- the said Lawrence to deliver ing

Deponent a Bond of the to this

said Wilkins executed to him,

the

said

Wilkins

having

shortly

beforc sent down a Quantity of Skins to Mr. Lawrence for & in Discharge of the said Bond by a certain John Bomgardner;

that the said Mr. Lawrence acquainted this Deponent that he had received said Skins & that the Bond aforesaid was very nearly paid off, further telling this De- ponent that if he would call next morning at this House he would deliver him the Bond pursuant to said Wilkins's Request, but that this Deponent went out of Town early the next morning, & therefore did not get the Bond of said Lawrence. This Deponent on his Oath further saith, that the said William Wilkins had at the Time of his Death a Servant Girl six or seven

. years of whose servitude was then unexpired, also a large grindstone with two Iron Handles which cost and was worth three Pounds, & likewise a Bay Horse afterwards sold by Nathaniel Litle to a certain John Galbraith for six or seven pounds, which said three several articles this Deponent understands and is informed are not comprized in the In- ventory returned into the Register's Office for Lancaster County by the Adm'r of the said William Wilkins dece'd; and likewise an Iron Jack for roasting of Meat was not comprized in the said Inventory, of which the said William Wilkins died possessed. The Deponent further saith, that when Samuel Blunston, Esq'r (now dece'd) run the Lines of the Traet aforesaid in or about the year 1737, he

warned the said Blunston not to run the same, al- ledging that the said Taylor had already surveyed the same as aforesaid for the said Peter Allen. This Deponent further saith, that in the year 1734, he brought from Virginia at a certain Place called Bull Skin Marsh, the sum of fifteen Pounds which he rece d from a Person at the said Marsh who purchased some Cat- tle of this Deponent belonging to the said William Wilkins & paid the same to the Widow of the said Wilkins after his Death, which he also understands was never accounted for by the Adm'r of said Wilkins. And further this Deponent saith not. ALEXANDER MITCHELL. Sworn & subscribed Before me the Day & Year first within named.

ROBT. BOYD.

GENEALOGICAL DATA

MILLS.

WILLIAM MILLS, of "Port Royal,"

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Derry, d. November 1784, leaving a wife Susanna, and children:

i. Mary.

ii. Rebecca.

iii. Phebe; m. Thomas Blair. iv. Susanna.

Two of his daughters married respec tively James Russell and Adam Blair.

MILROY.

HENRY MILROY, of Paxtang, in 1774, the time of his death, was the owner of a plantation "on Beaver creek." He left children:

i. Henry.

ii. Jane; m. Alexander Brown.

iii. Elizabeth.

iv. Martha; m. James McKnight.

v. Rebecca; m. William Willson.

vi. Mary.

vii. Rosanna.

MINNICK.

I. WENDLE MINNICK, of Derry, d. prior to 1775, leaving children :

i. George.

ii. Wendle; m. Barbara - -.

iii. Gertrude; m. David Foglesanger.

iv. Catharine; m. Immanuel Cassel. v. Mary. vi. Barbara.

II. GEORGE MINNICK, of Hanover, d. April, 1784, leaving a wife Catharine and children :

i. Simon.

ii. Catharine; m. Jacob Kreamer.

iii. Margaret; m. John Zimmern.

is. Susanna; m. Jacob Sichily.

v. Elizabeth; m. Adam Weaver. vi. Christina. vii. George.

viii. Catharine Elizabeth.

MITCHELL.

I. THOMAS MITCHELL, d. October, 1734, leaving a wife Eleanor, and chil- dren :

. John.

ii. Martha.

iii. Mary. iv. Jean.

v. Jennett.

The executors of his estate were his brothers John and William.

II. JAMES MITCHELL, d. October, 1763, leaving a wife, and children :

i. James.

ii. Alexander.

iii. Thomas.

iv. William.

v. Jean.

vi. Rachel.

vii. Mary.

viii. Margaret.

One of the executors was his son-in- law Thomas Mitchell. III. DAVID MITCHELL, d. November, 1757, leaving a wife and children:

i. Samuel.

ii. Jean.

iii. Abraham.

iv. Margaret.

v. Eleanor.

vi. Sarah.

vii. George.

viii. David.

IV. DAVID MITCHELL, of Londonder- ry, d. April, 1786, leaving children:

i. Thomas; m. and had Jean, Eliza- beth and David. ii. Jean; m. and had David.

iii. -; m. James McCord, and left issue. iv. David. v. Betsey. vi. Eleanor. vii. -; m. Thome and had

David.

MOYER.

I. JOHN MOYER, of Paxtang, d. April 1782, leaving a wife Christiana, and children :

i. John.

ii. Elizabeth.

iii. Abraham; m. Anna Baker, daugh- ter of Felty Baker. iv. Solomon. v. Michael; m. Barbara --; in 1788, resided in Upper Paxtang. vi. Samuel.

II. CHRISTOPHER MOYER, of Anville, d. September 1801, leaving a wife Anna Maria, and children :

i. Henry.

ii. Michael.

iii. Catharine; m. Peter Fishburn.

iv. Anna Maria.

v. Christina.

vi. Jacob. vii. George.

i ii. John.

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ix. Christopher.

III. HENRY MOYER, of Lower Paxtang, d. November, 1804, and left children:

i. Margaret; m. Anthony Long. ii. John.

iii. Rosanna; m. George Shell.

iv. Julianna; m. Jacob Yorty.

v. Magdalena.

vi. Gertrude; m. Michael Wilt.

vii. George.

viii. Barbara.

ix. Elizabeth.

x. Henry.

xi. Catharine; d. prior to 1804; m. Luke Lanegan, and had, Polly, John, Peggy, and Catharine.

NEAL.

I. JOHN NEAL, of Paxtang, d. October, 1791, leaving a wife Margaret, and chil- dren :

i. Margaret; m. - Cochran.

ii. James.

iii. John; m. Margaret ----; in 1792, resided in Westmoreland co., Pa.

iv, Jean; m. - - Clark.

v. Eleanor; m. - Simpson.

vi. William; m. Mary ---- , and had John; resided in 1792, in Westmoreland co., Penna.

vii, Agnes; m. John Fleming, and had James.

viii. Robert; m. Agnes ----; and had John;

PARK.

I. ROBERT PARK, of Hanover, d. April, 1753, leaving a wife Elizabeth and children :

i. Rebecca; m. James Riddle, jr.

ii. David; m. Martha -

iii. John; m. Jennett

iv. James; m. Mary

v. Robert; m. Martha

vi. Elizabeth; m. William McMullen.

vii. Esther; m. Robert Willson. viii. Sarah; m. Andrew Young. ix. Joseph.

x. Mary Ann; m. William Johnston.

xi. Mary; m. James Thompson.

II. SAMUEL PARK, of Paxtang, proba-

bly a brother of the foregoing, d. prior to 1753, leaving children :

i. Mary, b. 1736.

ii. Anthony, b. 1738.

PATTERSON.

I. WILLIAM PATTERSON, of Paxtang, d. October, 1745, leaving a wife and chil- dren:

i. Samuel.

ii. Francis.

iii. Robert.

iv. Ann.

v. Catharine; m. James McKnight. vi. Jean; m. Robert Taylor.

vii. Mary; m. Thomas Elder.

II. SAMUEL PATTERSON, of Paxtang,

d November, 1772, leaving a wife Mary and children:

i. James; m. -- Maybane.

ii. Martha.

iii. Mary.

iv. Elizabeth.

v. Isabella.

The executors named were his father, brother William, and his wife.

NOTES AND QUERIES

Relating to the History of Dauphin County.

XXXVII.

OLD PRINTERS .- Our local newspapers every now and then blunder over the names of our oldest printers, so to keep them right we place upon record the following who have "retired" from active duties in the "Art preservative of all arts." We believe we are very nearly correct as to the ages of the octo- genarians:

Henry W. Scott, 88 years.

Simon Cameron, 85 years.

Jacob Baab, 83 years.

William D. Boas, 81 years. The following veteran typos, are rap-

idly approaching life's autumn: Francis Wyeth.

John J. Clyde.

A. Boyd Hamilton. Frederick K. Boas.

OUR CENTENNIAL-FACTS FOR PRES ERVATION .- The act for erecting part of the county of Lancaster into a separate county, to be called Dauphin, was passed on the 4th of March, 1785. At once ef- forts were made toward a proper organiza- tion of the political machinery of the county; and the commissioners appointed to carry into effect the proposals of John

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Harris, certified on the 14th of April, 1785, that the county town had been laid out under their direction and inspection. The earliest conveyances of property bear date the 14th of April, 1785. The first officer commissioned was Captain Alex- ander Graydon, as prothonotary, March 9th, 1785; the second Rev. Joseph Mont- gomery as register and recorder, March 11th, 1785. Thus it will be seen that very little time was lost in the organiza . tion. The first will proved was on the 27th of April, 1785; while the first deed was recorded on the 26th of April, 1785. The first courts were held on the third Tuesday of May, 1785. The place was designated Hariis' Ferry on the records, but a deed made by John Harris at this ·timc, and also in his advertisements, give it the name of Harrisburg. The convey- ance of lots for the erection of county buildings was given on the 6th of July, 1785, while the "Ferry Lot" was granted the same day. The conveyance of ground to the Commonwealth for its use bears the same date. The State, county and city are therefore deeply indebted to the founder, and it is fitting that whatever may be done in celebrating our centen- nial, some lasting memorial of that wise and benificent man, Johu Harris, be made. It is therefore eminently proper that the authorities concerned give coun- sel and aid to the movement.

THE NARRATIVE OF HUGH GIBSON.

Robert and George Gibson, brothers, emigrants from near Stewart's Town, in the north of Ireland. came to Pennsylva- nia prior to 1740-the former locating in Derry township, the latter in the town of Lancaster, Penn'a. Robert Gibson died prior to 1755 in Derry township, his widow, Mary M'Clellan, surviving him only two years, being murdered by the Indians in Shearman's Vallcy, where she was then residing. They had three chil- dren, Israel, Hugh and Mary. Hugh Gibson died on the 30th of July, 1826, and the narrative of his captivity among the Indians is herewith given as a contri- bution to the Border History of Eastern Pennsylvania. After his escape from the Indians he married Mary White, of Derry. They had seven children, David, Elizabeth, Andrew, Israel, Mary, Wil-

liam and Sarah, several of whom mar- ried and left descendants.

George Gibson, brother of Robert Gib- son, who settled in the town of Lan. caster, died in 1761 and left eight chil- dren. It is from this branch of the family that the eminent jurist, Chief Justice John Ban'ster Gibson came. The fol- lowing is the narrative of Hugh Gibson:

"I was taken captive by the Indians from Robison's Fort, in Shearman's Val- ley, in July, 1756, at which time my mother was killed. I was taken back to their towns, where I suffered much from hunger and abuse; many times they beat me most severely, and once they sent me to gather wood to burn myself, but I can- not tell whether they intended to do it or to frighten ine. However, I did not re- main long before I was adopted into an Ind'an family; and then I lived as they did, though the living was very poor. I was then about fourteen years of age- my Indian father's name was Busqueetam -he was lame in consequence of a wound received by his knife in skinning a deer; and being unable to walk, he ordered me to drive forks in the ground and cover it with bark to make a lodge for him to lie in, but the forks not being secure, they gave way, and the bark fell down upon him and hurt him very much, which put him in a great rage, and calling for his knife, ordered us to carry him upon a blanket into the hut, and I must be one to help carry him in. While we were carrying him I saw him hunting for the knife, but my Indian mother had taken care to convey it away, and when we had got him again fixed in his bed, my mother ordered me to conceal my- self, which I did. I afterwards heard him reproving her for putting away the knife; for by this time I had learned to understand a little of their language. However, his passion wore off and we did very well for the future.

"Some time after this, all the prisoners in the neighborhood were collected to be spectators of the cruel death of a poor unhappy woman, a prisoner, amongst which number 1 was. The particulars is as follows. When Col. Armstrong de- stroyed the Kittanning, this womam fled to the white men, but by some means lost them and fell into the hands of the In-

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diands, who, stripping her naked, bound her to a post and applied hot irons to her, whilst the skin stuck to the iron at every touch, she screaming in the most pitiful manner, and erying for mercy; but these ruthless barbarians were deaf to her agon- izing shrieks and prayers, and continued their cruelty till death released her from the torture of those hellish fiends. Of this shoeking scene, at which human na- turc shudders, the prisoners were all brought to be spectators.

"I shall omit giving any particular ac. count of our eneamping and decamping, and our moving from place to place, as every one knows that this is the constant employment of Indians. I had now be- come pretty well acquainted with their manners and customs, had learned their language, and had become a tolerable good hunter; was admitted to their dances, to their sacrifices and religious ceremonies, some of them having a tol- erable good idea of the Supreme Being, and I have heard some of them very devoutly thanking their Maker that they had seen another spring, and had seen the flowers upon the earth. I ob- served that their prayers and praises were for temporal things. They have one bad custom among them, that if one man kills another, the friends of the de- eeased, if they cannot get the murderer, they will kill the nearest akin. I once saw an instance of this: two of them quar- reled, and the one killed the other, upon which the friends of the deceased rose in pursuit of the murderer, but he having made his escape, his friends were all hid- ing themselves, but the pursuers hap- pened to find a brother of the murderer, a boy, concealed under a log, they im- mediately pulled him out from his place of concealment. He plead strongly that it was not he that killed the man. This had no weight with the avengers of blood. They instantly sunk their tomahawks into his body and dispatched him. But they have some rules and regulations among them that are good. Their ordi- nary way of living is miserable and poor, and they are often without food. They are amazing dirty in their cookery, sometimes they catch a number of frogs and hang them up to dry. When a deer is killed they will split up the entrails

and give them a plunge or two in water and then dry them. When they run out of provisions they will take some of the dried frogs and some of the entrails and boil them till the flesh of the frogs is dis- solvea, then they sup the broth.

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Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: s.n. Number of Pages: 618

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Publication date: 1884
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 618