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JEFFERSONVILLE. INDIANA. SEPTEMBER 29. 1TOThe Daily Reflector.D. C Pirrox. General gfrinfdlMlaw L«*y. wut Superintendent.«U the f •TOM lie mo Ko«l waiee-cra bite occurred curly In September,ofWEDNESDAY. SKPTEMBES 2». 1MB.Tte PltcM Boost Mbmctc.Every locality hoi lla Indian tradi-tiina. Tbt iKf| of the |ml m«■Ut for continent ill to told on— lo each (uhIot of nMm Every Mtoolbey livea oioria Imaglnatie* the porlcd oflWn'Ki on! th pioneer. Hobo tr«Man o Uni arrow brad or stomahawk picked up in tho fleWI And itb hit InUml to itchoi tho rod moo in cicua or ■ ora nil AntPottawatomie woman atlacled wttlrmeeta in that vicinity tod tholr ioit nld mto Knuitr.uiavUle. Toro Grovo. on thoOhto rivar. faortacn mil— op alreim on tho Irdiano iMe. oo o favorite, center. and thence tho mttloro u Oldham oid JifTonca coaotloi. K.. aero o tuck id. A k« « brick dwelling Mil itirdl near Gouton. Ky . hara tho pel pi o teuk refuge during the raid In toptombwr. IUZ John Rml Mud. of Pakin. Ind..Tho Ud -oi lumunded.A*d. tot crawled thogordoo. Thomvand mm olmcal ton: bed him with kmriSa barred, hit Uo hoy eecapod dt» eoveey.Graadmothar Bcvton aaya no language cm dmcriba the nmoua hsrrarandurwj by tha wifa aad inMhee of puneer tlmoa. Work, warfare ted religion worn tho atrtoui cancorea ofUfe. Many a hu.bled aad father weraa be art frtoi Iho aatUamanU at ttm perild. dghting tho battlee of bit mootry. thUcccaatmed frightful havocchikdraa lefton tho hi! whore lb*i in hwtary-wrole a valuable httla took about tha Pigeon Rmet matucro when tho ■nnaiMM woo ■ reeled And todoythere etill Idea in tha thriving town ofCmthorvrill*. ltd. n tip'll pienaer grandmother. Mr. Polly Aon BoWon. •to rolatoo thrilling acoionu of thatbludy time. Sbt »aa uia ef a familyof Indian fghter. an bath aide. Or. of tbom. William GMItnga. a German of Virginia came to Kentucky withDacca 1 Bcuoe. fought tb.ro. aid lateremigrated U Indian. Ha wm the moat c«iepc»oi figure in Pigeon Rooil nihoractr. andbehind. Catharine Cillinga. two ottor women and four children wcee tote*-ered hi coll blc-/d and the houie b.rned over them The wifo and ol childrenof Richard Colllnga ini paid the priceof ravage vengaaacv, and the atoent •oilier noorned wdeed when bo atocd atov. the aihaa of kU bona.The beam old William Cnlliega aidCapUin Necria. a wooded vMertn of Tippocanc*. wittotolt;d tbo red me Nor rli tod the uao of only one arm. ooto car aped with tbo cblldrea by wayof a cornfield ae aooa aa poaaable. A dtw frwhtded the® fee (wen *» theOranlmolber BaVJnn lay! the aattlararover foegoe dot forgave tha aaragai fortbUmaaaarre. Yew powce/ul Indian in ritiaeno paaard through tho neighborhood. OldJew Smith attended Uw ferry over Mu. taut nek rivar. 7wb Collmga laid: •• Joe, will ycu pat him over* •• Yei. “ replied Joe. with a queer Ink In bla eye. I'll put Mm wearalright. -rut light Graadmottor Radon, a bttJ* girl of ten. heard bar father and mother ducoMlng It afUr they ladretired - Of coon* ha killed the radakin, ” laid Z-b Colfa*. And a tout two yearn later the Welrloo of a mia -ae found In tha river floating a tool with a rock tied la Ue lack with paw-caw bark. It waa euRoecd that the Indian waa going to Pgcun Ktoet to bust for money that wai Mid to to concealed In that vicinity, but wbieb none ottorthan rad men knew how to dadSerb waa tha terrible and btocd, i! toggle between the red men an! the ■hltce tor poaeeoaka of M mother •irth who gave ttom birth and in urn ttov Sod today tto(r com.
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Jeffersonville Daily Reflector
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 29, 1909
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