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ing several men desirous of command, the expedition was not made, and the lt;forces dispersed. It was very well that they did, for the Delawares had 1 nothing to do with the massacre, and | had been friendly to the whites during the Tippecanoe campaign. Moreover, the presence of the militia was appre- i ciated at home, for the whole region had been thrown into a panic, and a lt;number of people uad left their homes and gone to Kentucky. The court- 1 house at Charleston was temporarily ! converted into a fort for the protection of the town. iBut gradually the fear wore off and the people returned to their h' mes. Cabins were built at Pigeon Roost, i and work resumed, but the shadow of the tragedy did not rise for many months, though there were very few Indian depredations in that neighborhood thereafter.For ninety years the grave of the victims was marked only by a giant , sassafras tree, over fourteen feet in , circumference at its base; but by act of February 11, 1903, an appropriation of $2,000 was made by the legislature, through the efforts of the Hon. James W. Fortune, of Jeffersonville, for a 1 monument to the victims of the massacre. On October 1, 1904, the com- . pleted monument, a line shaft of Bedford limestone, was dedicated. It towers forty-four feet above the grave, i companion sentry with the old sassafras, which is fast .'tiling to decay; mutely calling to memory the most fearful Indian tragedy that was ever known to the soil of Indiana.
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Jeffersonville Daily Reflector
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 30, 1909
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