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of UN MUlMWOt Uu tx« of Me brelh.ra. J.remuh ard Lima Payne. Unne Cotfman and Daniel•telling.lb* defenae of the kouae, ■•10 fcetunately * nBee.■ bo wee* gin mlativea. the tail tire.hi.it* married 'are. «u» rawf Ueidgawatar. At ■ mean re of poo-notice) thwr. »o! Mon tint block htuiet erected in t*« vlemity; otio urn tU preoont to»n of Vienoo. tom. tii roloo ootUi of Pigeoa KoiM; w abajt eight mite* acrjtheu.t of Ibio on Hi« cnoh.aml on. B.e Blot txith of I'ljtoo Ro NO. ot Ibo Ume of ZcbakoCoUteg.. utlUr .on of Wtlliaa-On September 3. 1812. Iho tomo day lt;UI th. hoalllltiea begwt 1 Fl Harri-mo. ■ wor pacly of Iwolvo Shawreee created Wiuu river ot thoprcaent towoof Sp.rkoi.ON, ond atwallhJy node tbtir way to th. unea'peciaag Mttte-nNot. They Brit ton- to th. robin of Rliaa Payr-w north of Vieema. Ho ■•■ abacat ond hio wifa tr.l aeven childrenwtro apeedliy killed andtcalpmd. Keepioc n»y from th. Vim. btec'e-htuN. thoy |.tMd on to th. muth. bat lt;. th. way they tried to kill tom. rowo oe-kaglng to Wot Payne. ami whtn tb nnitn.lt rut Um. Ulloalng. imn .ticking in tuir eidm. ko nedtke dtnti nnd »..uiy UK* wife and child to the block kouae. Ho tkcm bwnid t.ty to *nm fee brother’, family, bat ftuod tho cabin In Bamoa. wailo ac.tt.rof Muaetoid .tod. utdThej at onca prepared for ■h.r. there Not* could■ot thoot wall on account of bln wuaad-ad thiNUnr. tut cuaVf aid in Wadingthe gate Thndaughuw. I.ydia. “ae let to melding WlkCe. The by, John, bod i tar ted to drive op the cow. atdbad caught a hum. for that porpuea tut■aw an India, approaehing. Dropping the retna be ran foe tho how., tut t*« Indian -at gaming on aim whan hla father caught tight of them, aid at tU crack of hi. rfl. Iho pur.u.r fell, whllo Je*n reach.) aafety tho Welter of the cabin.Ceitiaga Uok th. other riBe atd aa he looked through tho cabin ItopUte aawa tig warrior at tha d:or of HarryCotMga' horn.. It -.1 a bund red yard, away but that waa aacy ahoiting for a Dottier markaman and Co-nge -at a gtod «te at tho Indiaaa knew for hahad often beaten them la abooUrg intatehm. Ha Brvd and th. Indian dropped dtwl. Th- India’, now real-Ucd that lh»y had treuble on tbakr hard, and one of them tried the atrat--llil 1-ioor. 1001.04 -no■ ant to tha w«t fcund only one Mroo -here the people were not Co their gaerd. Thla waa tto readance of John MorrM. who waa aaay on miitia duty, and hi. mothar. hi. wifa and h» only ctiM all fall victim, to th. tomahawk The cabin «f John Bigga wna foaad empty by the Indiaut At autdo.n Mr* Bigga had gone to tha wtod. toItok for bar cow. attompar^d by hertwo childrwa. and carrying her baby W bar arena. Aa ah. camo near the edga Of tU wocda, cn her return, aba knard tha about, of UN Indian, who had aarreundnd tha beune. and at otoe a tar ted in Bight to th. blnckhooae. The Indian Bud tho cabin, and Bnditg it amply, antartd tbc wocda In March of tho family; and at «ao time can- to ctea. Ui than that Mr. B*g. heard their voirtw and thear fooUtepa. White in imntcent danger of daacotary, lie Uby began to cry, and ah. »u uaatte to «uiot it In aay a ay hut bybalding her ahaal ovar ila trout hVTUei Ike Indiana had gon. cut of Mar-ng ah. fourd tn htr horree that the Uby waa am»th.red to death For aome naicutce ahe waa evarcotna by grief, but tha ooraaatty of caving tho Itving ntrvui Ur to furthar effort, aid, carrying he. d.uI child in her armt, the alowly aid painfully piraued hrr aay through the wcoda ariu tha lawchildren until they arrived at th.-no oao rnsr.ree (Oi»;nea UUcrawled into a Haxhooae and ctwcaaltd ktmwolf. Me lived bat n akaet time after ho ana diacovarad. At 3 o'clock tho trail of th. Indian, -at found and followed until dark, wkcn the Moaca-OileM rrrer waa reached. It wan too aweiten to croaa in th. dark, an th.party aneamped for th. night, and lo UN morning, having Iramtd that th.Indwne a la tied earl, or th. prwadingday. and peobably could rot U ov«-tekea. the party rtturned to I'geon Koocl.In rcciel yeara a caroua error haa becemo prevalent, of writing Uw name of thla atream -MuaewaUck. - theugb tbia form waa unknown inaarliee timoa. It in a Delawara word, compcundrd of maack-aeh geo, which oeara clear. •'not turbid. and hlt-tuk. which aa a lermlnal. Il ccmpoeitioo. meant ” a atraam. and in twuaUy applied to amaU ard awift rivera Tha propar Indian name la Moorh aeh-hibluk-tho eh acundcd aa In Carman-whieh may bo tranalaud Clmr rtrer. TMtc la ao foundation foe tho Iran.la tun Pn»I rivar, M which me wtmuo-ly given fee the name On that' return tu militia gathered •II tU human ramaina lhay could Bed. and burled turn on tU Mil oppo.it. th. Otlling.-. hem. On U. nut. daySeptember 6 they were reinforcd bya compary of llxly vekaatawra frcnawithputting cmreal- ah.-I af Mm. Hanry CeiUg. arrf ep-hi.preaching in that diaguiae. But the kean eja of ColUnge tkuetad tho coplion ard hla deadly rule endedlife of ono more rcdakln. Afur Uwt lha enemy kept caeofally under rove*.
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Jeffersonville Daily Reflector
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 30, 1909
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