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do opportunity for attack while daylight lasted.After dark they realised that the situation was more dangerous, as the Indians might succeed in firing the cabin, and they decided to slip away from it and get to the blockhouse, south of them. The children and Norris went ahead, taking one of the guns, and Collings guarded the rear. The first three gained the adjoining cornfield without molestation, but as Collings passed the corncrib, an Indian who was concealed behind it fired at him, but without hitting him. He raised his rifle but found that the In dian’s bullet had broken the lock, and the gun could not be fired. He called to Norris to bring back the other gun, but Norris either did not hear or did not heed, and as the Indians did not attempt to come to close quarters, he made his way into the corn, where he became entirely separated from the others, and the Indiana followed him. He passed through the corn and through the woods till he came to the vicinity of Richie's cabin, where he hid behind a log. He heard the Indians looking for him, but they did not find his hiding place, and at daybreak he started for the blockhouse, which he reached without further trouble. Meanwhile Norris and the children lost their way in theng a horse, with his wife behind him, and each carrying a child, the family went to the blockhouse on Silver creak. Dr. John Richie also caught the alarm while working in the field, and hastening home, took bis wife, who was ill, upon his back and carried her through the cornfield to the woods. Here they spent most of the night in hiding, and reached the lower blockhouse in the morning. Mrs. Betsey Johnson heard shooting and screams and started to the blockhouse at once. It was none too soon, for she looked back and saw her house in flames, but she made her escape unharmed. Mrs. Beal, who lived near the settlement, and whose husband was away with the mil* tie, heard the guns and fled to the woods with her two children. They hid in a sink-hole until after dark, and then worked their way to the southern blockhouse, where they arrived at 2 o’clock in the morning.After Jeremiah Payne had made provision for his own family, he mounted his horse and started to Clark county for aid. Night had fallen, and the road through the woods was a primitive one, but as day was breaking he reached Charleston. The alarm was spread rapidly and the mounted riflemen of the militia soon began to gather. A force was quickly started to the
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Jeffersonville Daily Reflector
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 30, 1909
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