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In conversation with an Indki’kndkht man the other day, Mr. T. U. Richmond, among other interesting stories of early lite in this vicinity, told .the following: “A year or two after Thomas and Charity Rotch came to this township, from York Htate, my father and mother arrived, in 1815,1 believe. Mr. and Mm.Rotch had raised my mother, and I was named after Thomas Rotch. Father bought qpe hundred acres of~land from them, part of the farm now owned bfMr. Thomas Volkmor, and you will bo surprised when I tell you the price. He was to deliver one cord of hickory wood annually to the Quaker churchin Kendal, during the life Thomas Rotch and his wife, Charity. That was all he ever paid for it, and some time after the death of Mrs. Rotch, who survived her husband, be sold it for twelro hundred dollars. Very few, if any, improvements had been made on the land whan father took possession, and the youngsters of to-day can scarcely realtaa what a wild country it was. An Indian trail passed through the farm, down to • ford in the . river near the WarthoMt stone quarry of to-day. Some four or five rods from our barn, and cloaa to this trail, was a large mound which waalways supposed was the burial plaeeof soma noted Indian, at any rata, the Indians, parties of whom frequently pawed it, always raised a great shout when they reached that spot. It was not an uncommon thing for a dosen or more redskins to sleep in our barn at night, and father always gave them their breakfast. I have seen my father stand in the doorway and shoot wild turkeys, and smaller game was plenty. The wolves were very troublesome, and our sheep pen was built close to thehouse, so we could protect it at night.1*
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Massillon Daily Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1887
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