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1.vui 1111adred dollars, ps, in goods, ompensation. mg to sanc-nitod States ssion of the I be released nal annuityned in thee manner of f the Indians the annuity 3senfc treaty.lliam Henry ar chiefs of r hands and ecember, one1 his feet, hismarkiaJkaMseven'* in an erasure)ssionu-.' rIndian to deeds and atrocities that never would have occurred had the situation been left unmolested by outside interests. Consequently when the war of 1812 called the sturdy American to a second struggle with the red coated soldiery of England, a call was made for volunteers as Indian fighters.The small army finally gotten together for this purpose was composed of Kentucky horseman, armed with their famous long rifles and clad only in hunting shirt and trousers. Few of them possessed shoes. Among these hardy, experienced Indian fighters was the young man whose accomplishments this chapter reviews and whose honor as Wayne township’s first white visitor of record is recognized one hundred and four years after its occurrence.William Asher was born in 1793, in Jefferson county, Kentucky. He was of good Scotch descent. His father, Bartlett, and grandfather, William, were solders in the Revolutionary war. When nineteen years of age young William married Mary Woolett, tho date being April 18, 1812.Four months later he enlisted in the service of his country as an Indian fighter.The little army of which he was a member crossed the Ohio into Indiana and moved across the broken country to Fort Vincennes, subduing the the savages as they went. Arriving at Vincennes they turned their course directly northward to Fort Harrison, near the present city of Terre Haute.t the east bank of the WabashStinesville and this com want a bigger, better and mlt; sperous town they will get i church and Sunday scho when Sunday comes aroi found at work and praying lt;lv in one of the three cii*Then, carrying this religic their everyday work the fo week, a divine revelation wi place and Stinesville with years will far exceed any pro of its past history. It will miracle but only the fulfil the Scriptures, which says, Ye the Kingdom of God; : things shall be added unt | The power of God is just a: ; today as it was when th written and He is just as wi keep us if we will only hav and work aiu. keep His worl most' -i.-.-uid get bm§test hi* powi'T We can hai hope—that il we put ourse the right relationship wilt He will do his part. Get bus yourself and be found next Jin some church and Sunday•*ome in all an to do.rs. C. Krebl atherine, of Blc Suuday
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Gosport Reporter
Gosport, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1916
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