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I IWH1*K1 KTOU.nl) la.os.[ciuon t of ri rations. Id bo re-at wouldigor than , has H» (Hug ad ill rotate.S VftBt iHf*in whichtlltngOB 0(jottOf #Cioimq'h hock, 8110 strucii u « mow wmi her stick a ml broke thioo of her dishes(To Ira iMiilliiunil.lIHDGISYUiLlS.ISAUTjY INCIDENTS —No. Ml.BY AN 01.11 HU N't Kit.nd Soil#0 Kooky md thereith them for i»i'o In great they kept1 tit night r iu some trip thingala and I- sinking.hey pro-iiing what rith thotv men re* Lee aimuld star Yeich them condition od to food r gruel tooverruling lined and sted falls, urry their mu held a Almighty do to himbruud midof Israel under the ley, their ly through:Ople dohij forest igat. The unde. Ini*For 8ovoral year# before the war, Mr. Nullum Parry of Cleveland had established r fur triulo with the Indiana in the north west part ot Ohio. The furwan brought to him on potilos und eomotimoa the Indians would cotno with thoir oanouglis and trade for pow dor mid heeds, blankets and other things too numerous to tnontion. Btlt whon tho war cumv on it put a stop to tho (ratio for a time. After tho war he iv 4 a in renewed the business with good success. lie won ill make trips to San dusky and back Into tho wilderness ou horseback and bu gouo weeks ut a time, lio hiul loiirnud to talk Indian n? well as our old friend Chief Goodbmit and was a favorite among rod men.louring quo of his trips in 181(1, n Urge number of Indians returned will) him with Ihcir ponies loaded dnwn with furs. They put up at I heir Indian tavern and ate their diied venison and roust potatoes in tho old log school house that stood about eight rods east of tho Turret! House. f remem bur thatwhen I got up early in the morning to make ft tire I fottml the lloor all covered with Indians rolled up in theii blankets with thoir heads toward tho flru. It was the custom of tho rod won always lo sleep with their heads towards the lire, Their ponies lay in a lot back of the tavern and in the morning when they went for them ihoy wont up to every one and pattod thorn on the neck mani resting Unusual kindness and talked Indian to them with as much earnest ness ns if the ponies could understand every word that was said. The animals seemed to appreciate this kind grueling for they did not stir out of thoir tracks until they wove all bridled. In two or three days they returned loaded with blankets and other things for thoir squaws, and ftfiar talking a little “eye water, they shook hand# around, wheeled thoir ponies into single ilto •uid star to oil* at a gallop nourishing thoir toinnhawks above their heads with a whoop such as they gave then filends when they returned from a sueSo shall ihewill oh those f ented. An th their countrylira for it. T 08ty of the fe turojod by tl the many. £ t*5 vil Hervicu i •sweeter umi Hons ol now rise in tho la: nil (ho blcHHi ahull overyw! ail, became I and through tho oeoun-boFrom lt;3«k th* foilowin,“ Tho mo«who loll inbunded do vt children's a property of neither knot uecompliahei nor whether hou, who 1; McPherson, Thomas woi ho Cmifede remember lact toim eua' ihnt this coi erpetutionnut one tlroivain : Kcetiocountry hav. has learned endurance, lor the log' ili.sphiycd:tho North ainuking idoi country, at ihero, as iawill, willmoat ot oil: hull would bio.i*fjilo wurvOi'HHftll JiUllLTho Rliio mid tlio Gruy HtrovTho Crkmli ou 11[KroFort Oom of ftiliu umldlu, North CoinitmmlH uti o.mul nt n tii pimriuico ot low Immlin opposite fiil tho villiigo • Jtosidoa of which ii Sun An^tt)the uriny of win (or monCOVLM'Olt, c bultnlo hit) Imy^turks,«prwitl out shipped to thal over c lustthoir hides
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Elyria Constitution

Elyria, Ohio, US

Thu, Jun 21, 1877

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