, CHAS R. KUL Proprietor. OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Some facts Relating to the Juniata Valley. IASSACRES BY THE INDIANS Several Settlements were Annihilated by them Told by Narrow Escapes. “Loudon’s Narrative’ > . XXXVI A number of persons were killed by | avi bud] " ke | : | having a bullet in his mouth, put it in the the Indians, from 1756 to 1763, residig | "2YIDE ¢ 4 I on the Juniata river ; some in this county, | { he turned and fired at his pursuer, who | others within the present limits of Perry, The following narrative, though al- ready given in substance, will, it is be- | lieved, not be considered out of place here, “The next [ remember of, was in the | : ! { he requested Elliot to carry him off, who year 1756-—the Woolcomber family, un Sherman’s creek : the whole of the in- habitants of the valley were gathered to a fort at Geo. Robison’s would the Irish who were ki these peaceable would not hurt : but Woolcomber not leave home ; he said it was ng one another ; people the Indiaus, any person. Being at home, and at dinner, the Indians came age, when he he repaired to a back k and out he looked bac strike the tomahawk head. which was near to the the screams of his mothe brothers. gave where the murder was done, and buried the dead. In the second war, on the sth 1761, the Indians came to Juniata, being narvest lime, and the white people were come their crops: they came the house Wm. White, it was on the Sabbath day ; the reapers were all in the house ; the In. dians crept up nigh to the door, and shot the people lying on the floor, and killed The boy came to ou us the alarm; about 10 back to reap first to of Wm White, and all his family that were | there, excepting one boy, who, when he heard the guns, leaped out of the window and made his escape. The same party went to Robert Camp- bell's, on Tuscarora creek, surprised them in the same way, and shot them on the floor where they were resting them. | selves ; one Geo. Dodds being there har- | vesting, had just risen and gone into the | room and lay down on the bed, sitting beside him ; when the Indians fired, one of them sprung into the house with his tomahawk in his band, running up to where a man was standing in the cor- ner ; Dodds firea at the Indian not six feet from him ; the Indian gave a halloo and ran out as fast as he could. There being an opening in the loft above ihe bed, Dodds sprung up there and went out by the chimney, making his escape, and came to Sherman's valley. He came to Wm, told what had happened, there being a young man there which brought the news to us, who were Dickson's and at Edward EI the 1 John Graham, John Christy and J harvesting ots ; other intelligence we got in ight ames Christy, were alarmed in the evening by guns firing at Wm. Anderson's, where the old man was killed with his Bible in his band; supposed he was worshiping; his son also was killed, and a girl had been brought up from a child by the peo ple, Graham and the came about midoight. We hearing the Indians had got so far up the Tuscarora valley, and knowing Collins’ family and James Scott's were there about harvest, 12 of us concluded to go over to Bigham's gap and give those word that were there ; when we came to Coiling’ we saw that the Indians had been there, had broke a wheel, emptied a bed, and taken flour, Christys of which they made some water.gruel; we counted 13 spoons made of bark : we followed the tracks down to James Scott's, where we found the Indians had killed some fowls; we pursued on to | Graham's, there the house was on fire, | and burned down to the joists We divided cur men into two parties, six in each ; my brother, with his party, came in behind the barn ; and myself, with the other party, came down through an oats field ; 1 was to shoot first; the Indians had hung a coat upon a post on the other side of the fire from us; I looked at it, and saw it immoveable, and therefore walked down to it and found that the In- dians had just left it; they had killed four bogs, and had eaten at pleasure. Our company took their track, and found that two companies bad met at Graham's, and bad gone over the Tuscarora moun- tain, We took the run gap; the two roads meeting at Nicholson's ; they were there first, heard us coming, and lay in ambush for us—they killed five, and wounded myself, They then went to Thrilling Experiences as | { Alexander Logan's, where they emptied | some beds, and passed on to George Mc- Cord’s. (GAZETTE'S CHARGES | UNFOUNDED | ly coufessed to the embezzlement of $12 - The names of the 12 were, Wm. Robi. | son, who acted as captain, Robert Robi- | { son, the relater of this narrative, Thomas | three brothers; John Charles William James Christy, David Miller, Zlliott, Edward McConnel, V i liam McAlister, and John Nicholson ; Wi | who was shot in the belly with buckshot, the | Robison, being | Graham, Elliott, i ohristy, folin 1 the persons killed were lam Robison, and got about half a mile from i ground ; John Elliott, then a boy about | 17 years of age, having emptied his gun | | by random, out of his powder horn, and muzzle, but had no time to ram it down ; | clapped his hand on his stomach and | cried och ! then turned and fled. Elliott a few perches farther, overtook William | had but | when { weltering in his blood, in his last ran he Robison, agouies ; excused himself by telling him of his in. the d ability to do so, and also of dang they were in ; he said he knew it, but de sired him to take his gan with bim, and, peace or war, if ever he had an oppor { gun, and Robison was not Thomas Robison whole 1 his the and clappes hand, in which was his gun, log on to assist in leaping over it | while in the attitude of stopping, a bullet entered his side, going a triangular course through FOR f his gun into 11s body ; he sunk down across the the Indians sunk the cock im very much. David Miller rom the place of his brains, and mangled Jon Graham was seen by sitting on a log, vot far attack, with his hands on his face, and the blood running throagh his fingers. Charles Elliott and Edward McConnell took a circle round where the Indians were laying, and made the best of their | | way to Buffalo creek, but they were pur. | sued by the and where they crossed the creek there was a high bank, and as they were endeavoring to ascend the bank they were both shot, and fe'l back into the water, A party of 40 men came from Carlisle, {in order to bury the dead at Juniata : when they saw the dead at Buffalo creek, they returned home. Then a party of men came with Capt. Dunning ; but be. Indians ; fore they came to Alexander lLogan’s, 1is son John, Charles Covle, Wm. Hamil. ton, with: Bartholomew Davis, followed the Indians to George McCord's, where they were in the barn; Logan and those with him were all killed, except Davis, The iudians then returned to Logan's house again, when Capt. who made his escape Dunning and his party came on them, and they fired some time at each other; Dunning had one man woanded I forgot to give you and ac murder done at our own fo man's valley, in July, 174 wayiaid the fort in harvest-time, and kept quiet until the reapers were gone | James Wilson hind the rest, remaining some time He, and I not being gone to my busivess, which was hunting deer for the use of the company, Wilson standing at the fort to shoot his gun at a mark, upon which he gave shot ; the lu. dians on the upper part of the fort, think. ing they were discovered, a gate, I desired liberty me the gun, asd I rushed on daughter of Robert Miller, and instantly | | killed her, and shot at John Simmeson ; they made the best of it that they could, | and killed the wife of Tames Wilson, and | the widow Gibson, and took Hugh Gib- | While the Indian was scalping Mrs. Wilson | son and Betsy Henry prisoners. | the narrator shot at and wounded him, {but he made his escape. The reapers being 40 in number, returned to the fort, and the Indians made off, I shall relate an affair told me by | James McClung, a man whom I can con. | fide in for truth, it being in his neigh. | borhood. An Indian came toa tavern, { called for a gill of whiskey, drank some {out of it ; when there came another Iu. dian in, be called for gill also, and set it on the table, without drinking any of it, and took out the first Indian, discoursing with him for some time ; the first Indian was a prisoner, and told them * let him go, 28 haa dove right, [Loudou’s Nar- | The County Commissioners’ Reply to Editor Harter. Prothonotary No More than Late Campaign Records Show that Gardoer Charged h is Pr edec USKOS Dodge Exploded. The The Gazette, last week, made a com. parison of the fees drawn by Prothono- | thonotary Smith, the former official, which is grossly unfair to Mr, Gardner | not only unfair, but notoriously one-sided, and decidedly misleading The Gazette Mr. | takes only a lop-sided takes the total of almost two fees and then Gardner's years of part of the items for which This inexcusable too Smith drew pay i$ too in which were ac tte manipul r, had we fair 13 & vs $3 We Suil against M1 jent to § charge Office of the Commissioners of ( Bellefonte, Pa., O Mr. THoMmas HarTeR, Editor of the Keystone Gazette, Bellefonte, Pa... nire county QDET 2G, 1991. Dear Sir In justice notonivio M. | Gardner, but also fo onrselves, we feel it our duly to the tax payers of the county {thal we coriect a misstgtement made by you in last week's issue of the Keystone Gazette, If it were true, that for the same work Mr. W. F. Smith did in 18¢7 for $468 55 we paid Mr. Gardoer $1581 40 as stated by vou, w¢ would certainly be abusing the trust placed in us by the citizens of Centre county. We therefore give below a true and correct statement of accounts, as passed om by the County Auditors, and approved by them, and issued in our “Financial Statements’ of 187, 18¢8, 1899 and 1900 Account of WF. Smith for Sor Commonwealth Costs $4235 State Tax Expense Judgments reporting fi other proceed mend of M. I. Gardner for 15 awealth Costs... Expense reporting Commissioners of the We, the undersigned Centre county, do hereby certify that above statement is true and correct DARIEL HECKMAN PriLir MEVER, wD A, Mussen, Commissioners Clerk Attest Pe In M1 is larger than the last items the amount the imposes ad. Gardoer's others for reason that the presidential year ditional duties on the prothonotary, Mr. Miller, the county Commissioner, we are told has expressed his entire satisfaction as to the correct ness of the above statement, but did not wish to sign the article for personal reasons, This charge of the Gazette, as we are | told, was supplied them for publication by other parties. They no doubt regret | the publication of that article, and can | now show that they are honest and re. | liable by a complete retraction accom. panied by a manly apology. The Gazette was at fault in not thor. oughly examining the records to defi. nitely know what they were publishing. republican Will Soldiers Get Bounty ? It seems that none of the old Federal laws, which provide for a bounty of $ig4 for each so'dier upon enlistment, have been repealed, and that therefore all the veterans of the last war are entitled to that amount. This will be added to by a Pennsylvania statue which gives a further bounty of $20 for each soldier who enlisted within the borders of the state. Both laws were passed during the days of the Civil war when volunteers were difficult to find, «Our school shoes for children are the very best to be had Yeager & Davis, { 000 from the funds of the First i Ra { bank of Tyrone, where he had been | the bond of the 'APOLOGY SHOULD BE MADE | | guarantecio | insuring tary Gardner, with those drawn by Pro. soon satisfied | reported to the company {| roue | the pursuit of the fug | Santiago, | Cuba. INDEMNITY PROMPTLY PAID. When Book-keeper D. M. Wolfe recent. “y National a | trusted employe for years, the bank held i American Surety com. in the sum of $10,000 [ Wolfe extent of inary loss through any of New York, the fideld pany and the bank that suainct 1 against wong OOK -ReepPer Upon the very of the defalq Cashier D notified the can of the unfortuuat Surely comp the inspectors to Tyrone, any aflair, and company promptly me of their t The investi him that the bank's cl vestigate all the facts aim | for indemnity was quite just and he so He left taken in Ty. haud ing last Monday, having ive. the bank received the check of riday morning SUIELY company o O00, 11 O88 against sured the bank gamzation courts, and watched with Should ies they lose their ght it wi revolutionize the relation towards employes by ratiroad and other corpora. tions owning property in West Virginia { Io that state wages can be attached for debt, while in Pennsylvania this cannot be done FIRE AT TUSSEYVILLE Oa Saturday afltetnoon last, while the { family was at disner, the brick dwelling distance fire and of James Rankle, a [short above Tussevville, took was totally destroyed with all its contents, The fire originated in a wooden kitchen attachment, and was caused by a defect. ive flue. The lames spread very rapid ly and neighbors not being immediately on the little The It will premises there was very gotten out of the burning building loss may be something like $2000 being late in the season, Mr. Rankle not begin to erect another residence this fall. This sets bard on our {friend the E me of the old residenters of He is the fath Runkle, of Bellefonte hy 4) kie, who is a respected and hardworkin farmer, and township Wi insurance Potter r of at- tornes - Will Lecate in Jersey Shore the ia Hou. John T. Hyatt, a member of U bar, having passed a suc to the several Weds locate On county cessful examination, was admitted the practice of the law courts of Lycoming county, esday and n will Jersey Mr university morning, yw Shore Hyatt is a graduate Bucknell He was appointed by President Cleveland vice consul at retained by the He has written Cuba, and President McKinley of the war with Spain. Was until outhreak a number of excellent articles for maga- | | zines, and is the anthor of a book on Our young friend Hyatt ha® the | Centre Democrat's best wishes for suc. cess, Church Re-opening. Re. openiog services of the Stormstown M. E. church will take place Sunday, November 3rd. Rev. J. Ellis Bell will preside, and preach the sermon in the morning, and Rev. R. H. Wharton, of Milesburg, in the evening. T!s church | is very handsome. The work was done by Harry Wilson, of Altoona. The total cost of repairs is $375. Rev, Ciepher, of Huouotiogton, will give his lecture, “A Family Quarrel,” on Friday evening Nov. ist. Rev's. Shriser, Kapp, Lat. shaw and Aller will preach during the following week. Church Re-Opening. The reopening of the M. BE. church at Port Matilda, will take place Sanday, Nov. 3 Services all day. All come out, Hverywody welcome. Rev BH, 8. Lat shaw is the pastor and he desires you to remember the daie, Nov. 3. ~S8hoes for children with weak ankles Yeager & Davis, of | VARIETY OF COUNTY NEWS Items of Interest Gathered From All Sections. | SHORT AND TO THE POINT What Transpired Worthy of Brief tion, the Past Weel New Over the County —1 ers—A New Departm 12% been appointed post and C Work. man, postmaster at Mingovill Centre T. W. Walker, accompanied b Gramliey, county, 111i. Mrs. harles company atl M er an Weaver, : 4 oY a the waler to the § wmirn two waler Con ing started two years a pe has erected a near Roland more houses are in prospect of erection 3 La bouse at Courtine bank a balloon frame and 2story few there, on account of the starting up of the old furnace, idle for some years, and light the Shope 's new dwelling the aged Mrs. Barger, who died some 2 years now under way | fires again, Mr is on the lot which was repairs are the home of ago at the great age of 106 years, 7 months and 14 the Centre Democrat several years ago gave days, and of whom ao extended notice. bad a the Centre Hall almost this morning. Oa opening of Ben. ner's store it was found filled with dense smoke, and examination showed that raed a floor ! stove was Da h have dropped into the cel the under the away makiog a hole through whi the stove would lar. Tbe fire was put out by this timely discovery. A spittoon filled with saw. stove, ito which some to have thrown a lighted 18, may have beer Mr. mton. y year old dasghter of M bursday eveniog at 7 Darablaser, of C o'clock ng o at ARK {dale was totally destroyed 1} | the night of the 231d ed to have been started by a spark from & Beech Creek locomotive. YY 0 on The fire is suppos The Young. Michael Throne, and was one of the oldest ing mills in the county. dale mill was built in 1843 by flour. George Loog. of Penfield, a trapper, | found two of his traps gone out of pens | yesterday. Following the trail he over. took, in one case a big bear, in the other a good.sized cab, | Journal. | } Lee's Statue Full of Honey. It was discovered that in the heroic | equestrian statue of General Lee, in | Richmond, Va., there are probably hun. | dreds of pounds of honey, Both the | horse and rider are of Bronre, and hol [low. For months bees have been going {in and out at the parted lips and nostrils of the horse and the rider, It was noticed that the bees went in and out in almost a constant swarm, The bees began to enter the statute last summer, and have been making honey ever since, There is no way to get inside the statue without damage to it. The fear is that vandals may try to get at the honey. ~Our Harris $3 50 patent kid shoes for ladies at $2.78 are guarantesd not to break «Yeager & Davis, Long killed both and | | brought them in, says the Philipsburg | | handed down an opinion on Thursday, having a direct bearing on public sales | of real estate. | fictitious bids constitute a violation of the VOL. 23, NO. 43. — FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs— Selected and Original. IMIRAL SL HLEX y 1 NUE pool NO man is su pocess that not have a successor. Apples where there is not a pair. of discord are never Somehow it's the woman who is in the market that oftenset gets sold. The flowers on many a man’s grave are choked by the widow's weeds, Whenever a small boy begins to smoke cigarettes the undertaker chuckles in an. ticipation Lots of husbands and look as though they had found each other at 2 rummage sale. Many of rapidly, wives our Cilies are progressing but West Virginia has the only one that's Wheeling. “This is a remarkably healthy climate, ‘You're said Arizona A F they say,’ said the Easteruer, right, thar " ine stance, not jon g agoa tenderfoot with a chest and a pale face i in- the ‘Miner's a an’, course, [ bad to clear up. weax droppe ter Deliok called me lar, oO Wo fre After 4 sunburnt wiped "Bout two months a street ed me Ler, A Bear in a Corn Field. The appearance of a hig black bear in Michael! Decker, near caused of the corn field Centre Hall a day or two ago, much excitement io the To rea tillage h the corn field the bear passed through the yard in frout of the premises of BE. E. Arney. Bruin passed slowly through the field busking an ear, occa. stonlly, until be finally came upon Frank Decker, who was engaged in huskisg corn. Decker ran for help and soon re. turned with three men and as many guns. A young man named Schrecken- | gast when within ity feet of brain fired, killing him instantly. ed over 200 pounds, The bear weigh > A Sensible Opinion. Judge Stewart, of Franklin county, In effect it means that law, and that the practice so often re. sorted to, known as ‘pufhng’ is nothing | else but frand. The court olds that any | one guilty of such bidding is a party to the fraud and can be held responsible for damage sustained by the purchaser, Saw Mill Burned. The taw mill of George Lucas at Mee Brides Gap, near Pleasant Gap burned completely to the yround early Tuesday morning, 22. The mill was a valuable property and the proprietor busily en. gaged sawing lumber for P. B. Crider & Son, of Bellefonte. The cause of the fire is not known, Mr. Lucas will probably nol rebuild, owing to the fact that he bas another saw miil in operation dowa Bald Bagle Valley.
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