the; times, new bloomfield, va. November 2, i860.
An Indian Story,
BEAUTIFUL the green meadow,
the fturroutulluK bills and the d la
ta nt mountain! form I tiff the landscape
ia Walpole, N. 1J., which Colonel Ben
jsmln llellowa aud John Kllburn gnxed
upon the baukt of the Conireotlout river
la 1749. They had built their log houses
with loop-holes In the walla through
which they would Are upon the Indiana
IncaBethey were attacked. Though
peace had been agreed upon between
France and England, the people who
lived along the frontier felt no security,
for the French in Canada were continu
ally urging the Indiana to commit dep.
redation on the Eugllsu. It waa a abort
aud easy Journey from Crowu Point, on
Lake chaoiplaln, to the valley of the
Connecticut, aud the Indiana who aold
their furs to the Freuch were frequent
visitors to the settlements along the
Connecticut.
One of the Indiana who vlnlted John
Kllburn waa called Captain Philip. lie
bad been baptised and chrlsteued by the
Jesuits priests at the Indian village of
Ht. Francis, on the bunks of the St.
Laurence, half-way from Montreal to
iuebeo. The 8t. Francis tribe were
called Christian IndlaiiB. There were
rumors that war would break out again
4etweeu England and Frauce. Before
war was declared hostilities begau.
It was In the aprlng of 1755 that Cap.
taiu Philip made a visit to John. Kll
burn'a house with some beaver skins
for sale. He wuuted powder, bullets and
flints for pay. While he waa trading,
Captain Philip was running his eyes
over the house, looking at the thick
timbers, and the loop-holes in the walls.
When he had finished his trade he visit
ed the other bouses in the settlement.
Me waa kindly treated. The settlers
never mistrusted that he was" taking
observations for future use.
August came. The settlers heard that
war had begun, and knew that the
French and Indiana might be upon
lueiti at any moment. They etrength
ened their block-houses. No one went
into the field to work alone. They
always carried their guns with them.
They had some faithful watchdogs
which alwaya growled when Indiaua
were about. There were nearly forty
men in the settlement. They were
ntout-hearted, and were determined not
to be driven out by the French and
Indiana. They appointed Colonel Bel
Iowa to be their leader. He had a sus
i'iolon that Indiana were about.
" We must have a supply of meal, so
that In case that we are attacked we
nhall have something to eat," he said.
The settlers filled each a sack with
com, shouldered them, and then, in
single file, each man carrying bis gun,
they marched to the grist-mill which
they had erected, ground the corn into
meal, shouldered the sacks once more,
and started homeward, their faithful
watch-dogs trotting in advance, paying
no attention to squirrels or partridges,
or game of that sort.
.Suddenly the dogs came back, growl
ing, the hair on their backa in a rutT.
"There are Indiana about. Throw
down your sacks," said Colonel Bel
toWS. The men threw their sacks on the
ground, dropped into the ferns, and
looked to the priming of their guns.
The ferns were tall, and completely
concealed them. Colonel Bellows sus
pected that the Indiana had laid an
ambuscade at a narrow place in the path
which they must pass. He crept slowly
forward to see what he could discover,
careful not to break a twig or make any
oolse. He crept to the top of a little
hill, peeped through the ferns, and dis
covered a great number of Indians,
nearly two hundred, crouching behind
trees, or lying on the ground, waiting
for the white men to enter the trap. He
made his way back to his mea, issued
his orders in a whisper, and all crawled
through the ferns toward the Indians
till they were only a few rods from
them.
All were ready. Every man bprang
to big feet, and yelled as loud as he
could, "Hl-ya-hi-ya!" It waa a terrific
bowl.
The next moment not a settler was to
be seen ; all had dropped upon the
ground, and were concealed by the
terns.
In an instant every Indian was on
his feet, tiring his gun, but hitting no
lody. There was au answering flash from
the ferna, each settler taking aim, and
the Indiana sprang Into the air, or fell
-headlong before the bullets.
The red men outnumbered the settlers
five to one, but were so astounded by
ihe surprise that, picking up the wound
ed, they made a hasty retreat into a
swamp, and the settlers made all haste
4o their block-house, anticipating an
attack. Not one of them had teen in
jured. ,
This body of Indians was a part of a
iiand of more than three hundred, led
by Captain Philip, who had come from
C anada with the expectation of wiping
out the settlements along the Connecti
cut, and of returning to Canada; with
many prisoners and no end 'or acalpa.
Itwaaatthepleasantest season of the
year. The wooda were full of game, aud
with the provislona they would get In
the settlements which they intended to
destroy they would have an abundance
of food.
Captain Philip, with the rest of the
Indiana, waa creeping stealthily through
the wooda toward John Kllburn 'a house.
Mr. Kllburn and his son John, Mr. Pike
and his aon, were out in the field reap
ing wheat, their guna close at hand.
Mr. Kllburn had trained his dog to
acour the woods, and the faithful animal
ever had bla eyea and eara open, and
waa aniftlng the wind if a wolf or bear
waa about. On this afternoon In August
the dog came running in with his hair
In a ruff, and growling.
"Indiana," said Mr. Kllburn. The
men and boys seized their guna, ran for
the house, and had Just time to get In
side and bar the door when Captain
Philip and nearly two hundred Indiana
made their appearance.
The Indiana ataid at a safe distance,
and so did Captain Philip, though he
came near enought to talk.
"Come out, old John! come out,
young John I I give you good quar
ters," he shouted.
There were only the two men, the two
boys, Mrs. Kllburn and her daughter
and four children, in the house, with
three hundred Indians attacking them,
but John Kllburn was not in the least
frightened not he. Neither waa Mrs.
Kllburn, nor her aon or daughter. They
had Beveral extra guns; Mrs. Kllburn
and her daughter knew how to load
them. They would rather die than be
taken prisoners. The Indiana had no
cannon, and their bullets would not go
through the stout timbers. Only by
burning the house would tbey be able
to get In.
"Get you gone, you rascal, or I'll
quarter you I" was the defiant anawer
that John Kllburn shouted through .one
of the loop-holes to Captain Philip, as
ine latter went baok to the dark crowd
of savages, who set up the war-whoop.
"They yell like so many devils." said
John Kllburn ; but he waa not in the
least disturbed by the howling.
Then the bullets began to come
through the shingles on the roof, and
strike against the timbers.
The Indians surrounded the house.
but there were loop-holes on each side.
Air. Kllburn and Mr. Pike took two of
the sides, and the two boys the others.
Bang I bang I went the guns of Mr.
Kllburn and Mr. Pike. Bang I bang I
Went the bovs' trims. Thp nnnM flrn
at a rest, and lake deliberate aim. The
Indiana could not see the muzzles of the
guns, and the moment one of the red
men peeped from behind a tree his skull
was in danger.
One by one they fell, which enraged
them all the more, and they crept near
er, firing rapidly, riddling the Bhinglea
hoping, quite likely, that a bullet might
glance down from the roof and hit those
inside.
" The old roof looks like a sieve." said
John Kllburn, as he looked up and saw
the holes.
Mrs. Kllburn and her daughter were
loading the extra guns the while, and
handing them to the men and boys ;
who kept up such a rapid fire that the
Indians came to the conclusion that
there were a large number of men in the
house.
"We shall soon be out of bullets,"
said Mrs. Kllburn.
A thought came: Why not catch the
bullets that were coming through the
roof ? The balls had nearly spent their
force when they came through, and they
hung up a blanket with thick folds,
which stopped them entirely ; and the
girl, gathering them as they fell harm
lessly upon the floor, put them into a
ladle, melted them and ran new bullets,
which Boon were whizzing through the
air, and doing damage to the enemy.
All through the afternoon the fight
goes on, the Indians aiming at loop
holes. Their bullet pepper the logs
around them.. One comes in and inflicts
a ghastly wound In Mr. Plke'a thigh,
but the Indians do not know it, and the
brave defense is kept up till the Indians,
foiled in all their efforts, defeated, with
several of their number dead and many
wounded from the volleys fired by Col.
Bellows and his men, and by those in
the house, Bet Mr. Kllburn 's wheat on
fire, kill hla cattle, bury their dead and
slink away, not having taken a scalp or
a prisoner. They had only ' wounded
one man. ' '
When everything goes well with the
Indian he can be very brave, but when
the tide is against him he quickly loses
courage and becomes disheartened, and
bo Captain Philip made hla way back to
Canada, very much crestfallen at the
repulse he bad received at the hands of
two men, a woman, two boys and a
brave-hearted girl.
fSf A Society for the prevention of
cruelty to wives is talked of in England.
A COMICAL WEDDINQ.
SOON after the close of the last war
Captain X. waa appointed a Justice
of the peace In a county place not far
from Italelgh, North Carolina.
Ilia father had been a planter in a
rather small way, aud hla aon the cap
tain had acquired considerable experi
ence In the buslnesa of managing real
estate, drawing up deeds, etc., during
hla father's lifetime, and then In Settling
the estate after hia decease. Further
than thia ho had no legal knowledge,
and, Indeed, hia entire stock of "book
learning" waa small and poorly select
ed, but any lack in general Information
waa fully made up, for hla usea, by aelf
assertlon. Late one afternoon, as he
waa riding home from Ilalelgh, he met
ayouug woman and two men, who
hailed Llin and Inquired If he was Cap
tain X. The young woman aud one of
the men wished to be married at once.
The other had ootne as a witness, They
had procured the neeesBury license, but
an irate father was on their path, aud
swore that they should never be mar
ried. It was considered on all accounts
safest to have the ceremony performed
without delay, and try pacification after
ward. Now the captain had never witnessed
a marriage, and naturally had no very
clear Idea of what waa usual In auch
cases.. He remembered having seen a
book about the house yeara before with
a form for marriage in it, but what the
book waa and where It waa he could not
remember.
" Why," aald.he, when he told the
Btory afterward, " I knew the 'Postlea
Creed and Commandments, and at first
I thought I'd use 'em to begin on, but
then I reckoned, on the whole, they was
too durned solemn."
He asked the couple to come to his
house, secretly hoping that he could
find that book ; but they declined, for
the reason that the matter admitted of
no delay.
A less assured man would have been
sorely perplexed, but not he. He lost
no time In removing his hat, and re
marked, " Hats off In the presence of
the court." All being uncovered, he
said, ' I'll swear you In fust off. Hold
up yer right hands."
"Me too V" asked the friend of the
groom.
" Of course," said the. captain, "all
witnesses must be sworn. You and each
of you solemnly swear that the evidence
you shall give In this case shall be the
truth, th 'ole truth, an' nothing' but
the truth, a'elp you God. You, John
Mervln, do solemnly swear that to the
best of your knowledge an' belief you
take this yer woman to have an ter
hold for yerself, yer heirs, exekyerters,
administrators, and assigns, for your
an' their use an' behoof forever 1"'
" I do," answered the groom.
" You, Alice Ewer, take this yer man
for yer husband, ter hev an, ter hold
forever ; and do you further swear that
you are lawfully seized in fee-simple, are
free from all incumberance, and have
good right to sell, bargain and convey
to the said grantee yerself, yer helra,
administrators and assigns
"I do," said the bride, rather doubt
fully. "Well, John," said the captain,
"that'll be about a dollar'n fifty cents."
"Are we married V" asked the other.
" Not by a durned sight ye ain't,"
quoth the captain, with emphasis; " but
the fee comes in here." After some
fumbling it was produced and handed to
the " Court," who examined it to make
sure it was all right, and then pocketed
it and continued: "Know all men by
these present, that I, Captain X. of
Ilalelgh, North Carolina, being in good
health and of sound and dlsposln' mind,
In consideration of a dollar'n fifty cents
to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, do and by these
present have deolared you man and
wife during good behavior, and until
otherwise ordered by the court."
The men put on their hats again, the
young couple, after shaking their bene
factor's hand, went on to meet their
destiny and the irate father, while the
captain rode home richer in experience.
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