Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 21, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 3 June 1826 — Page 1

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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume II. LA WRENCEBURGII, INDIANA; SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 13?G. Number 21.

From the Cheshire Gazette.

AjXXALS OF OUR OIVXCOaVTRY. In the year 1749, John Kilburn, the hero of the following story, came to VValpole, (N. II.) Tiie large and fertile meadows at the mouth of Cold River, slightly covered with butternut and elm 'J r presented an inviting prospect to the new settlers, and an easy harvest to the hand of cultivation. Here he built a lo hut, and for two years lived in the solitude of the forest, without any intercourse with friend or foe. He often sought opportunities to cultivate the friendship of the Indian, but on every occasion they studiously avoided him. During this time ins life was one continual cene of danger and hardship, constantly exposed to the inclemencies of the weather and the secret attacks of an insidious foe. And what rendered his situation still more uncomfortable, he Was obliged to camp out at different places each night, 'the cold earth his bed,' with a bear skin for a covering and a cartridge box for his pillow, in order to avoid the midnight prowling of the savages, who were watching in concealment for an opportunity to strike the deadlx blow, and who often paid their nocturnal visits at his dwelling, and took from him such articles as might contribute to their convenience or the gratification of their wanton disposition. In 1751, Col. Benjamin Bellows obtained the charter of Walpolo, and began a settlement on land about a mile south of Kilburn's. There was a fori also at Chai lestown, then called Nam--berFour. This addition to the strength of tiie white settlers induced the Indians to treat them with more res p vet. About this time a company came down the river, landed their boats above the fills, and invited Kilburn to trade with them. He visited their boats, bought some skins nnd made some presents of flints, flour and lish-hooks. From this time the Indians continued to hunt and encamp about the neighborhood, and the report of I their guns and the smoke of their wigwams were mingled with the familiar occurrences of life. The alfairs of the settlers continued to prosper till 1753, when the fust alarming incident occurred to disturb the happiness and security of the whites. Two men by, the name of Twitchell and Flint, who had gone back to the hills about a mile east to procure some ash timber for oars, were shot by the Indians; one of them was scalped, the other they cut open and took out his heart, cut it in pieces, and laid it on his breast. The massacre of Twitchell and Flint, was the first harbinger of the negotiations for peace between England and France, nnd the commencement of those horrid scenes of Indian barbarity that ensued. In the spring of 175,5, an Indian b

the name of Pnilip, who had acquired! was so lucky as to g-t the nrs! tire beforel' VV" 7 ? mC , , VY ' " , V M"'"'? uax.on the wreck wafer ictfg- , wnai uo may cum xo toe oppery tor i U iust iviglish enough to be understood! the enemies guns obstructed his airn;!ah, 'VT I bemg reduced oj(,, . hut in the present instance he per- becaze its the lashion ses Jo, thay cum' visited ivilburn's house, pretending to be'a nl was confident lie saw an Indian falU1'0 . 1 ,? arcelv possiblei. having survived similar sutlenngs ior to larn tor to talk about sentiment on a hunting excursion ia want of pro- which, from his extraordinary size ana' conceive, much less to.desmoo the m- for the space of 1 0 dax s then becameiand ta.st A qucar kind ot trust thinka riom.c 11 v;i iron.l ivitK !,,!. n.,,..,,,,,, n.. Pt.tL tenst ty of sullonngs these unlortunate in- f0Od for bis remaining shipmates! A nr. I to inxseh. Bnttx soon we heerd a bob-

ness and furnished with every thing hejip. Toe Indians rushed forward to the wanted, such as tints, ilour, &e. Soonlwork of destruction, and ptobablv not

after he was gone it was ascertained trvtt'less than 400 bullets were lodged i.i iil

the same I idian had visited 1-. . . a T all t.iesettle-l er about the! same time, and with the same pi lusude , . mg. jtuh Jong auer tne loiiowmg intelligence was communicated to all the forts by a friendly Indian sent by General Shirley from Albany: He stated that four or five hundred Indians were collecting in Canada, ' whose object it was to butcher the whole w hite population on Connecticut River. Judge then of the i .ii ... ji ii j i feelings of a few white settlers, xvhen they learned the impending danger. To desert their soil, cattle, and crops ofj grain, would be leaving their all; and to contend with the countless savages of the Canadian regions was a hopeless resort. But, accustomed to all the hardships and dangers of life, they .boldly resolved to defend themselves or die in the cause. Kilburn and his men .now strengthened their defence 'with such fortifications as their rude implements would allow, which consisted in surroun ding their habitation with a palisado of stakes stuck m the ground. Col. Benjamin Bellows had at this time about 30 mew under his command at the fort about a mile south of Kilburn's house; but this could allbrd Kilburn no protection while attending to his cattle and crops . Kilburn and his son John, in his 18th year, a man by the name of Teak, and

nreiensioe.s of limiting, ki hnm Imfl'

alfeady learned a little of the Indian ft- trovinr the hav and ffrain. while show-!roulu not res,"t 11

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his son, were returning home from workj about noon. August 17, 1755, when one!

of them discovered the red legs of the Indians among the alders 4as thick as grasshoppers, they instantly made for the house, fastened the door, and began

bo make preparations for an obstinate de-'of

lence. Uesiues these tour men tnerei were in the house, Kilburn's wife and his daughter who contributed not a little to encourage and assist their companions! as well as to keen watch upon the movements of the enemv. In about 15 min utes the Indians were seen crawling up the bank ca?t of the house and as they crossed a footpath one by one, 197 were counted; about the same number remained in ambush near the mouth of Cold River. Tiie Indians had learned that Col. Benjamin Bellows with his men were at work at his mill about a mile east, and that it would be best to waylay a. d secure them before disturbing those who had taken refuge in the log-hotHe. Bellows and his men (about 30) were returning home with each a bag of meal on their backs w hen their dogs began to growl and betray symptoms of an enemy's approach. He well knew the language of his dogs, and the native intrigue of the Indians; nor wras he at a loss in f irming his opinion of their intention to ambush his path, and conducted himself accordingly. He ordered all his men to throw otf the meal, advance to the rise, carefully crawl up the bank, spring upon their feet, give one whoop, and instantly drop into the sweetfern. This manoeuvre had the desired effect ; for as soon as the whoop was given, the Indians all arose from their ambush in a semicircle around the path Bellows was to follow. This gave his men a tine chance for a shot, which they improved instantly. The first shot so disconcerted the plan expectations of the Indians, that they darted away into the bushes without firing a gun. Bellows finding their number too numerous for his, ordered his men to file otfto the south and make for the Fort. The Indians next appeared on the eminence east of Kilburn's house, when Philip, w ho had visited him in the Summer before came forward, and securing himself behind a tree, called out to those in the house to surrender. 'Old John, young John," says hc,4I know you; come out here. We give you good quarter. 'Quarter! vociferated old Kilburn with a voice of thunder, that rang through ev ery Indian's heart, and every hill and valley; 'You black rascals, begone or we'll quarter you." Who would have anticipated this more than Spartan reply from four men, when called upon by as many hundreds to deliver up their arm-? Philip then returned to his comp'iunns and after a few minutes consultation burn's hou.c the "lirst tire. The ro f was a nertect 'riddle sieve.' Some of i them fell to butchering the cattle, others r ' 1 1 j 1 1 iiiiv nmn iirpr in wa lit nn 1 v ils;"5 " and his men were bv do means idle.' Their powder was already poured into dials for the convenience of loading in a hurry, and every thing prepared for a

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the port-holes; and as they had no ammunition to spare, each one took special aim to have every bullet tell. The women, with true Grecian firmness assisted in loading the guns, and xvhen their stock of lead grew short, they had the fore thought to susnend blankets in the roof

of the house to catch the enemies bal!s.itlieir sufferings after their provisions

w hich were immediately run into bullets! by them, and sent back to the savages! with equal velocity. Several attempts were made to burst open the door, but the bullets within scattered death with such profusion as sgon compelled them fo desist from the rash undertaking. Most of the time the Indians endeavored to keep behind stumps, logs and trees, which evidently evinced that they were not insensible to the unceremonious visits of Kilburn's bullets. All the afternoon one incessant tiring was kept up till nearly sun down, xvhen the Indians began to disappear and as the sun sunk behind the western hills,

the sound of the guns nnd the cry of the war boon died awav in silence

This day's encounter proved an effectual check of the expedition of the Indians, and induced them immediately to return to Canada and if it is within the bounds reason to conclude, that this matchless defence was instrumental m rescuing hundreds of our fellow citizens from the horrors of an Indian massacre. Thus did this intrepid Leonidas, not with 300, but onlv three followers, repulse the congregated forces of the Canadian savages. Only one of Kilburn's inv incible band of heroes was wounded. Peak, by exposing himself too much before the porthole, received a ball in his hip, which, for want of surgical aid, proved fatal the fifth dav. sFrom the Hampshire Eng. Telegraph. DREADFUL XARRA FIVE, Of the sufferings of the crew and passengers of the Francis Mary, from St. John's New-Brunswick, to Liverpool. On the evening of the 7th inst. w hen the Blonde, Capt. Lord Byron, which left St. Helena on the 2Clh Jan. was going at the rate of twelve knots, with a strong breeze, a vessel to leeward, in distress was providentially descried from the mast head, for which the Blonde immediately bore up and boarded. Sin? proved to be the French Mary, a ship of 398 tons, of and from St. John's, NewBrunswick, belonging to Captain Patterson, .and consigned to Campbell and Mackie, of Liverpool. She w as a complete wreck, and water lodged, and onh kept afloat by her cargo of timber; her mainmast and main-topsail-yard were the i y spars standing, and all her boats washed away. It seldom falls to our lot to have to record such unparalleled and unheard of sufferings as those which the unfortunate beings of this melancholy 6c heartrending circumstance have gone through. Two hours did riot elapse from the shipping the first sea, till the whole of the crew and passengers, in all 16 souls, were compelled to get up in the main top with only a few pounds of biscuit, where they remained 5 days; with the remainder of their scanty stock of nread, they kept themselves in existance for 5 days more, when horrible to relate, the cravi .gs of nature, scarcely supplied in any ore way for the space often days, compelled them to live oi the corpse, of their deceased fellorv s'tfcrers and drink their blood and thus for the space of 21 days they subsisted in this horrible manr. When tltev were picked un, their n.nner was reduced to 6: I. Kendall (muster) and his wife: John Clark (m:ute;) J.hn Wilson (Carpenter ;) a sea man of the name of M Intire, and a voung woman, a passenger named Ann Saun ders. I hoy were in the most cb-mlor.i-b!e situation when taken on board tin. dividmls must have gone through, the!

loi.ii want ot food and water, winch last;lre(ilrth in her calamity than most oi'thejand found em at it again, slapping, clapI hey were without from the commence-! mcn ." (yn the duty of cutting up andj ping, stomping, rattling, whisting bawl-

T"1 .ot ,Mle.!.r rr' al! 11050 that h:u,cieaning the dead bodies; keeping twojit.g, and crx h g bravo, and so they kept

0,0,1 ,!aU ,a,,eV v,r.1,ms t0 h0 'quenchc .. , . n 4 ,l. . I'iim MrmL'incr cult vntr tv iipK I hov giivtii vii Hilling k'ftit ll llll.lt II IIIVII lltl. I . . . 7 - idulging in. J he two .1 .1 igerinan toe men, some iot have survived, even ivhii'i -n hnim 4Vir l I ri-i r ln m , , . ' , , great care and attention shown them, and they all say, that a very few hours more must have terminated their suffering and their lives. 1 hex were nicked un in lat. It appears froma postcript by the same paper, from which xve make some icmarks that the people on hoard the Francis Marv subsisted from the. 6th to the 1 lib Feb. on a quarter of a biscuit cac!l da.v- 1 !ie l"Howing account ot :iVC out 18 me5t atlecting. Feb. 12, departed this life, James Clarke, seaman, read prayers, and cornj united ins body to the deep: we were at this time on half a gill of water a dav, ami suffering much from hunger; during the whole period of being on the wreck, we were w et from top to toe. Feb. 22, John Wilson, seaman, died at 10 a. m.; preserved the body of the deceased; cut him up in quarters, washed them overboard, and hung them up on pins. Feb. 23. J. Moore died $c was thrown overboard, having eaten part of him, such as the Ktct and heart. From this

date to Saturday, the 5th -March, the following number perished hum hunger: Henry Davis, a Welsh hoy, Alexander Kelly, seaman, John Jones, apprentice bov, nephew of the owner; James Friar, Cook ; Danl. J one, seaman ; John II utch-

ington, seaman ; and Jehn Jones, a boy; Onew the last named overboard. Ins!

blood being bitter; also James FriorJdoxxn we went, but I axed Jo as we was

w ho was w orking his passage homejgoin along dow n Chatham street if he

under a promise ot marriage to Ann Saunders, the female passenger w ho at tended on the Masters wife; and who, w hen she heard of Friers death, shrieked a loud yell, then snatching a cup from Clarke, (mate) cut her intended husband's throat and drank his blood. insisting that she had the greatest right to it. A scuttle ensued, and the heroine (the words of the narrator) got the better of her adversary, and she allowed him to drink one cup to her two! February 2f. On or about this day an English brig hove in sight hoisted the English ensign downwards straitLrer hauled his wind towards us, and hauled his foresail up when abreast ot us, kept his course, about one mile distant, set his foresail and w e soon lost sight of him: fresh breeze, with a little rain the sea quite smooth, but he went ot!, having shown English colors. Had he at the time taken us off the w reck, much of the subsequent dreadful sufferings would have been spared us March 7. IJis Ma jesty's ship Blonde came in sight, and t our rebel in latitude -14, -lo, North latitude 21 57 W. Words are quite inadequate to express our feelings, as well as those which Lord Byron and our delivers most evidently possessed, when they found ibex had come to rescue six of their fellow creatures (tw o of them females) from the most awful, lingering,bul certain death. It came on to blow during the night a fresh gale, which w ould, no doubt, have swept us all overboard. Lieut, Gambiercame ontheship'scuttor to brine: us from the w reck. He obscrxed to us, You have et, I perceive, fresh meat,' to which we were compelled to reply, 'No Sir, it is part of a man, one of our unfortunate crew! it was our inten tion to. i at ourselves on an allowance ofj this food this evening, had not you come to our relief.' The master's wife, who underwent all the most horrid suffering- w hich the human understanding can imagine, bore them much better than could possibhj 1 have been expected. She is now, altluj much emaciated, a respectable, good looking woman, about 25 years of age, But what must have been the extremity of want to which she was driven, when she eat the brains of her apprentice, 'raxing it was the most delicious thinr she ever tasted! and it was still more melancholy to relate the person whose brains she was forced to eat, had beet, three times wrecked before, but, provin.cn tiah l leKcO un i a vessel, after

Saunders, the other female, hud more;bery kicked up inside, so ws went back

knivcs in hf.r monkey jacket ; and when

lilt i'l tcilll lis niuiuuiii.i. ii tu iiuii; nun .n. u.v.u .iu.v.h v n i i i v v i t slie would sharpen her knives, bleed theJc 1 aked ail over in every bone of my bo deceased in the neck, drink his blood, ;dy. 1 cuddent understand a single word and cut him up for use. From w ant of the hull time, but I was pushed out awater, those who perished drank thcir.hmg the seller way 1 heerd some of the own urine and salt water; they becamej dai.'dys say that the troops in fine

foolish crawling upon (heir hands round' the deck (when they could) and died enerally raving mad. From the Syracuse Advertiser. Marsetlus, April 17, 1C2G. Mr. Burnum I have just cum back from York, I sent down sum butter and cheez last fal, but they got froze up in the canawl a little this side Snackady. So I went down weak fore last and teamd I cm over to Albany, and then sloopd em to York. Butter and cheez is darnd lo at York, but that ant here nor thare. 1 heerd that my neffu Jo Strickland from ineyon river (the very place where 1 cum from in Varmounl) was at the Buls bed, so I went to see him and tarrid thare al the time 1 was in York. Thav arc gonter pul down the Buls bed to make a theater, but is a larnal pity, for its a nice grate lions, and plague sight better one than 1 liv in. But that ant here nor thare. 1 am a gonter tell you about the Oppery. My neffu Jos been binglotry tickets, and maid money like smoke. Hos a crank as a sider mil, but I gess heel cum out at the little end of the horn, and I told him so, but that ant here nor thare.

Ses Jo ses he, unkle Zack, less go to the oppery to night. The oppery, ses I, whats that? Why its down to the pan? theatre, where a hull heap of Italyons sing at each other. So thinks I,nslm a musicioner myself, set the tune when Im to hum sahbndnvs when the quorrii-

ters is gone, III go uow n anu see em. W nr.in tt i n mill. tl'jT ll I 4 VIMf l f unkle, says Jos, that to plaud with. Se we got to the theater and paid a doihir. apiece, w ent down into a seller, nnd then lockt up, and a grand fite it was, I tell ye. We seen a most tarnation sight of foaks in the gallery?, as they call emj and they ware all dressed up in their go to-meetin clothes and looked as fine aa a jewsbarp. Bimeby the fiddlers begun and then they pulled up a greaniai curtin, x hen out cum a little singin- grU, and such a rattletvbag vou neve henk. A rustling match, after raisin a bam hi the country, is a fool toot. Sich clap'ping of hands and stamping of feet, sicli rattling of canes, and xvhisling, and baw ling, and r.ois, and hubbub, it seemd as if bedlam was broke loose. After a while tha stopped a little, and then Miss made a curch. Then thay beguii agin ten time- louder than ever. It seemed asifthe very walls would tunmie in. But bimeby they eased away agin and 1 thort we should have a litte peace, w hen a little dirty faced boy jist before; me (I believe he was a printer's devil) begun to clap again, x hen at it thay all went as loud as ever. But ncis cant last always, and that some comfort. At last ses I, Jo, xvhat does all this coiS" mean? O says Jo, its only plauding the Soenorena. But whats. the Seenorenal Why its that young woman oh the stago there, she was married a fu weaks ago to Mr. Malapert. What ses I doci she sho herself so soon, to so many foks? I gess t would make our Betsey blush. But that ant here nor there, Bimeby she tuned her pipes, and then cum on a di oal looking old man they ca Ihl Grashy, and then Angryany, nnd I dont no how many more on em. They sung at each other as if thay was distracted I tryed to beer what thay sed, but couldnl understand a single word, ft was all like la sol fa and fa sol la, but I thorl it was cause my ears had been o stunned by the nois when Seronena fust euro on. I sot unesy till thay left ofl thd fut time to take breth. Then I went out xx ith Jo into the seller way wbarc xve got some refreshment and sum pea nuts, and Jo, ses I, xvhat did them there? singe rs sing about? Law, unkle Zack' ses Jo, I dont no nothing about no part ont no more than xou do, why its alt Italvon! Italxon, ses I, what! are all the foks in ll.nrc Italyons! No unkle; I dont believe thare are live people in the hull hous but what are as ignorant about jit as we be. If thay dont understand it ses .t up till the Balmier cl Seville was dun voic how divine how exquisit! rap ture refinement such elegant taist! Now 1 dont know but twos good taist forthem. Id ruther hearMastci Hastings sing mearoroid hundred, than the thrilling and squealling of all the' Italvon or AppoIIyous in the universe, so if you catch me paying a dollar agin for the comfort of sitting four hours on a hari hoard, jist to hear the like of fa sjI la and la sol fu, then I give you leave tc pul the xviggs of Yours to sarve ZaciiariaJi Strickland An application was last week made' at the Police Office, New Yroik, by an Irish woman and two men for the magistrate, to comjel a man to give the wbmani some hair from his dog, to dress a wound on her child occasioned by the dog's having bitten it, otherwise, she said the wound xvould never heal. The Magi4 trate, of course, could not but command that she should have "the hair of tin? same dog" or someoth.tr. Care is the lot of life; and he that aspires to greatness in hopes to get rid of it, is like throwing himself into a furnacv to cure the sbiverings of an r.gue. . -