Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 217, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 2 November 1948 — Page 3

.LIVAN, INDIANA

SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, NOV. 2, 1948.

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on!y History Gives Account Of

lian Massacres Along The Busseron

(Editors Note: How much lEivati County history do u know? Following is an!;er a series from the unty history written by icmas J. Wolfe and Asso-itcs.

Indian Hostilities ;r five or six years after the ;y of 1309 the permanent ements of this country were tiy disturbed and further inof settlers much retarded ,by Indian hosiilities which pred and accompanied the war of . The Indians had not failed to rd with jealousy the gradencroachment cf the whites i their hunting grounds, and n, in 1809. several of the ;s ceded a large tract of tory to the American govnent. Tecumseh opposed the ty, declaring that one or !fsf teste 'v, due to colds... eased !jVW" without "dosing" n v V VAPOHOO

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I barter away the lands that belonged to all the Indian nations I in the confederacy. Despite the

efforts of Governor Harrison toward.. breaking up the confed-j eracy which had its center about Prophet's Town, the Indians became more hostile every day. Small parties appeared in different parts of the territory, steal-

! ing and 4 occasionally taking the lives of settlers. Tecumseh and his brother became more insolent in the conference with the I governor, and, on the eve of the J second war with Great Britain, : a secret Eritish influence inI ceased the disaffection of the . tribes.

Then followed the campaign of Qeneral Harrison against the Indians, the building of Fort Harrison, the battle of Tippscanoe, which effectually broke the resistance of the Indian confederacy, the attack on Fort Harrison, and the subsequent desultory hostilities which kept all the settlers within reach' of the forts and block houses throush the duration of the war. These were events of general history, and only in a few instances concerned Sullivan County more than other counties. A few items in the Western Sun mention the movements of the troops through this county and other incidents of the ceriod. In the issue of November 23, 1811, it is stated that "on Sunday last the governor arrived with the army on the Busseron about 20 miles above

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here, where the troops from the eastern counties of the territory and Kentucky were discharged." In October, 1812, it is noted that Major General Samuel Hopkins with his army started up the . river toward Prophet's Town, having about 4,000 men, 2,500 of whom were mounted volunteers. This was the un

fortunate ' expedition . which, partly owing to the incapacity of the leader and also to the rebellious conduct of the troops, left a record along its route of plunder and destruction among the white residents ' and against the real enemy effected little or nothing during the few weeks of the campaign. In the issue of the Western Sun of November 3, 1812, is the statement that the Kentucky mounted troops had returned to Busseron, where they were discharged. A tax sale advertisement in

the Sun of May 26. 1812, relat-.

ing to delinquent taxpayers on Busseron Creek, contains the names of some of the residents of that . vicinity John Dooley, John Culbert. Thomas Barton, Matthew Dobins, Abraham Huff, Daniel Hazelton, John Johnson, heirs of James Ledgerwood, and Francis Williams. First Mill Of more interest is the following advertisement, dated May 16. 1814: "Grist mill for sale. Will be exposed to public sale on the 3rd day of June next, a saw and grist mill with five acres of land, laying on Busseron Creek, formerly known by the name of Ledgerwood's Mill. Twelve months' credit will be given William Ledgerwood." This was the original mill of Sullivan County, and at this date the only one along Busseron Creek except the one in the Shaker settlement. Another item of civil affairs at this time was mention of the election in Bus'seron township to be held, at the house of John

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Curry, which is the first mention of that pioneer family name in the annals of the county. This election notice is in the issue of June 29 1814. . Recurring to the Indian hostilities of this period, there are a few brie items in the Western Sun that afford a contemporaneous view of some events which have a large place in the Indian annals of Sullivan County. In the issue of December 3, 1814, is reported the fact that the Indians had again been committing depredations on the frontier. "On Saturday and Sunday nights last they stole a number of horses from the Busseron settlement." The paper of March 4, 1815, pives the report of one man killed and one wounded on the Busseron, this evidently referring to the Dudley Mack massacre. The Sun of May 13, 1815. has the following paragraph: "We have to record the murder of another of our fellow citizens bv our- friends the Indians. On Saturday night

last Mr. Davis from Kentucky was killed by them near Fort Harrison. We have also learned that the two boys taken prisoners by them some time ago on Busseron have been murdered." The last of these records of Indian hostilities in this vicinity is in the issue of May 20, 1815. "On the 13th Lieut. Morrison with 16 men was surprised and his party dispensed by the Indians between Busseron and Fort Harrison. There are several, local accounts of the Indian depredations which are thus briefly referred to in the newspaper items. In the former history of the county were published the various versions of the Dudley

Mack and other Indian depredations, most of the information on the subject coming, it was said, from pr. Helms. These accounts pre repeated substantially as then given. On Sunday afternoon, February 12, 1815, Dudley Mack and Madison Collins were on their way home from Shakertown, and had reached the east side of Busseron Creek, near Lisman's ford, on Survey 20, when they were surprised by four Indians, who commenced firin'e upon them, kill in." Mack instantly jnd wounding Collins seveely. When Collins was struck he fell from his horse, and, though bleeding profusely from several

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