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��tx) town and stuck it on a pole in the street, where it remained several days, when some one. becoming disgusted with the sight, took it down and Iniried it. Dr. J. P. Henderson, still liv- ing, adds to the aboAc the following : •■ The scalp they filled with whisk}-, handed if aroitiid and drank from /7. though mixed with l)lod."

The daughter escaped, and, after living nine days on berries, arrived safely at Sandusky. Nothing could be done to punish Morrison and McCuUoch for this crime, as there was a stand- ing order that all Indians found in the woods, outside the guards, should l)e shot.

Aliout the same time the Indians were re- moved from (Ireentown. Levi Jones was killed, near Mansfield. On the 13th of August. 1812, John Wallace, and a man by the name of Reed, went out a half-mile east of town to elear off a place for a l)rickyard. In the afternoon. Le\'i Jones, who kept a grocery in the cabin on the Sturgis corner, went out where they were at work and remained with them some time. In retiu-ning. he took a diflferent route from the one l)y which he went out. it lieing a trail through the woods. When he reached the vi- cinity of the brick l)lock lately known as the Friendly luu. and near the foot of the hill on the east side of North Main street, he was fired upon by a party of Indians in ambush. It is supposed this was a party of the (Ireentown In- dians. They probably had some grudge against Jones, who sold whisky, and had troul)le with them at different times on this account. One shot took effect, the ])all entering the Ixu-k of the left hand, passing through the iiand and entering the right breast. The hand through which the ball passed was confined at his breast by a sling, in consecjuence of a felon on his thumb. Jones did not fall immediately, but. giving a yell of pain and alarm, started on a run for the block-house. He might have reached it. but unfortunately came in contact with a lirush across the path, which threw him backward upon the ground. Before he could regain liis

��feet, the Indians were upon him, and finished their work ]\y stabbing him several times in the Ijack. They then scalped him. and. having secured his hat and handkerchief gave the scalp-yell and left.

John Pugh and Mr. AVestfall were working a few rods from the place, and, hearing the yell, ran into town and gave the alarm. They re- turned, and found Jones lying dead in the trail, but, fearing an ambush, left him there and returned to the l)lock-house. In a A-ery few minutes everyliody in the vicinity heard the news, and all immediately took shelter in the block-hoiise. The excitement was very great ; they momentarily expected an attack. During all this time, the supposition was that Reed and AVallace. 'who were clearing the brickyard in that direction, had also been killed by the Indians, and that the latter were still lurking in the neighborhood. The wi^-es of Reed and Wallace were almost frantic, thinking their husbands had been murdered. It was now about sundown, and, as it seems there were no soldiers in the block-house at that time, it was determined to send immediately to Mount A^er- non for help. Who would volunteer to go. was the question. It was a hazardous journey ; whoever volunteered would stand a fair chance of losing his scalp. It happened that, just at that time, the eccentric but l)rave Johnny Appleseed. was present. He immediately vohuiteered to undertake the hazardous journey, and starti'd about dark, liareheaded and barefooted, through the wilderness. He i-eached Blount A^ernon in safety, and with such expedition that Capt. (}arey. with a party of soldiers, was at the block-house by sunrise the next morning.

On this journey, Johnny Appleseed gave a warning cry at every cabin he passed, informing the inmates that Reed. Wallace and Jones were killed, and that the Indians wei'e passing south. There was something awful, it is saiil. in Johnny's warning ery. as he pounded at the door of each cabin he passed, and shouted to

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