Seneca County, Ohio - Marly Shitlkrs Statmmmn1 Ok Mrs Slanl.ky Thk Harris Family Hohbkky of Simckk Thk Brl'sh Dam 1'ktkr Pork Jacob Knlskly, 1880

Horse-Race

MARLY ShiTLKRS STATMMMN1 OK MRS SlANl.KY THK HARRIS FAMILY HOHBKKY OF SIMCKK THK BRL'SH DAM 1'KTKR PORK JACOB KNLSKLY AND CROW GOING TO MILL KILLING Wl'lCMKS WOI.VKS IHK MRS1 HORSE-RACE.

nint I it -i1. \\ itli tlir rest of iis children that \vtTf not married \anr\ . Samuel, .luh n. M inrr\ a. Tabit ha. .lane. .-UK 1 Marshal 1 1 arris started toyetlier. When \\ c L.rol in (Mean I'tiini m\ fat her boiiyht a boat . railed a sruu . ( )n this he l>ul our !_L"i>ilv. wa^'on and all. John and m\self took three horses and 1 \\ o cows, and drove them overland for I /aw rencebnryli. ( )n the wa\ there a man overtook n->. and at hi-, request \\ e let him ride one ol' the horses. and the rascal ran awav w it h t he hor^e. There was at lliat time no road down !lif\alle\ o| the A lleyhenv . \\'heii \veall met at Law reiicehuryh we left ihe scow . and hitched the hordes to the wayon and traveled together to Me,ld\llle. where \\ e settled. Here We staved aliollt t Wo Veal's: then lll\

In-other Samuel and a > oimy man bv the name of - John Ma ton. from the state o| New York, started for ( )hio on foot . for the purpose of prospectiny and e \ploriny the count rv . Thev came to t lie valle> of the Sand usk \ . and wrote li.ick to ii^ 1" pack up and come out here : that tlie\ had found an excellent count rv . etc.

The folio winy w inter m> I'at her and brother .loin i started for ( )hio to meet the hovs here. leaxiiiy the rest of us at Meadville. Mv father \\asayim- -.mith hv trade, and brought his tools with him. I Ie put up a shop on the north east part of a piece of land that afterwards became the properlv of m\ 1 1 Holland . 1 5eii jam in < 'ill ver. and know n as the < 'ill ver farm, near Fort Seneca.

In the following spriny father and .John came hack to Meath ille. ami then \\eall started for the Saiuluskv vallt'V. e\ee)>t m\ sister Nanc\. who was then married. When w e u-ot here we found the countr\ a dense wilderness. We put up w itli l>anie\ "s t'olk^. and moved into the same rahin lhe\ occupied, which had been built bv William Spirer. who tlien had moved upon his sect ion in the Seneca reservation, east of the river. Spirer was an Indian eaptixe. and had a faniil) ot hall Indian children. 1'heir names were .lolin. .lame^. Small < 'loud. I attic Town, and one daughter, who was married to another while captive bv the name of ('row. Spicer was a invat help to the new comers, for he had cattle, horses and lion's in la rye numbers. lie used In let his land out on shares, and often furnished horses and oxen to farm with. I Ie -M >|i I a LiTcai deal of corn to the immigrants : also eat t Ie and lio^s. ami often let rows out for pa>. lie wasayood neighbor, ev er readv ami willing to help the need v . 1'eople often borrowed his horses and o\en to yo t,. t he mill. We had to 1:0 io Monroev ille or to Cold Creek Mills, to yet mir urindiim done some l hiri > miles a w a\ . t hroiiyh forest and sw amps, w it lion t aiiv bridges across the Mreaiiis. and no road or an\ oilier wav to yuide t lit- 1 ia v c|i-i bill bla/ d 1 | cc-.

N'U. and tln-n In-ued <>n out- side ami -- spotted " on lln- other so as to tit e\en on tin- sleepers. This made a \ i-r\ solid ami snli>taiitial llooi to >lain --- on Hoards \\ ere \I-IA scarce and hard to u'et.on a< -'-oiint o| the -_rieat \\ant "1 sau mills. We came hi-re in tin- -nnnm-i of IS-JM. That tail \M-all took sick, and hecaim- so reduced in s| | CIIL,'! h that "in- \\as not ahh- to In-lp tinoil i»-r. Tin-re \\ as no doctor nearer than 1 1 nroii count s . u here doctor >teph en son li\ed. lie calm- sonielinn-s. and sia\ed a da\ or l\\ -- to siippU us \\ it I,

I 10 His

In l^_'l a !"L; i -iil'in sin, hi al a place near what is no\\ Sandiisky street in Tiil'm. an 1 wh"iv Captain 1 5 m'li\ li'iill a \ cr> niee rusidenee opposite the old resiiieiic-e ..[ I.ntlier A. ilall. K-MJ. This residence is now occupied b\ a famil\ named l.euis. Into this cabin a gentleman I'roin Auhiini. New York. ino\ed iii tliat >ear. Hi-- name \\as Mr. Childs. There was hut liiin- M-lt and hi- \\ il'e. The\ \\eivwelldressed.and both very handsome. Mr. ( 'hi Id-' had been in the mercaiit ile business in t lie state of New York. lie \\as then alioiit t\\en'..\Tive \ears old. \\lien lie took sick and died in the cahin. So, m lifter hi- death Mrs. Childs was delivered of a child, and the neighbors look her and the babe to .Jnd.uv Iiiyraham's. who then lived near ip'iudib, .r to Mr. 1 >o\\ e. \\ here, after sn tiering about nine day s. she also died. The \\ idi>\\ ( )rr. a sister of the I5arne\ s. took the child to raise and kept it die \ear. ulien a sister of Mrs. Childs came out here, and took it back to A nliiirn u it h her. Soinehodx had named the child Nancy. ( 'hilds and his u il'e \\ ere hot h buried in the old ^rave >ard. near the 15. A: ( ). depot."

So tar Mr-. Stanlr\. This William Sphvr. \vlin phu'cd so con^pic- -ion- a pan in the history of tin.- Seneca Indian> while li\-in^ in thi-. \alley. was .1 n;itive of Pennsylvania, and was captured by the Indian^ when he wa^ very voting. \\ !ien the wliite settlers first came into this valley Spicer had been on the Samliisky fortv yoars. and during llie revolutionary w;ir. Tliere ;-; but little known of his history. The \\ \ .indots timk him to the bank- of the ( >hio. and used him as a decoy to '-rin^ boatmen to the shore. They tied him to a tree near the bank of -lie river and > (impelled him to call on the boatmen for help, and while the ^avau'cs las in ambu-h an\ person approaching Spii er became an .t^\ pre\. Many were thu^ made to sillier the < rnelt\ ot the \\yan- I!I>IN. lull it U to be presumed that Spieer pla\ed hi- part merely b\ have been put iiitu the -prim: lt> tliis William Kollins who struck Spicer. and who \\;is also arrested soon after. 1 >o\\ uiu^ «jot awav from the con- -table. ainl was never licanl of afterwards. .Indue Fitch, who lived near Hi,. ri\er. below l-'.lilei- Rating's, also found some money supposed to he >>pice) '-. in a ravine that rims across tlie iiorlli \\est corner of tlie Culver placr. a- then know n. This >iini was also over live hundred dollars. All thi- nionev was proiiipllv restored to Spicer.

I'.utler. Case, and (jiiite a nunihcr of others were arrested, and were all taken to \or\\alk. in Huron count), for trial. Caleli Kice also assisted in making the-e arrests. Some of the prisoners escaped before trial: Case, liiiller and -ome others were ac(|iiitted. llollilis was the onlv one that was convicted of tin- robberv. and v\as sentenced to tlie penitentiary for the term of eleven veais. lie was pardoned out before his term expired. Spieer himself -iuninu the petition.

The -aw mill near the old Foil Hall I spoke of. was a very rickety atTair. and -o was the dam that supplied the water. The dam was made of brush laid across the riv er w it h the points 11)1 stream. ( hi the top of each layer of bni-h other hrn>h were laid cross-wise, and then another laver on top of the-elike the lii'st lavei. and so on. The v\ hole string of brush was held dow n I iv boulders and dirt put on top of the brush. The dam reached to the ri^'hl bank of the river at a point where doctor McFarland's stable now -Mand^. Mr. .lesse Spencer ovvniiiLi' the saw mill and the land on that side of the river, and Mr. .losjah Hedges the land on tl;is side, somehow, trouble a I o-~e 1 ici vv ecu t hese men al M mi t he dam. It is possilile that the water in the river wa> MM back, and overtlowed some of Mi'. Hedges' land.

( )ne ni-ht. hovvever. Mr. Hedges proc 1 1 rei 1 a 1 1 u inber of men with picks and shovels, and had a ditch dim' in a half moon shape around the east end . .1 ; he i lam. and on the next morning the w ater of t lie riv er llow ed throuu;h t he d i 1 1 - 1 1 . leaving dam and saw mill 1 1 i u 1 1 and d r v .

Thi- .Indue Fitch, above mentioned, was a tall, slender man. v erv intelligent and communicative, and in evcrv \\av an excellent citi/.en. Flisha ->ini : ii kepi lav ern \\ here ihe I ! o;i house, so-called. no\\ stands on Sat id uskv --treet in Titlin. Thai tiivern n--ed to be the place for .lulv celelirat ions. ( in these occasions it ua-^ en^tomarv for -Indue I'"ilcli to come up ami treat all tin' \oiniu men. Then he would -av to them that before loii^' thev would have to lake care oj the uov ernmeiit . et<-. ( >ne time v\ e had a l-'onrth of .Icllv dance there when fifteen couple-, attended, which took liearlv all tile pe< iple ! hat w ere here.

ss e took our team home, and loading our corn into a tinu'-out a canoe made nut of a K>u sse hauled il across and unloaded it un the other shore. Thru \\ r In irn \\ cd ;i s oke u!' ov-ii from Mr. Spicer. and a cart from Crow. -> we did not sas -- M is'u i " in ;n i Indian, and loaded ii|i our corn and started. The ;ie\i nielli \\ c stopped \\illianian hs the name ot' N idiols. near IJellcvne. and in tin- e\ riling ot' 1 In- second das we readied Monroe\ ille. There were a urreai mans cii->t' MIHTS ahead ot' us. and there ssas no prospect Tor us to li'el in for al'oiil a sscek : so we started for Cold Creek mills, which were eleven miles in iii h\\ est from here. Thes had just commenced dressing the millstones u IM-II \\ c arri\ ed . and after \vailinji l\voila\s at < 'old ( 'reek. \\ e started home \\ it h our u'risi . At Cold ( 'reek we bought a bushel of peaches, which u ere then, and especial 1\ \\ il 1 1 us in the woods, a threat s ariet s . A tier wards thes tiTess almost spontaneously . and produced abiindantls . until within about fifteen sears ai,ro. \o\\ it is seldom that a crop of them can lie raiser] in this count > . The lirsi ni^lit on the was home sse reaclied Dr. Stephenson's. Tlie next da\ our provisions yave out. \Ve came to a lire in the \\oods\\heiea man hail been chopping, and ticinii' \er.s huiiLrrs. ssc looked around amount the lo^s for provisions that the wood-chopper mi^ht have liidden somewhere, and found rasv pork and bread. \\'e divided e\ en ssith the man. and piittiiiL; his half back where it was. made ssas with ours, and drove on. \Vhen \\ e u'ot home \\c were ^'oue neai'l\ a week.

The onh place ss here ss e could ti'et 1'ni it at t liat time ssas at \\'hitecker"s. 1 eloss I-'remoiit about t s\ o miles. Mrs. Whitecker was a ss idoss and a caplist- ol the Senecas. and she receis ed this place bs the t real s . One time her -~on .lames stalled s\ ith his ssa^on near our house, and he had to abandon it. When lie left he told me to tejl the >enecas that the wan'on belonged to him. and then thes would not touch it.

W I ini tin Seneca- u ere paid otT. ( 'row ri-ceiv ed for his improvements nine hundred and lift) dollar-, and anoiher Indian paid him fifty dollars on an old delil. Martin I, am- ua-an interpreter for the Seneeas. and went with them to thf \\i-st. and returned here.

* "1. M. Ilvam ua- the chie! agent for the Seneca-, and often -topped «itii l.atu- at the >picer pla< e. The Seneca- were \er\ slow getting ivad\ to go. Pinalh the\ got their thing- on the wagon- and -tarted. Spu er wa- dead before the\ left here.

\ man 1»\ the name ot liena/ah Parker li\ed on the we>t -ide ol the street, near \\here l.oren/o Mibntt had hi- -lore, in the village then tailed M< N'mt'- ( 'orners. atlerwards Swo|ie's Corners, and now l-'ort Seiiei ,s. I'arker kept a \\hi-k\ -lioji. and often -old whisk\' to the In i!;an- in violation oi la\\. and tor which he wa- irequently arrested, and lined. N ft lu- went mi in hi- intainou- business. In the ni^lit ol the ;th o! ( )i tol MM", i S jrj. the\ we- re ha\ i DL; a h IL;!I 1 1 me at Parker's. The \\hoir _.i:u wa- drunk, and Parker admini-trred a mock -acramcnt to i- drunken < n i\\-d. Seated about on bem hcs. lu- pa-sed i orn d miners to them lor bread, and \shi-k\ for wine, accompanied \\ith bla-phemouremark-. Pork wa- theri.-. Ilr \\a- a mean, ill -tempered -a\a^e. had - oinmittrd -r\era ri -r-. and had no redeeniini; trait about him.

Pork a-kcd tor \\hi-k\-. and Parker retu-iiiu. he became \ er\ angry and liiilv. Parker onleri-d him out. and Pi irk reln-niL; to L;O. Pai'ker took a b'iniiiiL: -' m the llreplace. .ind making with( that towards Pork,

U'as a lar^e. noble looking man. and nearly halt white, about six loot high, had little chin whiskers. \vas very straight and muscular, spoke Knglish well, and was highly respected. lie had a large nose, and was about tit'tv vears old when thev lett.

U'as of niediiun height, had a mclancholv look, most always drooped his head, walking or sitting, but had a sharp eye. and was considered smart. lie was a lull blood Seneca, a little grav. about fifty years old. and took the place of Seneca John after he was killed.

Skxkca John

\Vas a splendid looking Indian, strictly honest, as many of the Senecas were, was very straight, square shouldered, and had a frank, open, noble look. lie carried a silver ring in his nose, and one in each ear. He wore a fur hat and broadcloth coat, cut Indian fashion, with a belt, and a silver band three inches wide on each upper arm. He was a stylish man. and ot commanding bearing. He lived near (Ireen Springs when he was executed, then about thirty-eight years old.

U'as a small Indian, very active, but there was nothing otherwise un common about him. Seneca |ohn. ('oinstock and ('ooiistick were his brothers.

The wolves used to make a fearful howl'my noise, which they sometimes kept up all uiiilit. No one can now imagine what terrible feelings the howling of the wolves \\oiild create, on a dark, wintry niyht. when we were in bed : Ihewohcs ho\\ liny on the one side, anil the Indians keeping up their everlast iny t inn. t tun. t inn. on the ot her. dancing all iiiyhl .

There were se\eral mounds on the Culver place, and we often plowed up hones and ancient crocker\. In ls~)0 we opened one of these mounds, and found a \ er\ la rye skeleton, with a \\ell shaped skull, and a stone pitcher near the head. The pitcher seemed to have been made of sand and Ha\. Small vessels of the same material, filled with clam-shells, were placed inside of the elbows. Some of these pitchers \\ould hold half a gallon. We yave them to ( Jen. 1 Jrish. These things were as wonderful to the Indians as to us.

Horsk-Rack

Some time after Doctor I >resbach came to Ti Hi n. he and Mr. .Josiah i led yes and their riders came to the Spicer place to have a horse-race. They had a straight track made through Spicer's corn lields. Dresbacli had a small yra\ mare. Hedges' horse was a bay belon,<>'in^ to a friend of his b\ the name of Council. McNeal's clerk rode the I )resbach mare, and Albert 1 1 ei lyes rode the Council mare. Hedges' bay won.

The same da\ the Council horse ran a»ainst some body's elese horse, on the same track. At the outcome the bay stopped short and threw Albert Iledyes clear over the fence, and he had his ankle dislocated. They came down here to have the race, because they could find no other place ;.o free from stumps. The track was straight from the bank of the river to the hill where Mr. Toomh's house now stands. This was the lirst horse-race in Seneca ci

Tin- relation i»f I i real llritain with the western savages, and the po\\er this ml all\ exercised mi the western Irontier. is clearly shown in a letter that I >r. I'ranklin furnished the .////,-//< </// Kcmemhrancfi', an .aiithorin which n< >bod\ will dispute.

The I'.ritish uovcrnment had sent its agents to all the Indian tribes to enlist the sa\ae;e-< against the colonists. The Americans sent r.eniauiiii |-ranklin to Paris to secure, it possible, the aid ol l''rance in tavor of his eountrytnen. 1'r. 1'ranklin wrote an article tor the .////(-;-/('</// Kt'int'iii/'i'iiiii'i'/', which, in thai dav. exerted a very powerful intlncnce in Loih Kurope and America. It purported to be a letter from .1 I'.ntish officer to the (iovernof ol ('anada, accompanying a present ot ei^ht pa< ka^es ot scalps o| the colonists, which he had received t'rom the chiet ol the Senecas. As a very important part ot the histon D|" tin limes, the letter should be recorded. It wasus follows:

--\n. 1 ('uiilaiiiiiiy fort) - three sealps o|' ('OIILOVSS solilicrs. killed in ditiereiit skirmishes. These are stretched mi black hoops, lour inches in diameter. The inside of the skin is painted red. \\itli a small black spot, to denote their heiirj; killed with bullets: the hoops painted red: the skin painted brown and marked uith a hoe; a black circle all round, to denote their beinir surprised in the niuht: and a black hatchet in the middle. siL,rnif> inu' their beiim' killed \\ ill i (hat weapon.

--No.'J Containing the scalps of ninet) -ei.^ht farmers, killed in their houses; (mops red. liu'ure of a hoe. to mark their profession; Ljreat white circle and sun. to -dio\s the\ \\ere >nrpi'i>ed in da\ time; a little red foot, to show the\ stood upon their defense, and died li^htim;- for their lives and families.

"Nil.:! ( 'oulaiuiui; ninety-seven, of farmers: hoops n'reen. to show that lhe\ wen killed in the fields; a larure. white circle, with a little round mark on it. foi a sini. to sho\\ ii \\as in the da\ time; a I thick bullet mark on some, a halcliet mark on ot hers.

I J4 History 01 Si.Nkca Coin In

The |>i u ir i ild sipiaxx \\ as at the hominx hi nek . pi mm I MIL;' hum inx . \\ hen t lie Indian- came into her lint. Without anx further cercinonx . and \\itlioiil a-kimr aiix ipies! in us. Shane struck her mi the head \\ it h a tumahau k. and ^lic leil. Shane then called a not he i' Indian to come and finish her. u hich he did \er\ |ii'oin|il l\ . The hnsliand u|' the sqnau stooil ti\ and permitted the outrage, without the lea-^t interference.

\V hen m> lather heard of this, lie sent fur MMIIC of the chiefs and told them that if another circumstance like it was ever permitted to occur a_;ain. lie \\oiild ha\e the matter in\ esl i^ated. and llie murderers' punished under Ihe la\v^ of iheuhile people. This seemed to ha\ e the desired effect . and for -~ome lime afterwards nutliinn' further was heard uf killing \vilelie> on the roerve.

'1'he >encca> had their animal Lvreen-corn-dance. \\hich \\as a >orl of t hanl\>L;'i\ inu' t'rulic. and differed \erv much from the performances uf the di'.u'-dance. \\hich >eeined to lie a proceeding and cereimmx of a mure >aci'ed character. The du^-dam-e was the .u'raml dance, and ^eneralh lasted nine da\^. ll al\va\s tin)k place aliont the Ihuc of mir Cliristtuas. The\ \\onld then dre>-> in their liest >t \ le. and ohserx e e\ er\ ride \\ ith ti'real pnnct ualit \ . The dance commenced li\ one Indian shuutinu off his i;'im thronu'h the Mnoke hole in the roof. The Indian^ then, all armed to the teeth, would one 1 1\ one enter t he dance, one chief lead in L;. \\ hoop in ^ and \ el liny, d ruins lieal im:'. chain^ i'at 1 1 im:'. etc. Thc\ danced up and down, and I he old ehiel>. in a Cultural >uimd. \\hich a]>pi oximated a roaring, indicated the lime with l heir -- Yah- 1 1 o- U'ah!" The Mpia\\ s ne\ er i la need with the men. In it formed a rinn li> thcin^cU c>. The ><|iia w> danced to i heir own mii^ic. which wa> a -,ort of \\ hi ne i in a Midi note, and seemed to come from a threat d i -lance.

At .1 ' ertain pail of the dance one Indian \\ould appc.ir. dressed in a hear -km. and a i in1, In ; in a deer skin, uith poll -lied lirass for 1 he e\ e> of t he aniinal-N. to make t he figures look fcarlul. 'I'lnis lived up. ihe\ ran around l!,e iiuu of dancers. '1'his \\as in sc;ire a wax the e\il -pirils. Tliex had one da lice in 'he at ten n. and one alter -upp'-r.

! A! the tirst celebration of the hall le of Fort Stephen son. on the 1.M da\ of Am_:ii-i. l-::'i. \i,. Klutherns ( 'ook delivered hi> oral ion from tfi;it porch to house, and the writer stood near the porch. listeniiiL:' to the oration more than fort\ \ears ;i;_jo. Mrs. i n^liaiii \\ as an old \Vhiu'. and therefore eiijox ed the speech. \\ hi eh was more of a political than historic character. an< I therefore out of |ilace. while the writer did not like the ver\ mail) bitter remarks luirled at the I )emoeral ie part), which lie then thouirht \\ere ill-timed, and thinks so still.]

Mr. Iliillmrt opened a store in Lower Sandiisks. lie \\as afterwards elected a member of the House of liepresental i\ es. in the legislature of < 'hio. from Sandusk) count) . lie d ied of con sumption. I )eeeml>er '2~>. 1 >-">->.

Caleb liice \\as the nearest neighbor \\ e had. lie was a millwright !>> trade, an excellent^ mechanic, and a ver\ intelligent man. lie built the mill for the Senecas at ( Jreen creek, about one-half mile belov, the springs. He wasconstantlv invohed in law-suits, occasioned b\ his general disposition to e\ade his promises, lie was a bad financier, and outside of his intelligence and mechanical skill, of ver\ little account.

Henjaniin ('nh'er. another neighbor. \\as a ('anadian b\ birth, and pos- ^essed of considerable wealth. lie bought the best farms on the river bottom. He \\as about fort\-eiurht \ears old when he was married to Mis^ Harris, who was then a beautiful \onn.u' siirl. Miss Harris \\a^ the onl\ \\ hile ^irl at m\ broth ei-'s funeral. \\ ho died at the fort in Is^o. Mr. ( 'nl\ ei \\as a man of excellent heart, a true friend and a t^ood neighbor. The onl\ I -i n It in his life \vas his lo\ e fo|- st ron^ drink. He died in Is in. when he was a boil I si \t \ \ ears old.

uasnieeh braided. Yen proud of his education and French training, he often |iut mi li'i't-at airs, and said. " This is the way tin- French oHicers do." His overhearing disposition often .uot liini into trouble with other Indians. allot' whom he regarded as vastly his inferiors, and very t'reimently father \\as railed n|i. in to settle his tnuililes for him.

A man h\ the name of Keeler lived near the river Itank. He had a famih ot >i\ children: lie eame from the state of New York, and bought forty acres of land. The famil) suffered Breath \\ith sickness. I don't remember what

Alexander McNntt and his brother. Daniel McNntl. were also here in 1 *>!'.'. I )aniel had a familx . and Alexande.r married a sister of Isaac 1 . I >nmond. M\ father solemn i'/.ed their marriau'e.

Kliphalct 1 {o^ei-s bought a farm near Wolf creek. He married Hannah Jackson. \\lmliad lixedat .Mr. Howe's a loi^lime. Holers was an honest . home-spun sort of a man. His fai'in became afterwards known as the Snook farm.

Alinon Kollins married Mar\ Sherwood, ami Loren/o Abbott married her ^istei' .leaiiette. The t \\ o couple \\ere married at the same time. Jeanette \\as then .mix foiii'teen \ ears old.

< >ld Mr. Sheru ood \\a> captain of a militia compan> . and ver\ proud of his Mat ion. He wa> a .u'reat talker, and somewhat boast fill. I Ic did not live

Mr. William Harris, the gunsmith, was a man about ti\r feet ten inches hiLih. >toin and \\ell liiiill. lie uas |ioor. but a man of considerable refinement. and M rici !\ Imne.M. He di'ank some, but not to excess. He came hci'e \\ith hi>!'amil\ after the Harnex s. Imt before the I )iimonds. and \\a> anioiiii'M the tii'st that settled near llie t'ort.

There were three iif the>e Tuunaii ia>. ()newas the head chief, another u,i- the Joseph, and the third \\a-^ the Armstrong Tiiii'iiania. the son of the

The writer, in gratitude for her many narratives of men and things pertaining to early life in Seneca count}', can only wish her many more years of lite in the enjoyment ol her happy nature, in health, comfort and contentment.