. Sufferings endured for a free government; . iiiii << X M 4¥ %4. ATROCITIES OF CHAMr FURGUSON. 101 arrived in siglit of his house he was engaged in feedingcattle. Seeing their approach, and knowing their pur-pose, he thought to evade them, and ran towards thebarn. One of the party, without hailing or stoppinghim, which could easily have been done, brutall}^ shothim through the neck, killing him instantly. His threelittle children, who were, standing near, seeing theirfather had been murdered, ran to their mother, Avho wasin the house, and told her. She ran out, shrieking, andwringing he
. Sufferings endured for a free government; . iiiii << X M 4¥ %4. ATROCITIES OF CHAMr FURGUSON. 101 arrived in siglit of his house he was engaged in feedingcattle. Seeing their approach, and knowing their pur-pose, he thought to evade them, and ran towards thebarn. One of the party, without hailing or stoppinghim, which could easily have been done, brutall}^ shothim through the neck, killing him instantly. His threelittle children, who were, standing near, seeing theirfather had been murdered, ran to their mother, Avho wasin the house, and told her. She ran out, shrieking, andwringing her hands in anguish. Approaching the mon-sters, who were sitting on the fence laughing at heragony, she asked them why they had killed her husband ?They answered, Because he was a d—d Tory I* ATROCITIES OF CHAMP FURGUSON. The annals of no civilized, nor even savage warfare,could furnish, perhaps, a parallel to the crimes and bar-barities of Champ Furguson. He boasted of havingkilled fourteen men; and there is no question of thetruth of his assertion. Flaving by some
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