Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . e removed to the farmon which he now lives, five miles west of the city on the CrawfordsvilleState road. After his removal to his new home he was compelled towalk to his corn field and there shell the corn for his bread, then carryit on his shoulder to the mill, thence in meal to his home. On oneoccasion he was detained until after nightfall. When within a short dis-tance of his house he heard cries of distress proceeding from his ownhouse. Hurrying as fast as possible to the house
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . e removed to the farmon which he now lives, five miles west of the city on the CrawfordsvilleState road. After his removal to his new home he was compelled towalk to his corn field and there shell the corn for his bread, then carryit on his shoulder to the mill, thence in meal to his home. On oneoccasion he was detained until after nightfall. When within a short dis-tance of his house he heard cries of distress proceeding from his ownhouse. Hurrying as fast as possible to the house he found his wife, withher infant in her arms, had clambered to the loft of the cabin for pro-tection from the Indians, who, she said, were prowling about. Whetherit was imagination on her part or not Mr. Johnson never knew. It wasjust after the murder of the Indian family in Madison county by thewhites, and the whole country was in constant fear of an outbreak bythe Indians. Mr. Johnson brought to my mind an incident that happened aboutthat time. A Delaware Indian who delighted in the name of Captain m^^ ^. ^irri.^^ -^ ;./^^.. JACOB B. McCHEShEY. 255 White Eyes, was very fond (when intoxicated) of showing by ma-neuvers with his knife how Injun scalp white man. This, to some ofthe settlers who had the art practically illustrated on their relatives, wasunpleasant. They gave the captain to understand that they would alsogive a practical illustration of how the white man scalped the to Mr. White Eyes was sufficient. He took the hint and nevertroubled the settlement again. Mr. Johnson has accumulated a large fortune, not by wild specula-tions, but by a judicious and careful investment of his accumulationsfrom time to time. A few years since he offered some very valuabletracts of land, first to the Northwestern Christian University, then to theHanover College, as a subsidy for locating either of those institutions onhis property. Mr. Johnson never received but nine mont
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