Philip Seymour, or, Pioneer life in Richland County, Ohio : founded on facts . for the Indians to commit dep-redations. Accordingly, immediately after this surrender, a party of Britishand Indians made their appearance at the Rapids, and wantonly plundered thesettlers of all the properly they came across, and then returned to Detroit intheir canoes. There were, however, three of this party who remained with theintention of plundering thi; few scattered families in the wilderness. One ofihese v/as a young Delaware Chief, named Sac-a-manc. This was Tthe samenotorious Chief whose name was a terro
Philip Seymour, or, Pioneer life in Richland County, Ohio : founded on facts . for the Indians to commit dep-redations. Accordingly, immediately after this surrender, a party of Britishand Indians made their appearance at the Rapids, and wantonly plundered thesettlers of all the properly they came across, and then returned to Detroit intheir canoes. There were, however, three of this party who remained with theintention of plundering thi; few scattered families in the wilderness. One ofihese v/as a young Delaware Chief, named Sac-a-manc. This was Tthe samenotorious Chief whose name was a terror to many a poor pioneer family. Likea stealthy tiger, he sought his prey in ambuscade. Tiie name of Sac-a-mancwas well known among the pioneers on Owl Creek, Knox county, where hedistinguished himself in th« scalping business. The condition of this region,therelore, at this period, was indeed perilous. The country was desolated, andeverywhere vvereseen scouting parties of Indians,. CHAPTER XXIV. ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS. Again they moved with cautious trend,Throuj;h forest drear, their course ihcy led. It was a beautiful morning, about the middle ofOctober, when Philip Seymour and his companionleft the Maume Eapids, for an excursion in thewilderness. Their course lay mostly in a south-ern direction. Autumnal breezes where blowingamong the forest trees, whose yellow leaves indica-ted the approach of stern old winter. There is a beauty in the varied year. In thevernal months all is loveliness and enchantment—the air softens into balm, and buds and flowersspring up at our feet. In summer the heat drivesus into the cool shade, where our bodies are sooth-ed by the refreshing breeze. In autumn the fieldsare covered with the profusion of nutritive treas-ures, and the slender boughs bend with the mostdelicious fruit. Autumn has always been lookedupon as the most melancholy part of the year, withit comes the decay of the leaf, and the witheringof flowers, and the songs o
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