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woman, moved off, and traveled all night. Next 

 morning each man took his share and nine of the 

 party went down to steal horses on the Clinch. The 

 remaining four roamed off through the woods, and 

 ten days later the woman succeeded in making her 

 escape. For a month she wandered alone in the 

 forest, living on the young cane and sassafras, until, 

 spent and haggard with the horror and the hard 

 ship, she at last reached a small frontier settlement. 



At about the same time three girls, sisters, walk 

 ing together near Wheeling Creek, were pounced 

 upon by a small party of Indians. After going a 

 short distance the Indians halted, talked together 

 for 'a few moments, and then without any warning 

 a warrior turned and tomahawked one of the girls. 

 The second instantly shared the same fate ; the third 

 jerked away from the Indian who held her, darted 

 up a bank, and, extraordinary to relate, eluded her 

 pursuer, and reached her home in safety. Another 

 family named Dool'in suffered in the same year; 

 and there was one singular circumstance connected 

 with their fate. The Indians came to the door of the 

 cabin in the early morning; as the man rose from 

 bed the Indians fired through -the door and shot him 

 in the thigh. They then burst in, and tomahawked 

 him and two children; yet for reasons unknown 

 they did not harm the woman, nor the child in her 

 arms. 



No such mercy was shown by a band of six In 

 dians who attacked the log houses of two settlers, 

 brothers, named Edward and Thomas Cunningham. 



