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Subject: [PAWASHIN-L] Covalt Station and Round Bottom, 4th installment
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 21:34:38 EDT
The story continues......
This man had put in his family and didn't--------------for a year or two for
of He and--------------had gone to Covalt's Mill------------. His family was
in the boat! down in the fall, August 1789. He had-------------started and
brought them all the way, and his---------------------bottom There he waited
till his daughter & ----------came up for him in nearly up to Round Bottom at
that time. He said before he died, his fear of the Indians was done now. This
happened while I took my wife on to Ct. (Cincinnati?)----------------18 years
ago was living in Whitewater, below Connersville. Able Cook was---------up to
Round Bottom. His family was there 3 or 4 miles from the other, above
----------------in the narrows, as he was returning from Columbia, he was
shot by the Indians from the top of the point of a hill-----------------the
only wound except the tomahawk. He had a good rifle but-------------gone.
Didn't know whether he had shot any Indians or not. He had rode down to
Columbia & while he wa at Red Bank the little bay mare died. I saw him
skinning it out and I think he carried the hide down to Col. Spenner's
tanyard at Columbia. It was while my faather was east. I was up at Covalt's
Station to guard while they farmed, and he came after I was there about a
month. About sundown I heard of it, and I galloped through the narrows that
night. After I got through, I heard a gun behind. They at the station thought
it was me, and followed on till they came to the flats. where they saw my
track again and turned back. Whether Cook was killed after this or not, I
cannot certainly recollect. I think after. Covalt scoring trees to build a
hewed-log cabin, and was shot in sight of the fort. After that I went into
sawing and hewing. He was-------------------------He had gone out where
Shanes track was, and turned back and found Claussens Trace, which we
continued till we came to a dr-------------run-they-20 Indians from the Lakes
crossed which was yet muddy. We agreed I should look forward and they to the
right and I left, and if the Indians discovered us, we would turn back, and
galloped out of reach of the trace. We followed on in that way till we came
to where it turned down the hill; about 20 covered with tracks, right down to
the river. We knew they were Indians. It was dreadful was their coming up, or
we wouold before have tried to have gone round, but we knew we couldn't see
to have gotten in. We now galloped into Fort Washington and I rode
immediately up to the Sargents window, told him what I had seen and urged him
to have a body ready by morninglight, to scout the country, while we would go
up to Columbia. Next morning the rain had washed all the traces away, and we
scoured the hills in vain. The word of our night out have been beliefed but
there were 3 of us, and I only waited every hour to have some stroke. The
appeared to be still till the 3rd day, when we accordingly received an
assurance from the Round Bottom Station, saying that
Frances(-------------------) they followed to my track from Round Bottom. I
am not certain what they did from the station or not. It was a mile
above-----------------and a soldier had been taken by the Indians. They had
been into cutting timber for to repair their fort, and while in at dinner,
the Indians attacked in the and took them prisoners.
They------------------Round Bottom, (not Covalts) 17 of us pursued. We
ascended the hill at the narrows, where they cut off the pursuit by going
back on the point, to where they had left their------------, and then crossed
a tree over the hollow. When we got on it again, we followed to the mouth of
Sycamore night------------------and we had to stop. Bedle said they were only
about a mile ahead of us. In the thick back woods we had lost the trace, and
it would have taken some time to find it. Since they were just 20 in number.
That some were left to---------------and some had gone to watch a lick and
then it was well we hadn't come on them.
Some 2 or 3 weeks after, ----------------that summer, in the same flat.
--------------Round Bottom and Covalts a-----------------Clarnens in
his---into Round Bottom on his horse. They also took in Demitt
cousin-------------little thought he would-----------------after him. He was
never heard of. The day Paul and Giffen were killed, we were out by Deerfield
Ryrurson & myself with 2 Gregorys, Capt. Boyd, Jos. Bedle, & another, were
out 25 miles, strait course, on Muddy Creek, =page 100=at (to follow after
line 11 above), Frances Bedle was taken on the to Detroit & mourned so after
his family he was sold to a British Lieutenant there, with whom he regularly
served out his time. Found a piece of a Bible while there, which he said was
a great consolation. About a year, I think a carpenter by trade. A good
Presbyterian. But turned Shaker afterwards. I said then I would not
have------------------.
Well, folks, this is all I have of the Draper Papers. However, Lyman Copeland
Draper was the first president of the Wisconsin Historical Society and he
donated all of his manuscripts to them, so they all reside about 90 miles
from where I live in the Historical Society Library! Sometime this summer I
hope to make the trip and see what I can find. In the meantime, I also have
an account written by Mary Covalt who was fourteen at the time they went to
Covalt's Station. If you would like me to put it on the list as well, I will.
Let me know. I don't know how interested you listers have been in this
information.
Susan in Milwaukee
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