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KN IGHTSTOWN HOME JOURNAL PRINT. iW -i-:::/IW �l·.' ,> W "'' "'I _(r o1,1 " tin -lY JJ '' /«/ :,· ,> ,,1,,,111 llw .11e11r f'iy Jll 1•1 ·0 _l,,,.t.11-.1i1·1·. �1,:ou1svJLLE, KENTUCI SK E TCH E S OF T H E LI FE AND ADVENTURES Of JACOB PA~~f-{U~ST ; WRITTEN WITH HIS OWN HAND WHEN AB0UT'l'HREE 8CORE AND TEN YEARS OF AGE- NOT FOR SPECULATWN OR H ONOR, BUT FOR 'l'HE BENEFIT OF '£HR RTSING uENERA'rION, PARTI CUT,ARLY OF HIS OWN J)F,('ENDANTS . PRICE 35 cents . Adding a fnv fact s to the many accorded instances of the s11Jferings of the early pioneei·s a.long the Oh-io Rivel'. �This boo k was ori gini1ll y publis hed in 18-l:? - rppr odu ced in 1/i\l:-l. v,,1· batirn et Weratim , ., .. N[oRT_E DWAIWS, K :-: 10 1-l'l' ~'l' OW :S, J:sn. �My p:11'c 11t,- c migrnt..,d fro m t il e State of NP \\' J enw_L to Virµ:i 11ia . in t h e ycai· 1771 , wl1 el'c my fatli ol' rai ><c d a ('!'Op. and wl wrn T a 11d my twi11 brntl1cl' J,-aa(' , \\' Cl'<: bo rn , on t he 10th of F <: IJl'lt:H,Y , 1772 . Ab o ut the yea r 177 ~1, w e m oved to P e1111sy l co1 11 1ty , wliel'u \\· e li\·ed \\' as l1i11 gtn11 t!,ro11 .: rh t h e HL' vol111itio11HI'} wa r , expo., ed to tlie to11rniiawk of t l1 e lllL· t·cil ess Stl\·a.u ;e- ,; ufferi11g all t he lianl sli ips of a \\·i ld e1" 11 ess cou11tl'y. a11d th e vania , pt·ivation s of II calamitou , w a 1·. 'l'he first s111nm <: 1' we fo1·tod wa s th e sum111 el' or 1774 wh e n \1·e m oved abo u t 12 mil es to E11oc h< fort , ' whel'e \\·c li v ud. <11· l'emai;; ed all s1111111H•r , having left <•n·1· littl e 1·eside 11 cc o f a log eab i n , a 11 d a few acres partiall _,- el eal'ed i11 t h e d e n se forest. Bein g mu c h a.l 111·m ed by t h e tidin gs o f'th e l11di:11 1s �SKETCHES OF JACO B PARKHURST. 3 wornen of the ne ighbod10od , but my oldest brothe1·, too k his littl e wooden wagon which he had built fol' hi s own accornodation , and load ed on the t wo t win boys, a11d we nt about a mil e to t he neal'est neighbol', whern we staid till towa1·ds nig ht ; wh e n we came baek, my o!d est sister inform ed us t ha.t we had a yo unge l' bl'other, and tlutt I was 11ot t he youngest so n, ( fo1· so my moth e1· eall ed m e.) But I we n t near to t he dool' ot the <:abin , where I peeped t hro ug h th e <.: l'a.<.: k o l the wall -- my mo t hc l' seeing my eyes shine thl'ough the wall , said to me, " ah J aeo b, you are n ot my youngest ,;on now. " With t hat, T dodged back , and hid be hind t he ov e n, and would not g o in till ni g h t. About th ese times th e hun tc 1·s used to <:ome t.o my fathel's, as we wel'e in t he fr o nt range. We had an old dog t hat used to <.: atch tl1eil' wo und ed dee r ; one das he eha,;ed a II old buck in to the <.: l'ee k , and my oldest bl'oth e l' took his tomahawk and rnn down, a nd wh e n th e doµ; e.nugh t th e bu ck by t li e 11 0Re a nd he ld him , he wa,led in a11d peek ed away, tl1e dog ho llfi11g his g rip , till t he bu c k sunk dow11 in th e walei·. .M.y urothel' was a lad of abo ut t hir tee n y ea1·s of age. About t hi s time, o u1· :ivi11g w ,-i,; ve 111 ;, 1H1 n11d �4 SKETCHES OF JA COB PARKHURST. homi11y , with some mt1sl1 and milk , a1,J .srnne corn cairn;; , grnu11J 011 a ha11d -mill and sifted through a splinte,· tSi eYe. Onr eomm◊n dress was tow lineu , onlrm;seJ deer HKiu, when we bad clothes, bnt boys, such as land my twin brother, jll a.bout eight or ten yea,sofage, liad to clo with one long ~birt a y ear, ,vhid1 eame Jow11 to the calf of the legs, and. wbc11 they were won1 out, we had to go naked, 01· nearly so, ti 11 the next crnp of flax was manufactured into linen , which was done in the winter, fot· in the summer we had to live in the fo1·t , and it we could manage to raise a little corn and potatoe~, we felt very thankful for the supply for tho winter. About in this manner we pas1-1ed on , forting in the· ;,urnrner, and "laying at home in the winter, till the winter that I was eight year;, old , which was 1780 , which was called the hard win.t er-the snow foll early. more than two feet deep, but we bad not our new shirt" yet, therefore the twin boys were 11early naked ., but I began to contrive for myself; accordingly, 1 found a small deer skin that had bean killed out of season '--too thin to dress , so I put strings to it, and turned the hair side next to my belly, and wore it as an apron, then I was well prepared to �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARK HURST. 5 face the winter wind s, my feet :tnd le,~s being st ill naked, and my old shirt all gone except th e col lar, and a few thread s han g ing round. It was not lung now until we got ou1· new sbi1·ts, which came dvw11 tu th e <:a.If of ou t· legs, then we were well dad fol' th e winter, t lt ough we h2d no other clothes: -but we we1·e too wal'ln to stay i 11 the house, especia ll y by the fit·e. So we got c-orn stock guns, and ,,·o nld g:o a hunting to the cree k , twe nty 01· twenty fiv e rods fron th e house, where we would prete nd t<J s hoot and get th e out sid e b at·k off ot the i 1111 er bal'k for skin s, and then return hom e with 0111· skins, the snow being -u-p th ourfi:n·ks every ju1np. Sometimes when we did not go a hunti11g·, we 'No nld get too wa·1·m, and go out where the s now was driftt-d by the fence that join ed t li e hou se, we would climb upon the fence and jump heels foremost all over bead and ears +n the snow bank , ~tnd tbe11 run to the fire, ,vit l1 legd a,, t·ed :t, an old tur keys--this was sometbi11g like ease hard e nin g. By thi s time there we1·e several new fort ,;; b uilt, nam ely, J ackson 's on th e South, Fol't of Ten mil e, and Atkison '!,; on th e the middle fork ofLind,leys, on the same creek. to which t he last me11tioned ·fort we .belonged ; �6 SKETCRES ,0F,JACOB ·PAR·K·HURST. but my -mother had ..got Yery mu.ch qpposed to living in thc -lort, - 011 ,account uf her d1ildr,e11 l'unning into all manner ol ,mischief& .evil. In the summer ot 1781 , about tlie last of June, .the expl'ess came tlmt -the Indians had crossed .the Ohio, am! were stearing tor the Jrontier; . Il]Y mother proposed to go to the woods, so w.e loa,Le.d up our beds and bedding w.hieh we1·e hut light, and -moved into the wood,,., about a m.ile i rmn home, in the head 01 a hnei;ome hollow Letween t he two creeks,, whern we staid two days .and one night, bn t there came a grnat rain ·a11d wet our bedding, so that we rnuved ·hom e again, the .ene1!)y having made their way to some othm· 1Settlernent. \Ve nuw staid at home ti!I about September, be i11g favored with so111c Ranger;;, that wel'e sent from the intel'ior p::i1·tR. One ol these ;;pies wliu camped at ou1· hou~e, .wa,;. by tl1c name ol Caleb Goble-he and rny ·brnther Daniel . took .a scout onto the liead of Wheei.ing, a11d dHw11 to r.he fork, whel'E, •they spied a trail , uf JndiaFIS, auout ,five •whic h had ,went up.,tlie other fot:k ,., ,v. liieh w.as called 'fempleton's . Fork. Ou!' , s pio,; , hastened home with all ;po~sil,.le ,speed to give ,the ;alarm . ·so we loaded np •o11 hon;e ,baek , . a11d •'sta1·t(ild, , not �to t he .fort, bn t t,o,,a,/~·\enq, ,wbp ,li v,ed .8 or,}) . mil.ec" i11 the iotRrin r ; but we ,_li_;i,p , notgoµe f_ar -till .?,1.e heard th e new:.s Qt: th;e , TJ1:urder of, t\yp. ypu-n g t m,en of ti1e narpe of Car ro l, th,at 1 li.ve!f ,tp,::a~·~.s ,the h1;a_d of. the c1·.ee k qn · .w _ hkJ 1 ~.l ie t1;aqks ;ve1'._e ,see n l,y the spies, w]t.jcb WJl,S .abpqt, two, llJilesJrp ip, o,tJr _ho.use. 'I' h,e .I n,cJ,iansJay in am bush .s0 Ipe djst anp.e from tJie. I-v;>.\l,Se~,,~-QQLlt <;!3:ylight ,/is P1_e ,y~nnjg m en we,n t o.u t to g,a tl!er, s-9 u~,e.,W;9,i;>d f~n· } ,h.e t ~,;e, the Indian s sho t th _ em,_.bot,h , w h.i clr ,a:arm e.d t.~e wo m <J n a 11,d ehildren- i n t he li o nse, and whi-l e they were :,<.;a l ping the two boyR , th.e fami ly. made t h en· es<;~ pe into H1 <.-' co r,11.fi el,d . and thro ' , ;it I in !o t he t1:eat ,Vi t.(1e fort ;Jrnt • woods , t\nd so ,gai ~11,ld. t.he_ir 1;e_ be tore t hey ,:g<)t oq t of 4he .<.;o rn,fi el.d, lth qy hea1;d l.11 e1n, fi ho9 t t he old bit :Ii Ill • tl Je _1yqor , who .,~vas not !91· Jetting tl1ei11, i n,,;rn t , 1~ hj3 11 , J!1 ey 11 !,ad , _dispat!:hed_her, ,the}\- e11ternd the, }louse, 1 aqd; 1:i_J).J)it/d ppen tb e ,beds,. 11, ud ,,t]1p: w .the rwi.thers -all - oyrr 1\ !ie house,, a pd ,~ar.ri,ed qtr,. what . Jhey ".wo(\ ld of' 1t j)e <.; lo,t!i ing, i ll'!-4,Jwil 1:;;~2-, abg,µt t.wo , mil.!:ls ,t;1,w11 oµ r bo r1s e,. a :yo u i;ig ,m an);iy 1H1e,WtJ1rn,J o f SJ!'l ph r,1 1 CaJ t,er , ,went,out to,tiqnt, tµ 1°J< \!Y~; 1p<,lf<J\'e , i t , ~\~ls light he thougl1t b~)1ea\·d turkeys g:qb~!i p;r, l111t ,the ne_a r-er ,J1e ~Pl~l;Qach~.d , tli e./1){>1·e - Lie ,, S\t:spe.•J~ -I �8 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. th e fraud , till at length he discovered five Imlia11;; secrnted in ordei· to dec:oy th e unsuspecting--he ran back to the house-alarn1ed t he family , who esc:aped to the fort, which was one mile distant. H e then alarmed t.h e neighborhood. The i1ewi, came to our house ve•i-y eltrly__:_we packed up in short order, and started for the fort. 'l' be In dians finding they wer e discover~d, left the creek they were on, and c1'ossed the high hill , and stfo ck th e head of th e run th a t we were encamped 011 , th e summ er beforn , a nd we nt <low 1\ th P- 1·un , till th ey came in sight of the road, just as we got along coming around the point of the hill , the re wor e three men with uR, or rather as a flank g uard who had c·r ossed the point on our left, and discov ered the Indians up the run in gun shot, and on e ofthe me n raised hi s g un to shoot an Indian, au other ad vised him not to fire, lest the horseH should frighten, and throw the women and child ren ; but the word was given that the Indians were in sight, when th e leader of the pack-horse ·9ompany, whose name was Benjamin Goble, called ou't with a commanding voice, "come on, fo r here is the Indian,;! '( The Indians supposing there was a troop of men �•.I ,. '·9 creek ;.' \ h'at ,vJ SKETCHES OF ACOB PARK HURST.' be hind , fl ed aero:sR the hill to th e had e0 me down whil e the force "be·hind , w~s t li r'ee ' fo1rnli ef; of wr' me n and ehildnin - se vernl boys ( d us on foot, who scam per ed U~) the hill , tor had a lo ng hill to erof;f; to the for t. ' We got'to th e top of'the bill , ~i nd th e 1·oad ma de a circle r ound th e head of a ho ll ow., when I toc>k a courses traigi1t across, butgot bewi;ld e red,an d ke pt down th e brnnch t ill I eame to th e fork s of th o eree k , on e mil e be lo w the fol't . T then tul'lwd up th e otb e r,a nd ca me to the for t before I was mi ssed: bu t ne ith er my mothe r , 111 y fat her , or rnj· old es t broth e r were alo 11g with u:s, for t l'ie two latte r ha d gone the day befo re, a distan ce o f 10 01· 11 mi le~ to ge t. so me fruit trec1, to plan t out, a nd my moth• e t· said t hat s he would stay at ho me and k ee p the old g un , for fear th e rn en n11ght com e by t he rnad so that they could not hea 1· t he alarm, and t hus be taken by th e e ne my . As soon , howev e r , as it was kn ow n in t he F'o1·t, that my lll Oth er wa s n ot i 11 the co mpan y, and that s he ha d stayed a t ho me, and t hat the Indi a ns W<l I'e steering in that direc • tion , a11 eld erly in a n o f' the name of Ca leb Lind la ,y; ' jtimpecl 011 hi :s old roan ho1·se, and said he would go iti1d bring the old lady intot.h efort,an d • ( {,:J �10 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. put out with all speed until he got into tl1e boL tom, within a hundred rods ofthe house, when lie discovered the Indians by the i;ide of the road , and he tunied, and rode back , the Indians raising the yell, after him . 'l'he old man also yelled, but the lndivns halted. The old man then turned his horse agaiu and called fu1· Captaii1 llice to come on; "we' ll have theil' scalps imme didely ," at which the lndiarn, whee led, and ran across .the bottom towards the big hill , and the old man rode up to the ba1·s , and called .for the old w'o'1nan, who at hea1·i11g the yelling, wont up into the loft with her gun , and pulled up the lad'der, but when she beard the call at the bars, she did no~ know whether it was friend or foe, but when he remarked that he was afraid they had got her, she the11 came down with the old riffle gun which sbe had kept close t9 her all the time ol the noise. The old man took her on behind him, and canied her to the fol't. By thi s time~ the men of the fort were in the greatest anxiety , and 'started about a dozen men to pursue the Indians, but they could not overtak'e them. About four months aft e r this, my brother Thomas was born in the Fort. I think thi s was �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 11 the la~t SL1m 111e r that we •Jived in the Fort. As t he e migTatio11 extended slowly to the we><t, the Indian s, theref<fre, committed their murders a lon/! Whee ling ereek, OL' along the Ohio River, &c. , and the inhabitan ts would freqnently run togethel' at oui· house, or some other su itabl e place of defence, till the India11s had t·e-crossed the Ohio. In one of those exc ul'sious they came istealthily, ea1·ly in the mornin g, to the bon se of one Daviis, who lived 011 Wheeling about 12 mi les from our house, and mt1rdered and scalped the whole family except one son and 011e daught,;r. 'l'h e son was out hunting the hol'ses, and came hom e while t hey were in the act, but mad e hi s esca pe. 'rht1 da ughte r louod hel' ,vay into the cornfi e ld and made good her ret1·eat. Another family of the name of' Crow , a dLttl-1 1_ man, had two dangbtet·s a nd one :,;011 ki!l ed 011 Wheeling, with ·whom I was acquainted , and another son shot through the ear, who111 the Indians chased to the high bank of t he creek , when he jumped down into a deeµ hole of water, and swam out and escaped, their gurn1 not being loaded . �12 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. Another man named 'l'iniothy Beall, with whom I was well ac,quaintod, lived on Whe e li11.u:, about 12 miles from our house, hi,;; wife' not bei11g wit\1 hin1. 'Phr~e children ,' two µ:iris and Oll 0 ooy , wore out in the bottom , wit,h their father , gathering walnuts, when the Indians eanie rut:>hi1,g 0 11 them with their tomab:ctwks and lrnocl',ed dc,wll all three of the ch ildl'en, out as there were but two Indians, while the.,· were s-e alping the two girls, the uoy got up and ran to hi s lath er , wh,> was at wol'k in th o field, though the bo,r was badly hurt with t he blow on hi s head. 'l'he Indians hurried off with their two scalps, and havin g strip ped the t,yo g irls of m0st of their clothes, hurried off to cross tho-river before OV<--lrtake n ; and the old mH,n took the lad on hi s back , and earried him all the way to the ten mile settlement, but the girls lay with their skulls naked, and their bodies nearly so, the re maind er of that day, and the night Joi lowing, and all th e next day till in the night, when a compa 11y ,of men arrived in order to bury them, uud er th e command of Major H en ry Diek orso n. But when th ey had fou od one of the unfortunate victims, who was dead , they searched r ound fort.be other, �wh o had craw:od down to th e· U1:anc: 1! fo1· a dri11k and was lying part ly in the \\·ate1·, not hcirig able to gef back. S he heard ·the 'me n in th e dad~; .arid t ho ught they wer e Indi a ns, and laid sti ll L;ntil they dre\\· near her , w hen o ne of t he men spoke to t he Major , a nd c:a ll ed him H en ry ; th e·n Ah<' called o ut, " do n't leave mo, H en ry. " Th ey ·w rapped her in a b lao ket, and c:a 1Ti ed he r to Fath er Crafts wh er e s he lived sever al days, but he1· sknll had been fractu1·ed , and th'e fli es bad lodged t h eir eggs in sid e he1· skull , that. grew into la rge cr eepers which appeared about the time shl' 1 di ed. She said that her si ste1· _li_,·ed t h l'Ough t hl' r emaind e1~of t he first day , until abo ut midni g ht . ....:.. 8he thought s he heai·d her g r oa n her last. J think t hi s was abo ut t he last murdel' that was do ne by the Indi a ns, in t he r egio n of o ur sett leme nts, it. being long after p eace was settled with Britain. But th e emegration Rti ll exte nd ed to tho west, until out· settleme nt wai- no lo ng~r a frontier. B11.t w e bad another enemy which infested our new co un try t hat waR soi11ethin g lik e th e In dian·s, for th ey would hi de in the grass un til they got an opportunity to strike, and th e n run an d bid e. �14 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. They were the l'attle s 11 ake and tbe eopµer head. 'l'h y wern ve 1·.,· numel'ous, :~ml had their dens i11 the l'oeks, whel'e they wintered, and we would go early i u the 8pri ng and ,;lay them by d0zens. About the year 1786, towards the last of Augu:st, I was helpinµ- my father to load some rail~ on a s led , to fence a new wheat field , as we were at work :it a lal'ge pile of rails, t hat had ue<rn made the winter befol'e, the1·e was a yellow Hattie Snake concealed under the rails, a nd it struck me in the big vein on the top of rny foot, and t be blood gushed out and ran dow 11 to the bottom ol my foot. I 8aw the snake after it bad done t he act, but did not kill it for my fathe1· hul'l'ied me to return home. So I started and run home, a11d left Fathet· to kill the snake, but when he tnl'lled his attention to the snake,behold it was gone. It is said that they always hasten to tbe w:tter when they bite, or it pi·oves fata l to themselves. I telt no distress ti ll I got home and set down , wbin my nose began to feel numb-my tongue to qniver and feel clum sey-- followed with a distressi11g sickness at the stomaeh, and pain in the bowell~, which lasted till some time in the night , when J became ,;enseleti8 to pain , till tow2nls da_y , �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 15 r seem,H.l to awake as out of a sleep, and wauted tu make wate1·, which appe:u·ed to be nearly ::d i blood -my nose bad bled abundantly on the pillow, a11d so1i1e plaees on my hands and fellt that W(m-1 scrntched by tbe iJJ·iei•s, the blood stm·ted out fresh, 1111d my 110:,,c conti11ued bleedi11g eve1·y day, fo1· a week or morn, and was hard to stop. M.y leg swelled up to my body, and turned the colo1· of the snake. l lay for nearly a week i11 a doubttni situation . Whe11 1 bega11 to mend , I was ~Lbout three weeks that I eould not walk or go out of' the house, but in about five wed{S, I was so that I ran about tolerably brisk , and beea1ne sou11d and well, and /.(t'ew mure l'apidly tha11 before, so tha~ the next winter, when I wa,-; about fifteen yeal'S old, my weight was one hundred and fifty pounds. ln the fall of 1788, my uncle Gei·shnm Guard moved out to Redstone Oil his w:Ly dow,i to Sym ':s purchase, or to the North Bend, where . they settled-and with h1111, his sons, and his sons in law , daughters, marl'ied and q11ma1Tied. And 011e o.f n1y cousins by the mLlllA of Jemima, camQ to stay ' at oqr house all winter, who was a11 agreeable young lady, whom we all respeete<!, �16 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. The next sprmg being 1789, my unelL• pursued l1is journey down to North Bend. 1\15' brother_ i;1 law also paeked up and went with th em, lea,·_ irighis place on Dry Hun, to be t'enteJ. His nam e was ·stephen Carter. My father also wen"t along to view the C(luntr-y, and left the boys· to manage the farm , ti II' af-tru:_harvest, fot· he and Carter tended a crop' 'o f corn at the N 01·th Be rid, ' ,'v here early the next spring, Carter was Killed and scalped by the Indiai1s, in ~ig!tt of the garrison. In 1790, ~as n Vel'y scarce season in Pennsylvania- the corn crops having f~iled the sun1rn~r before, the grain got so scarce before the harvest. that ,some had to cut the early rye, and dry it over the fire like flax, then rub it out and boil it, to 'p reserve life. "\-Ve bad nearly the half of a five acre field used up in this manner. But in August, there was a call made by the government, tor 300 men to be taken out of Fayette and Washington counties, to join the Kentucky militia, to go against the In.dians, under Genetal Harmer. Our militia was mustered , and volunteers were called for, when I, and some others ofmy comrades, turned out, it being the first muster that eve1· I · was at, after I was enrol- l �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 17 ed, but this was sad n;,n1·s to my poor afflit,tcd rnothet·. My fatlwr ·was a.t the muster, and I · i11fo1"med tbern, that I wanted to go · down to the .N'orth Bend ; to see what had be::;ome of my Histel', 11·hosc hns ba.nd the Indians had killed the sp1'irig befl)l"e, which ·pacified ·t'hem irl som e 1neasnl"e. Ru they fixed me off ii·1 the be;t man11e1· they , eofrld. I took my oldest brothe,-'s hu11ting: gun , _11· iiieh was snl"e fire, and n shal"p shooting: rifle. ,re• then me-tat vVashing:ton , where we mustered un~ dot· .TJicute11ant Sutton-thence we ma1·ch,ed by land to the Ohio Rive ,·, at M.eMaha11's bottom , between ·w heeling and G·t"ave Creek, where we joined urn· Fayette militia, who httd desee nd ed the Monongahale Rive1·, by water--'-,Ye then embarked in nine fla t bottom boat,s, whern we thongbt we snffet"ed many hardships, being, 300 of us crnwded into nin e boats with beef eatt le, horses, flout· bart"els, and kegs , so ~hat there ·wa,sea.rlely any chance to lie down , but on tlrn barrels and bags, or under the cattle 's feet. The ri ver being low. our voyage ·wa.s tedious-. bnt in about eight or ,tine clap,, we arL"i,·ed at the bottom opposite Cincinnati , below th e month of Licking, which ·was· then it thick fo,·e1't, covel'ed �SKETCHES OF JACO B PARKHURST. 19 \I ill C r ee k , whi ch 1 found t o be hard fo1· me to pet•Jol'll\. It rain ed hal'LI that ni g ht, and w et o uI· beds t hl'oug-h 0111· te11t8. 'l'he next morning, finding rnyselt u11abl e to 1na1·eh , [ got a pass and r eL111'11 ed to the hosp itHI ut C i11<:i1111ati , wh er e I took a 8Lrn11g dose ot 'I'arta1·, ,1·hi eh wol'k ed m e severely , and uf"ter· a fow days 1 go1, i11 to 1111 o ld c.,a 11 oc, a11d w ent down to ~•H'th Be nd , to m y wido1Yed .~is te 1·, w h er·e I r·e mai 11ed Ii u II ti 1Ig hel' co w s, & killi11 g t ul'k c,rs until th e eo111pa11,r r et u1·11 ed , and had don e but littl e 11I0I·e to bntg of than I had. 'I'hc11 · I. went up to Cin cinna t i , to greet my mes,; Inate;., and fellow so ldiers, who lrnd survi ved the l'et11l'lling detaehrn e11ts, where .[ l o u11d iL m ei,s111ate, a,; we!! as an olu ;;e lwol m:tte o f t he 1111111 0 o f Jaco b Allen, who agreed l o go wi t h m e tn ~orth B eud , :u1d stay . all wi11te1',-a11d so we went dowu and agreed lo get wood , a 1HI gl'irrd t he widow' :,; eo I·II 011 th e hand -m ill fo: ouI· boul'll and fo r O lli' III eet \Y O kill ed the b1wks , tl1e turk,•.y,;' a11d the poss um s. !11 thi s manII 0I·, w e li,·eu, and had freq 11011 t tou ; .sol i,<:o uti 11g, a,; w e w ere joi 11 ed to a co 111pa11.r or vo lu1.1t ee 1·,s und er Captai11 Bri t·t, Virgi11 , 1L11l1 acted as a. dufirn <:e to the garrisu11 at )forth B end , and by freqn eu l lou 1·:,; o f ,seo11 ti 11g u I' �20 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. lheMiami , Wbite Water, &e. duri11g wliith 1imP we boarded.at my sister\,, tb e ,Yidow Carte 1·. L1itt .in t he' fa:I , A ll en and my;;elf, 11:o nt ove1· into t:IH· Miami bottom , whe1·e 1ye found a pile of' lean, ~, wewenttoitandfound ' twodeet·, a doe and a 1,, pike buck , carefu lly laid together, a11d bu ri ed wit h leaves, being killed by the Panthers. We skinned them , and CHl'ried hon10 the bind qnarters, as tbey were well bled , and yet warm. It was a sca1·ce time of powde1· and. lead , but one evoning''t hc scouts c;1,me in ll li ttle L,efr)l'i• night, and co mmenced shoot'ing nt rnnrk , off hand , for t he lead. J was ,·ery scarce of bullets, but I conc luded that l would risk one any how. So I fired a";ay, and 0111·ied my bullet in t l1 e black, almost <.mtting the ce i1tre. '£he older hu11 ters i.hot a i1 11mber of times, but could not d1·n~r n1y shoot. So I cut ont my lead and carried it hon1e, of which I had a handfn I, wh ioh lasted me through the season. As the season advanced! towards Christmas,• t he weather was cold , and the ice ran thick in the river, and on Saturday evening before Cbri1<tma8, about thirteen of us took a notion to take a tour. We crossed the Ohio , notwithstanding the ice 1·n11 a �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 21 l'apidly~we we,,t down to Tannel' 's ·;;tatirm, ' •Oil the Ke11tud,_r ,-ide. below tho month ot Mia1i'1i , whel'e we staid all night-in the morn111g. the ice ran thickel' than eYel', liut . we vot • a small canoe ,, that wo11ld ca1·1·.r about fou1· 01· fiv e men , and with difficulty the two fir,;t load,; got ovel' : but just as the ·1a1,t got about the middle of the l'iVel', thel'e <.:ame a eake of ice which 11ca1·ly tillad the chan11el ot the 1·ive1·, and we had tu dl'iv e befo.1·e it, sometimes dl'ive against other e:tkes and were nearly o,·erset or thrown out ot the watel', but we made shift, by b1·eaking the ice with ou1· .paddles , to g e't to the shore, 01· wh el'e the ice was gol'ged up so that we deew our Ganoe npon it, an<i so got ashol'c. \\Te then took acoin·se across the hiliy <.:01111try , towa1·ds where Brookville now stands , and carnped out in th e snow and frost. As there was a tracking snow , and cold weather, we kill ed one deer, which sup pljed us fol' meat. Th e next day we struck vYhite Watc1·,' and followed down to where it en ters the _Miami , which brough t night upori us-a,-• there was no white inhabitants west ofthe Miami , we struck fire, but 80on found that tbe trees in the bottom were aboun di ng with t u1·ke.rn, and the �22 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. moon was abont t he full , so we pre pared i'ol' :1M eve ning hunt , tor we had 110 me,it fo1· ,rn ppe1·,-so when the moon got high e 11 o ugh , we went a11d killed what we wa11ted. By getting th e m bet wee n us and the moon, we eo uld dl'aw sight on them , and fetch them down almost every sl1ot. So we dressed and roas ted what wa s 11 ecessiu·y for SlljJper, and ;,ea1-,on ed it high , so wh e n we planted onr se ntry , we we nt to 0111· lodging, whid1 was a blanket sp read Jown 011 the leaves, a11d auot.her over us by t he fil'e. But wh en we got to bed , we could not s leep we wel'e so thirsty ,- -so we took an old wool hat that ha d _!(u ne to S\:led, a1,d turrupd it in si de out to ea1·1·y wat c 1· i11 -so we took it in rotation , tor t he full of tho ha t woulJ nearly go round . So we took a na.p. In the rnornin g we took the balan<:e of' our tul'k eys and wen~ home. 80011 a fter t hi s I took a110 Lhc1· tl'ip up White W11ter to hunt a t1·ee to mak e a Perogue. \Ve <:am e to a pond or b uyo u in the bottom wh ere • we saw some wild geese; ;,o we slipped np and disco ve l'_ing som e ve ry la l'gc white ones we both took aim, but hi s gun missed .fire, but I killed a large s wan whi ch I skin11 eJ ·:rnd .,,t,uffed, and had �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 23 it to1· a pillow while I staid at North Bend, whe11 l s lept by t ho tire which I commonly <liJ when hu11ting. On Cl1t·istmas day Judµ:e Jolin C leave Syms invited thl' whole lia1Tiso11 o l i1ie11, hunters and all , to lhe raising ofa fort or bl>ockhou;se over on the Miami bottom. Jt wais a log cabin with sixtee 11 eol'lle1·s, which he had planned so as to afford a elian<:e to tire 011 the enemy from the pol't holes i11 every dirnction, if they should advance to ~wale th e walls 01· set fire to the building ; we did 11ot fiuiodi it that day, lor the days were :short a11d it was a troublesome building to rnise ; it took eight corne rm e n, eae li , of whom were requil'ed to carry up two co1·ne1·s. I was one ot the cor11ct· mell ; but we did not cove1· it that day, a11d the weathe1· setting i11 hard , it was not finished when I lett the North Bend . It was calculated for 10111· fire places, and tor four families to live. I thought it wa8 an invention of the old Judge. to ha,·e so111ething clll·ious a11d exeiting to ,;end back to New Jersey ; but I neve1· u uderstood that it wa,; invaded by the ene·my, as the ,:iettle111ents ;;oon bee.a111e l'nnso!idated up the Miami to Cole l'ain . �24 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST vVhen t he hunting was mostly over , T rniidl' me a little smoke-house and dressed th e ski11 ~ that I had killed , ar"i_d so ld so me, with the J'l'Oeeeds of which I got me a pail' of pa11taloon1<, f1Jr we now began to · p repar e to go to Pennsylva11ia. A uout t he middle of February 1791 Ml'. All e n and myselfwound up our bnsi noss and t oo k !eave ofonr friend;, and fellow Range l'S at :Kol'th BenJ and went up to Cincinnati in orde1· to get a pa ssagt> up to -wheel ing or to Penn sy lva.11ia ; but finding AO passage for som e dii.ys, we went up to Co lumbia wh ere we fonnd two large ea.nnes, and abo ut 18 or 19 men , bound for Wheeling. \-Ve obtained passage with them on eondition that we would walk part of the way, to w hi c h we ag1·eed in orclel' . to get our knapsack!! ca n·i ed , and as there was da ngerof Indian s along t he river. Som et im e in the latter part of Fe b1·ua1·y we set sa.i I from Co l nn.1bia for Limestone. Some rowed , some walk ed 0 11 land-th e wethe1· being flue a nd t he rivet· cleat' oi ice. In t he afternoon, howeve,·, a heavy fall of snow commenced whi ch con tinu ed · until some time in t he night when t he s no w was abou t kn ee deep. We landed o ur canoes about s urniet, and prepared for the night as well as we could . W c· �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 25 found a large ho!low sycamore with a hole .in one side, which held par·t ot .the Jl}en , the oth~1·s scraped a way the snow and lay down three in . a bed, having one blanket under and two over them . Having previously taken supper in the tremenduous snow storm , we went to . .bed and the snow covMed us up head and ears ;--:,though rather cold at first, y et when ·we awoke in the night we were RWeating, for our cove.l'ing was heavy . 'l'he snow ceased some time in th e r.1ight and ,turned to rain , which settled the snow. 'f:ow.ards ,day i.t cleared off and froze a crust on ,t he snow. In the morning atte1· taking breakfast about thirteen of us set out on foot ; and we had not only to break the snow bi..t the crust, which we did by marching in Indian file till the leader was nearly exhausted , when he tell back in the rea1· and so on alternately until all had served their tour. •To our mortification the canoes left us, having promised to wait a t the mouth ofa creek which was at some distance ahead wheH we parted; but they broke their promii-;e ,a nd lelt us to shift for ourselves, without provision s or blankets which were in their canoes. \Ve traveled all that day through the snow and crust, and �26 SKETCHES OF JACOB PA RKHURST. :11anaged to get nu·os,; th e 11·:tte1·s IJ_y sliding 1)n lo ng pole~, the i ee not bein g ,; u ·o 11 g enoug-h lo n 11Ty us with o ut some aid . Wh en night t;am eo 11 we hal ted 1Yi thont mu e; h (;L• r emony fo1· w e had • 11 eith e1· b lank ets 11 01· prnYisi,) 1113. \\'e s·-.: rap ed away t he :snow and gath er ed so m e sti e; k i,; to make :1 tire, but w e had no sup per to 1:ook - th c ,;; 11 01\' ,·rust being so h ard th at 11·e c:o uld not ge l nigh :rny gam e, but w e c:0 11ten ted <rn r sel\'eS aR \\' ell a,we eo uld. On e of J ae;ob .-\.ll e11 '.,, m oeas:ns had fail ed RO 1,ha t hi t:1 fo o t 1.: arn c in t he ,; n o w , and l eut off 111,y pa11tal oo ns below t: l1 e kn ee and made him a m ot;asin. aml had lo11g(' lo th l egg in,- ; t hen we fix ed 0111·~e l ve,; d ow n as w ell as we (~o nld nea r ou1· fire;;, but th e n ig ht 11·as frosty :,nd I got to sl eep wi t h my hand 1111d er ,111y head. m y finge r :s being ncxl t h e ;rnow , so t ha t t wo n t t hem got f1·osted n11d were bl i ste r ed t he 11 ext day . :S ext mornin g w e µ-ot 11p 1Yitlio u t l)l'ea kf:tst 0 1· dinne1· t r a 1·c ll ed th r o 11 gh the 1rno w 11ntil al.Jou t su11 se~ w e got, t o L ees ' el'ee k station , wh ere 11·e fou nd pl enty ot leg cabin s :111d c: orn dodger s , and ,,;ome o ld aeq uai ntan<.:e ti·,J 111 P e11n~y lvania wl1,, we l'c v el'y kind to 11 ,-;. Th e 11e xt day pa;,,mgc i11 a k ee l boat· b,doll~ ing to a w e got :1 ,\l.r. B00 11. �SKETC HES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 27 and mn up to Lirnetone wh e re t he ' canoe8 that h,id le tt us hn.d land ed , but co uld giYe 110 good a e count ot thei1· ~o nci'uet. We then went to Washington, in Kentuekya :small town ot log cabins and some bard cid e r, which eame ll'Om B.cd:,;tone co11nt1·y-a11d ·• went to ,,·,n·k for some slwes, l<Ji' we were almost b:u·e fool. ll ern I. found my si,-;ter Rhoda , also Grnnd-. lather Pa1·kh111·ist wa,; t.ltere. and about to mov-e t<i Lexingto n: al;;o Con,;i11 · Job Grund liw,d 111 town ;ind I work ed for hi1n about half a m o nth . .-\.bout tlii,; time we heard of ,L keel boat at the lanJing, that, wa s laden with ba con and lllltter, i,o und for Galliopolis, belonging to Ca ptai11 ;;;t1·ong of C i11c-i1111a.ti. We then we11t and took a passage to be boarded 101· 0111· work am! c-ompany , which swelled the 11unil,cr of the e1·e,,· to forty men-twe nty spare hamb, fo r tlte boat work ed twenty oa,·s. So we were divideJ into coin pani cs -20 to walk two hou1·ia;, and then rnlein, the oar~·111 e n. ] thi11k we sta rted on T11 esda.y , 80 111 0 t ime in the fo)'()part ofn'Ial'eh , jui'it aftel' a grl'nt. 1·a.i n ; tlt e l'i vcr being Ii igh , ,;om e of tile fil'st days , we sca.1·ee ~ot ten mile;; a da y , and it was all a wilderness from Limestone t.o Ga lliopo lis. \V e �28 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. passed the mouth of Siota, on Saturday e vening, awhile before night, which was called sixty mile;; from Limestone. vVe had th e n peen five days on board. The river had fallen , a 11d we ·w ere making fine headway. We camped at nigh t, on th e bank of the river, and Su nday morning, got early breakfast, and set sail in fin e spirits, but to ou1· surprise we soon di scovered two fresh . moccasin tracks on the sand , which we supposed to be Indians. We then ealled a halt, an<l held a counsel of War, for we expected to be attaeted. and that those two Indfans had been spying us a t our camp, the night before . We resolved , that if we were attacted , the boat should land ; turn out and help us fight if any chance,--if not, take the sufferers in ii possible. It was also resolv ed t hat a flank guard of three men be sent into th e bottom to reconoitre, while the balau ce tollowed the foot path as usual. I turned out with th e flanking party, as I expected the Indians to waylay the path , and take all advantage, as I had bee11. too long on the frontier not to know something about Indian Warfare. We again proceeded--and it was my turn Oil land , and my lot as one of. the flank guard , .whil e �SK ETCH ES OF JA COB PARKHURST. 29 the se ventee n proceeded along th e foot pa t !, . \Ve had S<;al'ce ly trnve ll ed one hour, until w e c,ame into a t hi ck nnderwood , so that t he fl an k g uard could not discovel' the main body. We hea rd on e !'ifl e fi re, which ca used us t o halt , when a heavy firin g too k .place , and the sava~e y ell r ent th e ai1·. '!'he two boys that wel'e w ith me , stal'ted to wa rd s th e river hill , qnartering a li tt le dow n the ri ve !', th e di rectio n to Limestone: bn t 1 had no notion to leave my CO lllpany, so l ran towa!'ds the a ction , un til I came in fair view , when I took a tree , a nd thought , to try to s hoot an Indian , b11t I di scovered there was no sta nd made by 0111· men ; t hey appeared to be shot down, or r etr eatin g ·w hat few was left, try in g to r eac h t he boat ; and t he Indians ve ry numerou s, I thought best not to discharge my gnn nor disclose myself As th e Indian s was now between me and the boat, I ran up the ri ve t· about a half mil e w here I sat down to liste n for 1,he boat,, which I expected " ·ould r un ac:·oss t h e ri ver , and proceed 011 t he ot her side--but I never saw her again : but l • afterward s h eard the boat attempted to land , but th er e was but one of our me n came to the bank. and he appeared to be �30 SKETC.-i ES OF'j ACOB PARK HURST 11·01111ded. '.r ho boat was i11 t\10 a ct of h11di,11µ: , wht11 t he Indian s ffred fr o m t he ba 11k, into t he boat, and kill ed on e man a nd wo und ed two more. She the11 turned and a.tte mpted to cross to the o\.h e r s id e, but di scove re d il w Indian s prepa l'ing to r e<.:e ive them-she thou t urned down t he rive r, nnd we nt bac k to Lim e;; to ne. Th e party that went up from Washington to bury t he dead , S ll]l· po~eJ the Indi a ns to be about 200 stro ng, a11d fo llo wed th e m a.bout 20 mil es up t l1 c Seiota ri ver. but havin g so mLl<:li t li e start t hey eou ld not over· take th e m. Out of the seve u tee 11 p erso ns 011 la ud , 0 11ly o ne made hi s es<.:ap e; in the boat, 0 11 0 man was kill ed and two wounded. I will hel'e state so me of my Ow n trou bl es, whi c h ·ve re just eon1 rn e 11ci 11 g-aft e1· de ]i berating, ,wd <.;0 1111ting t he eost a:; wel l ,ts l eo uld , a beard· less youth , in a stra nge wilderness, i11fes ted by a ;,avaµ:e foe , I co nelud ed, boweve l', to try at all hazza l'd s, to m ake t he best of my v\1ay up the ri vet· towards Penn~ylvania. I knew that it was about 100 miles to G·a lliopoli s, whi<.:b l expected I co uld trnvol in th •e days, by traveling some by moonliµ:li t; so I ;, hottld ere d my rifle, and s tal'ted with so me r eso lutio11 for P e nnsylvania, I trnv- �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 31 1 eled hal'd the 1e rmtind er of tbe day , without · . i1, te t'Llp tio 1, , until a bout s un set, wh en I ca me to a bu·ge creek , with tbe backwater ebbing from the 1·i ve 1·, ::;o there was no cha11ce for me to cross--1 tur11 ed np the Cl'eek , to see k Jor a chance to _ el'O:;s -I co ntinu ed up the creek until s undo wn, the t11rk eys [whi ch wel'e plenty,] were flying up to l'Oost. T leve led at one ot them , and brought it do~n1 , and picking it up , r an on a pi eee and re_ loaded m y gun , and continued on t111til dark , I then str uck fire in a dead wh ite oa,k , which was rotte n on the outside, and e:1,y t o kindl e---I Jell to roasting and eating my tul' k ey , without sanlt or brna d, w hich ·w as my 011ly chance for ;, upper. I roasted a bou t a pound of tho breast to ea t 11 ext clay, un t il roosti11g time. By t his time the fir e Imel ra11 up the tree so high , t hat it 'ligh ted tho the woods so, I t ho ugh t it was best ~o tra ve l on as th e moo n was up, a 11d I feared t he J ndia:1~ might discove r my fire-so I traveled up th e erne k which still a ppe:1rnd like a pond of dead wate 1·, and no chance to cross. At le ngt h I came to a branch pu ttill g into t h; ci·ee k which was a.bout waist deep, which I waded. I had 11 0 11· gone so me rnil eo1 up th o crnu k , and tonnd it !'all �32 SKETCHES OF JACOB PA RKH UE ST. with some cnrrent, but was too dee p to wad e, and there was neitbel' log nor drift ac!'oss it, so l again struck fire on the bank of the creek , and lay down to sleep, but I did not sl eep much , for my fire was poor, and a pa1·t of my cloth es were wet, and the night frosty, so that 1 had to turn often to warm. The owl s hooted , 1h e wo lves howled and the turkeys /!'Obb led. When daylight camG, I gathered my gun which lay by 111,r side, and started up the cree k to search for a place to cross, but th e stream was large, and neither log nor dri1t appeared , until I came to an island in the creek, and th ere was a drift over the firRt part of the cree k, so that I got on thr island . I then searched the oth er side for a bridge, but behold there wa& uone ; I therefore concluded th at I must cross at all eve1"\ts ; so I found a long dry log, that lay with one end in the water, which I th1·ust into th e water with all the force that I was master of, and then jumped on the end ofit, in hopes that the force of the shoot would carry me across the deepest of the water, so that I could wade out, and keep my gun and powder dry ; but the stream being wider that I had calculated, and of a strong current, �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 33 my boat did not roac h half way across, until it beaded down stream with a whirl tha t threw me overboat·,l in :spite of all my ondiwo1·s to balance her. 1 gripped my gun and felt for the bottom, but could not find non e ; I then · ~trnck to swim , still holding fast to my gun , I.mt when m,r clothes bacame filled wit!; water, and a bea,·.r pair of shoes which I had on, J found it impossible for me to swim Otlt and carry m,r gttn , so with the greatest 1'0luctance, I let it go ' to the bottom, and with much ado I got out, pulling myself up by some willows that grew at the edge of the water, on a steep hank which l had to ascend, which I did with diffiCLllty, about the time the S Llll shown on the hills. Leaving my gun seemed to cast a heavy gloom over my mind , and wh e u I came to examine my powder, I fonnd it all wet; I thcl'efore tried to make the best ot'jt, concluding tbat I could cross the water,for the future without so much difficulty--so I started in a trnt across tbe b?ttom , to try to warm myself, but had not wont far until I started a gang of Buffaloes. I then struck fo r the 1·iver, which I soon found. I had nothing to hinder me 'from travelling-no cooking nor making of fires. �34 SKETCHES OF JAC OB PAR KH URST I ~o] tnnel led 011 u11til to1rnnli,: tht.: middle ol tli, day , ll'hich ll'a,; Monday , 11·l1en J cam e to ;-111otl1el' l:r eek , ll'hi eh appe:u·ed a.lmosr a,-; large as th•<J 011c I had uos,;ed in the morni11_~·- 11 0 11' ,-.aid J to mysc i t; i lrn,·e no g 1111 to lo,;e, so J ' 11 be right ac1·os~: so J gat hered two lu11g holes that was SOlllt' crook ed, n,ml laid t h c11 1 togeth er , :111.d ,-traddltd Lhe111, 101· I did 11 ot lik e to get all oYer wt>t, so l paddled witl1 my hand,-;, until .I rL·athed 11cn1· tli e 1niddl e, 11·lie11 11,y pules ,-pn.:':td apart, and let me dn11·11 l1et11·ee 1t tlie-lll , so tli;it I l1ad to ,-wim out. and went on my way , L11t to 111y 111 0 1tifh:atio11, . I to1111d t ha t the stream I h ad c1·0;;,-.ed , wa s o nl y :1 bu you or arm of t h e ,·i ,·e ,- . ,;o J had i t to cru,s :1ga111 . I fo und by an exami11ntio n , tlwt t he pn,1rpaw bark \\'ould peel - ,-;u I peL'l ed _,;om c bark, and !;'atli 0 1·,·d 1<011,0 d1111 , l,1, a11d til'd th em tog·ethcl' _ \\'itl1 t lit• !_,ark , "" tl1at I h:td n raf"t that J con Id -,i t a11,! ""''I' tl,u pal'( of my body dry. l111y ., ,1 ngain . J tli e11 11-a\" el l,d "" •. ill 1;i :_.!l '. t 11·itl,11111 11 ,11d 1 oppu:;ition . .\:s 111 11 1y 111·c,1· j,-.j.,11_ 1 I,, - ,11 :111 1,in·l' o f half 1·n1ist,·d 111,·:1 1 11·:1~ all 1, , ,. d ,·1 ,·1,d:1 11, ,·.- \\"l, e 11 l tell I i .l ' 1,1 .. ,1 k ,·,·11 :-q ,,· 1i1,·. I 11, ,11 id t: .I;,• a , 111all :tllmr a ,11..c 1, ;· il l \" 1Jl• ... L 11 1: 11 'I 11 : i ! •· 1.1 .:~t tLi11.!.;· w,1 ~ 011 . ~" I padd led :1 L·1 o.-:s IIJIJ" ' I' t lil' �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST 35 how I :-ihould lodge-so J. went on to the top of the rivet· hill, by t he side of an old log, a11d gathered a pil., of leaves, and lay down :tmongst them , with my back to the log, and took a nap , being weary and fatigued with travelling ;--bu t when I awoke, I was vei·y eold, as my clothe,; were wet, and the uight frosty--so I rot np and diseovering that the moou bad ri sen, so I trave led on till 1 came to a bntneh that put iuto th e l'ivet·-so I took off my s hoes to wade, and carried them in my hand , while the water was draining from off n1y legs. I had began to think thut the .Indians that were wate hing the river, were lelt behind; but while I was walking solita1·il y along the foot path, all of a sudden I saw a fire of eoals, a little to the left ot my path, near the bank <Jf the ri vee. At the sa111e instant that .I saw th e tire, an ludiau who was on wateh, saw me, by the brightn ess of the moon. 1 then wheeled to th e right, a11d ran aeTos;; the bottom towards the hil l. The Indian that was on gmi.rd, cried •Wooh !' ., omethiug- like a hog when he gives the alarm , l\'hich made a great stil' i11 the camp, and they all appeared to be in motio11 . I then madt:l tracks a.s tast as I eould acro,;s the bottom; as a retreat wa,,; �36 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. my only ehance for safety- I ran with a ll 1115 might, for the fndian who was on gual'd , ww hard a lter me, and in the midst of t he race, so rn l' un ~ee n bn,sh or stiek , criugbt 011e ot my foe i. whieh came neal' tt1n1i11g me a summ e n,et, a11 il by spread ing- m_r band s to save my head , 111 ) shoes which I was ye t eal'rying, fl ew to one ;; ide. which I had not tim e to hun t, but gath ering Ill.)' se lf, r ran on u11 til r reaehed the hill. Whe11 I fotrnd that I was gaining on my pu 1·suei·, I asce nded· the hill and got amongst the roeks, and saw th e Indian no more. My breath being near. iy spent, I sat do·vn behi nd a rock, almost in dispair; my gun is gone, and my shoes is gone also, and now I sh all perish in this wild erness. But it seemed like a voice said to me , the same hand of Providence that has preserved you this fat' , is able and willing to preserve you through a ll those dangers and difficulties, for a p urpose of his own glors, which seemed to renew my co urage, and T r es ponded--Lord , if thou wilt delive1· me from all these dangers and tr ial s, I will be thy obedient servant the remainder of my days .--But Ob ! the folloy of such promi ses, for Jesus bath said , ' without m e y e can do nothing. ' �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 37 I then s tarted a 11 ew, to trnvol by moon ligh t, i.iarefooted as I was ; but tho weath ol' bega n t o moderate, so that I managed to get along with my uare fe et, until to wal'd s clay, ,,·h e n I gathered anothel' bed of !eaves, and took a 1rnp. Tn tl1c mol'ning I stal'ted ear ly, havin g nothing to hind el' me, not oven to 1rnt o n my sh6os. I kep t along th e hill sid e, and a<:t·oss tho poin ts, co n elttding t lic Indians we l'O neat· tlio 1·ivel', watching t he boats. So I traveled thi s mornin g which was Tuesday, until I can1 e on t he top of th e point, saw an and castin g my eyes down to my left, Indian ___ we see med to be pass ing each ot her-- he saw mo , at the same tim e I sa,1· him . .Now was th o t im e I mi ssed my gun -- -but haYing th e advantage of ground, i n two or threGj um1Js, I wa s out of hi s sight ; ho spake as I star ted , in broken J~nglish , and cried out, 'stop? mo ish white man too: l,ut I paid no atten tion to him, Jor want of my gun. I ran circliug round t he point, and up tho branch , un t il I came to a cave of rock in th o hill sid e, which I slipped under , while I gained my breath ; I then crept out, but saw my Indian white man no more. I con cluded to• steer across th o hills in order to escape t he r ed men. I �38 SKETC HES OF JACOB PAR KH URST s ta r ted fr om til e cav e a cross t he hill ;;, k eepin g as ll em· a s I co uld g uess, t he (:Olll'Se of t h e ri ve r g uidin g my co urse by t he s u11 in th e day t im e, a nd by ni g ht t li e n o l't h :-; ta1· was m y g uid e. So I t l'av a led on thro ug h th e re ma i nd e r o f 'l'u e:;.clay , t ho ug h g r0e n bri e n; an d r oe ks - 0 Ye1· m o un ta i n s a11cl hill s, mi Lil nig h t ca me o n, 11·he 11 I g ath e red my bed a tlo1· t ho us ual nrn n11 e1·, and w e n t to rnst, am o 11 g th o mo un ~ain s near to Bi g Sand3:. 'l'h e ne xt m o rnin g , whi c h was \Vedn s day, I cam e to a la1·.!!,'e cree k , whi c h J :supp o;:;ed to be Big San dy. · ll' hi c h I c: rossed w it h a raft as b e lorn . .Nea1· to t hi s c1·ee k , I stal' to d a g an g of Bu ffal oes a11d two :a,·ge Bears, but t hese ap pea red fl'i e n d ly tor \\'h e re " ·ild ga m e 11·as pl e n t:.r , th e Indian s 1n ),1·e ;;c:a n ·c. 'l'hi s rn o r11i11 g was pl casa11 t, a nd bu t a lig h t trnst ; bu t to1ran ls t he 111i d dl o o t t he day , t h e s u11 g'l'OW dim , and I co nc luded to L1·y to find t ho ri ve r, fo r Ra id I if l lose s ig h t of t ho sun , I s lrn ll ,;oo: 1 s tar ve to d ea t h he re in t he mo un tain s, a nd l migh t ns " ·e ll p e l' i.~h lJy tl·1e sword , ns by ' fa m i ne - ] ~tarted to wal'cls t he ri Ye 1·, w hic h I foun d abo ut t he middl e of t ho day . 1 t he n tra veled th e n ,st o f th e clay al o ng t he l<>0t of t ho hill. Wh e 11 �SKETCHES OF JACOB PAR KHURST. 39 nig ht cam e o n, I still traveled a little by the moon light. I th e n went up on the hill , gathered my bed, and went · to rest. Wh e n I arose next mornin g , which was 'rt1urscla.y, I found m,r ieet very . rnud1 swo lcn, and scrafoh ed by the b1 iers, and cracked with the March winds; so I co ncluded if I did not get r elief that day, I shou ld have to give up th e chase. I had bee n savin g my fresh meat-and I th ink I ate the last of it t his mornin g, it wt1 s a piece of bone with some meEit on it, which was bad ly tainted, but tasted well to me. I frequently chewed spie browse, lynn , and elm buds, so that I scar ce ly wen t a mile withou t brow se in g at somet hing. It would be in vain for me to describe th e r eflection s of my mind. I ofte n t houg ht of the ab use d m er cies of God, by those who li ve in pl enty-those who cannot eat t hi s, tbat, not· the othet· wholesome food. But to re turn :-Th e weather now became pleasant, and I t rave led on as fast as I co uld , until about th e middl e of t he day, when I came to a lari,e cr eek or riv er , neat· t he banks of whi ch, I discovered two moccasin tracks, which appeared to b e fresh . making up the str eam, whi ch I beleived to be �40 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. Indian tracks, which gave me some uneasiness. while I bad to gather materials for a raJt, and cross the stream by padling with my hands. 'l' his was the last stream I had to ferry . 'l'his afte1·noon b ecame cloudy, and like for rain , \\· hich terminated in a thundergust, but I tound a large hollow sycamore log that lay up from the grnnnd, that was burn ed on the und er side, which sheltered me from the rain; but when the rain ceased , I travelled on , though weary and . faint . How to fix my lodging, I could not tel l, for my bed was wet, and my clothes were also ·wet with the bushes & weeds, but l conclud ed to bunt along the river hill , amongst t he rocks for a cave with leaves in it, whieh I had frequently seen-I could :find pl enty of roeks, but no ieaves und er t hem; wh e n dark cam e on, I erawled under one of the rocks, that made a s mall c2ve, but no loaves under it, so l crawled between it and t he ground , & foll asleep, but when I awoke, I was , s hi verin g with cold., for the rock was could , and the ground was as cold as ice; so I crept ont and started on the ·seareh for better lodgings, but had not gone far until I found a cave with pl enty of •Jcaves in it, so I made up my bed , and crawl ed �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARK HURST. 41 into it, a nd s lep t uu til sun ri se--in w hi ch nap , ] had a drea1n. I dream ed that I was on th e rivet· bank , and i;aw a boa,t co mi11g down t he l'iv er , to whi ch I call ed aloud , and ;;he ca me ashore, and be hold my mot her was 111 th e boa t, and had a large loaf of bread. So I awok e, and behold it " ·as a dream. N otwilh standing it was a d l'eam , it e nco uraged me some, and [ had much need of e ncouragemefl t, for as I ca me on t of my bed -r oo m, my fee t were so s well ed an d sore, th a t it seemed hard work to put th e m to t he ground , but I brok e me a ca ne, a nd managed to hobbl e along until my blood becam e ci1·c ulated , whe n I did not feel so bad , bn t had nothing for breakfast bu t b1·owf!e, having went to bed with out my supper: but I trnvelled on un til toward noon when I found a fe w berwh nu ts , which serv ed for my dinn er. At this time I m et ,ri t h encouragement, for I found th a t t he bushes had been cut, and Japed on oaeh side of th e p ath, which I supposed w ere cut by t he bun ter s from Galliopoli s. I passed on until I saw some burn t leaves fall befor e m e-n ext I saw s moke on th e the ot her side ef t he river. I th e n moved on wit h a ll t he force that I could muster , �42 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST n n ti l hoard l'iiopping , soo n a fter , 1 sm1· th o F ro 11\'li (:a1Ti so 11 , w lne; li I c:otd d 1,ce abo n t 1. w o mil e,-, but I fo l t iny w ea kness so that I h ad t o ,; i t d ow ,1 a 11umbo1· 0 1 times, lrnfo1·c I (;a m e opposi (,e Lh e statio 11 . 'l'lii s 11·<1s Friday , a li tt l e befol'e su11 ,;et ; i t bei ng a ,; till c,·ening, [ hollo we d so as t o be li oa 1·d. J ,,·as a11 s11·c r ed by o ne of t li e \ V li eel i11 g boy,; wlio wa s at Ll1 e ti 111 e, a l1u11t e1· for t li o fo r t: l,i s 11:trn -l w,vi Geo r g e William s- li e as lrnd m e w h o J wa"' , awl w ha t J 11·a11tcd ; to ld liim tliat] 1Y as a lost ma11 in d i,i tr c:; "' , a 11<l 1\'a11ted to got OY01·-- h c t h en aslrnd m y 11 a 111e, a11d I · to !d hi11, - h e t h en "':1 i d l ,-h onld b e bro ug h t over i mm edi ately. So li e Rc 11 t :, 11 111 11 with a ca noe and t ook m e ov 0 1·. T li o Fre11<,li i11lia b ita1 1t"' of t h e p i ne(•, seem ed to i, e a1 11 :1;r,ed at m y sit 11 atio 11 , and g atl ,er ecl rou n d 111 0 i11 th o :nit11de o r ex :1 1nini 11 µ; m e-some sup · pos i11 g tl,:i t was a ;; py, bu t a ce rtai n Sq uire l~ob c1·.-w 11 , e;a1 11 <J i11 t ,, !'lie i rowd a 11d took m e by the lia11 1I, :111d led m o to hi ,; l og (;:tbi11 , w lii(; !i !, ad t1 1e st 1·i1 1_ !.; ot· t he l:, t(; !i 11:ingin g out , iwd had a n e:i 1·t h e11 f1 on 1·. H o fi1·"'t g ave 111 0 :,;o m e wh isk ey, wlii c.: li r t astoJ. l l u then bl'c111g-ht m 0 some li orni11 y fri od in be: 1,n; oil wlii e; h wa s ve r y suita bl e l oud fill ' my ~tn1na c l1 , :1 s 1ye]I a.~ p leasa1 1t to my �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 43 taste; I thcrofol'e too k a few spoo nful ls, of the ho min y , bnt soon became v·el'y 8ick at my stomac h. rl'h o Squ ire then brouglit a beat· sk in and pla ced it o n the ea l' t h,.rn flo ol'-I t hen ln,y do wn and s lept myse lf well before bod t im e. I tbe 11 got up and ate wme more of the h omin y , wh e 11 r r et nrn ed to my bed a nd lay tlt ere until m orn _ i11 g--I felt mu ch r cc rni ted , excep t my feet, whi ch were badly swo l lot1 --the bo tto ms of t hem seeme d to be raised in blood blisters , while the tops were ,;c ra tc hecl w ith t he b1·iers, and crack ed with the Marc h winds, nntil the blood was gus hing out, but t he Squire g<ive me a pa ir of large dres.;cd deel' skiil moccasins , with some fl a n ne l ragi;, dipped in bears oil , t o put o n my feet, a11cl bade m e trave l a bout th e towe--so I obeyed him , and rn y feet mend ed fast, so that in about a week I ,:;ta l' ted .fo l' home. J went up the Kanltaway , where I fo uud a t l'ading keel boat, belonging to Dr. Wi lk ey, from P ittsb urg h. I too k a passage to work for my boat· d, and had a good passage up to Fish Creek w he1·e I land ed, and got home t h e third day , wliet'e t he1·e was r ejoicing, for the prodigal li a d t'etun10d ho mo ~a fe and so und . �44 SK ETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. My father \\'as now becoming by indu stry a11d eco nomy throughout th e whol e family , to be tolerabl e well off, for he had t11·0 irnpl'O ve mont rights--one he mad e by actual se ttl e111 e11t, tl1 e ot her be bought each wou Id ho! d four hu 11dred acres of land, by pay inµ- t e n pounds a hu nd r E,d to t he Ge neral Land Offi ce. He ma naged to pay th o fee of one tract of four hundred ac ros- - -the oth e r he gave a share to John Carmit:l e, for clearing it out of th e office. So we began to live in tol er abk goo d s tyl e, with th e rest of t ho farmel's of t he backwoods of Pennsr lYania I was now in 20 3~ear, and had fol'rned an ae_ xuarntance ·w ith a daug hte1· of one of the pion<Jcrs of the neighbourhood of the nam e of Craft; but both of us bain g young we conc lud ed it might be possibl e the attachment was 0f a c: hildish nature. Thi s, however I found not to b e th e cm<e, f'o1· _ in my greatest distress , a nd in my camp, tb e first thought in my mind wa.s of th e dear object of m,r hen rt whom I had left in so mu ch agony n,nd distresi;; for my safety. Nor could I b e easy after I got home until I paid her n, vi sit and 1ound that her hen,rt was fixed and dete1·mined as min e. We renewed our pl edges and w aited opportunity to confit·ni the cod tract. �SKETC HES OF JACOB PAR KH URST. 45 After harvest my fa,ther proposed to build 11 saw mill , as he wa nted t ?"build a new house and there was uo sawrdill handy . So li e agl'cccl with the n1ilhq•ight who (;0111 e 0}1, aud i11 th1:ee week,.; from tl10 ti111 e that . the til';;t stiek 1ra;; (;lit, we had th e fram e 11p. \\" e th e n bad tu di~ fot· a fo1l11dati o 11 fol' th e dan1 wliieh 11·as a'l'lii s wa,; in th e 111011tl1 l ' l'OS;; a swarupy bottom. of N•1vembcl', and co ld lrnezing weath e 1·, so that we wo1dd ha1·e to break the ice when we 1,·en t to work iu th e morning, and 1·e nrni11 • kn ee dee p 111 t he water all day: but we received no damage h,r th e wtit and c >Id, a.s we lay with out' fo et to t.he ti.l'C at nigh an .I o::c:1 siona!y took o ut· bittot',; . .But [ s till thought about marring, 11·lii cc l CO llc l11dcd would mak e me happy , and about, till· beginning of th e next y ear, whi ch wa s .l79t, I managed to dre1-s some skin s in bad 1vcatb er . with which 1 bought a jacket and pai1· of b1·eeche~ and went a trip with my fathe1· to Lant'e l Hill t o buy his mill il'on s, and whil e there l prevailed on him to buy me a new coat of coa1·,se broadcloth, so that [ was then neal'ly fixed with tho wodding d1·css. I then d1·essed a skin and had m e a pair of gloves made, and having obtained co1 1se11.t on �46 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST l,oth sides, wlii eh ,nir-; a great t:t,;k bnt \\'hi ch wa 1< obtain ed wi t h Je;;s difli culty t han w e had expect ed we wet·c finally ma1Ticd on t he l.fi Lh, or F ebruary 17!12 , th1·ee days bc fo1·e I was twenty years old . lathe r g a.,·e m e a hundred ac,·cs of land arn ong;;t t he hill ,-; and 1·ock><, and he r fat.her ga ,·o her a h0cl :wcl a co w and tll' O shee p. I also had :i ,s mall ho,·se. )1y land 11·as i11 t il e 1Youd:-: so I went, to wol'k to clea,· and fence a. co l'n · field ;-t he first day J. spli t rails I spli t ,l:W in ll'hite onk t imbc 1·, t he .timber bein g al1·eady cu t : I got t11·u :1c 1·e8 elca1·ed for co 1·11 and ab,) nt t he sam e for .,ry 11· h eat, Hn t I shall co me no w to stntc ;;0 1nc of t he cxc r (,ises o l my mind w hi ch 11·e re ,·a 1·io11;;. Son1 ut im cs I ,v oul d v iew the g loomy ~co nes or my trav el,; 0 11 tl,e Yi1·.~i11in hank ul th e Ohi o,. and r ett cct(•d 0 11 tl1 e i-o l c 111 n v,oll' s t hat I had mad e l,ehi nd t he e1•a..!,!·gy 1·oc k;; of t he 111011 11 tai11 ,. a11d then I wo uld eonelnde l h:i t f 1Y o11ld 1·eJo n11 my Jil(, :llld liyc 11p,to my , ·0 11· ,;, hu t I as ofte n found myse l f to fail of pcr,furmi ng ,any t liing t h:i t I t h oug ht 11':\s :t,(;('e ptah-1~ tn (; or!; for t he lll() l'C I ,;a w of the pn1·i ty . of th e di v i 11e la.w .w-hi ch H~tith-" 'l'hou shal t Lm·e th e Lol'd t hy r:od wi th :t.11 t hy , hear t. �SKETC HES OF JACO B PARKHURST. 47 ,;0 111 , stl'c 11gth a.11d mind , and thy 11eighbou1· a:,1 thyself;'' I fon.nd I failed :n eve1-y partic11lar, tor my mi:nd was eitt·nal and of co urse was enmity to the law of God-it w:is 11 ots ubject there unto ; t he law appe:u·ed so ju st aud tJ·ue not one good duty could I do. But t he1·e l'<'nrnincd tt disposition to do some thing to 1·eeommend me to t he favor 01' G~d. So metimes I wiis e uMu l'aged to tt-y to pray fpr mercy ' lmt alway s with some depend e nce on my ow i1 pedornmn ce,;, for which J. thought t he Lo1·d would have mercy on suc h it v il e rebel as I was. B11 t in t he spt·ing of li!J:l there was it reviYal or rnligion i11 t he neighbonrhood , and my youugc r lll'Othe1·, Da\·id, \\·as i'JOOII delivered of his busd en of sin , but I was sti ll und er co udemnation , an d tho ng h t I was not lef t behind , fo1· o ne was take n a nd an other left. So I ;;eemcd to go mourni~1 g all t he day-I forsook my forme;· co mpanion s i;, :t g reat measu1·e , t hough sometimes ; ,I w:i i, e ns n:tl'ed l\'it-h t heir ce mpany , which was :i- great grief'to my mind , and helped to show me somet hing of my own wcnkue;;i, a1'1d. deprn vity. J \\' :Hl i n th e habit of going to Presbyte rian meetingfrcqu c ntly , :tn d thoug ht t hey \Yere very good �48 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARK HURST. Cliri stia11 peopl e, but I had fornrnd a n attachm e nt to Father David S utton , "·h o be lo nged t o a c hurch :ibout t e n mil es from us, as th e g r eatest gospel p l'eacli cr, and as my father, m oth er , mid old es t lJl'n t.li ul' bc lo n!,!cd to tl. e eli11rd1 a11d ecrn11r1onl y :1ttc11d e d 011 c l ' a 11 10 11 t Ii , I 1<0 n 1c• t i 11 1l·;; wc 1J t " ·ith t lium tn t.r_r if I cn1ild g e t re li e f fl' om my b 11rd e 11 'l' hc o ld nu111 1ro11ld te ll 111 .r c xc1·e i1<c and fee ling:, the one i11 hi ;;_,.ern10 11 :,; IJ111 co 1ild not, g i,· e m e 11 versaco in me ll te t iiin!! 11 cc dl11I :, and It o 1u11dd Lord's o th t, e wh iit-,·e be to easy ~ t i o 11 that it 11·:1 tim e ,ra" l'Olll O. · - "Y \\'ile pcr ,: ic,·ed that so me tl iin.!.! ail ed me, bnt did 11ol ]mow what it was . Som e tillll'S r 11·,> 1rld retire to 111y,-e lf and try t o ,•a:;e rn _,· troubl ed 111i11d , bn t it 11·as all i n vain a s , to my pain . ill!' I sLill l,ad dcp e 11 dcncc o11 my ow n L"XC l'ti o ns ; b 11 t i 11 ;J II ne , l 7H::L it I mi s tak e not, my wife and I we nt to mee ti ng at th e Babtist C hurch \\'here Elder S11t1011 prcaelied . Wl: we nt t o th e church meeting"- 0 11 S:drm1ny , b ut my mind .- ee mcd to l,e Oil vc lo ped in d:t l'k ness--e ve n a il al'lrnc,;s that mi _g h t be fo ll , Hil d Lh e te mpta ti on;; 111 t.h n :uh-e n ;a1:y see med to be t o g iY e up all for. '. nst' , a 11d tl'y t.,, mak e 1d e:1:;111·e in ,-;i 11 ; but to t hi,;, I ('On !tl ll Ot y ield too fa1· , as J liad got so �SKETCHES(l)F JACOB PARK HURST. 49 si11 the " e lik night that 11·:u, d 111i11 .\Jy alrnady. trn11bl ccl O(:cau , ll,al cas l c tli 11p rni!'c a11d dirt ,'· b11t i11 th e 11 1o rni11 g J wa,; ind i11 cd to go a 1l'a.)' i11 ~cc~·et ll'!i 01·e I eou ld te ll my wants to so veri g ,! g I·aec. So I 11·c I, t t o a l o 11ely thi ekl't , but 11·h en l came thl'1·e I see m ed to be so met hing like Llic _ P11blita1L 1d10 da,·c~i 11 ot. so m11 cl1 as lift up hi s eye;;;, a11d (:ould _..carl'e ly utter th o samt wol'd i; tl,at he did , bnt <:onc lud cd that rny conde mnati o n 11·:is scal ed. aud tl1at t here ce r tai nl y was no me l'e.)' tor 11w. J walk ed ,; lo \\'ly back to t he l,un ~c a I ,u ost i II desperati on. and bowed down lik e a bull -r11sli. Hut O t he time of th e ;; inging of' 1inl;; 1rns lll'ar, fo r tli c s u, , of ri g b t 0o us11 e,;;. , rn" aboul to a ppear, with healing i11 hi,; 11·i11µ-,- - for as l a ch·,, 1H:od u ear the wall · o t th e h<!ll~e, Lli e d oo r being ~!rut, I heard t he man of tl1e ho use, r eading i11 th o rJ:Jcl elrnpter of Isaia h. Th e lir:,t ex press ion tha t c;ec mecl to rai se my d1·oo pi11 g ,-pirits, ll'llS th e .J t li l'e rsc, 's ure ly h e iiath bo l'll e 01_11· g t·icf, a.nd ca rri ed o ut· ;;arrows &c' . 5t h v cr,- L·- ' B11t he wa s wouucl ed fo l' our tram; : /.(TOssi o ,, ~- he ll'as bruised for 0111· iniquiti es, th l' c hasti se m en t o f on,· peace \\'ll S upo n him and wit!, 11111<:.IJ s igh t of il ,l' a1d11I <:o nscqu on<:cs of �50 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST his stripes w e al'e hea led:' and ,-,o on , through the chaptc1·, as yo tl can n, ad at yo 11r leisnrc; which ' ope ned to my undel'sta nding :ind Yiew, th e great efficacy of th e Loni .J es us Chr ist, " ·ho is brought :is a lamb to the slaughter, and :ts a sheep, dumb before his shearer , so ope ned he not his molith ; 1·erse 7. J then Btood amazed, Jor so me time, and ,;eerned as if J eo uld mount as on t be wings of an eag le; or that I co uld re joi ce with joy unspeaka_ bl,r and full of g lory . The ll'holc creation seemed to rejoice with me , ,;o t ha t t he 1·cgctable, as well a;; t he brutal c1·eatio11 , seemed to bear a different aspect, bnt t he poor sin ne l' is b1·o ught by a way which he kn ew not, aud led in a path which he had no t und erstood 01· trodell. :'J ow I was ready to tsay, that B id er Sutton was 1·ight, for t he Lord\; is the be~:t t ime; for be eYe l' li veth to g iYe 1·epentan<'e and 1·emi ssi on of sins to Israel. 1 went to meeti11g that day , which was Su nday , and seemed to feed on the preaching of t be gospel; and th e clrn ra c-te r of t he Lord JeRu:s Chri st, seemed to be like on e altogether love ly, and desirable , the chi efest an1ong1,t ten thousl!.nd. But my sn mmm· did not last long, for I had not obtained what J had been see king for. To �SKETC HES OF JACOB PAR KHURST . 51 be 1·e nc,,·cd or changed, hot Ii i11 body a11d 111i11dfu1· my cal'llal mind was ,;, till e 11rnity with God . lrn t s ti ll it gl'ieved m e to thillk d s iru1i11g agai11:s ;; ;;o g;,od a Saviou l'. I t l1i11k I sa 11· sometliiug ,li' t li e malignity of s i11 , tbat l1nd rnn~ed tlie L ord J es us to sweat great dl'ops of b lond. a nd _!.!'l'oa 11 1111 dc 1· th e mighty bu1·clen , wh e 11 he bore th e ,,;in .s or all hi s p eo ple, i11 his 011·11 body on tli e t1·ee. I did no t'foe l so much afrai d of go in g to h ell, o r of b eing pnnisb ed , a :s o f di sobey ing 01· d islio11oi:i11g ,;o m e 1·ci fn! and g lo ri o ns a Fh vio.ur a s l had now found. But the inqni1·y 11·as. Loni w li:u s h al l [ do? or what can I d o'' 01' 0 Tio nl w li a ~ wilt t hou have me t o do9 I fottnd the a n swe r of Pete t·, 11· h c n t h o t hl'ee t Lio11 sa 11d were prick ed in t li cir hcar tR. Ah 1 but I am a.frnid said I , t h at I a,m decc iYecL and haY e no t be e n pricked in the h ea t't, lik e those p e n i_• te n ts, und er th e -powerfhl prea c hin g oJ a u apostl,,, new ly baptised with the h o iy gho,: t. I fol t 1<1) 11nwol.'th y , I was afraid I would bo a dishonor to the cause, and b1·ing a r ep l'Oac b o n t he churcll, ii: they co uld receiv e m o. So I co ntinne d fol' som e month s --somctimes bowed d ow n, with the sen8•' of a n eg lect ot duty ; for l ,ms 11 ot much nt a �52 SKETCHES OF JACO B PARKHURS T . loss rc sp ed i11g tlrn mode oflmpti,;m , altl1ouµ·l1 J had lwc11 to tl1c Presh_yt(,rin11 mceti11g,; 1no1·c tlia11 J liad to tii e Bapti,-1 , a11d l1ad gai11<'d a good opi11_ i o11 ol tli<'111 , a;; a11 ordc1·ly , respectabl e so ciety i11 t l1ei1· ,,·:1.1·, l,11t ,d1 c 11 J c- arn e to i11quire se1·iou,,ly. Ji,r tlic llli1 1d ot tli c Lord :is 1 l11111ilily 011 tli e "lll)jec-t. brn11ght dnw11 i11t.o J u,u I d 110,t 1·eeei1·e :111 t he val l e_, - ot l111111iliati o 11. :1IIs11(•r f1 0 111 Being trnbt ,-11i1l1L!y me 11 , 110 1· m·corcli11g to li11rn:111 <i itio11 -~ 11 c itl1,·r did c·crns1ilt witli tl e;,l 1 and trni,lood "11 tl1c ~1il1_ject, hut to tli e ,r o rd :111d tlie te,-ti111011_,- , 11· !1,·ru I !v:11·11L'd tliat to l)c lJ:1pti,cd , is tu !Jc l111riecl .• :11,d tl1:1 L Je;;u s 11·as buried i11 Jordn11·., ,if ii quid st n ·:1111, 11·lien lie wa s baptised , a11d tl1(•_Y tl ,:it t:ike IIp their c·ross and fol:011 l1i111, mw;t i ,uried 11 it h lii111 in baptism. 1111(11 111,·. :ill ,c tli::t labor a11d :11:d I Le For lie mid " come are h eavy l:idL•11 . 11iil .!:i1·L: you ,·es t ,• · y ea, 'l earn of me , 101· I :1111 11ll'L'I, :11,d 1011 l y in hca,·t , a11d ye shall 1i1,d i-, ·st. Ill _ ,0111· s, ,1il,---t:il, e m y yoke npon yon , Joi · 111_1· -"""'· is ,•;Is _, :111d my burd en i s light. 'l'l1us I ,:i 11· tl1l' l.ord .J c,- 11, u id not require any act of IIIc' l ,.'" 11:1_,- ol ol,l·die11te. that h e had not l eft tl,u c:o;:111q,il' i 11 tnfr cl1:1C'1l'i-s , ~ 'l tliaL the wayfari11µ· m:III , Il :01 1_ c:;l 1 Joo!, ,-;l,:ill 1,ot en · tl 1l' n:i11 . So t!,at �SKETCHES GF JACOB PARK HURST. 53 any fai thfnl read er of the N e w Testimc n t bas 11 0 reason to • be' at a loss 001we1·ning the mode or ,mbj ects of babti$m , whi0i1 ac0oniing to hi ,; arrangeme nt, belieYe1·s at·e th e :s nb; ects, a11d i mm ersion , or a b11rial, is tlte mod €'. But I wa;; ~till afraid that I ·was not a fit s ubj ect, for my nnnd was darken ed through tbo corrupti ons of the flesh , and the deceitfnln ess of sin , so tbat J was i:eacly to cry out, " Oh wretc lied man that J nm, who shall deliver me' ' &c . .Butafier some months, my broq101· Dani el inquired of me something con0erning my hope-] told him that my hope was too s mall-be cited me to one of the o ld Proph ets, who said despi se not the day of' small things, f<' I' they that do, ~hall fall away by little and little-wbiclt bore heavy on my mind. So I concluded I ·w ould go to the monthly meeting again , and try if it would not r elieve me in som e measure; so I went, and my brother advised me to con verse with tit(• church, that they would likely give me some ad vice, that might be of some use to me. So wlicn the church had opened for t he 1·eoeption of mem bers, I went forward , not t hat I felt lik e tlw ehurch could relieve, but I wanted to r elieve my �54 SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST milld . So I told t he111 som e ot' my fol'm er exe1;_ ei ses, 11·i t h a flood o f tean,, Hild wb eu I wa ;, t hrou g h, [ wellt ont wi t h one o f th e bret.hre 11 0 wlii!e t he ehrn·eh made 11p the ir 111i11ds, for so 11·a,s t he prnetiee ot t hat ehul'eh, bu t we w er e ,,..,00 11 ea ll ed in , and t h e mode rntol' /!"ave me t he l'i_g ht hand of fellows hip, but l was afraid they \\"t'l' e dece i\·e d. lfo t th e c:lrn1·el1 l efL i t with m o when a11d wh e1·0 lo be bapLi:;cd . My r eq uest wa s, t hat a m eetin g he nppoinled at my fat hers, I1,lat' my house , wh el'e w e f1·cq ue11 t ly had m ee tings-that 111 ,r wife and ucighboul':; migh t lrnY c the opp1>1·tn11ity of seeing m e ellter into the rn11ks, und el' th o bann e1.· 0f Ki11 g Ema11uel. So l wa:; bapti ,;;cd according to t he anei en1, 0t·dcr, and cnrol ed in the church. Bu t my \\' Ill' · fal'o was ju st begi1111i11 g, but h:•t \·ing obtained help of God, l co ntinne until thi,, h0nr. \V e lived in Pcn11 ;;yh·ania, 1111til w e had six childt·e11 -- t he you 11 gest wa s mor e t han a yca t· old ; i11 t he spring of 180:Z , w e m oved to Ohi o, Tnunbull county , wh er e w e had seve n m or e, w hi ch made thit·teon , ten of w hi ch al'e yet li ving , and three aI·c no t. �SKETCHES OF JACOB PARKHURST. 55 \Ve liv ed i11 Ob'io 17 yeai·s, which bl'ough~ 1819, ,,· e t hen moved into Indiana , and lived on ·white '\\'a tc l', FayottP. co unty , two yeal's and six month s. Th o1i ce we mo vcJ to Blue Riv e t·, whore we have ti,·ed mol'e t han twenty yeal's, in Henry county, ll'hi e;h bl'i11gs three sco rn a nd ton to the numbel' of my age, and may I not ;:;ay with my namesake nf o ld , to Pharnoh. ' F e w and full of SO l'row have th e days of pilg t·im age of thy sel'va nt been .' Ont· childre n are all marri ed, and h ad famili es, licfu1.·e my compa nion died , in 1\fay 16tl1 184], a11d theit· child1·en number:-; :U living, a 11d great g l'and children 5. 'l'he ob ject of'the fo 1••3going pages,is not fol' speculation , nor a display of t11,len ts, whi ch the r eadc t· will readi ly preceive, are bnt. limited at best. Bn t t hat t ho prnse nt, a nd rising generntion ; and in particula1· my ow n children , and grand c hildre n, and thei1.· children , may in after ages, n md in my o wn dial ect, or di ctio11 , a. few in sta 11 ces of t,h c many t ho usand cases of s ufferings ,Lmongst t.ho l'Cvoluti onc l's, as w ell as t he pioneers of t he \Yest. TII.F. E :'<D . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First American West, 1750-1820 Description An account of the resource Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and objects. The collection documents the travels of the first Europeans to enter the trans-Appalachian West, the maps tracing their explorations, their relations with Native Americans, and their theories about the region's mounds and other ancient earthworks. Naturalists and other scientists describe Western bird life and bones of prehistoric animals. 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Tells of his interactions with Native Americans and his journey west. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parkhurst, Jacob Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1842 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th century 1840s 1830s 1820s 1810s 1800s climate exploration hunting Miami River Native Americans Ohio River religion travelogue weapons