How Readily Captive Lovs Become Indianized.

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HOW READILY CAPTIVE BOYS BECOME INDIANIZED.

Frederick Lee, with a brother-in-law and a few families, settled on the Green Briar, a branch of the Kanawha. In time of peace a large party of savages encamped on Lee's place for several days, appearing to be on one continuous frolic. Mr. Lee, however, was anxious, and did all he could to propitiate them, killing a fine hog, supplying them with bread, &c. It all availed nothing. When the time came for the blow he was the first to fall. He had a large family, several daughters grown, and one married, with her first child at her breast. Several savages one day entered the cabin and tomahawked old Mr. Lee and his son-in-law, and made prisoners of the rest. The blood of the father fell on the head and face of his little son, who was then seated on his lap. The Indians, intending to spare the boy and fearful he might be hurt, carried him to the creek and washed him. While this tragedy was enacting, many neighboring families were sharing the same fate.

All now started out for the Indian towns. There were several women along, all with babes at the breast. Mrs. Johnson, one of the daughters, who gives the narrative, says that her sister pressed her babe to her breast and bore her long march with fortitude, hoping the child would be saved. The day before the Indian town was reached, however, all the babes were pitilessly murdered, and their bodies left in the woods to be devoured. After this Mrs. Johnson said her sister wished to die, and did all she could to provoke the Indians to kill her, and made several attempts on their lives. She lived, however, to marry afterwards.

Soon after getting to the Indian towns the women were put to hard drudgery and the boys allowed to run wild with the Indian lads: to shoot with bow and arrow, dabble in the water, &c. They were kept prisoners some ten years, and after peace was declared, found their way home. The boys, and especially the younger ones, had become so completely Indian that they had to be forced away : a close watch had to be kept on them, and, notwithstanding all, John Lee made his escape on the third night, evaded all pursuit, made his way back to the Indians, and was two years longer with them before his relatives could get him away. They, however, said that they never undertook such a task as breaking in those wild Indian boys, and especially John. It was utterly impossible to keep clothes on them.   In the Summer it was useless to