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Title: Dr. Owens-Adair; some of her life experiences
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Owens-Adair, Bethenia, 1840-1926
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: (Portland, Or., Mann & Beach, printers)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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sbandand carried oflf herself and six children. The Indians soontired of the babe, and tearing it from its mothers arms,beat it to death against a tree and hushed the mothersscreams by rubbing her face with her husbands scalp! Mr. Damron volunteered to go in pursuit of these In-dians, and, with eleven men, he followed thirty miles, com-ing up with them just after dark. There were twentywarriors. The leader was standing before the fire. Whenthe men saw the twenty warriors, ten of them turned andfled. Mr. Damron, nothing daunted, instantly shot the lead-ing savage, who fell into the fire. Damron gave the war-whoop to charge, and the Indians, thinking an army wasupon them, fled. Mr. Damron and his one faithful com-rade rushed in and rescued the woman and children andcarried them across a mountain and returned to the trail,well knowing that the Indians would soon be on his track.He secreted himself under an old stump having an over-growth. Soon two Indian scouts came along, striking their
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My Only Beloved Granddaughter Vera Owens Hill Great Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Owens SoMK OF Her Liki-: Experiences. 141 flints and lighting their punks. They stopped close by thestump, so near that Damron might have touched themwith his hand. He often said that he thought then thescouts might have heard his heart beats. They did discover the tracks of the retreating white men,and on they rushed, whistling to their comrades to follow.As soon as they passed Mr. Damron lost no time in re-turning to his charge, and, with his comrade, took the wo-man and children to a settlement in another direction. For this feat of bravery our Government presented Mr.Damron with a splendid rifle, richly mounted with silver,and valued in those days at $200. Mr. Damron also killedthe noted Indian terror. Big Foot, shooting him in a passof the Cumberland Mountains. During those dreadful times of Indian wars Mr. Damron,in 1812, married Miss Jennie Mullins. To them were bornsix children,—Moses, S

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