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HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY.
621
them. It was raining hard and a darker night one seldom sees, so you can imagine Mrs. Hob¬ son's predicament. Fearful lest the ludians had taken them, she groped her way hunting for them as best she could, and great was their re¬ lief, when the mother's hand had found them and they were once more together.
The pattering rain, tlie rustling leaves added to their fears and they were glad when Mr. Hobson returned to them and again they started on. They came to a rise of ground, and saw in the distance a man on horseback, whom they took for an Indian spy, but he proved to be a scout sent out from the settlement. Mrs. Hob¬ son and the children hastened on into the grove, there dismounting. Mr. Hobson went to the set¬ tlement to get information regarding their plans and found that tbe wives and children and a part of the men had left for Chicago, and then he made haste to get his family started so that they might catch up with the advance party.
Captain Naper, Lieutenant King and Mr. Specie accompanied Mr. Hobson to the place where his family were concealed. Mr. King went on foot, the rest were mounted. When they reached the Hobson family, they had to do some figuring to determine how the little party was to be transported. Finally Mr. Hobson put his two eldest children on his horse, and Mrs. Hob¬ son, her two-year-old child and Mr. King were to go on foot, aud Mr. Hobson was to return to meet them with a team. Mrs. Hobson became so fatigued with the trip that it was found neces¬ sary to make some changes in their plans, so one of the children was taken from Captain Naper's horse and placed on the horse with the two other children, and Mrs. Hobson and babj mounted behind Captain Naper.
Soon after this, Mr. Hobson met them with a wagon drawn by oxen, and as he had a few comforts in the wagon his wife and children were made more comfortable, and finally the party reached Fort Dearborn. Mr. King took Mr. Hobson's horse and he and Capt. Naper returned to the settlement. Every shadow, even trees and bending boughs, added terror to the fleeing families, for in each sound they imagined they heard the hostile Indians.
Fifteen or twenty men remained at the set¬ tlement to guard the dwellings and property, and as Capt. Naper's house was the most cen¬ trally located, they turned it into a fort. The following morning the little band were startled to receive a visit from an Indian trader named
Lawton, who lived on the O'Plain. He had three ludians and a half-breed with him, but they came on the peaceful mission of gathering news regarding the threatened Sacs invasion.
Capt. Naper was a very brave man, and proved it upon this and other occasions. He bad been a cabin boy on a steamer on Lake Erie, and gained his rank of captain on the lakes. While the Pottawatomies would not fight the Sacs, promises had been made that they would do all they could to divert them from their savage purpose. Others tried to induce Capt. Naper to leave, but he w-as not willing to abandon what the settlers had accumulated with so much hardship, until w^arned by an old Indian woman wiiom he had befriended that it was time for them to leave, and so taking with them the wife and children of Mr. Paine, in a light cov¬ ered wagon, these brave pioneers started for Fort Dearborn, May 20, reaching that haven safely. A company of seventy men was raised and returned to the settlement. Captain Brown and Col. Hamilton accompanying them. When they reached the settlement, tbey found that everything was as they had left it.
At Plaiufleld, the settlers were safely quar¬ tered in a fort which they completed, and to it the seventy men went. Later they went to Holderman's Grove where they met the Cun¬ ningham aud Hollenbeck people, and were in¬ formed that all had been destroyed there. They sent an express to Ottawa and a messenger to Chicago, but remained at Holderman's Grove. Their messenger returned the next morning with the dreadful news that the families of Petti- grew, Hall and Davis were all cut and man¬ gled in the most horrible manner, and that two young girls had been taken prisoners. There was a massacre at Indian Creek, characterized by the same horrible wickedness which has al¬ ways marked Indian warfare.
Mr. Gratiot had employed the Winnebagoes to purchase tbe prisoners with horses, money, wampum and trinkets, and the girls were re¬ turned in safety. With very sad hearts, the company commanded by Captain. Brown buried the dead, and then returned to Ottawa, to join Col. Stillman's command, consisting of some 200 men encamped on the north side of the river, where the city of Ottawa now stands. There were so many distressing incidents that the company concluded to make haste to Chi¬ cago, and tried to persuade a preacher by the name of Payne to go with them, but he refused.
Object Description
| Title | Historical Encyclopedia Of Illinois and history of Du Page County, Volume 2 |
| Title.Alternate | Historical Encyclopedia Of Illinois, Volume 2 |
| Title.Alternate2 | History of DuPage County |
| Contributors | Bateman, Newton ; Selby, Paul |
| Creator | Newton Bateman, editor-in-chief ; Paul Selby, associate editor ; Munsell Publishing Co. |
| Date Original | 1913 |
| Description | Thirty chapters describe the main facts of DuPage County's history from the earliest settlements and political organization up to 1913. Biographical sketches of prominent people, portraits, family histories, township histories, an index of portraits, illustrations, county officials, county organizations and institutions. |
| Subject | Illinois -- History -- Encyclopedias ; DuPage County -- History ; DuPage County -- Biography; Naperville (Ill.) -- History; Naperville (Ill.) -- Biography; Naperville (Ill.) -- Portraits |
| Format | text |
| Contributing Institution | Naperville Public Library |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public domain |
| Directory.Related work | ocm_11314674 |
| Page | 472 pages |
| Type | book |
| Rights Statement | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. Copyrights for materials in this collection remain with their respective owners. Permission to display these materials on the Illinois Digital Archive was granted by the copyright holders to the Naperville Public Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: kwickman@naperville-lib.org. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Collection Name | Naperville Heritage Collection |
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| Title | Page 26 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Date Digital | 2008-09-10 |
| FullText | HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY. 621 them. It was raining hard and a darker night one seldom sees, so you can imagine Mrs. Hob¬ son's predicament. Fearful lest the ludians had taken them, she groped her way hunting for them as best she could, and great was their re¬ lief, when the mother's hand had found them and they were once more together. The pattering rain, tlie rustling leaves added to their fears and they were glad when Mr. Hobson returned to them and again they started on. They came to a rise of ground, and saw in the distance a man on horseback, whom they took for an Indian spy, but he proved to be a scout sent out from the settlement. Mrs. Hob¬ son and the children hastened on into the grove, there dismounting. Mr. Hobson went to the set¬ tlement to get information regarding their plans and found that tbe wives and children and a part of the men had left for Chicago, and then he made haste to get his family started so that they might catch up with the advance party. Captain Naper, Lieutenant King and Mr. Specie accompanied Mr. Hobson to the place where his family were concealed. Mr. King went on foot, the rest were mounted. When they reached the Hobson family, they had to do some figuring to determine how the little party was to be transported. Finally Mr. Hobson put his two eldest children on his horse, and Mrs. Hob¬ son, her two-year-old child and Mr. King were to go on foot, aud Mr. Hobson was to return to meet them with a team. Mrs. Hobson became so fatigued with the trip that it was found neces¬ sary to make some changes in their plans, so one of the children was taken from Captain Naper's horse and placed on the horse with the two other children, and Mrs. Hobson and babj mounted behind Captain Naper. Soon after this, Mr. Hobson met them with a wagon drawn by oxen, and as he had a few comforts in the wagon his wife and children were made more comfortable, and finally the party reached Fort Dearborn. Mr. King took Mr. Hobson's horse and he and Capt. Naper returned to the settlement. Every shadow, even trees and bending boughs, added terror to the fleeing families, for in each sound they imagined they heard the hostile Indians. Fifteen or twenty men remained at the set¬ tlement to guard the dwellings and property, and as Capt. Naper's house was the most cen¬ trally located, they turned it into a fort. The following morning the little band were startled to receive a visit from an Indian trader named Lawton, who lived on the O'Plain. He had three ludians and a half-breed with him, but they came on the peaceful mission of gathering news regarding the threatened Sacs invasion. Capt. Naper was a very brave man, and proved it upon this and other occasions. He bad been a cabin boy on a steamer on Lake Erie, and gained his rank of captain on the lakes. While the Pottawatomies would not fight the Sacs, promises had been made that they would do all they could to divert them from their savage purpose. Others tried to induce Capt. Naper to leave, but he w-as not willing to abandon what the settlers had accumulated with so much hardship, until w^arned by an old Indian woman wiiom he had befriended that it was time for them to leave, and so taking with them the wife and children of Mr. Paine, in a light cov¬ ered wagon, these brave pioneers started for Fort Dearborn, May 20, reaching that haven safely. A company of seventy men was raised and returned to the settlement. Captain Brown and Col. Hamilton accompanying them. When they reached the settlement, tbey found that everything was as they had left it. At Plaiufleld, the settlers were safely quar¬ tered in a fort which they completed, and to it the seventy men went. Later they went to Holderman's Grove where they met the Cun¬ ningham aud Hollenbeck people, and were in¬ formed that all had been destroyed there. They sent an express to Ottawa and a messenger to Chicago, but remained at Holderman's Grove. Their messenger returned the next morning with the dreadful news that the families of Petti- grew, Hall and Davis were all cut and man¬ gled in the most horrible manner, and that two young girls had been taken prisoners. There was a massacre at Indian Creek, characterized by the same horrible wickedness which has al¬ ways marked Indian warfare. Mr. Gratiot had employed the Winnebagoes to purchase tbe prisoners with horses, money, wampum and trinkets, and the girls were re¬ turned in safety. With very sad hearts, the company commanded by Captain. Brown buried the dead, and then returned to Ottawa, to join Col. Stillman's command, consisting of some 200 men encamped on the north side of the river, where the city of Ottawa now stands. There were so many distressing incidents that the company concluded to make haste to Chi¬ cago, and tried to persuade a preacher by the name of Payne to go with them, but he refused. |
| Identifier | 0026.TIF |
| Rights Statement | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. Copyrights for materials in this collection remain with their respective owners. Permission to display these materials on the Illinois Digital Archive was granted by the copyright holders to the Naperville Public Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: kwickman@naperville-lib.org. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Collection Name | Naperville Heritage Collection |
