bject of deliberation, held forth her little
boy to one of the savages and begged that he might be spared--adding,
"he will make a fine little Indian after awhile." He signed to her to
go on. The other savage then struck the negro boy with the pipe end of
his tomahawk, and with the edge gave him a blow across the back of the
neck, and scalped and left him.

In the evening they came to the Ohio river just above Wellsburg, and
descended it in a canoe about five miles, to the mouth of Rush run.
They drew the canoe some distance up the run and proceeding between
one and two miles farther encamped for the night.--Next morning they
resumed their march and about two o'clock halted on Indian Short
creek, twenty miles farther.

When the savages came to the house of Mr. Glass he was at work in a
field some few hundred yards off, and was ignorant that any thing
extraordinary had occurred there, until in the afternoon.--Searching
in vain for his wife, he became satisfied that she had been taken by
the Indians; and proceeding to Well's fort prevailed on ten men to
accompany him in quest of them. Early next morning they discovered the
place where the Indians embarked in the canoe; and as Mr. Glass
readily distinguished the impression made by Mrs. Glass' shoe on the
sand, they crossed the river with great expectation of being able to
overtake them. They then went down the river to the mouth of Rush run,
where the canoe was found and identified by some of Mr. Glass' papers,
purposely left there by Mrs. Glass. From this place the trail of the
Indians and their prisoners was plainly visible, and pursuing it, the
party arrived in view of the smoke from their fire on Short creek,
about an hour after the Indians had halted. Crossing slyly forward,
when rather more than one hundred yards off they beheld the two
savages attentively inspecting a red jacket which one of them held,
and Mrs. Glass and her little boy and the negro woman and her child a
few paces from them.--Suddenly the Indians let fall the jacket, and
looked towards the men. Supposing they were discovered, they
discharged their guns and rushed towards the fire. One of the Indians
fell and dropped his gun, but recovering, ran about one hundred yards
when a shot aimed at him by Major McGuire brought him to his hands and
knees.--Mrs. Glass informing them that there was another encampment of
Indians close by, instead of following the wounded savage, they
returned home with all spee