Two of the captives‘ surrendered by the Shawanese were Jacob and Christopher Halterman, who had been with the Indians for five years.
They were sons of CHRISTOPHER HALTERMAN of Virginia, who crossed the mountains and settled on one of the headwaters of the Ohio, where he died of fever in the autumn of 1759, leaving a wife and seven small children, three sons and four daughters.
A few weeks later the Indians attacked the cabin, killed the mother who tried to defend her young brood and the four small girls, and captured the three boys.
After a hurried march down to the Ohio they crossed and followed the Guyan Trail to the Scioto Licks where the squaws were making salt.
When winter came they returned to Chillicothe, their principal town, where Gabriel, the youngest, died. The other two were adopted into different families. Jacob was well treated, but Christopher, the oldest, could not forget his wrongs and suffered ill treatment in the same proportion. After his restoration to his friends in Virginia he became an Indian fighter and some years later accompanied General Lewis to Ohio. In after years he returned to this county to live. and many of his descendants may be found here.
These data were furnished by Gabriel Evans, a grandson, named for the little Gabriel who died among the Indians, who lived to a good old age and died near Cove.
They were sons of CHRISTOPHER HALTERMAN of Virginia, who crossed the mountains and settled on one of the headwaters of the Ohio, where he died of fever in the autumn of 1759, leaving a wife and seven small children, three sons and four daughters.
A few weeks later the Indians attacked the cabin, killed the mother who tried to defend her young brood and the four small girls, and captured the three boys.
After a hurried march down to the Ohio they crossed and followed the Guyan Trail to the Scioto Licks where the squaws were making salt.
When winter came they returned to Chillicothe, their principal town, where Gabriel, the youngest, died. The other two were adopted into different families. Jacob was well treated, but Christopher, the oldest, could not forget his wrongs and suffered ill treatment in the same proportion. After his restoration to his friends in Virginia he became an Indian fighter and some years later accompanied General Lewis to Ohio. In after years he returned to this county to live. and many of his descendants may be found here.
These data were furnished by Gabriel Evans, a grandson, named for the little Gabriel who died among the Indians, who lived to a good old age and died near Cove.
Two of the captives‘ surrendered by the Shawanese were Jacob and Christopher Halterman, who had been with the Indians for five years.
They were sons of CHRISTOPHER HALTERMAN of Virginia, who crossed the mountains and settled on one of the headwaters of the Ohio, where he died of fever in the autumn of 1759, leaving a wife and seven small children, three sons and four daughters.
A few weeks later the Indians attacked the cabin, killed the mother who tried to defend her young brood and the four small girls, and captured the three boys.
After a hurried march down to the Ohio they crossed and followed the Guyan Trail to the Scioto Licks where the squaws were making salt.
When winter came they returned to Chillicothe, their principal town, where Gabriel, the youngest, died. The other two were adopted into different families. Jacob was well treated, but Christopher, the oldest, could not forget his wrongs and suffered ill treatment in the same proportion. After his restoration to his friends in Virginia he became an Indian fighter and some years later accompanied General Lewis to Ohio. In after years he returned to this county to live. and many of his descendants may be found here.
These data were furnished by Gabriel Evans, a grandson, named for the little Gabriel who died among the Indians, who lived to a good old age and died near Cove.
They were sons of CHRISTOPHER HALTERMAN of Virginia, who crossed the mountains and settled on one of the headwaters of the Ohio, where he died of fever in the autumn of 1759, leaving a wife and seven small children, three sons and four daughters.
A few weeks later the Indians attacked the cabin, killed the mother who tried to defend her young brood and the four small girls, and captured the three boys.
After a hurried march down to the Ohio they crossed and followed the Guyan Trail to the Scioto Licks where the squaws were making salt.
When winter came they returned to Chillicothe, their principal town, where Gabriel, the youngest, died. The other two were adopted into different families. Jacob was well treated, but Christopher, the oldest, could not forget his wrongs and suffered ill treatment in the same proportion. After his restoration to his friends in Virginia he became an Indian fighter and some years later accompanied General Lewis to Ohio. In after years he returned to this county to live. and many of his descendants may be found here.
These data were furnished by Gabriel Evans, a grandson, named for the little Gabriel who died among the Indians, who lived to a good old age and died near Cove.
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