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Chopped Ham lb. SOc
BEEF BOIL
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Dressed
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BY HARRY U HAL»
Editor’s Note—This is one
of a series of articles to appear
in the Bluffton News dealing
with early Ohio history. Others
will appear in forthcoming
issues.
Wakatomaca
Sometimes a farmer on the Mus
kingum in Case township, Mus
kingum County, plows up a bone or
maybe in digging a cistern uncovers
another—cold bones which won’t get
warm, even in the sunshine. Human
bones stay clammy and won’t warm
up—not in the summers of a hundred
years.
Two hundred years ago the Shaw
nee Indians had a big village,
fy&ckeJt
Home Killed Meats
BEEF PORK VEAL LAMB
SPECIAL HAMS SPECIAL
ARMOUR’S STARS
Whole or
Shank Half
Ready
to Eat
Without
Fat
Sliced, Lean
Bacon lb. 39c
LUNCHEON MEATS
Minced Ham, Veal
Loaf, Dutch Loaf,
Cheese Loaf, Pickel
and Pimento Loaf,
Spiced Ham, Souse,
Skinless Weiners,
lb. 53c
lb. 55c
lb. 69c
Slab
Bacon in Piece lb. 35c
OUR OWN MAKE LEAN SAUSAGE
Bulk, lb. 29c Casing, lb. 39c Smoked, lb. 43c
Country Style Shoulder and Ham Sausage
OUR CHEESE
DEPARTMENT
Longhorn lb. 39c
Wheel Swiss lb. 59c
Old Fashioned
Brick lb. 43c
Beer Cheese lb. 59c
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Litnburger lb. 59c
Pimento 2 lb. loaf 59c
American
2 lb. loaf /‘'69c
rT
lb. 29c
Lean Cubed
Steak lb. 69c
BUTTER S lb. 66c
MILK 2 qts. 33c
Oleo, White 2 lbs. 39c
Oleo, Yellow lb. 39c
CHICKENS—Fresh Dressed Hens or Fryers
Skinless
Haddock lb. 45c
PORK ROAST Uan lb. 35c
Pork Chops lb. 39c 1
Lard, All Pork lb. 10c
WE NOW HAVE LOCKERS TO RENT
Wakatomaca, where Dresden now
stands, and a bigger burying-ground.
It was the only Shawnee town in
the neighborhood, all others being
Delawares, Goschachgunk, principal
town of the Turtle tribe of the Dela
wares, was about five miles north
where Coshocton now stands and
another, “Old Town,” was at Dun
can’s Falls. About six more Dela
ware towns were in the vicinity.
Goschachgunk was a little smaller
than Wakatomaca. It had about 80
log, polo and bark shacks and 700
warriors in 1778 and Natowatwees,
chief of the Turtle Delawares, lived
there. In 1778-1779 hordes of hostile
Wyandottes and Mingoes came into
the vicinity and caused Wakatomaca
much trouble. In June, 1774, the
Indian town got into a lot of trouble
with the white men.
Orders Town Wiped Out
Wakatomaca had a pretty bad
reputation and in 1774 the Earl of
Dunmore, governor of Virginia, sent
400 men, under Col. Angus Mc
Donald, to wipe it out. The country’
then belonged to Virginia. It was
in great Botetcourt County, which
included all the lands now Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minneso
ta, Michigan and West Virginia.
Kentucky was a county of its own—
Kentucky County, Virginia. McDon
Id was a Britsh officer, loaned to
Virginia. Jonathan Zane, Thomas
Nicholson and Tady Kelly, men fa
miliar with the backwoods, were the
little army’s guides.
About six miles from Wakatomaca
the army was ambushed by about 50
Indians, who killed two men and
wounded nine others. One Ind'an
was killed and several wounded.
When the army came up to the
town it was found evacuated—the
savages had fled to the opposite
shore of the Muskingum, formed an
ambuscade and were waiting for the
white men to follow them across.
Tells of Indian Fight
Private Abraham Thomas, who
was there, related that five or six
whites instead of two, were killed in
the first fight. Privates Fox and
Martin were shot by the chief, who
then dodged behind a tree. When
he reappeared he was killed by Uriv
ate Welson, a neighbor of the dean
man. Thomas, 18, was in a comany
commanded by Capt. Mike Cressap.
Finding Wakatomaca deserted, Col
onel McDonald posted sentries up
and down the river and bivouaced
until morning. One, Private John
Hargue, of Cressap’s company, shot
an Indian scout during the night—he
loaded his gun with two balls and
put both through the savage’s neck.
Next morning he scalped the Indian.
Another Indian was shot between the
eyes by Private Jack Hayes and his
body dragged into camp.
During the night two Indians
came to the white army camp and
spent several hours trying to fix
terms of surrender. That gave the
Indians time to get tbeir women and
children out of Wakatomaca and
make ready for the coming battle on
the opposite bank of the river. The
two Indians were allowed to leave.
Indians Flee
Two hours before daylight. Cap
tain Cressap stealthily formed his
men and took them across the river
to the ambush, leaving McDonald
and the balance of his army in
camp. The Indian camp was sur
rounded and the attack was begun.
But the savages fled into the thicket
and no whites and only one Indian
were killed in the fight.
In Wakatomaca only an old cow
and some corn were found by the
white men. These were distributed
among the men, the village was
burned and the little army started
back on its three-days march towards
home. The men became almost
famished and some were so weak
they could not carry their own
equipment.
One man had a good stock of
tobacco, and whether or not they
ever had used tobacco before, many
men kept going only by chewing it.
But for the Indian corn and very
little small game, the army had been
out of provisions since its first ar
rival at Wakatomaca.
Soldiers Famished
On the return march the army
crushed ear corn with tomahawks,
mixed it with water in gourds or
tin cups and ate it as porridge.
Running across a drove of hogs,
several were shot and the meat cook
ed and eaten hungrily “without much
preparation.”
Each man had started out with
seven days provisions of his own
furnishing, in his pack. Most of it
was eaten up during a three day’s
halt Colonel McDonald ordered on
the march to Wakatomaca. During
the halt it stormed and arms and
ammunition became wet. McDonald
ordered the men to fire them in a
hollow log so it would not make
noise. With no experience as an In
dian fighter, he was disliked by
Cressap and the other officers and
men.
The colonel, McDonald was a
coward. During the first fight with
the Indians when ambushed on the
way to Wakatomaca, several nf his
own men saw him slip away and lie
down behind a log, where he remain
ed until the fight was over. The
boy, Thomas, threatened him with his
gunbarrel once when chastened and
the colonel walked away. Another
man, Private Jacob Newbold, told the
colonel face to face that he had seen
him slink behind the log, and the
officer turned and walked away,
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Albert B. Welty has been elected
supervisor of the industrial school
at Racine, W’is.
The thirteenth year of Bluffton
College opens next Tuesday and
Wednesday’. President Mosiman will
deliver the opening address. Two
new members have been added to
the faculty, Miss Edith McPeak and
G. A. Lehman.
G. Davidson and force of hands
erected a large cattle shed for Loch
er Bros.
Adam Steiner, Ed and Chris Diller
and Allen Grismore left for Chicago
to purchase cattle.
Misses Persis and Lucy Welty
left for Pretty Prairie, Kansas, for
an extended vacation.
The class of 1912 at Pandora had
marshmallow roast and picnic in Ed
Krohn's grove south of the railroad.
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of September 12,1912
The aster garden at the rear of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mohler’s resi
dence is attracting much attention.
Thousands of flowers are in bloom.
Med Murray and daughter Treva
will not move back to Bluffton from
Monroe, Mich. The furniture comp
any offered him a better contract and
he decided to stay on another year.
Fred Zehrbach sold his Spring
street property to Lee McElroy.
Chas. S. Day is on an extended
hunting trip north of Toronto, Can­
Howard Businger, 9 years old,
drowned in Riley Creek when the ice
broke and he fell through. He Is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Businger. The accident occured near
the Ami Pifer bridge in Orange
township.
Chester Stauffer purchased the
Ben Neuensch wander property on
South Main street.
Homer Locher has returned home
from France where he served with
the 327th field artilliary.
John Spangler, William Radebaugh
and Ralph Stearns told of their
Army experiences at a Welcome
Home program at the Methodist
church.
In honor of her second birthday
little Esther Anna Gratz entertained
the following wee tykes at an after
noon party: Edith Sutter, Josephine
Steiner, Rita Hankish, Wilner and
Joe Mumma, Charles Amstutz and
Carl Hochstettler.
Burkholder Case
Remains Mystery
(Concluded from page 1)
high speed through the open country.
Although identity of the body was
established following its discovery
through papers found on the Ever
ett, Wash., retired fruit farmer, and
by telephone conversation with rela
tives here, a brother, John Burk
holder, of Rockport, went to Prairie
du Chien, to make positive identifi
cation.
Following the coroner’s inquest,
upon Burkholder’s arrival, the body
of the mishap victim was brought
to Bluffton on Thursday for funeral
services and burial.
Funeral Here
Last rites were conducted last
Saturday afternoon in the Paul Dil
ler funeral home. Rev. Leonard
McIntire, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiated.
Burial was in the Ebenezer ceme
tery.
Burkholder, who never had mar
ried, is survived only by brother,
John, of Rockport, and a number of
nephews and nieces in this commun
ity.
Trucks Spread Out
Automobile trucks move 98 per
cent of all farm products from
farms. Philadelphia gets 98 per
cent of its live poultry by truck.
Forty-nine large cities get all their
milk by truck. Chicago gets 57 per
cent of its butter by truck. Trucks
carry 58 per cent of all the beef ih
America. There are 5% million
trucks on our highways and the an
nual gross revenue of the industry
is two billion dollars.
swinging his cane.
On their- arrival at the Ohio River
the returning army again met tneir
boats but found in them only more
corn on the ear. Of the barely cook
ed hog meat, Thomas related that
never had he eaten anything so
savory and delicious.
The Earl of Dunmore’s expedition
against the Shawnees on the Musk
ingum, with Col. Angus McDonald
in command, long was known as
“The Wakatomaca Campaign” but
was of little consequence. Soon
after the white men were gone In
dians came back and rebuilt their
town.
Long the locale of tribal wars
between the Shawnees and the Dela
wares who surrounded the *own on
all sides, and the invading Wyandot
tes, Iroquois and Mingoes, Wakato
maca was a village of violence and
bloodshed.
Though most of the cold bits of
bone plowed up there through decad
es were from those who died from
pestilence and other causes, and
came out of the extensive Indian
graveyard, other of it is Indian bone
of those killed in battle.
ada with several parties from Cin
cinnati and Findlay.
George B. Woods has secured a
position as teacher in a rural school
two miles east of Rawson.
H. P. Huber returned to Jackson
ville, Ill. where he takes up his
fourth year in the high school at
that place. During the summer he
spent several weeks with other stu
dents in the wilds of Canada in
study accompanied by an instructor
from the University of Chicago.
Leonard Wingate was happily sur
prised on his 26th birthday by a
crowd of young folks from Jackson
and Orange twp. Several auto and
buggy loads of youngsters were on
hand to help him celebrate the occa
sion.
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 27,1919
A. C. Spangler suffered an injured
ankle when his horse shied at an
auto and threw the horse, buggy’ and
driver into the ditch.
T. G. Scheid is home from South
Dakota where he is interested in a
160 acre government farm.
The 21st regiment of Ohio Volun
teers will reune here next week.
Members from vicinity are: Philip
Wilch, John R. Dray, Jesse Walters,
David Carr and Ab Wilkins.
Hunters can bag 5 squirrels a day
during the open season, Sept. 15
through October 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sommer are
the proud parents of a new baby boy
born to them.
Isaac Lugibill purchased the Peter
Moser farm. Moser bought the
David Balmer property on South
Main street and Newton Devier
purchased a property on South Main
street.
Some interesting items were found
in the records of the late J. U. Am
stutz concerning the undertaking
business. For a number of years he
made his own caskets for which he
charged from 50 to 75c for a small
size to $1.80 for a large size. Most
of the caskets were made of walnut
and some were varnished. He start
ed his undertaking business in 1852.
In 1853 a typhoid fever epidemic
swept the Settlement taking the
lives of 17 adults and 10 children.
Five of the family of J. S. Steiner
called (Buchwald Hans), tw’o child
ren of J. F. Steiner were buried in
the same grave.
Modern Farm Methods
Step Up Acre Yields
(Concluded from page 1)
in the district between Bluffton and
Pandora, where potato farming is a
major activity.
Chemical Aids
A big lift in increased per-acre
potato yields has been provided by
new chemical bug killers, which
have brought phenomenal results.
Improved DDT sprays in many
instances have resulted in per-acre
yield increases of as much as 75
bushels and a new insecticide called
Paeathion has also helped in the
production uptrend.
Chemical fertilizers have joined
hands with chemical bug destroyers
in stepping up production, and in
Maine areas where potato production
has been phenomenal the use of
fertilizers has increased as much as
50% since the late 1930*s, national
reports show’.
Closer Rows
Also contributing to the more
per-acre trend in potato growing is
the practice of planting potato rows
closer together. Rows which used
to be 10 to 14 inches apart now often
SHORTS AND MIDDLINGS
Use standard varieties for garden
plantings this year. Try out the
new ones on a small scale.
Members of the Scioto County 4-H
Chorus will sing at Farm and Home
Week, Ohio State University, March
24.
James B. Lane, Xenia farmer, is
the new president of the Ohio Feder
ation of Soil Conservation District
Supervisors.
Face the ladder w’hen going up or
down.
CARELESS CALI
SO THE JUDGE SAN'S, *THERE‘S
ONLV ONE SAFE PLACE TO PUT
\0l) DRIVERS WHO CONTINUALLY
PASS SCHOOL BUSES WHICH ARE
LOADING OR UNLOADING-
VTX CHILDREN?'
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are as close together as six to eight
inches.
Machines, too, are playing their
role in boosting the potato output.
The big benefit of mechanical equip
ment is that it permits the right
thing to be done at the right time.
When machines are used on a big
scale, bad weather doesn’t interfere
so much with planting, cultivating
or digging because the work can be
done much faster.
Another dodge in helping give a
236 Cherry Street
Steinman Bros. Lumber
A $2.00 V.A
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A $2.30 V.A
LISTING JUST A FEW
OF OUR REAL VALUES
Why Can Pineapple
49C
Fancy Crushed
S. Fleece KRAUT
T/i can 2 for 27c
Deerwood White Kernel
CORN 2 N° 2 Cans 35c
All Rite Wisconsin Sweet
PEAS 2 N° 2 Cans 29c
PEACHES
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950
TEXOLITE
FAMILY FLOUR $1.53
higher-per-acre average yield from
land that’s planned is. U)e farm
practice of dropping the least
productive acres w’hen thff govern
ment orders a planting cut.
Ohio’s corn acreage for the com
ing year is to be reduced as much
as 511 per cent under the government
program, and altho federal orders
are not compulsory farmers must
comply if they expect to take
advantage of federal subsidies in the
form of crop loans and parity prices.
Washable Oil Resin
Flat Paint
Put right over wall
paper, painted walls
and ceilings.
You may choose from
12 attractive colors.
1 gallon covers the
average size room.
SPECIAL!!!
$2.95 gallon
“Ask Steinman)
Get Ready
For Easter
PAIL SOAP DEAL 1. $1.57
SAUCE PAN OFFI
Co.
Phone 360-W
Plus Tax
... $1.35
LUE P,U8 T«
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LUE
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Easter Dyes
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Kits .. 25c
rims-Dyes 25c
OUR EASTER
CANDY DISPLAY
2!7c-19c-35c-5c
UBC COFFEE 67c
BAY'S BREAD 2‘S,?29c
WE WILL HAVE EASTER HAMS
ORDER YOUR HAMS EARLY
DISPLAY a.
HOMER BASINGER'S FRESH DAILY
BOLOGNA HAMBURG SAUSAGE
Urich’s City Market
Phone 485-W We Deliver
25c