7    x * THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF DAUPHIN, CUMBERLAND, FRANKLIN, BEDFORD, ADAMS, AND PERRY COUNTIES: CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, NOTICES OF THE LEADING EVENTS, INCIDENTS AND INTERESTING facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal bo- roughs, towns, villages, &c., WITH AN APPENDIX. EMBELLISHED WITH SEVERAL ENGRAVINGS. ______ COMPILIED FROM NUMEROUS AUTHENTIC SOURCES BY I. DANIEL RUPP, Author of He Pasa Ekklesia, &c., &c., &c. ______ GILBERT HILLS, PROPRIETOR & PUBLISHER, Lancaster City, Pa. ____ 1846 RICHARD BAIRDS DEPOSITION, 1758 (AN ACCOUNT OF HIS AND HIS FAMILIES CAPTIVITY AND HIS ESCAPE) The affirmation of Richard Baird;, of Hamiltons Ban twp., aged 22 years, who saith that his habitation being at the foot of the South mountain, on the southeast side thereof, on the 13th of April last, at 7 oclock in the morning, he, this deponent, was in his house, with Katharine his wife, John his child about 7 months old, Thomas Potter, son of the late Capt. John Potter, Esq., Frederick Ferrick his servant, 14 years of age, Hannah McBride aged 11 years, William White 9 years old; in his field were Samuel Hunter and Daniel McMenomy laborers, when a party consisting of 19 Indians came and captured Samuel Hunter and Daniel McMenomy in the field, and afterwards came to the dwelling house of this deponent, and 6 of them suddenly rushed into the house, and were immediately driven out by this deponent and Thomas Potter; the door of the house was thrown down by our pressing to keep the Indians out and their pressing to come in: they shot in the house at us, and shot away Thomas Potters little finger. We then had time to know their numbers, and in a little time surrendered, on the promise of the Indians not to kill any of us; and took us about 60 rods up the mountain, where their match coats lay; for they were naked except the britch clouts, leggings, moccasins and caps; there they brought the two men who had been at work in the field, and in about half an hour ordered us to march, setting me foremost of the prisoners. We marched one after another at some distance; at about seven miles they killed my child, which I discovered by seeing its scalp; about 12 oclock I saw another scalp, which I knew to be Thomas Potters. I have since been informed they killed him at the place where their match coats lay. Friday the 14th, about 12 oclock, they murdered Samuel Hunter, on the North mountain. They drove us over the Allegheny mountains in a day and a half, and on Monday night about 10 oclock I escaped-they having sent me several times about three rods from the fire to bring them water. In 9 nights and days I got to Fort Lyttleton, having had no food other than 4 snakes which I had killed and eat, and some buds and roots and the like; 3 Cherokee Indians found me about two miles from Fort Lyttleton, cut me a staff and piloted me to the Fort. In conversation with the Indians during my captivity, they informed me that they were all Delawares; for they mostly all speak English. One spoke as good English as I can. The Captain said he had been at Philadelphia about a year ago. I asked them if they were not going to make peace with the English? The captain answered and said, they were talking about it when he was in Philadelphia last winter; but he went away and left them. Richard Baird Affirmed and subscribed the 12th of May, 1758-Coramme Geo. Stevenson. vy{:\|"#\hioqy{')*Qejsپ@@B$8P0P8$P8$P0P8P(!"#\fghi+Qopqyz{ '()*Qejkpqrstuv ln#( #( #(#( #( #(#( #(B Title Style"$R,(   v " HH@ R(HH g `  R=/BH-:LaserWriter IISC #?/&K^vvv