Show tho story of wyoming on the third of july one hundred years ago a mob of with four hundred seneca indian fifteen hundred in all came down the beautiful valley of the between tho county hill fell upon alio peaceful village of wyoming and in three days left it ghastly blood and tt slie tho indians were led by the halfbreed half breed wretch joseph brundt and the control af pf the o far a it was under any control was in lie hand of alie infamous col john butler many of alio tories were resident of Wyoming alienated from their homes and kindred by the unnatural partisan passion which had divided families and made brothers deadly foe tho little settlement mostly connecticut finner had rinsed and sent two companies of militia to the aid of washington and the few defender of the place after a brief resistance si stance were driven to their forts where number of the women and children of the patriot families had fled for helter and safety the smaller garrison noon yielded to overwhelming number and forty fort kingston was next surrounded by alio enemy and inu boned to surrender john butler cousin zebulun butler was alie corn mander and unsuspicious it would seem of hi kins mans utter of honor lie oed a parley this wa agreed to lie tory leader called lorce and zebulun butler marched out with his force four hundred and seventeen men toward alie river into a deadly yells and musket shots burnt from behind every rock and bush and trw and alie doomed till in their truck bc arcely able to deliver a returning volley on their skulking foe of tho four nun died and only bilty beven reaped it was an exploit of murder worthy alio hands of the janian ric mad with tho tato of blood the hribb Ini linns rushed back to the fort mv ingine tho hundreds of dripping and weakened garrison determined on defense trained several field pieces to bitter it down col Di held out for alA yand when nearly nil hh men were disabled asked jolin butler aliat terms of surrender eur render ho give the hatchet was butlers only reply and lie kept hist word thu time ai it bc caino ins brutal nature to do hie indention even improved upon tho ordinary for whet at lant llie fort aiu fondd to capitulate lie selected an of up nil tho rest in alifi men mid children together anil burned them hilive af destroyer alio town lire and c even the avage in jino instance rf li owed more erfling lhnn allies buo indian of boino former favor hod ditomo war paint to alio difo and clil a patriot settler abil secure their cabit was with dry on ahro as inida af lio marbrey mary rey and und durkee beizem and bield down in a lah fire with tharo in alo korv company alita to their lie colonial una young rul liuti nude by hatred murdered in mother aid i ahter ami their little and outdo an end if his chalo demon partial terry killed hit fatir er and cut 13 fathers licad the frensky of did nut evora spore tho cattle and many innocent inno tent cow were mor tall wourl ed with millet or had longn es out out to die a lin death nothing air of crool wicked nees waa ta alio infernal amro md |