Show THE DEATH OF THE INDIAN CHIEF SENE seil CA the county ohio farmer publishes a singular scrap of history from atom which is condensed the following holmes county in 1816 was wag the hunting ground of indians seneca the chief ard tribe cf of that name came was one mr jacob Ammond now living in coshocton Cosh octon county then living 0 about a mile from where t now is and near the mile pond seneca became inimical to ammond but pretended friendship yet mr ammonds knowledge of the indian character enabled him to detect this hostility seneca told ammond that there was a bear near mile mlle pond and wanted him to go to help kill it ammond consulted his wife and she begged him not to go but ammond thinking he ran less risk by going with the indian than to take the chances of being killed when not on his guard accompanied seneca each tak ing inca insa a gun gon he the pond bein being narrow seneca took one 8 ade de and ammond the other ammond kept his eyes on seneca and saw him get behind a tree and ammond also got a tree between him and the indian leaving his his bis clothes ei posed exposed seneca aimed but his gun un snapped and while fixing th the e primin priming gr ei exposed his hia head at which ammond armmond took deadly aim and ard put his bullet through it then crossing rAmmond ove stair ped some elm bark with it bieda tied a heavy stone to the indians body and sunk it in the pond the disappearance of 0 seneca was waa an unraveled mystery for forty ears years when Af Mr rAmmond Ammond lately dival divulged ged the b bloody oddy secret to the auditor or of hoimes holmes county |