1812 on the Indiana frontier ~ “What must she
do ? At this critical moment the baby began crying and the poor
mother hastilv stuffed a corner of her woolen shawl into its
mouth. Baby-like it reimlsed this and noise issued. Suddenly
the Indians stopped as if they had heard a sound. Can we for a
moment imagine how long time must have been to this over-bur-
dened, over-anxious, helpless mother? One minute was an eter-
nitv while the Indians passed out of sight. When she wnthdrew
her hand the child was silent, was motionless, yea dead.” ~ That was my 3 times Great Grandmother ~ the baby ~ but she survived ~ the narrative of the thread is driven by ancient Indo-European story telling requirements ~ into which are dropped real names and places. Another gentleman, also an ancestor, married to a Collins (or Khalins) sister kills 7 Indians with one blow of his razor sharp hatchet. All in the family history called The Collings-Richie Book (also Collins-Ritchy). It’s not on the net but this is http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofpigeonr00cole/historyofpigeonr00cole_djvu.txt