Early in the morning of the 27th of March, 2 Indians appeared on the premises of Mr. GLASS, residing a few miles back of the present town of Wellsburgh. At the time, Mrs. GLASS was alone in her house, with the exception of an infant & a small black girl. Mrs. GLASS was spinning & has sent her negro woman to the woods for sugar water. In a few moments she returned, screaming at the top of her voice, " Indians! Indians!" Mrs. GLASS jumped up & running first to the window, then to the door, attempting to escape. But an Indian met her & presented his gun; Mrs. GLASS caught hold of the muzzle, turned it aside & begged him not to kill her. The other Indian in the meantime caught the negro woman & brought her into the house. They then opened a chest & brought out a small box & some articles of clothing & without doing any further damage departed with their prisoners....about sunrise they commenced their march up a very steep hill & two o'clock halted on Short creek about 20 miles from the place whence they set out in the morning. The spot had been an encampment shortly before as well as a place of deposite for the plunder which they had recently taken from the house of a Mr. VAN METER, whose family had been killed. Mr. GLASS was working with a hired man in the field, about a quarter mile from the house, when his wife & family were taken, but knew nothing of the event until noon. ..he went to Wells' fort, collected 10 men & that night lodged in a cabin on the bottom on which the town of Wellsburg now stands.
While passing down the river, one of the Indians threw into the water several papers which he had taken out of Mr. GLASS' trunk; some of these she carelessly picked up & under pretence of giving them to the child, dropped then into the bottom of the canoe. These left no doubt. The trail of the Indians & their prisoners, up the run to their camp & then up the river hill was soon discovered.
...The other Indian at the first fire, ran a short distance beyond Mrs. GLASS so that she was in a right line between him & the white men; there he halted for a moment, to put on his shot pouch, which Mr. GLASS mistook for an attempt to kill his wife with a tomahawk. This artful maneurve, no doubt, saved the life of the savage, as his pursuers could not shoot at him without risking the life of the woman.The above we have slightly altered from the account already published & think it is entirely correct as now given. Mrs. GLASS married a Mr. BROWN & was a long time resident of Brooke County.
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