Accordingly toward this lovely spot were the forces concentrated, and all
the afternoon the wide space fronting the Rev. D. T. Rowland’s residence
was filled with armed men. Although this delightful spot is well known to
pleasure-seekers, it is doubtful if ever before it was the scene of so
much bustle and animation, and the two beautiful daughters of the reverend
gentleman were kept busily employed attending to the wants of their
countless guests.
The whole neighborhood was thoroughly searched, the deep and shadowing
glen, the rocky chasms, the towering heights were all searched through and
through, not a thicket nor a cave, nor a gloomy recess in the tortuous
course of the serpentine Minneinneopa escaped the ruthless tread of the
pursuers. No one could form an adequate idea of the number of men engaged
in the hunt if they remained themselves with one party or in one place. As
the writer was taken from one point to another, along highways and by ways
by a spirited span of colts, supplied by Mr. B. D. Pay, he was astonished
at the number of skirmishers he met. There were men of