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THE:L;UCKN.OW._ SENT.INEL,. 1.UCKNDW, ONTARIO..
The early History of Dt!ngannon•
was .tecelitly given at'a meeting df
Dungannon Wpm.en's Institute. It, '
'was prepared by W.,L Stothers-who'.
' remembered: 1t' as'.being .told by
fits grand father,
Ir read;
This ;story happened in the '.
Eighteen Forties. ''At that tithe
W'm. Mallough. and his wife., Jane,
had been iris Canada a few years...
They had bought. lot _ 12., Con. . 4 .
T ew sb-i-p-ef •A sh-field. in Eighteen—
.
igh-t-e-e n-. ,Forty-three and built a one room.
"log house that washeated by a
stone 'fire -place,' that also helped.
to supply the light at night so :they
could do •with less tallow candles.
On .this fire -place ;the booking and'
baking was also done, as .no stoves
had ,got that farinto the bush as
yet.. . ,
The•house was situated on the. .
lot that Les Shultz• now lives on,
a' little.,back of the Shultz house,_,_
It was a good building site on dry
ground;, on thewest side of the •
Indian trail to Goderich' that
passed by the ,front door . There
was a nice fresh brook on. the '
north, side with a ,good supply
--=ee-k-�ed--tl�ou-t-. i-Iri:t : • It-a-lso--sup�-h;ed---
water for the washing and the cow
and oxen. Across thetrail =was a' •
veru large maple tree. and; ' ': •
between two large protruding •
roots. a .strong spring of.'good water
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--•�—�—a n•1 e-a-F]fl-f ��ei�vea-t ro,-n-1-� � -i he
• brook This' tree would run sa
rom'two Tiles at. sugar time.
.West of the. house about:forty • •
;rod -was an Indian sum.mer.c'antp on
• the west. hankof the previous men:-
fioned hrobk which•w.as flowing
f° the south at :that :location.. The
Chief of this•hand was .the a,nie '
mail that was Mentioned 'in• the '.
.'book entitled ''In Thenays of
• he CA -nada • C.om-pa-ii-y " . He had
been in thear f 11;12 and was a
friend of G neral Brock He had.
several medals that had •been.,,
presented.to pini by the British_
for his Valour aid alliance in the.
• war of 1 12 These. medals he .
• would show t� his friends when
he was presented with a gift of
Tea, Tobacco, flour ,' white:
.sugar •or white bread.
The •late Robert Mallough told
mew.;about Seeing them when
asp a .boy ,he 1.was sent to the carne•
with fresh''bread that his.•niorhet
had baked;' The Chief was••the •
only one pf the band that• could.
spea.lk some English.. The only
..way ;to cornmunibate with .the
• rest ofethe'band was by sign
language.
The Malloughs.and the Band of.
Indians' were always 'very friendly
Theydid not steal the Mallough
cattle to eat like•the other. .bands•
to, the East, but helped to find'
them when. they Wandered, away
in the bush. When the weather
got cold and winter was coming •
the Indians moved to a more shet-
ered place where there was at that
time a very thick stand of large:
Cedar trees that sheltered their
dwellings .from the .wind and -snow ..
This was. where Dick Park, Grah-••
a_n-t:-Mc lee John-Erringtons :now
live and• the Orange hall is.. It was
duite:close •to.'the Mallough. house ,
and visits were exchanged 'ruite
often... When the hunting and. fish
ing were, poor and the Indians were
.hungry sortie of the Indian band
would- Corrie to the.-1C/Tarfoughs and ry
by signs let them know Of their
troubles. The Malloughs Would •
help port :with bread ,:potatoes,
dried beans and salt pork..This
went over real' goodwith the'.Ind- •
ians and :when their:hunters return-
ed frOni_a_godd hunt with , '
.fr.esh .venison or.'bea,r meat. or had
been to the lake and had lake
traut,or herring ca
ice allotsghs always. received a
share of it, • along with new Deer. •
skin mitts/and moccasins In the'
summer.it''was" baskets of berries
anti wild fruit
, In the 'Indian band' there was a
y&ung wort:ra , a .daughrer-o• the—
Chief and the wife of one of•.the •
best .hunters. 'They had One son
who along with his mother .was a .
great favorite of the Chief,.
The Indian woman. and Jane
Mallough were about the same
age• and ale'M•9a1=104hLs.-son .Joseph
was abo;1it rhe age 'of the Indian
�oy,
'AS .tliey,lived. close, these
two boys played together and' be-
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mothers lane Mallough told; the
only way she could coiaimuni'cate
with her friend, the Indian 4
Womanwas by signs.,..b.ut the •boys,
seemed to. understand'ea.ch: other
perfeetl:y. .
themlate winter there 'was not
too much fora man to do.ion .4
•pioneer •farm , . and as they did not
have 'much to sell to: bring in.. •
money to buy supplies
Ma1ough went to God.erich 'to
work on anew dock that.was
being built at the harbor ..while.
the:ice'was. strong enough to
carry the men and material.,I-le
would leave ea•rly'Monday morn:
ing and walk in and. return Satyr-
day,night, bringing_'home the
week's supplies. While he wa's
away, Jane looked after the cow
and oxen and the: few hens and:
pigs ithat the settlers had at that
time... •
In the•.eveliings her friend .the
Indian Won -Ian, with. her ,son
Would c,orne overoand'While lane'
knitted, the Indian woman sewed
moccasins and the boy.s.pla.yed.on
the floor and, seemed to• under
stand each• other ,while their
mothers had to• •talk..'b signs .1'
•Ohthis particular eveningthat
I. am going, to teli-you tell-youabout.,, the:
weather,had gott;e.li a. little milder
a.nd' as the .fire ,place was smoking'.
the door was lett open to let out.:
the smoke and the light from the
fire andthe•candles attrad•ted.
three men that were:.on their way
to sa-me-land-they-- er-e-rrrov-in-g-&n
to ',further. north, They wanted a
place to spend the night inside in-
t -cad of cari4ping otitiirtlie b�rsh..
Jane told them that as the cabin
had only :one 'yoo•m and one,'
bed-, • a •table , a few chairs• and
'benches and her husband was away
wouldn't be back till Saturday
night she could not1help'therh;.
m
een, said that was:..fine and
as her• huspand was .away they •
would stay with her and "the, good
looking :yout'rg squaw .. - .
Jane, 'being a, real Irish woman
and not long fibril: Old, Ireland;
lashed out .with` a tongue lashing
that sold,
•but it did not move the men. The
Indian woina.n, decided the
situation wasgetting. serious and •
picked ,up the iron pokerfrorn the
-•fire pla=ce -and trfed to=tronuse .
clean: like any wild 'young squaw
should ;but that 'did not'succeed.
..he poker was soon taken from"
her.. Now 'Jane thought:, things are
really getting serious. She,and
her friend had their backs to the
wall and the men were between
;there •and the door. It was then
that theIndian. woriian spoke
quickl • to her -son' in the Indian
language thatthe:visitors did not
understand. The lad 'took one.
Took athis mother, then. dodged;
.past the '.rnet •a.nd todk.off like a
;'jack -rabbit: The squaw looked, •
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and' Jane hadserved her friends
with•tea', bread, butter and syrup
Jane and the squaw and the
boys. lay.down on the bed, 'while.
the Chief and:°his men rolled •
"tap in their blankets in front. of the
fire and stayed till morning.
Some of the,indiatis either stayed
or were close by. all dayand the
Indian'woman and boy came each
evening and stayed all night. till
W'illia`m .caflie home,.
Shortly after William was .home••
and heard the stor the Chief
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Jane that things wouldsoon be
well again. The ;men then started
to look things over and were
getting ready to move: in and •
na • ..rig,, plans. for rhe_night-that
did not sound good for the ladies ,
hut things got no further for w
them, as the Old. Chief, the '
squ()tiler.=-_
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came in'wirh the boy following. •
':Phe Indians, each hada large
knife and a .tomahawk on their.
belts and'they did not look at all
pleasant. The Chief pointed to.
�Fli rm ti's=r-hroar r1 rr t
the ,knives and made signs of '
drawing the•knives across their
throats; he then pointed to the
door and said "go.or' else we
start to work",
The visitors left as quickly 'as
they could, in fact the. 'three
tried to get through door -way
at once. .
• After things. had settled dawn
,appeared., William thanked him
for what he had done and gave . .
him some presents for him and his,
men. The Chief said that was
good , but he was much pleased to
=be f-he=lp-tt,` ar—fger , 4 d' also
were not his daughter and his
favorite grandson threatened by
these sons of snakes and
&pa -w orf=the -De
The morning after he had sent
thein on their way,some of his •
hunters had trailed"t.kei and
had been watching them-..,
' Th h
ive in and a shelter for the oxen
and he knew it was against the
rules of the treaty his people had
made with. the white men but
under the 'circiinistatices it would'
be no harm to get three scalps
and the oxen would make'gold.
beef for his people,
It took the •M alloughs some
tithe to convince the Indians' that
scalping people and burning ."
The
•
biiilding$ and stealing cattle was..
a thing .of the past and wouldonly
bring the soldiers and trouble for ` •
• them and as far as those three '•
settlers were concerned they
would likely keep as.far away as
.they could from their place. ,
The Chief finely agreed that if
friends were satisfied he:would:
let •it go this time but' if :they'.
ever came back he would lead
hisyoung men and ,haunters on the
wa/r path himself and have the '..
honour of ridding the forest of
-such- et-n*i-'
,Not many years after this, as
more ,people moved into the
Townships of Ashfield and Wawa
nosh and cleared the land Of the •• '
forest.,'•:the' deer.:and 'other .natio . _.,�
animals and also the •fish and . .
wild fruit got scarce so the, food
supply for the Indians got scarce
and also the couritrygos_too' '
crowded for them
Then the Indians., the first
citizens of what later became
Dungannon, -gathered up their
belongings, said farewell to their
•
were putting_up aTut to #j -•
I
a
•departed. Where they went I
never was told. Maybe they went •
further north to less crowded
,country or perhaps they were sent'
to some :Reserve . Who.knows
Yofr guess is as good as mine, 'I
do' now the Malloughs were
sorry to. lose 'their friends,. and •
always 'remembered them. ' `,•,. • ,
• • fir, . STt I' 1.1.1