...the Indians who had Massie Harbison and her
boys with them came to the banks that descend
towards the Allegheny where Kiskiminetas Junction now
stands. The bank was very steep and they had trouble in
descending it on horseback. Her horse descended without
falling, but the one on which the Indian rode who had her
little boy fell and rolled over repeatedly, causing her boy to
fall back over the horse. He was picked up by one of the
Indians. The party came to the banks of the river where the Indians had secured
some bark canoes under the rocks opposite to the island
that lies between the Kiskiminetas River and Buffalo Creek.
They attempted to make the horses swim the river, but
after trying sometime, they left the horses behind and took
their prisoners in one of the canoes to a point of the island,
where they left the canoes. Here Massie beheld another
scene, for as soon as they landed, her little boy who was
still mourning and lamenting about his little brother, and
who complained he was injured by the fall in descending
the bank, was murdered. One of the Indians ordered her
along, probably so she should not see the deed about to be
committed. The other then took his tomahawk and killed
and scalped him, When she beheld this second scene of
inhuman butchery she fell the ground senseless, with her
infant in her arms.
