By PAUL LOCHER GREEN TWP. -- On the third day of their journey
in 1802 through the unexplored regions of what is today Green
Township, the group of four young adventurers reached the
southwest quarter of section 3, near The Indian Field. Here they
were ambushed by a group of hostile Indians. One of the four men
was shot through the chest and died instantly, the rifle ball
passing through his body and embedding itself in a small white
oak tree. As the other three fled in panic, they looked back to
see the Indians cutting a notch in the tree as high up as they
could reach, possibly as a monument to the bloodshed. Not
waiting to see what was done with the body of their comrade,
they blazed the trees along the path of their retreat so that in
case they became lost they could retrace their steps. In 1804,
two of the men in the company, along with a group of other
explorers, journeyed back over the same route. Although they
located the tree the Indians had notched, there was no trace of
any remains of their friend'