The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-07
HONOUR TO THE MEMORY OF OUR
REXOLITIONA HEROES

HONOUR OTHE MEMORY OF OUF
REVOLUTIONARY HEROES.
+ The respectable editor of the Freeman
journal, who republished the following
/, Eulogum, suggests that the author had
not probably seen the correspondence be-
tween the poet Campbell, and descend
ant of Col. Brandt, IN Britain. Il is pos
slble he may not, though we are inclined
10 think he Is not ignorant of the defence
set up by the son of the savage Col. Nor
are We surprised that Campbell, who car
features tie manners of our country, in
his Magazine, should he willing To latter
the British government by soltening a little
the char. cter of one Of its savage officers.
! But il is too late to make the attempt
He VIZ the monster Brandt" after ALL
We add thr following anecdote of him
Mayor Wool, of Orange county, IN. VI
was made prisoner at the battle Of Mini
sinh, because Brandt from an acciden-
tai SIN, mistook him for Free Mason
On the evening after the battle, when the
monster" was about To tie him, he re
monstrated said he was gentleman, and
promised not To escape. lie was not tied
! but laid between two Indians, and told that
should he attempt 10 escape he should be
| t0mahawked. The blanket on which he
lay took fire in the night and he dare moi
move, lest the tomahawl might sink into
his head, until the fire reached his feet,
when he kicked il out. II was Brandts
blanket. Brandt treated him very harshly
ever after, and when Major Wood asked
him the reason, he replied, " On you
L1,,,1y,s ht,.n M
was for many years alter the peace resi-
dent of Orange county, aud one of IFS moss
respectable citizens. After all this will any
one say Brandt was not u savage--at least
half bI0oded.
Forty-three years ago this day, and at
this very hour of the day. the brave men,
whose bones are enclosed In the9c collins,
were not only hazardng, but sacrificing
their lives for the protection Of their wives,
their children, their homes, and their coun-
try. You have before you, fellow citizens,
the remains of some of those heroes
whose blood paid the price Of our
freedom and independence for they fell
in battle at that period, when this nation,
throughout perils the most tremendous,
was struggling into existence--at time
WIFI ~ 'iii biih ibpIlu'' ~ Wv
true spirit of dcspDtic power, WAS putting
forth al! her energies To hold us in state
of vassaIage, and destroy forever the eause
of liberty, at the moment uf its dawn IN |
the New World. But do not now re-
count the deeds Of valor, nor the eonnsels |
q wisdom, which were made the means of
recurring for our country all those blcs |
> IS which she now enjoys IN such proiu- |
SIN. On this topic a thousand tongues
ere eloquent on the late anniversary OF
our independence. Nor do | now call |
your attention to the benign proydential
a lnlnistration Of the PRINCE of the kings |
Of the carth,o whose arm wrought for us
deli, eraucc, though an ample theme that
we'll deserves TO occupy more Of the pub
lie attention, aud Ia awaken more graft
tudr in the celebration Of our great aation.
al festival.
Notwithstanding the loud remonslranccs
of It's most enllghtel ed statesmen, the Par
lament of Great Brit in employed lhe sa-
wage hordcs 10 murder, IN cold blood, the |
unolcndiug women and children OF our
western frontiers. All that the most san !
culinary tyrant coUld have desired did the |
savage allies of our enemies perpetritc.f
The blood OF nun dcred thousands yet cries
for vengeance ON the crown of England.--
Who can imagine, much less recount the
suiieriugs aud terrors Of our western rro
pie, while the Indian tomahawk Vas ralocd
over their head or balhed IN Their blood
Even now, mothinks see the pillars Of
smoke ascend from their burning cottages
along our western border from the plans
of Kentucky 10 the mountains Of Alnlslnk
The flames Of their houses garlng on the
darkness of midnight. And what are those
sounds which hear. the screams Of wo-
men aud children, awaltcd from Their alum
bers by the blaze of their dwellings and
the war-whoop Of the savaGe--1 -, all tins
was more than realized.
One chieftain was distinguished, above
all others, in this murdcrous carnage
mean Cot. Joseph Brandt. Ills father was
German, and his mother Mohawkf
He was, at an early age, placed ia Dart
mouth college, where he received many
kind attentions, and, possessing no 0rdina-
ry powers, acquired good education and
thus he was dan9lcd on the knees, and
sucked the breasts OF that country, whose
sons and daughters he was, by British cru
city, commissioned to massacre. In the
revolutionary war he received, from
George III. a colonePs commission, APP
pointing him to the command of the SIX
| Nations, in the nOrthern aud western parts
of the stat, Of New York, It's he who IS
styled by Campbell, ia note 10 hla" Ger.
trudc of Wyoming" " the monster Brandt,
and who was "A leader IN the dreadful mas
saclc which dcsolated tlr blooming fields
of fair Wyoming, in the autumn OF l778.t
The ferocity 81 his savage nature was not
tanned by education-ln him the blood ol
the barbarian extingushed every spark ol
civilization that might have been kindled
lin his constitution. He was more Gun.
ming than the fox, and fercer than The IL
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