Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-10-26
HISTORICAL.
NOTES ON KENTUCKY SECTION S.
From the Kentucky Ga=ette

From the Kentueky Ga=ene
On the 9Th day of March, 1777, q
large party flndians fell in with three
men, about four miles from Harrods
burgh, on their march to that place;
one of the men, William Ray, was
killed at Shawone spring, and Thomas
Shores taken prisoner, and the third
flames Ray, since Gen. Ray esca
ped, and appraised the people at the
fort of their danger. On the next day
fthe 7ih) the lori was completely in
vested, in the usual form of an I'm
dian siege. Many shot were exchan
ged during the day between the besiee
ers and the besieged, and some execu
ton done on both sides. The Iodlans
when they retired, left their dead on
the field, a thing never done if they
can avoid it, and is the best evidence
OF defeat. On the part of the besieg
ed, four men only were wounded,
three OF whom recovered; among the
wounded was Col M'Garry, who
was afterwards a leader. HaTods
burgh at that lime contained only 95
men.
On the 18Th day of April, 1777,
a party Of about one hundred Indians
attacked Boonshorough; they killed
one man, Daniel Goodman, AMI wound
ed four others, viz: Capt. Daniel Boone,
Capt John Todd, Isaac Hite and
Michael Stoner, the loss on the part
of the Indians was not known, as
they carefully removed and concealed
their dead and wounded.
On the 25lh of July, TIT, Boons
borough was strengthened by the arri.
val from North Carolina of forty. five
men; and about the ooh of August,
Logan's fort was also strengthened by
an accession of part of the men order
ed from Virginia nnder Col. Bow
man; the remainder of Bowman's men
= went to Harrodsburg.
About this time the people Of the
country assumed an entire new atti
tnde. Whenever party OF Indians
were known to be on the South side
of the Ohio river, they were sought
for by the Inhabitants rather than O
voideJ, from which circumstances the
Indians, instead OF calling them the
LongkHife, name by which the
Vrglnian, were known, they called
them Close or Sharpshooters.
/; is due TO the memory of Geuera,
Benjamin logan and Col. James
HarrOd. TO state that at The most peril
Gus time in Kentucky, in the year
l777, these two intrepid woodsmeu
went alone from Kentucky, through
the wilderness more than two hun
dred miles, into the Settlement o.
Holstein. and there obtained for Col
Isaac Shelby two small kegs of pow
der, with an equivalent OF lead, from
small store OF public ammunition
then in the care OF Shelby. They re
turned with it TO Kentucky after thi,
mos; hazardous trip, in perfect safety
and from the great scarcity Of ammu
milton in Kentucky at THAI time, it i,
believed that the disirilsition of ihi,
amongst The people was the salvation
OF the country.
The British government occupied
not only the military posts of Detroit
and Niagara on the lakes, hut also St
Vinccnnes, kaskaskias and other pla
ces on The Wabash and Mississjppi -
From these posts the Indians obtained
supplies of arms aud Ammunition, and
were thereby enabled to continue hos
,iides against the Kentucky settle
mentS.
Virginia, satisfied OF the advantage.
of defending her western frontiers
projected the reduction OF the Brlnsl
posts situated within the limits Of hel