Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-10
HISTORICAL.
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breathe the same spirit Of revenge, and
deter mination of carrying ruin ard de
vasiation into the Indian settlements
Gen. Clarke was invested with the chief
command, and Col. Logan was chosen
the second 81 the forces about TO be
raised, and who were TO rendezvous at
the mouth of licking, on the OHIO ris
err.
About tho last OF Sente mber, i7s2,
Gen. Clarke with about 1000 men, took
up his line of march from the Ohio OPP
pcslte the mouth Of hieking, for the In.
dIaa towns situated on the Miamles
On their march hey Tell on tie camp
OF Simon Girty and his party, who would
have been taken completely BY surprize,
but for Struggling Indian, vino disco.
vered the kentuckisns in time to give
| the Indians notice of their approach.
upon which Grty and his party eyacua,
ted their carp and fad In every direc.
ton, spreading the alarm of the appear
ance Of on array from Kentucky. AS
the kentuckians approached town,
the Indians fetreated into the woods,
declining an engagement. All the ca
bins at the Cbilicothe towns, Piqua and
Wills, were burnt During this exre-
dItion, some skrmishias took place, in
which nye Indians were killed and seven
made prisoners without The loss Of one
man. and but one (William MCracken)
slightly wounded in tie arm, of which
wound he died During this expedition
an Indian warrior OF distinction surren.
dered himsilf a prisoner, who was after.
wards Inhumsniy murdered by Qua of
the kentuckians, much to the NORTH
cation Of Gen Clarke.
In Che month of October, party of
Indians approached house near the
Crab Orchard, in which there was a
negro man. white wa,nan and three
small children: one of the Indiana rush
ed into the bolse and made at the negro,
little girl instantly shut the door, wsich
she fastened so as to prevent another
from entering. The negro seized the
Indian who had entered, aud threw hlun
down, when the wits woman seizing
an axe which happened to be in the
house, beat OUT his brains. The Indi-
ans on the outside OF the house attempt
| ed to break through the Gour with their
ltomnhawks, but could not effect il, be
fore party OF armed men who acci-
IDENTIFY saw the Indians going towards
the house, followed them, and came up
IN time 10 prevent than from breaking
in the tonr. As soon a. they discover
ed the white men approaching they ran
off
On the night of the st Of September,
1854, party of Indians broke into Kin
cheloe's Station on Salt river, whilst the
people were asleep, and killed seven,
and no doubt would have killed or taken
whole, had not the darkness of the night
favoured their escape. A man by the
name of Thompson Randolph defended
his family With great bravery, aud it was
believed killed several Indians His wife
with an infant in her arms were killed
by his side-wiih their remaining child
he got into the loft of his cabin, made
his escape through ihe roof; but as he
jumped from The root to the ground, be
was attacked by two Indians, one Of
which he stabbed, and the other be
struck with his empty gun, upon which
they both left him.
Several women and children, after
they were made prisoners, were toma-
hawked. A Mrs Bland, who was made
a prisoner, escaped from the iedians
the second day after she was taken, and
rambled through the woods for rs days,
subsis,ing on grapes and walnuts. She
was accidently found by some hunters,
and taken to Bryan's Station. A Mrs.
Polk, with four children, were taken
prisoners at the same time-she was
far advanced in pregnancy, aud was
coinpelled TO walk until she became
tquite exhausted, when her captor was
about 10 kill her--She was saved by a
mother Indian, who took her and two of
her children to Detroit, where she was
kindly used, and where by tie influence
of the officers, she obtained her two
other children. Her husband, who was
not at home when she was taken, and to
whom she wrote from Detroit, went for
her, and brought her and her five chill
dren safe back 10 Kentucky.
The first political arrangement made
in kentucky, aud which were after
wards so matured as TO produce sepa-
ration from the state of Virginia, origi-
mated with Col b. logan, afterwards
i Gen Logan. In 1884. there were Only