Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-28

reboupded 10 hi. feet and Hed, exeriing his
whole strength; the savages 2trceiving thai ne
had escaped aud was ahead ofihem, comma nced
iring on him, and perhaps one hundred bullets
we're commissioned TO kill, but none took effect
The chase was xrpt up for some hours; when
the Indians, anding il fruitlrss, ceased the Pur-
suit. Haggin being very hot and much Ia
,igueG, went into a creek TO cool his limbs. Al
ter he came out he sat down al the root ot
tree aud fell asleep; when walked he discovered
that j, was showing, and the air had become
cold, and he was much chilled. Having lime
now to think, the horrors Of his SITUATION arose
10 his view; he had lost his horse, gun, anu
clothes; he was forty miles from Harrodsourg'
and twenty FIVE from the nearest other station
which was Boonsborough; without tood or 'he
means OF getting any, night coming on snow
falling, no blanket TO keep Elm warm, nor
me- ans Of striking fire. he might perhaps ireeze
TO death. He determined TO steer Tor boons'
borough. After indrscribable difficulty IN mak'
ing his way through the cane, ioaded WIN
snow, and suffering from cold, loss OF sleep, and
fatigue, he reached Boonsborough The mex,
morning Ha,ing eaten something, he ia'n
down and slept from that time I'LL The ioiio"-
ing morning. =.
In the mran time the man who accompanied
Mr.. Haggin had got to Harr"dsburg. and re
ported hat he was killed, overwhelming his
wife with the distressing intelligence.
Hsggin, on The day after his arrival at
Boonsborough, accompanied br a Mr. Fender
eras, (the same whose family afterwards lived
in Jefferson or B,llit, county, for Harrodsourg
The wife of Mr. Pcndergras' had been STAYING
for some time with Mrs. Haggin it, li'le le-
pemen, near the fort al Harrodsbure. Haggin
will I'll {yu
>, fore he left Boon sborough The two friends
iourn,yrd on without interruption until 'hey
arri, ed at little eminence near Mr.. Haggin'e
residence. On casting their eyes to the spol
where they expected to fnd what was mos,
dear to them on eauth-their wives and childreD,
VIA, must have been their astonishmen, and
horror when they beheld the cabin smoky
RUN, and one or two hundred sa,agrs ar.und
The place. Haggin's feelings were row wrought
up 10 desperation; he called on Pendersras' 20
follow, saying he no longer valued life, now his
wife and children were murdered; thai he would
die bu, sell his life dear to the enemy. Pen
dergrasi accompanied hin; they rushed direct
" up to where the Indians were standing. The
wreck less manner in which they approached x
cited The surprise Of the savages; they stood in-
active, not making any attempt to injure the
two desperate MIN. Al this momepf, cnt or
both Of them Cast a look towards the fart, and
saw, or though toey saw, their wives on the
wall # the fo't waving their handkero hlrts 10
them. The desire of living immediately re
turned to their hearts. They changed their
course. and sprung towards he 'ort The In
dams raised The yell, dared stirr Item, aud
many guns were fred Bo h Of the white mrn
fell in full view Of the fo,'; the wives screamed,
belle wing their husbands were slain. In NO.
ment Haggin was on his fre' again; b. r"shed
for ~ Ard tn. ages in close pu,s.i; one struck
him on ,ht back win his ,omahawk, il proved
harmless; the gate few open, and he was re.
c.ived with shou, Of joy in he arms of his
wife. having escaped entirely unhuri; his fall
had been entirely accidental. But poor Fender
gras, fell 10 rise n, more. His tri ntis {, ON
he fort saw the sayages take The scalp from
his he al.
The writer Of this had This narrative from
the mouth of John Hsggin himself only few
years since, aud also from General James Ray,
who was stationed al Harrodsburg a, The Time
il happened, and there is no douM Of lie fact
here stated 1r0nsylcanian.