Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-14
Passing little party I heard one

groups. RAISING q ht'lS PeitJ ~ ~
say:
"Did you ever hear fellow get such a
skinnng?"
at was equal to any campfire" remarked
another.
That's true; and well he deserved IT,
added a third. there's no too rays about IT."
'Can you tell me- said |, addressing enc
Of them, who leaned on his gun, while ne wi
ped his eyes with the fringe Of his hunting
shirt, ''can you tell me the name Of the gen
tleman who has Just spoken?"
you are not a residenter in these parts,
| reckon" said he of the rifle.
81 am perfect stranger" replied |.
"That is well SEEM" rejoined the hunter,
otherwise you would never have asked that
question.
What man in all Kentuck could ever have
brung tears into my eyes by the tintd, but
10 Davies!"
I had seen in the guise Of hunter, the
highly gifted Joseph Hamilton Davies-and
had heard in the obscurlty Of log cabin,
one of the choicest efforts of a man who has
seldom been exceed in genius, in generosi-
ty of heart, or manllness of character.
Ten years afterwards, business again cali
ed roe 10 the West. Anxious to view the
improvement of this promising country, ex-
tended my visit to NE beautiful valley of the
Wabash. AT that period the population had
not extended a great distance up the river.
Here and there, even as far up as the mouth
OF the MIssIsslnaway, was seen the log hut
of the settler on public land, but the coun
try was generally but sparsely populated. 1t
was the spring season, and no country IN
world presents a richer scenery, or more d.
verslfied landscape than the valley OF that
lovely river, at this period of the year. Along
the path which pursued, one small prairie,
skirted with the finest timber, and covered
with profusion of beautiful flowers, and the
eye was continually refreshed with the grace.
full stream and lis clear waters The rich
ness of the grass, the beauty of the forest,
the mlldness and brilliancy Of the whole
scene, induced me to linger for while IN
the wilderness. One evening | reached the
cabin Of one of the most remote settlers, and
learning that the battle ground of Tippcca
noe was but few miles distant, determined
TO visit it. On the following morning early.
reached the spot, consecrated by the valor
of our couutrymen; and having tied my
horse TO bush at the skirt of the prairie, as
cended to a small plain of table land, in the
form of horse shoe, where
",Hany ralorous deed ,eas done,
.4ad many head iaid l0tc."
But few vestiges of the battle were remain
ing. Here and there, the bleached skull of
seine noble fellow lay on the grass: and more
than once, | stumbled over the logs which
had formed part of the temporary breast
work thrown up after the battle, and have
since been scattered over the field At an an
gle of the encampment, and where the car
mage had been greatest, was slight mound
Of earth, scarcely raised above the surround
ing surface. Near it stood an oak tree, on
the back Of which the letters j. D. were rude
ly carved. This was the only memorial of
one Of the most favorite Of Kentucky's sons;
for under that mound reposed all thatremain.
ed of the chivalrous, the generous, the elo-
quent, and highly gifted so. Davies.'