Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-10-05

FEMALE HEROlSN.
The following extrset i takes 1seo1
AsFliat's lediau Wass of ths West"
An aansing incideat which eccsr|
srd in . seco0d Indian expeditioo .
Rainst Wheeling, serves to 6resk the
gloomy conformity Of these chronicles.
The house Of Col. Zane, outside Of
the kst, contained q supply Of anmu-
nits q, and was garsisoned by seven or
eight persons, male and female, beside
his own fsmily. He was determined
to msinta,n it. The savage army ap-
preached, and before firing upon the
fort, demanded the surrender Of the
house. A brief and we'll directed fire
wss the reply. The women ~ usual
moulded bullets, charged the guns, nnd
handed them, and thus enabling them
to Gre With 20 mech vivacity, a. to
csusc the asssilants to recoii. By
right they attempted to IRE the house.
4 savage csawIed to the kitchen, and
while waving brand in the air, to-
kindle the FIRE 20 rs to communicate
it, received a shot from a black man;
which sent him yelling away. An in
& lent which promised the savages
success, in the end operated in favor
of,he besiegej. A small boat from
fort Pitt, bound to the falls Of the O.
hio. loaded with cannon balls, put to
shore at wheeling. 1t was steere.I BY
one man, who, though slightly wound
cd, reached the fort. The boat Of
course ell into the hands Of the sava-
ees. they had balls in abundance,
snd a single cannon would have ena-
bled them to batter down the Palisadc.
Necessity with the red a. with the
white 10 the mother Of invention. a
hollow log was procured with a cavity
or calibre a. nearly fitting the balls, as
they could find. To render the new
piece OF ordinance safe, they adopted
The ingenious expedient Of applying
chains obtained from . blacksnith's
shop hard BY, and strongly twisted
shem around either end Of the wooden
cannon. It was then heavily charged,
and pointed towards the Palisade.-|
Their imagination presenting the
walls battered down, and Themselves
entering toapply the to'n.hawk and
scalpiog knife-they applied fire.
Like the ovelchsrged gun Of Hodi-
bras, the wooden mischief blew in a
thousand pieces, killed q number,
wounded more, and left the survivors
staring in mute establishment at the fol-
y II meddliDs with the inventions Of
The white men.
~Exasperated to frenzy, they return
cd from The discontinue Of the log can
non 20 the assault Of the house. AL
deadly Ore again compelled them toI
retire. Meanwhile, the ammunition wasl
failing, and unless . supply could Be
obtained, the house most yield. u was
proposed that some one should make .
sally amoag The savayes, aud bring
fosn the fort a key Of powder. Tho
the enterprise was loriorn, volunteers
offered to assume it. A young sister
Of Col. Zane, who had just returned
from boarding school IN Philadelphia,
wss Of the nomber. When reminded
ofthe advantage ofAeetness and force,
which q man would have over her, The
heroine replied 'Athat the loes ola NO
msn would be less felt" Arranging
her dress for the pu, pose, she bounded
towards the fort. The besicgers under
their native impulses, stood wraPt in,
sdmiration and only exclaimed, al
sqoaw! = squaw!" When arrived al
the fort, Colonel Silas Zane, who COM
manded the fort, filled a table cloth
with the contents Of key Of powder,
hound Il round her waist, and sent forth
his fair and admirable kinswoman onl
her glor,oss errand. The indians dis
covering the object Of her mission,
were no longer chained into inactionI
hy the daring Of the fair squaw, but she
escaped untouched through a whole
volley Of balls, and reached the fort inl
safety. A party soon after relieved
the Sort, and raised the siege.
COOP. Our readers recollect that
Wm e.. Preston, Of South Carolina, in!
Gee ofhis furious Trades, applied tol
the Mate Of North Carolina. the some.