The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-08-06
Eulogy Of Col. Hardin.

Hiehse cOHcourse OF people. ~ Is GRE
dilable production. and the picture the
orator draws Of the lancnted hero is so
truthful as to give it merl! above the
mass Of euloges. II will be read with
interest.
His maternal grandfather Col.
Benz. Logan, established Logan's
fort in l775, in the wilderness of
Kentucky. He was in most of the
Indian battles Of that dark and try
ing pcriod--was distinguished for
numerous acts Of dauntless heroiSm
in rescuing captives from the lndi-
ans; in travelling through the enc
,ny's country, along paths beset with
danger, and through the untrodden
forests for hundreds of miles, TO OBJ
tain the means of supply and defence
for his fort. One example out Of
numerous others, is selected from the
page Of history, displaying his Chi,
valric courage and his exalted good
ness of heart. The bcsieging sava-
ges had fred an ambuscade on the
men who were outside the fort, and
killed one and wounded two, one
mortally. When the fort was reach
ed, it was discovered that one Of the
wounded men was alive on the field,
and in great distress. Logan alive
TO his danger and to the lamenta-
tons Of his family, repeatedly tried
to induce a company to go with him
to the mans rescue, but in van.
He at length undertook the pcrilouS
task himself He reached the spot,
took the man in his arms and amidst
shower Of bullets, which rddled
his coat; his hat, and the gate through
which lie passed, carried the man
into the fort to the great JOY of his
dcspailng family. An act of good
ness and daring 50 exalted, though
performed on a small scale, is enti-
ted to an immortality, as bright as
that which shall crown the brow of
the conquerer of Cerro Gordo, or at
Monterey. Col. Logan was famiI-
the .J,ong cnn.,, Sbicb name was
giycn him oS account If flo iencb
Of his cun and tho rrccision with
which 10 shot, Uc Is renrosontaJ
az HAVING understood indian cL,rac.
TOW Iottn, ,L,n lis .a,an,o.a.;a.
He Icid dnrin,, His liz vor;pns nmh
lie and irnortsnt oHiccs--w,s Nr,r.
;str,,o Ion;sIa,,r Colo,oI nrn,,2-
tod e. ,hc r5nl, If . Goner,I onI mas
, ,,,a,rIar 81 Hath con,nn,;o"st a.
,,;sn tLo const;in,ion nr EemlncI,,
rho II;stnr;,n thns drscr;hos lin,
.uI tall atbIct;c' confo,nnIat;yc we'll
balanced d;gn;GeJ GInrc d;st;n.
cu;shcd IL, nor,,noI ,,no,ronoa
Uc was tacit,,rn fLa stptcSmon,s
eve with thc worrior,s hrow was
crowned in him while = conn,o.
nance which oy;ncoI an rry;oIJ;on
fortitndo in,;toJ - co1EIcnr@o
wh;,l revor bn.r,roJ -
THE cronIr,tLer If tbc doco,sod
ON the Maternal side wac "a ToLv
Hardin In MA =. ,Lo onn # On
wears. he ,cted as m ors;r6n IN tLo
expedition Of Gov DnnmoTe Of Viz.
cinia. and was severely worndeI
In 1850 he settled in thc w;IJcrness
of Kentucky Tho Historian says
that there was No cynod;,;nn aca;1s,
the Indians that he WAS NOT in ex.
cent that Of Gen. St CLAWS IL
was a Colonel in fine Oh;o comno;an,
under Gems. Harrison and Wipches.
ter, and he commanded in nerson in
,hanv desneratc and bloody ho,,ios
In 1892. he was selected nv Genor,i
Wilkinson. on account Of his crcat
KNOWLEDGE Of indian charactoS h;s
frmness Of nurnos. and his ,carIoss
ness of dancer on q mission of ne,co
TO the Niam; y;llarcs in uL;rh h.
was killed TLe n;,t,r;on ronro
SCENTS him nc n man of unossn,n; NJ
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