The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-01-01
WOODSFIELD,1 OHIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1,ls4s

ing their rifles at him; and as he sprun,
aside, the balls hislled by his ears
He flew 10 the nearest tree for shelter
and in a moment saw about a sdozei
more OF the enemy approaching; but a
that critical juncture, the Kentuckian
came up, and the Indians were soon pu
to flight, leaving the one that Kentol
had killed upon the ground, twoof thos'
who fled being wounded. After thu
route Of the enemy, Boone sent a cou
pie Of spies to .re~connoitre the towr
which was found entirely e%vacuated.-
Concluding from this circumstance tina
the Indian force must be on its way tt
the attack Of b onsborough, he was a
ware Of the danger Of its reaching the
place before his return, and the party
therefore marched day and night in or.
der to regain the fort in time. On the
sixth day Of august, they fell upon the
trail Of the enemy's main body, and Ia
king a circuit to avoid them arrived at
the fort on the seventh, while the enc.
my did not arrive until the eighth. The
garrison did moi amount to more than
fifty men, while the Indians numbered
between five and seven hundred, and
were led by a captain in the British SER
vice from Canada, named Du Quesne.
The fort being surrounded, the garri-
son was summoned to rurrender, in the
name Of the King Of England. Boone
demanded two days to consider the SUBJ
ject, and Immediately called a council
Of all the men in the fort, who unani-
mously resolved to defend themselves
to the last extremity. X eeping their
determination secret, they privately
collected their cattle and horses within
the fort, and employed the time in
strengthening their defences until the
two days had expired, when their an.
swer was given. Du Quesne on their
refusal to surrender, still pressed upon
them the advantages Of a, treaty and
made further proposals. The negotia.
tons were continued for another day,
and soma terms were agreed upon and
a treaty was signed; but the whole pro-
ceeding was only a stratagem on the
part Of the enemy 10 get Boone and
some more Of the garrison into their
power. The treaty was concluded
about sixty yards from the gate Of the
fort; and after It was signed, two In
dams approached each white man un-
der p~retence Of shaking hands with
him, and Selling him, attempted to drag
him off as a prisoner. They all extri-
Gated themselves, however, and ran
the fort, and the garrison
opening an instant fire upon the pursu-
ers enabled them TO reach the gate in
with the exception Of one who.
was wounded. The tort was very
vigorously attacked and the siege was
kept up for nine days, during which
lime the enemy made numerous at
.empts to set the cabins on fre,and also
10 undermine the walls Of the fort, but
being unsuccessful at length abandoned
their object and returned home with
The loss of thirty.seven killed, and a
considerable number wounded. The
.entuckians had two killed and four
wounded. 1a5a s,t r.ar qsl
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.iiH .ocg CHAPTER IL. si vni'seg i
After the siege Of Boonesborough
vas raised, Col. Bowman, of Kentucky
projected an expedition against Chill
in retaliation. II was not un-
lertaken, however, until the year 1879;
tut in the mean time, for the purpose
# obtaining such information with re- /,
,ard to the situation Of the town, as +,