The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-09-06

ired nn By The besi0g6Fs,AHd SEVERAL 6r TiIETH T
killed. the rest made iheir way Into the place
which had the effect 70 dlsperse HE enemy, .
to tho great relief Of the gArhson.
This 10 a real picture oui ofthe history of
every day events In these troubled and bloody |
times. How closely the personal ehivAlrS
displayed throughout by benjamin Logan re-
semtlea that which wa have found 10 nobly |
Illustrated In tho ehArASicv efflArrod.
Nobody bat Harsod sNcspi LoaAn or Boone,
could have been fund sufficiently Of tho Old
Gigantic PatriArehAl Type 10 do such desds
Of HnselGsh heroian. To these men all now
comert io tho adhrk and bloody ground
seemed a. children over whose safety and
we'll being they yeArnod as over the ohspring
-of their own ioiuH They sesfned Go eRi.sstl
Of them nothing bot honesty and trnih=Aa-
Tor The danpers--thoy WHO we're endowed by
Heaven with strength beyond other mon
considered In the simplicity n their fearless
hearts that it was for them alone 10 fare all
that others shrank from and TO shield every
q one-mAn woman and ohild--aliko by expos
: ing their own broad bosoms to the foe.
) This was ~ much mA'ter-ofcourso sort
Of feeling with them that neither of that mag
! unanimous trio would have dreamed that the
act Of Logan In bringing In the wounded man
IN face OF the enemy's FIRE, was by any means
what we would signify A. heroic aot--so Ear
J from it--they would have considered Il dis
, graceful not 10 have done what was % clear
I ly his du,y.-nor would they have thought
= twice Of bis pcrilous feat in jonrneying 10
{ IIolston for relief These wore mon who
p measured deeds by very simple names.
r This, however, was by no means the only
= feat Of the kind Of which We find Logan to
p have been the actor. In 1880 party ofmen
!, was 6rcd updn from ambush by the Indians.
o They were on their way To Lognn's fort, and
y hut one out of tho three came in, who report
!, ed his companions slain Of desperately, woun-
e ded Logan took with himA few Young men
G that happened to be- AROUND the fort, and
4 found ono of the men yet Aivo--hc having
= been lost sight of in the weeds accidentally.
o The wounded man wns incapable of helping
;, himself and Logan lining him upon his broad
= shoulders carried him safe to his own cabin.
! While they were returning thence to the forI,
= Logan's party were npAif, attacked by the
!, same Indians, who, after desperate fight,
n were driven with loss, leaving ono OF Logan's
/ men dnngerously wounded Logan's broad
y shoulders were bowed AgNin to the bleeding
i burden, and carried the man into tho fort
n thus in one day had tho Giant Patriarch twice
q ipor.r hn wounded AFd haly pleas children into
a safety
81 n a. - ss.a
10 exhibition OF his tender care Of his people.
y this noble man kept open house and hospital
N board for the poor enigrants and weary trav'
Y ellorS, whom he often assisted into the settle
l. mcuts, and generously entertained 90 long a
rs their necessities required such aid. Talk Of
10 the pomp and circumstance Of uproariou, hos
c, pitality in the times Of "Merric England" IN
comparison of such beniGcence As this--sc
As modest, so unpretentious, 20 illustriously un
II sel6h
t, 1882 was bloody year for Kentucky. Th'
to ferocious drama opened inMay with the at
ID tack Of twenty-five Wyandots upon Estil
ie Station, South of the Kentucky river. The.
NJ took two prisoners and disappeared wer
to promptly pursued by the gallant Estill nt tn
ne head Of n party Of Just twenty-five whites
n He came up with them on Hinkinston's for
,st OF Licking river and here ensuod one Of Oh
a most obs,inately desperate battles on reeorS
p The two parties equal in numbers took tree
X respectively within essy rife shot. A cotou
to porary of the event says, that never since th
so use Of FIRE arms was there battle which :
nd closely resembled single combat---it wa
man TO man and eye 10 eye--tho firing pc
he fectly deliberate, always waiting for sigl
IA Of the foe and thus for one whole hour tn
his sullen combat ragged like deep, slow eon1
err grafton, until one fourth the combatants q
ck either side had been slain. and vet not Il
ls- slightest change Of positions had occurred
vi advantage been obtained. Our men we
de the best marksmen. but the Indians were Il
lty best hiders. At last Estll dispatched six me
iad under his Lieutenant to mako diversion u
eft on the rear and dislodgo the Indians-hut Il
NY movement was not carried out, and the Lie
nd tenant either, as some say, proved rocrear
ian or according to others, fell in with anoth
YER detachment of the enemy.
nd Estill with his stern band held out redu
,ci- ed in numbers as they were, through anoth
'ne Otoouy hours unul ne hlnlseU was siam WI
the eight of his men. The fragment remainil
Bile alive, though four Of them were badly wou
md ded, made good their retreat IL is know
Sed that one half of the whole number of the w
audots were killed, while the Kentuckia
ing were nearly if not quite, as horribly cut U
se-- Such fearful loss in proportion To the nu
ho' bers engaged was never before heard Of
,nd the warfare between two races. Such W
the the terrible foe with which our lion-heart
ply; fathers Of Kentucky battled.
4s.-4 But this seems to have been doomed yc
..-7- and events followed each other rapidly.
ply grand conyocation of tho tribes surroundi
on Kentucky met at Ghillieethe, according IL
hey long projected Arrangemens which had
iow view The total determination. Of the VIII
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