The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-14
Ulin's Lssp.

The following accounts Of wonlsrf u
cap, was published twenty-five years ago
n most of the papers Of the eounry'
The Mr. Ulin mentioned in il, islhe lamsn
ted father, of DR.. Benz. Uliu, Of c.,enup
county, Ky. t,,s6.,,ai'
On tho 18Th Of April, l702, benjamin
Ulin left the stoekaae, sebui the moHsh Of
the Kanhnwa river (now Point Pleasant
Va. and crosseing The Ksnhsws, he fol-
lowed path that led .np,s point tiQ lhe op
Of Q bill about a mile below The Knnhawa
in pursuit Of a stray horse. As be ap-
preached he hill. he was seen By ibres
Indians then on the lop who carsfully cen.
cealed themselves aud lay 10 opbn,h,snnI
he reached the top; when two Of Ibem who
had arms fred npon him. Que of lheir
balls passed through his rloibes.anilionch-
ed but did not bury ilseIf in his righlhip;
the other missed lin. Finding tlisW Gre
had been Intellectual, they separated. I'VE Of
them running and occupying lhs onlY sass.
es by which hOcould descend ihy bill, ia
the direction Of the Slockade and ihe oh.
er made at him. Thus surrounded, he wss
left with 10 other alternative, bot to EJl In
ihOir bands as prisoner, or leap d,dn
a precipics Of rocks oh the norIh sd. 'of
the Hill, fronliag the Ohio river. Aelnsis'.
ted with miny Of The Indians. and snowies
their feelings toward him, hs vas satisfied
that il he fell into THAR hapds. that Ger.
tain, il moi lingering death awsilpd hlH.
In this awful prcdicsmeat, he stood pnader.
ing over his melancholy condition without
arms to defend himself, until The lYdi.ss
had come nearly up 10 hin. Vhsh BE cum-
menced rapid retreat toward the brink Of
the.prcoipicr, holly pursued BY lhc lndi,nd
arriving there he did not hesitate, bst
leaped down the precipicp, passing through
the top branches Of small buckeye tree.
RE jumped sixty i've and half frc, be.
fore he reached fie ground; recovering as
soon as possible, he made three other leaps
the first seventeen, The second seven. and
the third eleven feet, which took him nearly
to the base Of the hill. He then rgu 10
the Ohio river, plunged into the w'rr, aud
undertook ts swim across, bn, in Ing ihs
water very cold, and that the Indpns had
not pursued him, he returned 10 The bearh.
rccrossed the Kanhawa in sm1ll caaoe =.
and soon arrived al the stochads. Tic .
distance Of each leap was measured by thc
late Col. Lewis, Of Virginia, and Col Boon
Of Missouri. who were a, lhe siorkade al
the tins. From The fall Of the lraTrs IL
Autumn, to their budding in lls Sgtins,
the rrdcipice ran be seen by bnatmea IL.
scendng the Ohio river, from graft di..
lance, and ever sincc'ih occurrence II ia.
received from them the app,lIa 'dn Of
"Ulin's Leap" Notwithstanding lhr ex.
rordinary elToris m,de afier leaping l'wr
the precipire, and which enabled hin l-
effect his escape, they were not mads with,
ousconsiderable injury; for soma ii'ur his
life was dr'paired Of but he finally rfon'srs
cd. lie is n1w a respectable cliiz'n Of
Gternup county Ky. lie is siSty-fya
years of age; lie is heeu, active and :p,icht.
IL. mirhiul, jolly and gay. IL ebinvs
perfect good health, save sOme cr,sionsi
pains in his back, which lie Ihnks lpSnlis
from the injuries received, when li'' '-afed
down the prrripice Of rocks. Afrf ihr
treaty Of l705 it was nscerai're! fr,uu.
some Of the Indians, who came inia poiit
Pleasant and mingled with the whitr'.
that story had been in vogue an'ny ihrui
and extensively believed in. on he au'fnri.
ty of ihose who had chased Ulin: "Tim
firv kdi fired or w1iie maa ,riD ran
10 Mt top MA prceipics and tU1s 'eiags
aadF Fw." i N