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Lo gan, the Mingo Chief.

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Logan, from which circumstance, it is
| probable, his son bore his name. The
name is still perpe,uaied among the In
dians. For magn aniu,ity in war. and
greatness of soul in peace, few, if any in
any nation, ever surpassed Logan. He
took no part in the French wars which
ended in 1850, except that of peace.
maker; was always acknowledged the
friend Of the white people. until the year
| 1774. when his brother and several others
of his family were murdered, the particu-
lars OF which follow:
I'm the spring of 1774, some Indians
robbed the people upon the Ohio river,
who were in. that country exploring the
lands, and preparing for settlements
These land -jobbers were alarmed at this
considered it. and collected themselves al
a place called Wheeling creek, the site on
which Wheeling is now built. and learn
ing that there were two Indians on the
river, a little above, one Captain Michael
Cresap, belonging to the exploring party,
proposed TO fall upon and kill them. His
advice, although opposed at first, was fol
lowed, and a party led by Cresap proceed
ed and killed the two Indians. The same
Eday. it being reported that some Indians
Iwere discovered below Wheeling upon the
river Cresap Immediately marched to the
1'place, and at first appeared to show them
1 selves friendly. and suffered the Indians
/ to pass them unmolested. to encamp still
lower down, at the mouth Of Grave creek
I Cresap soon followed, attacked and killed
several of them, having one OF his own
linen wounded by the fire Of the Indians
Here some OF the family OF Logan were
slain. The circumstances Of the affair
were exceedingly aggravating, inasmuch
as the whites pretended no provocation.
/ Soon after this some other monsters in
Human shape, at whose head was Daniel
1Greathonse and one Tomlinson. commit
tied a horrid murder upon company Of
Indians about thirty miles above Wheel
I ing, Greenhouse resided at the same
place. but on the opposite side OF the river
J fromthe Indian encampment. A party Of
1 thirty-two men were collected for this OBJ.
tject, who secreted themselves. while Great
I house, under a pretence Of friendship.
/ crossed the river and visited them, to as
I certain their strength; on counting them.
1 he found they were too numerous for his
force in open attack. These Indians.
\ having heard OF the late murder Of their
4 relations, had determined to be avenged
I Of the whites, and Greenhouse did not
| know the danger he was in, until squaw
advised him Of it. in friendly caution.
A Ito go home" The sad requital this poor
woman met with. will presently appear
I This, ,abomin able fellow invited the Ind.
ans, to come over the river and drink rum
with him; this being part of his plot to
separate them, that they might be the east
er destroyed. The opportunity was Of
(ered; a number being collected at a tav:
ern in the white settlement. and consider.
ably intoxicated, were fallen upon. and
all murdered except little girl. Among
the number was brother Of Logan, and
his sister, whose delicate situation greatly
aggravated the horrid crime.
The remaining Indians. upon the other
side of the river, on hearing the firing. set
off two canoes with armed warriors, who.
as they approached the shore, were fired
upon by the whites. who lay concealed,
awaiting their approach. Nothing pre-
, vented their taking deadly aim, and many
we're killed and wounded. and the rest
were obliged toreiurn. This affair took
place May oath. 1874. These were the
events which led to ahorrid war, in which
many families were sacrificed to satisfy
the vengeance of an incensed and injured
, people. ~ .fi Esa3 a4-+-r 81. .
- A calm followed these troubles, but i,
was only such as goes before the storm
and lasted while the tocsin OF war could
be- sounded among the distant Indians
i, On the 18th OF July, 1774, Logan. at the
head of a small party OF onfy'eight war
riors, struck blow on some inhabitants
:, upon the oMonongahela, where no one ex
pected it. lie had left the settlements on
the @ Ohio undisturbed,a which every one
;, supposed would be the first attacked. in
lcase of war, and hence the reason Of his
great successes. His first attack was up
fon three men who were pulling flax in q
field. One was shot down and the othel
two taken. These were marched down
: Unto the wilderness, and as they approach
!, ed the Indian town, Logan gave the iscalE
thallo, and they were met by the inhabit
Iants, who conducted them in. Running
heigaun,let was next to be performed
Logan took no delight in tortures, and he
, in the most friendly manner instructed
: : one of the cap,ives how to proceed to es
: cape. the seyerities Of the gauntlet. Thi
: same captive, whose name was Robinson
. was afterwards sentenced to be burned
! 'lbutLogan, though not ableto rescue hin
with his eloquence. with his own hand Gu
the chords that bound him 10 the stake
= and caused him to be adopted into an In
= y dian famiiya He became afterwards Lo
gan's scribe. and wrote the letter whioI
;, was tied 10 the war club, the particular
= Htotswhich we shall relate farther onwards.
.sE-7Drake's Indian Biography.
,fl' "The letter that was tied to war club, !
.efspoken Of above, is commonly calleo
(, 'Logan's Speech" and is given in Jei
e fersoh's Notes on Virginia, together wit
y the circumstances which occasioned it
n delivery: to wit: the killing Of the famil
d of Logan, &c., the, commencement O
is which is mentioned above by Drake
all The close Of this war was al the battle a
,e the mouth Of Big Kanawha, where tn
ar collected forces of the Shawnese, Mingoe
h. and, Delawares were defeated, and the In