Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-06-25


sons were killed by the Indians in all the
settlements about Boone's Lick. Several
other persons besides those already men,
toned, were killed in the Loutre settle
ments and below.
Those killed in the Boone's Lick country
were Sarshal Cooper, Jonathan Todd, VIM.
Campbell, Thomas Smith, Samuel McMa-
han, VIM. Gregg, John Smith, James Bus |
by, Joseph w. Sull, .and a negro man.
Capt. Sarshall Cooper came 10 his tragic
end at Cooper's fort, where his family re-
4 sided. 1t was dark night, the wind
howled through the ferest, and the rain fell
in fitful gusts, and the watchiul sentinel
could not discern an object six feet from
the stockade. Capt Cooper's residence
+ formed one of the angles of the fort. He
had previously run UP long account with
.tts red skins. They dreaded both his
iistrategy and his prowess in Indian warfare.
A.single brave crept steathiIy i'll the dark
1tfess and storm 10 the logs of the cabin and
and made an opening in the clay between
the logs, barely sufficient to admit the muz-
ze of his gun, which he discharged with
fatal effect. The assassin escaped, and left
the settler and every family in mourning.
Among large circle Of relatives and friends,
the impressions Of their loss were vivid at
, at the period of our visit.sN
After nearly three years Of hard fighting
+, and severe suffering, Congress made pro-
vision for raising several companies of ram
gers-men who furnished their own horses,
fiequipmentsferage and provisions, and re-
: eeived one dollar per day for guarding the
s frontiet settlements, when a detachment
l was sent TO the relief of the people Of
r Beope's Lick, under the command of Hen
ry S. Dodge, then Maj. Of the battallion.-
; The mounted rangers including the compa-
$ nies of Captain John Thompson, of St.
Y Louis, Capt Dougherty, of Cape Girardeau,
2 and Capt. Cooper, Of the Boone's Lick
n An expedition under command of Captain
: Edward Hampstead, was sent in boats NJ
the Missouri. In the companies were 81
Dclawares and Shawnees, and 250 Ameri'
T, cans. On the south bank Of the Missouri
: at place now known as Miami, was al
= Indian town of 400, including women ant
J. children, who had migrated from the Wa
Is bash country a few years previous
r They We're friendly and peaceable, but ba
De indians would report bad tales OF them, an
y, M Cor Dodge, under instructions, gunrde
s. thsm beck TO- the Wabash country.
One msre disastrous event, though it oC
as currea ID the Loutre, deserves brief re
no mark. Early in the season of 1914, tn
y Sauks and Pottawatomies stole horses i
~ the neighborhood of Loutre Island. Fiflee
NC or twenty rangers, commanded by Cap
'S' Jas. Callaway being out on tour of OF
servation, accidentally fell on their trai
d. and followed it. They came on the Indian
lie in their camp, near the head of Loutr
~ creek, found the horses, but the Indiar
u' had seemingly fled. They retook the hol
- .ses, and proceeded toward the settlemer
vs. nptil they reached Prairie Fork. Here Il
IL Captain desirous Of relieving the men vi
"' had charge of the horses in the rear, ga,
IL the command TO Lieut. Riggs, who went {
ne with the main party. In short time Cal
Ill tain CalIaway and the men who had chars
Of the horses, were fired on by large pa
IL ty of Indians who lay in ambpscQde, and
RS was severely wounded. He broke the lii
es. of the Indians, while men and horses fle
he rode towards the main Loutre, whe
lot he was again intercepted by the savage ell
'ut emy, and being mortally wounded, he fl
gh from his horse as he attempted to swim Il
ng stream, and expired. -Four rangers of h
IN party, McDermot, Hutchinson, MoMill;
'p- and Gilmore, were killed
'ey Captain Galloway was the son of Fla
ELL ders Callaway, and grandson OF DAM
Boone. He was respected by all who kne
err him. The county of Galloway bears h
his name TO posteriy.
Rock SPRING, H., March %, 1856.