Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-20

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itheir Vengeance Gaining in : safstv ,,ba
top ofathe hill; near where thu .nation.I.
road now4cFosses, he considered himself
out OF danger, when suddenly he met n
large. var party of Indians retnrnins,
roman excursion am0ng the settlements,
IN an instant he comprUhended the full
extent OF his danger. Escape seemed ou+
10! the question, either iu the direction of
Short Creek or back toit6etfort. A fierce
and rreSenRsful foe completely hem,ned
u NJ In, cutting OF every hope of retreat,
What was To- be done n Fail jnto their
aanNS to be tortured to de0thP Thai
thonght wnsiagouy, Ard in an instant the
bold soldier, preferrinG dl..lth AMONG the.
rocks to itheiknife and faaot Of the 5savope
determined to plunge over the iuracini.e,
before him, which HYHB full three hundred
teet In depth, and at that time. in many
places almost perpendicular
without moments hesitation. for the
saEages were upon him, lie strack spurs
lnto hls noble charger, and made the fear.
1ul lSaP "A plum e--a crash and t0mhliug.
EosSs S.S were NIL that the wondering sarMgeS
| could see or hear. But who can nietI,rs
their amusement, when, n few minntcs af-
ter, they saw the intrepid muior. ON his
~hlle steed, galloPiug across the pentnsu.
Ia oeloW, far beyond the reach Of danger.
4ne major lived many years after this
wonderful escape He became zealOns
member OF the Methodist Cburch.i His
nouse, tor years, was the regular s;onninos
place for Bishups Aushnry and Whattoat.
anu the circuit preachers who travelled
through the West in those DAYS. al
rms, however, was only one of the
many attacks made blythe Indians on the
settlenent AT Wheeling. IN the fall of
LtsZ, George Girty, brother TO Simon. ut
In Ine mead of.a strong force. composed of
lnlihnssand British, made another descent
upon Fort Henry, Colonel Zane. hovtn,s
had his,cAbin burned in,thc last attack
9itcrmlned this time not to abandon II. but
defend II to the last. His house stood
AboutOnc hundred yards from the Eort.--
LueFe were only five men with a few vo-
men ana children in the h0use: and vet
this little band succeeded in keeping that
savage force at bay during n whole
day and night. The Indians more tbnn
twenty tunes attempted to burn the
cabin and fort by heaping bundles
LOT hemp aNnd dried wood against ths.
walls, but the fire went out, and many
savage was mnde to bite the dust
y" attempting to tiregHudi storm the place.
ltlwHs during this attack that Col. Znne'st
supply OF liowder.r.lh ont, aud 7bnt for the
heroic conduct of his sister, Elizabeth
ZNne, a young lady nf seventeen. .a;ybn. NJ.
the Pertlto her Ownziifc, escaped from the
Tort and obtained n supply, ahe aud ull in,
MS cabin must have nerished. ar-. gt f-g.
Mother Zane, in this siege, displayed
tue RaRe. zeal aad scQilr1ge Shsldid on.;ths
! former occasion. ThromVhout the whole
| OF that long, dreNdfut night, she, without
ftOod and without rest, stood at her post.
cooling and loading the rifles, exhorting
I the men not to surrender, that God would
stand by them, and when there was no
/, more lead forabullets, even running her
sPs@ter plates aud spoons intn balls thnt
{! the defence might be continued. Such
were the pioneer m0thers of the West.
women who were tried in the fierce fires
OF our Indian wars, and such was the sub
I Ject of our notice. Brave in danger, gem
Tie IN disposition, fervent in prayer, ever
! exhibiting IN der life moro of the trne
spirit of berOtsm ttRu::any exampIe.i imam.
cient or modern history.
On the west bHnk of the Ohio, nearly
opposite Wheeling, Va, is one of the most
beautiful walnut groves sinz-the Valley of
the mississippi. In thetcentre of the grove
IS a large Indian mound, SLOWING it TO
have been a ttvortte resort of the abori-
Glnes OF our country, in their religious
1850 AAS'St W. TUE people OF Goa Tor
years have pitched their tents in their great
Feast of Tabernacles, aud thousands Of
sonls have here experienced the power OF
God IA their salvation. In this consecrn-
ted place, beneath the shade of The forest
frees, where the wild war whoop of the
savage hnd shout OF the new born soul
has often wrung, this mother in Israel. by
the side Of her companion in youth, and
surrounded by twelve OF her children, quiz
etly re oses in death, leaving one iangh-
ter, Mrs. Rebccca Clark, mother-in-law of
Rev. S. r. Brockunier, of the Pittsburgh
Conference, as the sole survivor of that
once numerous family.
This work is contained in one octave
volume bound ia blue and gold, and in
point of typography, altogether unexcep-
tionable.
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TIE Grcenbrier (ya.) Iadegeadent thus
enumeFates the bonds of Union between
the Northern and Southern States.
"Mnterial interests bind them; rivers