The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-16

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his hand, he erawied silently to thi
l Kitchen, and raising himself from the
, ground, waved the torch to and fro
>, to rekindle the fame. and was abou
to apply it to the building, when h,
!, received shot, which forced him t.
. drop his torch, and he hobbled away
as fast as he could, bowling as hi
went tHa ha said Black Sam
''dat's de way [ fix 'em he'd better
not try dat trick agip," 1t was Sam
who had detected the Indian just il
time to stop .:dat little trick"
Soon after the firing had ceased, a
small boat on its way from Fort Pitt
to the Fails of the Ohio, with a load
of cannon balls for the use of the
troops there, landed at Wheeling
the man who had charge of the boat
was soon discovered by the Indians
they fired upon HIM and wounded
him slightly, but he reached the Fort
and was. admitted 4 Now, tho Indians
thought they would be. successful i;
SO early the next day they procured a
log, which had hollow in it about
| the size of the cannon balls :, then
got some chains from a shop near by
and bound the log with them. When
all was ready, they put in a good
load of powder ard ball, then point
ing it at the Fort the word was given
and the match applied. Bangl bangl
a. dreadful explosion; the cannon
bursts, and its pieces few all around,
killing several Indians and wounding
many more. How angry and furious
l. this accident made them they press
ed on like a set of crazy fellows, and
fired away in great fury. Still they
we're received with such Steady, and
constant fire, that they were forced to
fall back ~3.s .-..,a- iqr.g .g-.l J..
This was very unfortunate for the
gnrrison, as their powder was almost
exhausted, and it now became ,neces-.
sary to procure some from Col. Zane's
house. 1t was proposed that one of
the fieetest men should endeavor. to
reach the house, get a keg of powder
and return with it to. the Fort, 1t
was an enterprise of great danger,
but many of the men were willing to
venture. 'i- s~
Miss Elizabeth Zane, the younger
sister of Col Zane, who had but re-
Gently returned from, Philadelphia,
where she had received her education,
and who was totally unused to Indian
fights and scenes of blood, volunteer
ed togo for the powder. She was
told of the great danger, and that a
man could run faster than she, and
thus be exposed to less danger, but
her reply was ''The loss of man
will be more severely felt you have
not oneman to spare; a woman viii
not be missed in the defense of the
Fort" Her services were accepted. |
The brave girl taking off some of her
garments so as not to hinder her run
ming, stood prepared for the danger
Gus adventure. The gate was opened,
and she bounded forth with full con-
fidence of success. In amazement |
the Indians beheld her spring for
ward, and only exclaiming, "a squaw
a squaw )" no attempt was made to |
stop her.
Arriving at the door Of the house
she was instantly admitted Col.
Zane fastened table cloth around her
waist, and emptying into it keg OF
powder, again she ventured forth,
The Indians now fired at her
Ball after ball passed whizzing by,
but she reached the gate end entered
in safety.
Boys, three cheers for Elizabeth
Zane ... s-- ss 1...,s .- -
The Indians kept up their seige all
the next night and day. On the
third day, despairlng of success; they
r.iised the seige and ret-eated acIoss
the Ohio river. rr.: .;-,i sr
Miss Zane afterward became the
wife of NJ. McGlanlin, and was living
N Ohio in the year 1881. u
And now my story is done.
ss----.-----..-4z-- UNCLE JOSH.