The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-28
BFaddOCk's Grave.

In connection with Braddock's Grave
we cannot resist the temptation to Civ
some historical Incidents derived from tn
Hon. Andrew Stewart, About the yea
1919, MIR. Stewards father lived about tW,
miles east Of Braddock's grave, on wha
is called "BraddoCk's Old Road''-the oil
military road. Being supervisor 0
roads, lie went with some hands to re
pair the road, taking with him Mr.. Stew
art, then u boy Of 10Or - years Of age
Whlle tho men were at work on Thu
east bank OF Braddock's Run, Thoma!
Faucet, (born in l712, and died in 1916
aged lO4 years, and who was with Brad
docks army at the time Of his defeat and
deathl, IN old mountain hunter, then liy
Ing on the road less than mile east O
Braddocks grave, in q cabin, some OF The
ruins OF which are still visible, came
along, with his rifle on his shoulder, 4
hunting knife in his belt, dressed in a
blue hunting shirt, bear skin cap, and
buckSkin pant, standing straight as an ar.
row, about six feet four inches In his
moccasins. Faucet said "Take care
men, or you will dig up BraddOck's bones
We buried him here where he died, right
on the bank Of this run. We dug away
the bank, and drove the baggage wagons
over the grave, so that the enemy could
not find the grave. / will show you the
spot. The water has washed down
nearly to the bones. Dig down here q
foot or two and you will find them" The
m en- did so, and found the bones.
"Braddock," said Faucet to the work
men, was Q brave man, but TO save his
men l shot him. Why SOY was asked.
II will tell you NY, brother Joe and
were fighting behind trees, when Brad
dock came riding along and struck Joe,
saying, You coward, stand out and fight
like man.. Considering him our worst
enemy, turned around and shot him in
stead ofan Indian. When Washington
took command, he told us TO tree. We did
80, and the remnant Of us were saved"
In confirmation OF Faucets story, his
tory says that II was thought at tho time
that BraddoCk was shot by ono Of his own
men; md II was upon this occasion that
Braddock, when Washington advised him
70 lot tho men tree, said: "High times,
when Virginia BuckSkin undertakes IL
teach q British General how 70 fight"
Mr., Stewart further says tho bones were
reinterred az tho foot Of u large Whine
oak tree, except o few which his father
took home and afterwards sent by some
western merchants, going east, with d.
rectlons TO put them In the Museum at
Philadelphia, The merchants, Mr.. Stew
art says, then travelled in companies,
armed with pistols, TO protect their mon
ey, consisting of Spanish dollars, Each
pack. horse carried two or three thousand
dollars, in small leather bags. The mer-
chants would carry back, on the same
horses, iron, salt and other merchandise,
for the supply Of the Western people, the
whole In a year amounting perhaps to
not much moro than ono "iron horse"
now takes over the mountains in single
train. Slaves from Virginia were driven
through Uniontown In those days, car.
rolled together like horses, for tho West
ern market. This may seem strange to
young ears, but there arc many old per-
sons still living who Witnessed 1t.