The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-30
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SIMON GIRTY, THE RENEGADE.
Story Of the Wheeling Border.
Mrs. crugel's wonderful Escape Is
Followed BY that of Cap %.
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From the advance sheets OF the Pc.
PIES Monthly for. July we make the fol-
lowing additional extracts from Mr..
Meningitis story OF our border, Our
last Eextracs closed with an account Of
Mrs. Cruger's wonderful and. daring es.
cape across the Ohio river, at the mouth
OF Yellow Creek. The sequel Of her
escape Is as follows: " E5siSi
And 20 Lydia was fairly of and away,
out Of all harms reach. Her daring es.
cape at once put Q new complexion on
mAtters OF the bluffs. The walls Of living
green had scarce closed behind "Black
Bess" and her spirited rider, when the
leaders Of the attacking party put their
heads together Tor consultation. I'd ms
During the chase, Glrty, q pistol in
eLther lhand, had iramped to and fro,
along the margin Of the bank, hot, ehaled
and tempestu6ns,, None knew better than
he what mischief the brave girl might
work to ell their plans. His prisoners,
OF both sexes, were Of too great promi-
nence on the border for the news OF
their capture not to stir up a great bother
along the whole line of the Virginia set
Elements, from the Poe cabin down to
Fort Henry. But the chief anxiety arose
from another direction, and one which
would mot be properly understood BY our.
readers without direct reference to o map
OF that whole region. III ii..,5 ~,
We have already stated that the entire
district south OF the Ohio, from Fort Pitt
down 10 the mouth o, the Kanawha, had
not long before been sold to the whites
by the Six Nations-who claimed the
whole West by right Of conquest-and q
stream OF settlers had ever since set stead
lily in that direction, occupying a broad
belt of land along the Ohio.
All north Of that river and west Ui the
Allegheny, was wholly Indian country,
occupied By Q coniedefacy oil fierce, jeal-
Gus, and warllke tribes, all alike inluri-
ated at the sale of their hunting grounds
by the 1roquois, whose authority they
were now. strong enough to deny, and
whose dominion they were now distant
enough TO deIy. They knew by sad ex+
perience OF what petty prices and by what
contemplate arts such, land grants were
generally obtained, as, also, their imme.
date and Inevitable consequences, and
were terribly implacable TO the advan-
cling tide t"Big Knives for 80 they In
Yariably styled the. Virginians In contra.
Distinctions TO the Pennsyl vanians. ~
Penn and his QuSkers had ct least al
ways given tho abotiginees some little
show Tor their lands, and never occupied
them without going through the iotmall.
" ola purchase by treaty. Hence, West
ern Indians invariably made Q marked
distinction. between Pennsylvania settlers
aud captives, and those coming from other
Eastern Provinces. H1
These 'saBig Knives" the Ohio tribes
hated with an updying, venomous rancor.
But It was the same old story. Resist
arce came too late. The redmen could
not, try 40 they might and long did, ar
rest that wonderful wild turkey breed"
otzsrestless, steel.neryed, iron-hearted
valiants, who swarmed over the allie.
gheny and Blue Ridge Mountains or
hoated down the Monongahela and Ohio
rivers in a resistless tide. Hardy, intrepid,
uuainching borderef; carrying, as Il
were, their lives In their hands, they
braved the wilderness with all its hidden
perils, whether OF savage beast or man.
They absolutely quailed OF nothing, and
were inevitable as late itself.
A long and bloody struggle ensued
with the usual result. Might made right,
and the savages were forced to yield their
lands, and TO retire sullenly to the thilher
side OF the Ohio. With stiHed rage and
adherence they heard the sounds of the
settlers axe or the crack Of his deadly
rife, and saw the smoke Of his cabin
fires stretching ever onward In an inilex.
Bile line, first TO Yellow Greek, then to
Fort Henry; and 90 on, on TO the Ka-
nawha, the Kentucky and the Falls OIL
the Ohio. vi li lttile S' il
Now, look at the mapl Just about the
mouth oil Big Yellow, the Ohio takes ar
almost southern trend for over sixty
miles, and thence Q southwesterly trend
for q hundred more, forming over two
thirds Of the eastern boundary Of thG
State Of Ohio. On the west lay the In
dian country, on the east what 10 nov
known as the Pan Handle Of Western
Virginia-a narrow strip Of territory
which, by an error Of surveyors, has beer
singularly allowed to intefject itself fol
sixty miles between two great States. /
and Southwestern Pennsylvania vert
then oil known as Augusta county, Va
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