The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-25
WHOLE No. 1853
kentucky Esraauss

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aud the rudsly Constructed f0rt a-
BoonsborO, lay IN drwosy Stiffness on
the bank Of the Ke1iuckT river
Daniel Boone and his frieod a1d as-
sociate Richard Csllawsy. lad beel
absent since early ia the me-ninE.
and the good wives. sha-srs II tie
toil Of tbe early pioneer days. we're
enjoying the rest thsi the sabbath
brought % the uubroksa wilderness
In TIE grateful shade Of q tree n 5se
corner Of the enclosure, s4t three
yonng girls, giving a. anwo1led
charm 70 the rough evidences ot CIV
iiEArio1 which hkd but recently forced
themselves upon the primitive hlr-
nony Of the surrounding sceasry-
The oldest Of these maiiens was
Elizabeth Galway. The expert
suces Of life rather than the o5ss-v-
zuce Of nature. seen % give Jur1 %
the thoughts and tsSes o. the early
settlers, 50 while ths s1pl1oil1s
name Of Bessie uigLs have harmon
ized vel with the murmCriag river
and the soft and l-aguid aspect q
nature IN her SINNER GARD. The hard.
eTerv-asy life Of the advsutGr11s
dxeliers il the dark and bloody
groand seemed . e0mp0-t best VIA
lie harsh name Of Betsy. s. Eliza
beth was known simply s. Betsy
Csliswsv-n not c nzne suggestive or
romantic. ves she was Ei-hai 3 gs--ls
loving girl. and had maiden falcies
.has gave the deep eol0- O. romance
% one OF the incidents Of her life u
I The wilderness She was Just tC--e1
70 sixteen. Tie other girls, younger
6v Two years, were Fanny Galway,
szirsr than her sister. Betsy sad
Jemims Boone. TbC1Eh blt fourteen
years counted the lives o. The i've
7 girls each had 3 lover who vas g
hardy pioneer. As evsui1g drew
near, one Of the girls proposed t-1t
they should % a sh0rt distance
/ below the f0rI % where 2 ca1oe was
living. and diff out into the r.7er %
catch the rising eool1ess Of The evel-
ing
I Hardly we're they seated and pre-
pared 70 push from the shore, w1el
I lbey heard 8 slight rEsili1g u the
/ bushes, snd II a moment more I've
sealwart and hideoGsly painted IN
/ disas lesped u the SIDE or The esaoe.
/ What girI OF sixteen could be Egza-
[ 70 -be emerge1ey Betsy CaLlasav
| without q moms1i' s shesiis-i01. G9ss--
mined 70 defend the honor and The
, lives OF herself and her y0Zc- con-
I pznions, and wrote her name II TIE
annals u kenIncky. Standing ere--
/ n the canoe, she seized the paddle.
aud at 4 single stroke laid open % re
/ bone the head Of the foremost savage
l The other Indians pressed q. b1'
. siill undsaated, the brave girl fJ1ga,
them. Finally exhausted she ss15
70 the bottom Of the canoe, and WIZ
her trembling sister and friend was
dragged ashore and hurried c6 q
meet whatever fa,e might be Il s-3-s
; for them
II The CONSERVATION g. tie f1-t ca
vel be imagined The fathers ct me
| girls soon retained. and. before The
/ night closed n, Daniel Booze. g the
head Of q large party On t0of and
! Richard CallaEsy a. the head O g
! party OF horseback, were oEin Plr-
suiL In BooRes party were Samuel
! Henderson, John Holden and Fl4a-
/ ders Csnzway As Henderson
strods along be was thinking Of tbs
olive checked heroine, Betsy Calls
xay; and Holder ele1ehed his hands
: and ground his teeth when be tL0Cg1t
Of p0or, little. frightened Fanny and
Flanders CslsEay almost forgot nis
kith and ku when thinking Of Is
captured Jemi2z Boone. We ca1
easily snle over Il now, b1t .s- a17
nan PIT himself II The p.zcs o. t1es=
: young men, sod ask himself hoH b
: Eould fee II s1eh 3 pursuit
When the indians started WllE tHs
girls they made the youoger ones
tske OF their shoes and pat On mecca
] sins. but Betsy refused % taks Of
2 her shoes. and e. she walked along s1s
/ ground uer beel into the soil % leaTt
3 trail Noticing this, the ln1ia1i
made tie whole party wax apart so-
deviste from the course, 50 a. %
wade through tie water s1d destroy
tbs trail Then the undzunted Bstsv
, broke OF tEigs and dropped then
along the rad: and when the szTag
T Is threatened her with uplif-ed toma
bsEk II she persisted n this, So
secretly tore q portions Of her l-5='
sud dropped them o. the road-
Boone's party soon fou1t tie t-a-
and followed Il rapidly. fearing TIA.
The girls might grow Wea-T and =
? pur 70 death Al Sunday uigat and
al Monday the p1rsuii was s7pt up
/ On Tuesday morning sender CT
I unn o. smoke was seen il Ire as
: tsnce and the experienced eye q t1s
hunter detected the camp 0f tie II.
. diaas 4 serious diGcultT nov PIE
senre5 itself How we're the csptlFei
10 be rescued without giving The cap
to-s tine 70 XII themt Ihe-e vas
. bat little tine for reflection e he II
I disns must soon discover their pres
> ence. TIE white usa were s71s
, shots. 50 thsy picked their zen, hre1
upou them. and thea rushed l1to IL
: iesnp 70 the rescue AttE- momeo
I Of attack the girls were sitting q re
/, foot Of 3 tree, Betsy With 3 red bz1
z danns handkerchief thrown over n
head, while the heads Of Fan1T 81
: Jemin. were reclining IN her zap
Bessv's olive eonPlezi51 cama 1ea
? serving her bad lurn 81 this laac-1fa
j for one Of the reseUiag party eom-1=
Suddenly spon her mistOok her ior a
. Indian. ana was about % knock het
b-sias ozt with the b8t Of his ~
, + wien 8 friendly hand intervense a.
, saved the girl from meeting lsr aeaii
Just 3. tie moment when sos sa5
/ liberty within her reae5-
II The fathers snd gsliants esrTle-
; their loved ones home n triump1
! and this romance of real life II ken
; iueky = century ago would no- .
complete without the information I12i
? the dreams Of love and hsP9lasss
that were 20 eruellT dis4gTosa, we're