The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-04

t,slorsi i1formei them tlai The Veak
Stsis II the EaSrison uoad not JUSTLY
the absence 81 more thAn one n1nI and
Ikai il Wa ios themselves Q deeids who
tLat psrs0a should Be. The eAgefneas
isli 81 each VoluBteer % nndeEtAke ses
haaarahle mission. prevented them ifoHa
making Iha aEr1nEsnaat PrnPosod b NE
COMMANDER; and % much time vas eop-
snraSi il tke contentlon betEeen men
thH, IsarI beElh 10 arise that The indians
Vou1 renew the attack before the powder
could b procured. A. Ihh crisis Mis-
Elizabeth Zane. de listeF OF Col
opVl EbeneaaF Zane, young lady
Of great beauty anA sPElghtlines ADD Of
4 hIrh spiriL cane forward and desired
tbai ,he might Be- permitted % execute
The service. This proposition seemed 70
extraTagant that Il met with = pefemP'
tory reiusGl. She hAd bat recently re.
turnsd iron PhilAdslPhia where she had
eompistsd her education and Whs uuaesd
10 lie rude erpsrience Of border Lie.
Sdll Ehe parsisto4 IN bsr Petiiiqn IN
terms Of reaGuhlkd earne1ness and all the
renonItranees Of the Colonel and her ~
lations failed 70 dissuA1S her from her
hsrois purpose. IINHs anally represent
Cd to her ihAt either Of the youns men,
GA account Of his superior AootBess and
familiarity With scenes Of danger, would
b more likely than herself 70 do the work
,uecessfalIy. She replied that the danger
Which WoGld attend the enterPrse was
the Identical reason that induced her 10
offer her scrTiees, for, as the garrison Eas
very weak, no SoldisrA LIE should be
placed in needless jeopardy, and that u
ne we're 70 fall her los would notbetelt.
Her petition was ultimately granted and
the gate opened for her TO pass out.
The opening Of the, gate arrested the
attention Of several Indians who were
Struggling through the village. Il was
noticed that their eyes were upon her -
she crossed the open space 70 reach her
brothers house but they made no attempt
10 uoleS, her, merely uttefing an ex.
clamstiou Of surprise! +SquaN! SquaWE
Whether through some freak Of clsmency
or Believing that = Woman'l life was not
worth load Of powder or influenced BY
some other unexplained motive they per:
mi,ted her TO pass. She quickly emptied
the powder into table cloth which she
had hastily caught up and tied BY two
corners round her waist and promptly
started 10 the fort. When abe reapPear-
"a, the Indiana, suspectlng no doubt, the
character Of her burden, elevated their
6relocks and discharged yoily at her
a she swiftly glided toward the gate; but
the balls failed Of their errand, though
her petticoats bore evidence Of how
cIbss they came to the mark, and the fear.
| le,s girl reached the fort in safety with
her prize. The pages Of history may fur.
| nsh a parallel 10 the noble exploit Of
1Elihbeth Zane, but an instance OF great
Or selfdeyotion and moral intrepidity Is
not TO be found any where,
About half past two O'Clock the Indians
mt themselves again IN motion aud nd
yanced TO renew the siege. As in the
| frst attack, . portion Of their warriors
took possession Of the cabins contiguous
70 the fort, while others availed them
selyes OF The cover afforded BY Hane's
Mailing fence. A large number posted
themselves in and behind q blacksmith
shop and stable that stood opposite the
northern line OF picketS, and another
Marty. probably the strongest Of all
lststionei themselves under cover oil .
worm fence and several large pieces oil
fallen timber on the south side OF the
fort, The siege was now reopened from
the latter quarter, strong gang OF In
dians advancing under cover Of some
large stumps that stood on the side OF The
decliyity below the fort and renewing the
combat with loud yells and brisk FIRE
The inpetuosity Of the attack on The
south side brought the whole garrison Z
the two lower block houses, from which
they were enabled to pour out destruo
tive fire upon the enemy in that quarter
While the garrison was thus employed,
party Of eighteen or twenty Indians
armed with rails and billets OF wood
rushed out Of Zane's yard and made an At
tempt 10 force open the gate Of the fort
Their design was discovered In time L
defeat 1t, t,they only abandoned 1t AiteI
Eve or six Of their number had been sho
down. Upon the failure Of this scheme
the Indians opened fire upon the for
from ali sides, except from that next Il
the river, which afforded no shelter to
besleging host. On the north and Thu
east the battle ragged most 6ercely, for
notwithstanding the strength Of the a.
sailants ON the south, the uutayorable
meas OF the ground prevented them, iron
prosecuting with much yigor the attack
which they had commenced with suct
fury. The rifles used by thegarrison TO
wards evening became 90 much heated BY
I continued firing that they were rendered
measurably useless, and recourse wa
then had 10 puskets, full supply O.
which was found In the store.houSe. Al
darkness set in, the fire OF the Sayagel
grew weaker, though it was not entirely
discontinued until next morning. Shortly
Alter nigLtiall considerable party Of In
dians advanced within sixty yards Of the
fort, bringing with them . hollow mapIt
log, which they had conVertediuto field
niece, BY plugging one Of its ends with
i block Of wood. 10 give Il additional
strength quantity ofchains taken from
the blacksmith shop eneompassed 1t from
end 70 end. Il was heavily charged
With powder, and then filled 10 the muE
zle with pieces Of stone, sIugs Of iron
and such other hard substances as, could
be found, The cannon was graduated
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