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

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ridre viii o. intention q making the |
best Of his way 70 Short Creek. A ride |
q 4 ieS hundred yards in that diFee'
ton brought him suddenly IN eOattes
viii ! paSIy d Indiana who were return !
inr 10 their cGmp from = naranding e1-
r1S.isa q Nasofi's bottom, 90 the east !
- 80 ~ de hill. ThiI parry bang io0
Formidable In NUMBER TO encounter ain
81 handled, Tie Major turned his horse
sSSni and rode OTer his oEn track, IN the
hops Of discovering some ether avenue Of
esespe. A few pass only o. his counter
mareh had been made, when be iOund him
IN confronted By his oEiginalPurSnetS,
Who hSd BY this time gained The tOPot the
i'd. aud 3 third party Eas discovered
pFelsinr up the hIli directly on his right.
BE Uas now completely hsnmed IN on
ihree Side., and The fourth va almost
perpendicular. prseiPice Of 100 lest dos
CENT, with Wheeling creek a ~ base,
ne imminenee Of his danger allowed
Lin but little time 70 reject upon b!
Eituation. Ia one moment be decided
upop his course. Supporting his riHe IN
III, Left hand and eGEiully adi1stpg his
rein, With the other, be urged his horse
% ths brink Of the blud, and then made
tks leap which decided his fate. In the
neEt lnomeAt the noble ateed, Utin bear
log his intrepid rider in safety, va. a.
nc foot Of the precipice. McCollceh i'm,
n,ediately daShed across the creek and
Ma soon beyOSd The reach Of the Indians.
Alter the escape Of Maior AcColloch,
the Indians concentrated al the loot OF
the hill. and soon after set ere TO all the
bputes md fences outside the fort, and
Killed about 800 bead Of cattle belonging
10 The sottlerA They then raised the
siege, and took up their line Of march Tor
some Other theatre OF action.
During the inyestiture, not man with
| In the Tort was killed, and only one
wounded, and that bat slightly. Bni The
los sustained By the whites dnring the
enemy's inroAd was remarkably severe.
OF the AZ men who Were in the fort on
de morning Of the eth, no les than y
Vere killed in the eOEnheld before the
siege commenced. The two men who
tha4 been sent down the river the pre-
yious night in q canoe, were, intercepted
by the indians, and killed also; and, II
We include Mr.. Duke In the list the loss
sustained by the settlement amounted TO
90 killed, besides 4 or 8 wounded. The
enemy's loss was from 60 to 100. Agree
ably to their ancient custom, they re-
moved their dead from the field before
the sisRe was raised; the extent OF their
los therefore is merely coniectural.
The defence Of Fort Henry, when We
consider the extreme weakness Of the gar.
riEon and the forty-iOld superiority Of
de besieging host, was admirably CON
Quoted. Foremost on the list OF these
brave frontier soldiers was Col. Shepherd,
Che commandaht Of the fort, whose good
conduct on This occasion gained Tor him
the appointment Of County Lieutenant
Iron Goyetrfor Patrick Henry. The
bfothers, Col. Ebeneter Zane and SilaS
| Zane, and John Caldwell, men otihfnence
In The community and the 6rst settlers at
Wheeling, arc spoken Of as hAying con-
| tributed greatly 70 Che success OF the bat
ltle. The name'ot every individual com
lposing the little garrison Dug t 70 be In,
| scribed on the pages oihiStory; but several
Of them, It is feared, have 80 long alept in
oblivion that they can never DO recovered.
Besides the names already mentioned,
those Of Abraham Rodgers, John LAWN,
joseph Briggs and Robert Lennon must
not be omitted, as they were among the
best Indian fighters on the frontier and
aided much in achieving the victory Of
| ne day, The wife Of Col. Ebenezer Zane,
together with several other females In the
fort, undiEmayed by the Sanguinary
strife that was going on, employed them
selves in running bullets and preparing
patches for the use Of the men, and by
their presence at every point where they
could make themselves useful, and by
their cheering words Of encouragement,
l Infused new life into the soldiers 'and
gpurred them on the performance oil duty.
The noble act Of Elizabeth Zane, already
related, inspired the men with an enthusi'
asm which contributed not little to turn
the fortunes Of the day. The affair at
Fort Henry was emphatically one Of the
battles Of the Revolution. The North
west Indians were as much the mercenary
troops Of Great Britain rs were the Hes
slams and Waldeckcrs who fought at
Bennington, Saratoga aud in New Jersey.
J, The siege Of Fort Henry took place,
agreeable 10 most accounts, on the first
day Of September 1777I This is doubtless
mistake.
In the order book Of Ohio County
Court, in the proceedings Of the court at
the August term, 1889, Il Is recorded, that
an application was filed for n pension,
Mary oEle, widow Of Sergeant Jacob
Oyle, Of Capt. Joseph ogles Company Of
Ohio county Militia, who was killed in
actual service, September 9Th, l777.
'sThis entry establishes the 9th Of Sep
tember as the day Of battle" -lHa
Thus much onlyWill time and space
allow US TO give Of those early days OF
! our history in which we take such Just
local pride. They have proper relation
To this day. The noble men and women
who, redeemed the land from its savage
condition, and who stood the fire Of con.
tiAuous warfare with the merciless and
unrelenting foe; who caused "the wilder
ness IL bloom and blossom as the rose"
and who by their courage, iortitude and
industry founded tho fortunes into which
We have entered, are worthy Of our high
est tributes. All honor TO theml And as
worthy descendants, shall We not make
the new century on (which We are entering,
the record Of thoughts and deeds which
shall reflect multiplied honor upon them
and ourselves; something for our city and
State, something for our country, some
thing for humanity, that shall be memo.
rial Of good to the coming generations.
[HOrE III 1Im EnToE.-Ths above IEstch vas
prepared for thIs Paper By W. c. BrOekunIsr, Esl,
to whom We, In common With our readerI, are
much indebted for, some rUmInIsosnca therein
eoAtanei that are not generally fruilIhr 70 thoas
who have not made our lOcal history moe OF len
Of utudy. We hopp TO publish sTO lOpg spOthsr ar
tele from NJ. BroekuuIsr'l pen, SuPPlenFntry 70
the scenes and incidents referred tORbove. &.
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