, 1877-05-31
A BRAVE WOMAN.
Mrs. Abigail Becker, tho Heroine
of Long Point.
A Paper Read Before the Buffalo Historical
Society, by Capt. E. P. Dorr.


Society, by Capt. E. ?, Dorr.
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fHpa'o 0onasnert'ai AatsT9tser. .
the hirhe,t a,lrnirat,on. nar,Ic,,1nrly female
he,,,en,. ". 80 .,t - ID, ,,1,o,, .ro,,nn ~
tna@a",, ses ~ ~ .pu ~, -" "uusn 1a.a, -
tie weaker portion OF our race. ana as uepenaN
ene upon mar. tho sterncr and frmcr pnrt,
TO sustain them, In hours Of trial and places Of
ner,l. vbcn W. .trong .,,n NJ man Il nut
t.,.' ~ e.6 A... - - pas
ao's" '" soo"' nnu w "ase na'""n "Fcs'
lnetc arc casce, anu they arc not lev III num-
bcf In tho world's history ,Wheru this action
Is reycrscd.-whers woman etands forth In eavn
man n IL ,f,on tho o,,a ,ho-, ~ ,,ttn,.
delicate iorm Of woman has .nterposcd d to e save
human life when tho ctlOtts OF stnlwnEt met
have proved lmpotent and futile. It is Of such
a case vii, epcak In fcv words On this o.
easlon, 1ho ehorcs Of our great lakes h"Vo
pccn the scene OF terrible disasters; they nave
also furnished many deeds OF hcfotsm and
bravery unsurpassed in any country. will tell
vor ~ m. ~ t,,,..-oro th.t tb,rt .tonJ.
u ys.s y, ~, ooe y. ,uese1Louo .Iat 'a.n s.a's
loftn Enc efandest ana tue greatest cset known
on thosc lakes. will tell you Of Abigail Becker,
tho
urnorrH ~ 1ovn rotrr.
Tho .,,,o ~. ,s,,t .,.a~n. ,.,.,n.e,tho y. mi,
'u' eee,'' 'uuI VIVA alte'np' ~ ue'es'oo :" 5ou
oceaFrea 6otho twenty OH years aGo. Meh-
tlon was c'a'lc Of It then, anil lator, not many
ycnrs sgo, the writer sent to tho poet Whittier
n ,nn,lrnscI .,,tcment m t},c foc,s. on1 a.,,c,l
80, ~ ts. ,.,,, " .,e M n,,s H at s.ara
,"a, @ ~ ~ "ea'y , ' pus"' 'n1 ~ 'oon u law
decd of Abigail Becker. Lie published my
story In tho Atlantic Jio1tiy, in prose, as writ
ten 10 him, / had thought, "a the scene vns
NM un1rbo nm bo,c,, ~ E.sr 'rny,or,,
I,us,,. ~ ."nHn nv ~ ~, $500 ,, '" ~. % na"t
tWncso ms ola home anu nine was)
where hc wrote h's poem, "Tho Tent
On tho Beach," It might Inspire hin
IN wcoue fr,;n III, foc+. and ,lcet7s ri harnd.r
suo,, ao.i, w. ..o.s ,r,t',,,. oaa, ~. s.,s,no.
sncn = poetlc etofy as maEnt equa' as .of"e5
caorts. When asked by nc why no failed to DO
so, he replied: "Frfen1 Dorr, thee knows but
little of mnktur norrp,: thew arc made of cn,,-
pcl.. eoncth,nr foostoo In f,,c oir an,1 nrn,.
,nait .va go II ,c,1, y f+o. ans
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