Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-29
KENTUCKY'S PIONEERS.
The EARLY MOTHERS WHO COULD
PROTECT THEMSELVES.

Women and Children as indian Fighters
Mrs. Davies Strategic Movement for tbs
Capture oi iAi~ie>. White Enemy OF
Her Husband The story of ..sharp Eve.
Ia the early settlement of Kentucky
the boys, and even the women aud chill
dfen, became as thorough soldiers as the
men THIS was the result Of their sur.
rounding- They were educated to il,
ald lived at a time when il was neces.
sary to practice il daily There were
Few women ON the frontier but could
load and fire a rifle. and many of them
could do IL with rs fatal accuracy a.
their fathers, husbands and brothers A
fair illustration Is found in the case of a
Mrs. Davies, whose husband was among
the early settlers of Lincoln county. She
could shoot an Indian with as steady a
hand as Daniel Boone himself One day
white man came to her husbands cab
Ia who had stolen some property from
him, and who bore a bad character gen.
orally
Mrs. Davies was alone with her chill.
dren when this desperate called, and,
knowing her husband was on the look.
ont for him, she resolved to capture him.
Upon his entering the cabin she asked
him if he would not take dram"-no
pioneers home was ever found without
its whisky bottle. which was kent as a
remedy for snake bites, etc. She put the
bottle on the table and told him TO stem
up and help himself. He set his gun
against the cabin wall to comply with
her invitation, and. after a hearty pull al
the bottle, he turned to find himself look
ing into the muzzle of his own rifle.
which Mrs. Davies mad picked up while
he was drinking, cooked it. and stood
with it leveled at his head. When he
asked her what she meant she informed
him that he had stolen her husbands
property, and she meant to keep him
there until his return, and she did She
stood guard over him until her husbands
return, when she delivered to him her
prisoner
The boys were no LEES brave and man.
full TO fight the "lnjuns" was the first
thing they learned, and by the time they
could lift a rifle they knew how to use il
Many instances and incidents could be
given Illustrating the heroism of the Dor
der boys, of which the following may be
taken as fair sample. Among the early
settlers of Hardin county was one Silas
Hart, an expert hunter, a thorough back.
woodsman, and AN inveterate Indian
hater and fighter. Whenever an Indian
incursion was made into the state he was
one of the first on the trail, and he pur.
sued them relentlessly and with the keen.
ness ola bloodhound His keen eve. and
proves in skirmish and battle won from
the Indians the name Of SHARP Eye"
On one Of their many incursions into
his neighborhood. Hart pursued them
with few chosen followers, and before
they reached the Ohio shot and killed
their chief. The savages vowed ven.
geance against him and his family. and
shortly another incursion was made by
them under the leadership of the brother
OF the fallen chief. As usual, Hart was
first on their trail, and the savages re.
treated toward the Ohio. The whites
finally despaired of overtaking them and
returned home, when the Indians turned
upon their trail and became the pursuers
instead of the pursued. Hart reached
his home about dark, and, being much
fatigued from his long tramp. slept
soundly all night. little dreaming of dan.