Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
KENTUCKYS PIONEERS.
THE EARLY MOTHERS WHO COULD
PROTECT THEMSELVES.

Women and Children as Indian Fighters.
Mrs. Daviess' Strategic Movement for the
Capture of Lnwless White Enemy of
Her Husband--The Story of "sharp Eye"
In the early settlement of Kentucky,
! the bows, and even the women and chill
dren. became as thorough soldiers as the
men This was the result of their sur
roundings They were educated to it,
and lived at a time when it was neces-
sary to orGctice it daily. There were
! few wOran on the frontier but could
load and tire a rifle, and many of them
could d. ii with as fatal accuracy as
! their fa;'c,s, husbands and brothers. A
| fair ilustrsiion is found in the case of a
Mrs. Davie5s, whose husband was among
| the Il. settlers of Lincoln county. She
could shoot an Indian with as steady a
! nand /" Daniel Boone himself. One day
q white lsH came to her husbands cab
in who Ua3 stolen some property from
! him. AVID wao bore bad character gen
orally
Mrs Dav.pss was alone with her chill
5rcA "heJ els Desperate called, and,
| knowing her Eu5banl was on the look
| cut es- Min. SIZE resolved TO capture him.
Upon his entering the cabin she asked
him If De would not "take a dram"-no
! pioneers houe was ever found without
its whisky bottle, which was kept as a
remedy for snake bites, etc. She put the
bottle on the table and told him to step
up and help himself. He set his gun
against the cabin wall 20 comply with
her invitation, and, after a hearty pull at
the bottle, he turned TO find himself look
! ing into the muzzle of his own rifle,
which Mrs. Dayiess had picked up while
he was drinking, cooked it, and stood
with it levelcd 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 rc,d..l, AID she did She
stood guard over him until her husbands
retIrn, when she delivered to him her
prisoner
The boys were 10 less brave and man
fol 10 hght the "IEjuns was the first
ching they learned, and, by the time they
could lift Iiiie they knew how to Use it.
! Many instances and incidents could be
| given il.us.rI;in- tl.e heroism of the bor-
! der boys, Of which lue following may be
! taken as fuil sample Among the early
settlers of Hardin county was one Silas
Hart, an expert hunter, thorough back
woodsuiau, and an inveterate Indian
hater an5 fghtef Whenever an Indian
incuaiun was madei into the staue he was
one Of tie first on the trail, and lie pur
sued them rcientlessly and with heEeen-
ness cg . Bloodhound. His keen eye, and
| prowessil skirpish and BATTLE won from
the Indians ,hp name Of SHARP Eye"
On onoof tAeir many incur5!ons into
his neighborh,g., Hart pursued them
with few chosen followers, and before
they reached the Ohio shot and killed
their chief. TIE savage5 vowed VEN
geauca against him and his family, and
shortly another iGcursion was made by
them under hclnadership Of The brother
of the failon chief. As usual, Hart was
FIRST on their trail, end the savages re-
treated toward the Ohio. The whites
finally das aired of ovega king chem and
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