Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-28


cousin prisoner. Then l thought ]
, must kill two; and have been three
, times since the war: but the Indians
. are not mad, only myself.
CAPTAIN JOHN LOGAN"
Logan and his band once more set
out from their village and killed a
family by the name of Roberts, on the
Holston, sparing none. Here the
above note was left tied to war
club 1t was found by the whites a
few days afterwards, and this memor-
able writing went into history. From
this note we learn that he charged
Captain Cresap, the son, and
not Colonel Cresap, the father, with
the murder at Yellow Creek. In his
speech he charges the Colonel, but this
is only printers mistake. He was
carrying on war of his own-with
his own hands and those of his faith
full band, he was Cutting with the
blood of the white race, that revenge,
which atrocities to his kin had reused
in his heart. With this stroke of ven
geance his revenge Is glutted, and
while the Indian warriors are gather
ing about the Ohio to meet the army
of white men approaching it, he is
wandering through the woods, absorb
ed in a struggle with his feelings
When Logan heard of the intentions
of the Indians in regard to the meet
ing of Dunmore's army in battle, he
at first refused to take any part in 1t,
but after turning the question over in
his mind he decided to cast in his lot
with his race. At the battle of Point
Pleasant he was in joint command with
Cornstalk The Indians were defeated
and Fed in confusion to their town on
TIE Scicto, followed closely by the
army Of Dunmore. The Indians sued
f@r reace, and the treaty at Camp
CN arlotte soon followed. Logan did
not attend the council of his people
and refused to have anything to do
with the treaty. Why Logan pur-
sued the course he did is obvious from
what has been said. He had done
nothing toward waging the war. He
had not aided to arouse the tribes to
arms, or assisted to combine them for
battle, but he had taken a part at
Point Pleasant to save himself from
dishonor. The deeds he had done were
personal acts, and for them he took
the responsibility entirely upon him
self. What he had done, he had done,
and the whites might make the best of
it.
Dunmore sent three of his officers to
Logan to find out if possible his feel
ings. They found him in his cabin but
he refused to converse with them. He
surveyed them for a few minutes and
then asked Gen. Gibson, who was one
of the three, to walk to the woods
with him. They seated themselves on
a log and there, after rehearsing his
wrongs and what he had done to
avenge them-sometime crying as If
his heart would break-Logan deliv-
cred to Gen. Gibson the manuscript of
the speech that has given Immortality
to his name.
. over a hundred years have passed
since this speech was translated into
every leading language in Christen-
dom, and now it is regarded every
where as a gem of oratory. But the
speech as so translated and as so high
ly esteemed for its oratory is not af-
ter all the speech of Logan-is is sim
ply Mr.. Jefferson's version OF it, For
tunately, however, the first printed
copy ever made of the speech has been
preserved, and as the original manu-
script has been lost. this copy is the
next best evidence of the speech. 1t is
as follows:
II appeal to any white man to say
that he ever entered Logans cabin,
but that / gave him meat; that he
ever came naked but l clothed him.
In the course of the last year Logan
remained in his cabin an advocate for
peace. had such an affection for the
white people that l was pointed at by
the rest of my nation. i should have
even lived with them, had it not been
for Col. Cresap, who last spring cut on
in cold blood all the relations OF Lo-
gan, not sparing women and children.
There runs not a drop of my blood in
the veins of any human creature.
This called on me for revenge. | have
sought it. ! have killed many and
fully glutted my revenge. l am glad
that there is prospect of peace on ac-
count of the nation, but beg you will
not entertain a thought that anything
| have said proceeds from fear. Lo-
gan disdains the thought. He will
not turn his heel to save his life. Who
is there to mourn for Logan? No
one"
Logan's life after the DInmore war
was one of sorrow and gloom. All the
objects of his love had passed away by
the murders that brought it on, and
having no one to love or to share his
troubles with him, life became q bur-
den. He sought to lessen that bur-
den by intoxicating drinks, and much