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

Logan, the "Mingo Chief" was one
of the most remarkable men that his
tory furnishes for the esteem and adj
miration of mankind. His honesty and
truthfulness made him the greatest
red man who ever lived, and he is ac-
counted as one Of the greatest men.
AS near as can be ascertained, he
was born at the Indian village OF
Shamokin on the Sus"ueh97ra, in the
east central part Il Pennsylvania,
about the year 1870. He was the sec
ond son of Shikellemus, a Cayuga
chief. Shikellumus was greatly at
tached to James Logan. Christian
missionary and government agent at
Shamokin. and named his second son
after him.
The Cayuga tribe was one of the Six
Nations. so famous in American his
tory The "Six Nations" was COM
posed of the following tribes: Mo-
hawks, Oneldas, Onondagas, Senecas,
Cayugas and Tuscarawas They were
in state Of confederation, and in all
their movements and Intercourse with
the rest Of mankind they acted as a
unit. The Indians used the words Iro
quois and Mingo to designate the Six
Na'ions--meaning a united people.
Mingo was seldom used unless per-
sons belonging to those tribes had
fixed residences on the Scioto river; it
was then the name universally applied
to them. In this way Logan came to
be called a Mingo chief
Just prior to the old French and In
dian war, Logan built a cabin on the
Kishaqouquillas Creek. branch of
the Juniata, in what is now Mifflin
county, Pennsylvania, and took up his
residence there He did not take part
in this war, but remained in his cabin
advocating peace. Logan was swift in
the chase and of powerful endurance
honest, honorable, and brave, tender
Of the feelings of others, loving the
white people as of his own race, and
determined for peace at the sacrificing
Of everything but what a good man
will maat with indignation and force.
Judge william Brown, who settled
on the Juniata soon after Logan, tells
a very interesting story of Logan.
This Judge Brown was for some years
Justice of the peace He afterward
represented the people several terms
i- --a 'sgislature, and was for many
-s-7 M associate judge for Miffln
county He said that "one day while
eE-e --'-Z he started a bear and separ-
s-=t from his companions to get shot
r. 5fH. was going along looking for
-t- la- when I came suddenly upon a
,--T- sr-ing, and being dry, was more
r7io,cs1 70 find a spring than to have
shot q dozen bears. l sat my gun
AGAINST n bush and went down the
bank a0d laid down to drink. Upon
putting my head down, l saw reflect
ed in the water on the opposite side
the form of tall man. I sprang to
my rife when the Indian gave a yell,
whether for peace or war, I was not
iust then sufficient master of my facul-
tics 10 determine. On seizing my rife
and facing him, he knocked up the
pan Of his rife, threw out the priming
and extended his open palm toward
me In a token of friendship, After
putting down our guns, we met at the
spring and shook hands. This man
was Logan, the best specimen of hui
manty I ever met with, either white
or red"
To Logan everything noble in hui
man nature was concentrated in the
word gentleman. See his nice sense OF
honor and his appreciation of a gem
tleuan in the following incident:
Judge Brown and his friend, Samuel
Maclay, one day visited Logan at his
cabin. The greater part of the after
noon was spent by Logan and Maclay
in shooting at a mark at a dollar a
shot Logan was beaten four or five
shots When his guest was about to
leave he went into his cabin and
brought as many bear-skins as he had
lost shots and offered them to Maelay.
NO, john said Maclay. we only shot
Tor FUN. Logan drew himself up to