The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-10-09

(From an Old Print in MIR. Max Lans-
burghs Collection)
venge. | have sought it. have
killed many | have fully glutted my
vengeance. For my country ] re-
ioice at the beams of peace. But do
not harbor the thought that mine is
the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear.
He will not turn on his heel to save
his life. Who is there to mourn for
Logan? No one!"
Mr.. jefferson says: "That any
body questioned this speech was
never suspected by me till | saw
the letter of Mr.. Martin in n Balti-
Gen. Gibson was still living, and
knew that he had been the translator
of the speech. | wrote him immediate
ly. lie in answer declares to me
that he was the very person sent
by Lord Dunmore to the Indian
town; that, after he had delivered
his message there, Logan took him
out to n neighboring wood; sat
down with him, and rehearsing with
tears the catastrophe of his family,
gave him that speech for Lord Dun
more; that he carried it to Lord
Dunmore, translated it for him, has
turned to it in the encyclopaedia as
taken from the Notes of Virginia,
and finds that it was his translation
| had used, with only two or three
verbal variations of no Importance.
This establishes unquestionably that
the speech of Logan is genuine, and
that being established, it is Logan
himself who is author of all impor-
tant facts"
1t seems that Mr.. Jefferson was
accused of publishing an unwar-
ranted attack upon Col. Cresap, by
publishing the speech of Logan.
Concerning this Mr.. jefferson says
that, if he can find that an error
was made by Logan, he will dis
seminate that fact, but concludes:
eff | find that Logan was right in
his charge l will vindicate, as far
as my suffrage may go, the truth of
chief whose talents and misfor-
tunes have attached to him the re-
spect and commiseration of the
world"
Mr.. Jefferson then publishes let
ters and aiiidavits tending to com
pletely substantiate the genuineness
of the togan address. Hon. Judge
lnnes, of Frankfort, Ky, says: 81
recollect to have seen Logan's
speech in 1775. "He also saw the
war club which announced the be-
ginning of war. 1t was from Logan.
and began; capt. Cresap: What
did you kill my people on Yellow
creek for?"
The affidavit of Gen. John Gibson,
who received the Logan address aud
delivered it to Lord Dunmore, is
sworn to April 4, $500, at Pittsburg,
Pa, before Jen Barker a justice of
the peace. Gen. Gibson avows that
Capt. Cresap endeavored, with him,
to prevail upon marauding party of
white men to deSist from their pur-
pose to attack Indians on Yellow
greek. This eXonerates Capt. Cresap
from Logan's charge. He fixes the
authorship of the Logan address in
the following words:
"At the request Of Lord Dunmore this
deponent went in, and Logan, the Indian
came to where this deponent was sitting
with Cornstalk and other chiefs of Shaw
nees, and asked him to walk out with him.
That they went into a copse of wood and
sat down, when Logan, after shedding
abundance of tears, delivered him the
speech nearly as related by MIR. Jefferssl
In his Notes on Virginia; that this depor-
ent on his return to camp delivered the
speech to Lord Dunmore."
An extract of letter from Col.
Eben Zane is printed. Col. Zane tells
in detail of the disorders preceding
the murders, and concludes: 81 must
do Capt. Cresap the justice to ssy
that d! do not believe that he was
present at the killing of Indians at
Yellow creek"
There are other letters and aflidavbts
which all tend to incriminate Caps
Cresap, showing that he was in the
vicinity of the murders, which wsrs
committed by men under his COM
mand. But the authenticity of Lo-
gan's address is established, and thai
was Mr.. Jefferson's principal desire.
Accompanying the aged pamphlet
containing these interesting facts is
a crude map, indicating the locaRE
of the atrocious crime which caused
the deaths of so many innocent wlSse
people in war which concluded with
Logan's pathetically eloquent: "vho
is there to mourn for Logan? No
one!" SMITH d. FRY.