West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
M,CORMICK 1 CO. Wells St, Opposite Tyler County Bans

say that 1t was unw'rth:iy be-
tstoweC?
IT'S sorrowful indeed, 'ha' this.so
called, "atrocious al" of David
Morgan, Levi Mcrgan's cousin,
should be so shocking to the { femi.
nate Mr.. Fluharty. The Modern
Herodotus" knowingly cocfounds
the "atrocious act" of David Nor
gan with the deeds OF Levi Mors IAN,
simply to degrade the latter, hui
this il no degradation, except N
the eyes of a ">quaw man"
| II is true David Morgan killed
a. d skinned an Irdian. The shot
pouch and satdle girth are In
possession OF one Of the Morgan
families residing on Big Fishing
creek, where they are kept as proud
me mentoes OF the pristine valor OF
their ancestors. Before Mr. Flu
marty makes such an unwarranted
attack upon David and Levi Nor
gan, he should remember that
those times were far different from
the present. Let him contrast
The pleasures of the modern
bone with the hardshtps OF
the hardy pioneer. Had MI
F:uharty manifested the same spirit
while In Morgan's place, as he does
now, he either would have become
a co-partner of Simon Girty, or his
bloody scalp would have decorated
the belt of some dusky warrior.
The majority of the people did
not, and do not yet, regard the
SHINING of an Indian so atrocious
an act as does Mr. Fluharty. If so,
why did they erect monument to
commemorate this deed? There IS
monument erected to David Nor
gan, at Rivesville, w. Va, which
commemorate this 50 called "atro'
cious act" of the envi,us Mr.. Flu
harty. Also his two sons were
hopored. One was appointed war
den of the Virginia penitentiary at
Richmond, Va, the other was
elected.to congress two terms.
Prcfting by the example OF
others, shall make no futile at
tempt to write poetry In Difference
of either David or Levi Morgan.
Just a plain statement of the fact
! Is sufficient to couuteract the poetry
or rather doggerel, of their malig
ners All poets have some passion,
which inspires them to write
poetry In Mr.. Ftuharty 1t IS
plainly seen, and may be easily ex'
pressed by that oft-repeated quota
ton with slight alteratlans) from
Whittier:
"Of all sad words of Fluharty's
pen,
The sadest are these: 1t wasn't
him.
Mr.. Fluharty must understand
that this monument to Levi Nor
gan was not erected to him In hon.
or of the Indians be killed, but In
honor of the white people his BRAY
cry and vigilance saved from the
cru tiles of savage barbarlty. For
the protection ::of effeminate men,
who were either at some home
"fddlln," or out on the hillside
"diggin' sang" while he was either
at THE forts exposing himself
to the horrors of Indian deception,
or engaged In some bloody skirm-
ish with the willy foe In some dis
tant forest Singular enough the
descendants of those whom the
valor and daring of Levi Morgan
saved from the cruel tortures of
heartless savages. are the first to be
the malingers aud traducers Of his
honored name.
But when the Indians shall have
become extinct, when the maligners
and traducers have passed to meet
their hayed brethren, the monu-
ment will forever stand to sing the
silent praise OF the Valiant Levi
Morgan.
ONE OF THE MoRGANs.