West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
Aim Straight for Us in Our New Quarters

Morgan proposed to test the owner
ship by friendly race. The In
dian being beaten, rubbed his hands
and said: "St1f, stiff; too old, too
DID," WELL" said Morgan, You
got the gun by running me then, and
| I should have it for outrunning you
now," and accordingly took 1t.
1.-THE ear 1872 Morgan with a
company OF Is men m'de an expo
dition against the Iroquois Indians
on the Musklngum river: The In
dian will ge numbered aboul 500
baaves and quite number OF
squaws and children. Morgan LED
the attack against the village. which
together with large quantity of
corn was burned to the ground. Al
the time of the attack, the Indians
were on a hunting expedition, but
returned two hours after MOI an
left to find their Wigwams Ia ash 5.
The result of this expedition ca
hardly be er-estimated. for It be-
Ing too late to lalse another crop
of corn the Indians were sarlly
compelled to move to another IL
dian village farther west
| In the year 1891, Gen. Arthur ST..
Clair. who had won high donors
during the Revolutionary War. was
appointed by Washington to com
mand the army of the north west
of about 1000 men. Capt. Levi
Morgan was appointed to command
the Virginia volunteers. In No
vember of that year Gen. St. Clair
met the Indians and was defeated
with the overwhelming loss of $50
killed and 24o wounded. On the
evening of November 8, 1891, the
army reached a point near the
great Mama village, and Morgan,
with a few daring companions was
detailed to spy out the movements
of the savages. They reported
that there were thousands of the
Indians concealed In the woods
nearby. Gen. st. Clair drew up
his army into a hollow square, In
which the army bivouacked for the
night. At sunrise the enemy made
a desperate attack upon the rear of
st. Clair's army. The regulars and
the Virginia volunteers, under their
heroic captain, bravely stood their
ground, but the raw recruits rushed
through the regulars to the center
of che camp. This cowardly con-
duct upon the part of the militia
threw the regulars into confusion
for awhile, which gave the enemy a
decided advantage. Morgan, with
his brave Virgin ans, rallied and no
doubt saved the army from annihi
lation. The conduct of Morgan at
this time could not be more acct
rately or beautifully described, than
In the speech of Col. Robt. White,
at the unwilling of the monument,
who speaking In eu1ogistic terms,
said: Words are inadequate to de-
scribe the valor of Morgan then.
AS firm as statue he stood, deal
Ing with his strong right arm death
blows to the foe His stentorian
voice rang out above the din
CT battle, and animated his
men to deeds of noble daring.
Streams of blood, fed by
thousands of fresh opened veins,
flowed around him and were drunk
by the virgin soil. The tabled God
of war, the mighty Mars, upon his
awful throne smiled to see theKing
of Terrors reap so rich a harvest
The dark deniz4ns Of the forest
had surrounded the struggling
band. Continued resistance was but
suicide. Morgan cast a hurried
glance of his eagle eye along the
dusky line around him, and observ-
ing portion of 1t to be slightly
weak he ordered the survivors oil
his company to concentrate volley
upon 1t. The effect was instantan.
eous. A way was ope ned through
which he and his companions hast
lily passed, followed by the regulars
charging right and left, to maintain
way for the panic stricken militia
A hasty retreat followed, with Nor
gan and the rihemen In the rear
fighting, from tree to tree, to hold
the Indians at bay, so as to protect
the weak and disabled. The saw.
ages soon turned back to gather the
trophies of the battlefield. Morgan
had come out of the battle un-
scratched, Notwithstanding eight
bulletS had pierced his uniform