The Frankfort roundabout., 1904-01-09

Among these were the Boones. the
Callowavs, the Gists, the Stewarts,
the Finleys, and many others who
built the first hunters camps and
made the first explorations i'm the
Transylvania wilderness. From
the great evangelic work of Gano,
it is explained to us why so large
per centage of the pioneers and
preachers who early immigrated to
Kentucky were of the Baptist faith,
coming from Virginia and North
Carolina.
The Cherokee Indians were hos
! tile at this time, and the Yadkin
settlement was in continued dam
gers of attack. In measures of de-
fense, Rev. Gano was commissioned
a captain by the governors and held
himself ready for military service.
Feeling that he had accomplished
the main work of his mission. he
returned, with his family, to New
York. early in 1850.
/ The church prospered and grew
to over two hundred members,
under Rev. Gano's ministry i'm New
York, to the opening events of the
Revolutionary War. He says:
"The war now coming on, obliged
! the brethren to separate, and many
removed from the city, in every
! direction throughout the Union. /
removed NV family over into Con-
necticut The British fleet were in
the narrows, and part of their
troops were landing on Long and
Staten Islands. The enemy's ship
ping took possession Of North and
East rivers, and proceeded to land
their troops. | was obliged to re-
tire precipitately, to our camp.
Our army fell hack to Harlem
Heights. From thence, skirmish-
ing as we fell back, we retreated to
Kings Bridge, in Westchester,
! leaving q garrison of fifteen hum
dred men in Fort Washington,
whom the British captured. We
next fell back to White Plains,
where General WASHINGTON had his
main army. Here a severe, but in
decisive battle was fought by about
one-third of the armies on either
side" In this, his first battle,
Gano, instead of remaining in the
rear with the surgeons staff, the
! place for the chaplain, found him
self in the hottest of the fray, in
front of his regiment, fighting and
rallying the soldiers like one of the
ward predicament of parson, he
modestly says: "I burst not quit
nv place, for fear of damping the
spirit of the soldiers by setting q
bad example," He expresses the
opinion that this had good effect
on the men, and was, perhaps, the
means of converting some of them
to religion afterwards. But the
martial spirit animated Gano in
| soldering or in preaching. BY
singular coincidence, he repeated
this awkward first experience of
getting in front of his regiment,
and forgetting danger in the hottest
of the fighting, in pretty much
every battle in which lie vas en-
gagged during the war, until he be-
came known as "the fighting chap
lain OF the armv."
Rev. Gano followed the fortunes
of WashingtOn's army to the men,
orable crossing of the Delaware,
the capture of the Hessions, the
battle of Princeton, and the en-
trance into winter quarters. AS lie
was ever in front in the hour Of
battle, so was he ever jealous in
camp, preaching and conducting
'ligiOus services as occasion re-
quired, ministering to the sick and
wounded, and caring for all in tenn
poral ms we'll as spiritual needs. Of
warm impulses and genial address,
he became q favOrite with Washing
ton and his officers, who often sat
i'm the audiences to whom he
preached with earnest eloquence,
as well as favOrite with the en-
tire army.
The term of service of his regi-
ment having expired, GanO re-en-
listed, and was transferred to the
Northern army above New York,
at Forts Montgomery and Clinton.
having been appointed chaplain of
the brigade under General Clinton,
confirmed by Congress. Both forts
were stOrmed and carried by the
British. but with heavy losses 10
themselves. Gano followed the
fortunes of this campaign, until at
rhe siege and battle Of Saratoga,
the entire English army, under
Burgoyne, was compelled to sur
render to the American army.
under Gates. The main British
forces north of Pennsylvania being
disposed of, the commands of Gen.
erals Clinton, MaXfield and Banis,
under General Sullivan, were led
against their Indian allies, the Mo-
hawk nations Of western New York,
who had greatly harrassed the bor-
der settlers. The savages were
severely punished. and their viii
lages and crops destroyed. Vir-
ginia and the southern colonies
had become the theatre of military
operations, and Sullivan's and Clin-
toms commands were directed
sonthward. Washington began