The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
The Sunday Dispatcl,l

GINA. The Sunday Times Dspatch
In 1774 the Governor Of Virginia was Lord Dunmore-
Many settlers had by this time pushed their way the
Allegheny Mountains and had their eyes turned Kcn
lucky but yet county had been organized west OF the
Alcglanes The Indians along the Ohio River fearing that
they would lose their lands, against the whites burned
many settlements and killed the settlers. retaliation
Of the frontieren had attacked and killed the entire family
Of an Indian chief named Logan This brought general
along the frontier Lord Dunmoe at once prepared
to defend the western settlements.
Andrew Lewis appointed general, forth
with he raised force OF eleven hundred chiefly from A
gusta Boetourt Culpcper and Bedford counties These
bold brave frontiesncn "Thcy nged hunting.
shirts dyed yellow white brown and even red Quantity carved
otbags and powderorns hung from their broad belts They
had fur caps soft hats moccasns and wooden leg.
gins reaching half way the thigh Each carried his lnt
lock, his tomahawk and scalping- knife"
With such men Lewis marched from Lewisb1rg in what
is Geenbrcr county hundred sixty miles through
the wilderness the uncure of the Ohio the Kanawa
Rivers and took up his position point Of land between
the rivers known Point Pleasant Here he expected be
joined by Lord Dunmore, who commanded army raised
i'll Frederick and the adjoining counties in Northern Virginia
Dunmore did arrive but to Lewis that he
had attack the Shawnee the Ohio and
ordered Lewis the and Join him. Before Lcwa
could obey he attacked by Indian leader Constak
with two thousand The battle fierce and bloody
struggle and sort OF single handed combat The fights
ing range Each man himself be-
pccted to gain the victory but the ronersmen under Andrew
Lewis too valiant for their enemy When the savaes
began to the voice OF Consak could be heard above
the din Of battle calling to his warriors BE strong Be
song After desperate resistance the Indians broke and
fled The victory decisive. but expensive "The
loss OF the Virgnans heavy Two coones seven cap
tans three lieuenants and seventive killed and
hundred and forty wounded Out of every five
was dead wounded The Indians lost heavily.
and again able the Nrgnians the
side Of the Ohio in open battle
We suppose, however, that there In
dian raids from time to time These occurred frequently,
the head OF his bed he slept not knowing what me
Indians might attack The women well the men,
often engaged warfare against the Indians Such
Mad Ann, Of Allegheny county, the wife of John Bailey,
soldier killed the battle of Point Pleasant. She went
about dressed in woman's skirt and mans coat rifle
her shoulder and omaawk and butcher knife in her belt
She could climb the steepest mountain whether severe
winter hot She often left home and no knew
her whereabouts and when she she always brought
the scaps Of Indians Sometimes she engaged in hand
to-and fights with the Indians. She lived to be very old
woman and died in 1896 almost within the memory Of our
fathers Her story but indication of the rough pioneer
life before and after the OF the Revolution. With the
OF Point Pleasant open warfare with the Indians
end settlers like Mad Ann often had hunt
their enemy they would hunt wolves
is wonderful to recahow quickly the population moved
westward in Virginia In 1910, far know there
white settler beyond the Blue Ridge and yet in sixty
five years than oneird Of the white population OF Vr