The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
For Years sachem of the cayuaas
He Lived In the Juniata Valley
Where He Was Friend of
White Men.
From the Baltimore sun.

AfesAN u iiAS lit, IllS nature was EN-
FILTERED and changed by a series of
atrocities committed against him by
whites, and he ended his days the white
mans bitterest, most hated, and most
feared enemy.
Logan today is remembered chiefly
by the little speech In which. toward
the close of his life, he expressed his
sense of the ill-treatment he had re-
ceived at the hands of the whites.
This speech, not longer than the
Gettysburg address, and as moving and
beautiful, is included in almost all
third readers, and it has been ranked
by Thomas Jefferson, who made a study
of the Worid,s masterpieces of foratory,
as unexcelled in its own peculiar vein
in the worlds history.
Read and Wrote English.
The accounts of the early life of
Logan are not ample. Only his later
terrible exploits against the whites and
his one little outburst Of speech re-
ferred to when peace was being pro-
posed to him, are remembered
His father was Chikellimus a great
chleftain in the Iroquois federation Of
the six tribes who lived on the shores
of Lake Cayuga, in the present New
York state,
William Penn, the founder of Pennsylva-
MIA, and James Logan, an intimate friend
OF Penn, for whom the Loganian library
in Philadelphia is named.
The boy Logan was born about 1715 in
his fathers wigwam by Lake Cayuga.
He grew up in the Cayuga country. His
fathers white friends became his friends.
and he made white friends for himself
There was peace between the white
men and the red at this time, and Logan
was as much an inmate of the homes of
the whites as he was of those of his own
race. He acquired white manners and a
love of the whites. He was taught to
write and read English, and he spoke It
f1uently.
During his boyhood It is said that Lo-
gan was of exceptional physical strength
and beauty. He could outrun all of the
white youths with whom he came in con-
tact, and he was noted for his grace and
personal charm. He was given his Eng
lish, name in honor of his fathers friend,
James Logan. !
After he had grown. to manhood Logan
married Shawnee woman and settled in
the valley of the TJuniata. His father
died and he became a sachem In his
place. His friendship for the whites con-
tinued. ~
He spent many happy years there He
took no part In the French and Indian
wars against the English or in the Pom
tiac conspiracy of 1850, though he was
urged by all of the Indians to take part
in this.
He steadfastly threw all of his influence
in favor of peace with the whites. Then
came the blow which awoke all of the
savage In him.
Massacre Of His Relatives.
Active hostilities broke out between the
English and the Indians in western Penn
sylvania and on the Ohio river in the
region where Logan lived. There had
been a snioldering flame between the
two, and nows 1t broke out actively.
Logan's family and small band Of
warriors went one day to a trading post
kept by man named Greenhouse. and
here they were piled with liquor and.
while Intoxicated were butchered by
Greathouse and two othe.. white men.
In all the history Of the dealings of the
white men with the red there Is no record
of an act more treacherous or more
heartless than this. 1t seems to have
been pure cold-blooded purposeless. wan
ton murder for the sake of murder. The
Indians were on a peaceful mission, and
1t was a common thing for Indians to
trade this way. The party was known to
be of the kin of Logan.
When the news reached Logan he be-
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