The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-10

shooting and his knowledge OF ma
ture. All the while, however. he was
watched day and night In March nc
was taken to Detroit With those whites
who had not been adopted into the
tribe. The Indians wanted to collect
the bounty from the "hair-buyer" on
all of them but Boone, Almost daily
the Indians put Boone's companions
to some form of torture. usually maxi
ing them run the gantlet He had
run the gantlet several times early
in his captivity, but after his adop-
ton by Black Fish this ended. Run
Mug the gantlet generally meant pain
full wounds to the victim, the Indians
beating the unfortunate white with
clubs or jabbing him with knife or
tomahawk.
Governor Hamilton paid lot OF at
tention to Boone. who had an old COM
mission from Lord Dunmore as cap
tain of the militia. Hamilton when
he saw the document and heard the
good reports of Black Fish, sought 10
ransom Boone for $780, but Black
! Fish refused to give up his son"
Then Hamilton gave horse and a lot
of supplies to Boone and babe him re-
member his duty to King George.
| Back TO the Indian town went
Boone and Black Fish. The Indians
! We're preparing for summer raid
Oh Booncsborough. They are slow
movers, however, unless they are
fleeing. and It was we'll along in
4 June before they had their plans ma
] turcd. Meanwhile Boone was ever
looking for a chance to escape. On
! June 16 the opportunity came. -Four
days later nc was In Boonesborough,
| 100 miles away
His wife. giving him up for dead,
! had returned East, and many Of the
settlers had fled, but Boone rallied
/ the others to meet the Shawnee at
ack, which he knew would come soon
| When the Shawnees arrived their
force consisted OF 400 braves. and
with them We're Wyandottes. Chero-
KEGS, Delawares and Mngos, and about
forty French Canadians
The Siege.
There was a parley before the at
tack. Black Fish reproached Boone
bitterly for his unfillal conduct and
begged him to return to his Wig
wan. The old Indian had real al
lection for his adopted SON
The Siege OF Boonesborough was
one of the most stubborn in border
warfare. For ten days the Indians
kept up the struggle The fort was
badly planned, nearby woods afford
ing plenty of cover for an attacking
force, Only the constant rains saved
1t from being burned the wood be-
Ing too wet to burn when the Indians,
in their night attacks, applied the
torch. The women did almost as much
.. for the defense Of the feEt as the men.
Every artifice known to the Indians
and every scneme that could be sug-
gested by the French Canadians was
tried without avail. at the end OF ten
days the Indians in despair suddenly
: departed They left thirty-seven
dead, How many moro were killed and
wounded Is not known, In the fort
Were sixty persons, but only forty
We're capable of bearing arms. Re-
markable to relate Boone lost only
two killed and four wounded,
The siege of Boonesborough ha,
. taken its place as Western classic
Rarely have Indians maintained a
= Siege SO long. Rarely have whites
maintained so stubborn defense with
SO little loss.
Never did the Indians attack Boones-
borough again. That one tragedy was
too costly ever to he forgotten.
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