The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-12-15

them travelled alone in "a westerl,
direction until charmed by the beau
ty of the scene he pitched his ten
near the town of Stanford. at tn,
placed before named, and there bull
cabin.
During the same year he raised !,
small crop of corn and in the Fall
returned to Virginia and brought his
remaining slaves, number of rela
tives and friends and all of his
livestock. Leaving the stock in
charge of his attendants he, returned
for his family and arrived with them
March 8, 1776. Rendered desperate
by the settlement of the whites upon
their favOrite hunting grounds the
Indians swarmed through the
woods and lured behind every hid
ing place. After trying in vain to in
! duce the scattered settlers near
Crab Orchard to make IL rallying
point at his cabins. Logan found
safety for his loved ones in the fort
at HarrOdsburg. Insensible to fear, he
returned to his location. planted and
gathered his crops. and continued
his ciearin@>. His family returned
TO him in III by which time he
built his fort. which became the
place of refuge for all the neighbour
ing settlers.
On May 20. 1777, the fort was be-
Sieged by more than 100 Indians
and furiousIy attacked for several
weeks. The women of the fort. at
tended by small guard of men. were
outside the fort milking. on the
m"rnin" before the siege. Indians
fired from ambush KILN" one of the
men. m"rtally w"unding another. and
Il third. Harrison by Name, fell
wounded in sight Of his frantic wife.
Logan appealed I" the men in vain
to accompany him on u sally to res
cue the wounded comrude. and then
dashed out alone. placed the wound
cd man on his shoulders. and re-
turned with him safely to the fort
while the bullets whictled around
them. The defense Of the fort was
as vigorous as the attack until the
ammunition began to fail. None was
nearer than Virginia. but Lo"an'S
courage WAS equal to all emer"en-
"ieS. lmbuin" his men with his own
lofty spirit he left them under cover /
Of darkness and >hl,nnin" the orii- !
nary roads Went alone to Virginia. !
where ammunition was obtained !
which he left with some new follow
ers to he brought to him while he i
returned alone In haste to- the fort !
which, hes reached in ten. DAYS time.
from the time he left it. The re-
rruitS arrived in IL short while with !
the ammunition and the Indians
were dispersed for the time being
though they required ceaSele>S Wig
lance for some time to come
The Indians on one occasion fired !
on Logan from ambush. breaking .
his arm and w"undin" him III tie
breast They were so anxious to
take him alive and put him to death
|:y slow torture they rcfrainc,l from !;
killing him and their attempt Ia cap
ture him was almost >ucceSSful: ="
close was their pursuit one of the
Indians cot hold Of his horses tail.
Logan was ais" u number of times
Ihe commander Of large. forces
sent against Indians beyond tn,
confines Of the State. and proved IL
be Il military genius Of the highest
order.
Tie was not only Il success III mil;
larry. but also in civil life. He was il
number of times delegate from
Erntuckv T." the Virginia Le"i~la-
urc. was the magistrate who held
he first court i'm kentucky mt Har-
rO.lSbur". was sheriff of Lincoln
county. a member Of the first and
scrond constitutional conventions,
and several times a member of ire
Kentucky Legislature. Fle received Il
of votes i'm the electoral!
.olleor. which selected the second
governor of kentucky. but was de
nivcd of the electiun by unfair
means. FL. removed from Lincoln to
Shelby county where he died in 1902
vt the age of so years, havin"
ALLEN from his horse in I'm apOplec-
IT, fit. His grave is in Shelby coun-
v.
Another one of our famous pi"-
leers was William Whitley who was
'orn in Rockbridgc county. Virginia.
n 1749. and there married +" E>- ;
her Fuller in 17715. OF him Thc"- ,
arc Roosevelt. in his work entitled I
The Winning of the West says:
Gone of the best known Indian
lighters in Kentucky was William
Whitley who lived at Walnut Flat
ONE five miles from Crab Orchard.
Re had come to Kentucky soon after =.
IS settlement and by his energy and -.
hility had acquired leadership. He