The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07

ARKSBITR CT
He collected recruits: and organized
I his expedition ut the falls Of the Ohio,
nov L.o,,isyilI ~, and after Incredible
4 hardships was successful IN captur-s
y ing Kaskaskia and Eincennes, and
with the latter Fort Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hamilton OF Canada known
\ among the frontiers1nen as the hair
II buyer sa3
Clark was promoted To- brig adier
general and was prominent on the
frontier In the q Indian troubles, and
y all that rich domain northwest OF the
u Ohio was secured to the republic at
4 the peace with Great britain In L7S3
II in consequence or his energy. capaIi
\ city and. proMress,
is laser- years were spent in p0v-
erty and seclusion and unfortunately
n his social habits we're none of the
hest. ss s
He died February is. 1878 at Lo-
cnst Grove louisville and was
buried at CareaIIill in the suburbs OF
that city. The town Of Clarksburg
WIS named IN his honor.
Lord DUnmnre. +
u John Murray the earl of Dunmore,
4 was the last royal governor OF the
Il colony Virginia E1e was born in
n TI32. appointed sorernn or Of View y ork
Il in 40 and of Virginia III IN and
4 arrived in WILLIAMSBURG earlyain the
year ITII2
slt was shisa misfortune to succeed
i5IS ord Bnttl etourt as governor. who
was VERY popuIa mi I'll til Ell coIonists
and who at hissdea til named a county
after him and erected 4 statue to his
memory III front Of William and Mary
college. Il. .-...5
Dunmore was abrupt in manner. in
a tensely loyal TO his king and deter
4 mined to crush any spirit OF independ-s
5.ence exhibited by the colonists and rs
q ruler was exceedingly unpopular.
On the contrary the Countess OF
II Dunmol-e and her family were receiv-
Il ed with every mark OF courtesy. and
respectupo heir arrival in Williams
burg, the town being illuminated in:
their honor and the house of burgess
5fses giving a ball at the apitol to wel-.
come them to Virginia.
Dunmore in 1T7174 organized an ex-.
2Spedition against the western Indians
lin the Ohio country one column UNI
der General Andrew Lewis moved
II down the Big Kanawlla and fought
the battle Of Point Pleasant with
II the Indians under Cornstalk.
II The other column under the gtv-5
II ernor moved by way of Pittsbu.g5
down the Ohio and thence to the
III Shawnee towns on the Sciota near
NJ the present town of Chillicothe. He.
n made Il treaty Of peace with the In
ldians and returned to WILLIAMSBURG
II This war in history is known as Dun
mOrets war
Il The dissatisfaction of the colonies
Il was now rapidly ripening into rcyol'l-
a tion and to carry out systematic
4 plan to disarm the people, Duampre
II on the nlornin 81 of April 2D. il7sf5, Gus
ed the powuer IN the publie magazine
u at williamsburg to rbe removed TO a
It British 1llan-of-waI lying sin James
II river This created great excitement
II and the country rose in arms and
y marched on the capitol The COVER
Inor's family We're hurried On board a
III warship, the 81" FoWey,''t to- be follow
ed by the governor early in June.
n e burned Norfolk and committed
Eother depredations along the co ass
land sailed AWAIT to Eng land III e was
sIappointed governor OF the Bermuda
islands in 1856 and died IN England
4tineds09. 5is5
lit
n .tsz DunmOre, 55 which in "a az s. Was
chan edssto Shenandoah
Elias Hughes.
q ELIAS Hu ghes was born on the south
y branch OF the Potomac. his BIRTH oc-
\ touring sometime before Brad docks
i defeat in 1864.
1. He firstsappears on the public stage
II as a soldier anticipating in thu bat
\ tile or Point Pleasant in "A. in
v which he took an active part. II G sSas
If the last survivor of that conflict ar.
lived seventy Years after twas.
Ii fought. g;' 7sSs
lie next appears in Harrison comfy
II where for many years. he EMas 5vtt---
Il gagged as scout, tching tn FL i n Ian
\ war parties and giving notices of til cir
Il approach to the settlers of the Mo-
II nonga valley, and in thi taplcfIy
\ he was OF great service to the frln--s
sitter by his activity and 5knoWl I'll . II
II Indian warfare III
He #pre-empt pied 100! acres of land in
II 1910 on he West Fork II liver near the
mouth Of Hac ker's creek.
n Hughes n ather. and others Of his
kindred, and q young lady to whom
The was much attached were murder
" barity made him ever after that an IN
I Erelentlnss and smerclless enemy OF the
. Indian race and he never spared one
-Hof them when, opportunity occurred.
The Indian troubles having ceased
s3iby the treaty at Greenville in lI95,
N ughes'ss services not being longer
he entered into the employ
! tment as hun ter for a party OF sur
-xeyors IN Ohio. probably under the
fldlrection of John G. Jackson, deputy
y surveyor under Rufus Putnam, sur
y syeyor for. the United States govern
llmerlt.