Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . in the following entry of a case tried ata called court held in Jefferson county, Kentucky, August10, 1785, which resulted in a sentence which would nowjustly be considered cruel and wholly unjustifiable. On the21 st day of October, 1786, negro Tom, a slave, the propertyof Robert Daniel, was condemned to death for stealingtwo and three-fourths yards of cambric and some ribbonand thread, the property of James Patten.* In the oldgrave-yard in Louisville which is on Jefferson street, be-tween S
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . in the following entry of a case tried ata called court held in Jefferson county, Kentucky, August10, 1785, which resulted in a sentence which would nowjustly be considered cruel and wholly unjustifiable. On the21 st day of October, 1786, negro Tom, a slave, the propertyof Robert Daniel, was condemned to death for stealingtwo and three-fourths yards of cambric and some ribbonand thread, the property of James Patten.* In the oldgrave-yard in Louisville which is on Jefferson street, be-tween Sixteenth and Eighteeth streets, James Patten wasburied and his grave is marked with a stone monumentbearing this inscription: Captain James Patten,Born Oct. 12, 1748,Died Dec. 29, 1S15. A son and daughter, at least, survived him as shown by therecords of their deaths on the same monument. RICHARD CHENOWITH. Richard Chenowith, whose name heads the list, is thesame who, in the summer //^~) /?/ of 1782, built a stone /^(J/X~ ~Z^-**o *Collinss Kentucky, Vol. 2, p. 372. 148 MASSACRE AT CHEXOWITHS RUINS OF CHENOWITH S OLD FORT. house some distance above the falls, which was occasionally used as afort, and isin part stillstan some-times livedwith hisfamily in acabin out-side of thefort, and atthe time the terrible Indian massacre occurred there he had two visitorsnamed Rose and Bay less. About dusk one evening in midsummer, while this lit-tle family were talking over the past at their evening meal,they were suddenly surprised by sixteen Indians, belong-ing to the tribe of the Shawnees, suddenly opening thedoor and rushing in. Rose, being nearest the entrance-way, jumped behind the door as soon as it was swungopen, and in the dreadful excitement which followed passedout undiscovered and effected an escape. Bayless was notkilled outright and was burned at the stake at the spring-house, just a few feet distant. The old man was woundedand his daughter, Millie, tomahawked in
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