. Indian history for young folks . ling the trigger, the gunwas discharged, and the tomahawk fell at the same moment, The firstblow was not fatal, and the savage attempted to rise, but fresh blows, vig-orously plied by the young hero, soon brought him down again. Leaving their captors dead, the boys joyfully set off for home, wherethey arrived at early dawn. As they entered they heard the plaintivevoice of their mother bewailing their fate, and exclaiming: Poor little fellows, they are killed or taken prisoners! No! they shouted, as they rushed into her arms; here we are,mother, safe and sound
. Indian history for young folks . ling the trigger, the gunwas discharged, and the tomahawk fell at the same moment, The firstblow was not fatal, and the savage attempted to rise, but fresh blows, vig-orously plied by the young hero, soon brought him down again. Leaving their captors dead, the boys joyfully set off for home, wherethey arrived at early dawn. As they entered they heard the plaintivevoice of their mother bewailing their fate, and exclaiming: Poor little fellows, they are killed or taken prisoners! No! they shouted, as they rushed into her arms; here we are,mother, safe and sound ! XV. WARS WITH THE WESTERN INDIANS (1789-95). war of the Revolution was no sooner ended than the attention ofgreat numbers of enterprising men was again turned to the settle-ment of the fertile regions west of the Alleghanies. The vast domain out of which the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,Michigan, and Wisconsin have since been formed was organized as theNorth-western Territory, by virtue of an ordinance of Congress in C A . MAI OF Till-: .\OKTII-\VKSTKKN TERRITORY. In the following year, Marietta, Ohio, was settled by emigrants from NewEngland, and a stockade fort was erected as a protection against the Indi-ans. Settlements were soon afterwards beun at Columbia and at Cincin- INDIAN HISTORY FOR YoiNc FOLKS. nati, where Fort Washington \vas built in 170, and within two yearstwenty thousand people had established themselves in Ohio. This territory, it must be borne in mind, had, by the ordinance of1787, been continued to the Indians forever,11 and its establishment
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