. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . d-skins; on one side only thereare none—it is the brink of a precipice, one hundred and fifty feetabove the river. A moment he halts j the Indians have not fireda shot, and he knows, only too well, what that means ; choosingto be dashed to pieces on the rocky banks of Wheeling Creek,rather than to undergo the tortures which await him, he driveshis spurs into his horse, and the noble animal, as though appre-ciating the alternative, leaps into the yawning gulf. Down, down,one-half the distance, before the echoes of the triumphant shouts JOE LOaSTON.
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . d-skins; on one side only thereare none—it is the brink of a precipice, one hundred and fifty feetabove the river. A moment he halts j the Indians have not fireda shot, and he knows, only too well, what that means ; choosingto be dashed to pieces on the rocky banks of Wheeling Creek,rather than to undergo the tortures which await him, he driveshis spurs into his horse, and the noble animal, as though appre-ciating the alternative, leaps into the yawning gulf. Down, down,one-half the distance, before the echoes of the triumphant shouts JOE LOaSTON. 265 3fihe Indians died away; and the horses hoofs at last strike thesmooth face of the rock, and, sliding and scrambling, steed andrider roll into the stream below. Only his own shout of triumphnow breaks the stillness as he recovers himself and reaches thefarther shore, for the savages stand awe-struck at the heroic dar-ing of the man who has escaped them. Eeturning to the siege,they found that Major McCulloch was not the only brave white. Mccullochs leap. man alive, for the fort was so obstinately defended that theywere soon forced to retreat from a bootless attack. A SLIPPERY ANTAGONIST. Of all the mountaineers of early Kentucky, Big Joe Logs-ton was one of the largest and strongest, if indeed he did notstand first in these respects. Raised among the Alleghenies, hefound, like many another pioneer, that he had not elbo\^-room,with neighbors only five or six miles away; and when they cameeven nearer than that, he picked up his few rude belongingsand sought the banks of Barren Eiver, where only the rovingIndians would be his neighbors. Of these, however, he had nofear; indeed, he had none in his heart for any created being. 266 JOE LOGSTON. He had not been there long, before the Cherokees began theirinroads upon the settlements. Warning was given that the sav-ages would soon be upon them, and much against his will, Joewas persuaded to take shelter within a stockade. Not for
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