Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ^you speak kind to him—I am thatpoor Indian;—now go home. Having said this, hebade him farewell, and the man joyfully returned tohis own home. The town of Wheeling, like many of our earlyPennsylvanian settlements, has suffered several at-tacks from the Indians. On one of these occasions,the house of Colonel Zane, outside the principal fort,contained a supply of ammunition, and was garrisoned
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ^you speak kind to him—I am thatpoor Indian;—now go home. Having said this, hebade him farewell, and the man joyfully returned tohis own home. The town of Wheeling, like many of our earlyPennsylvanian settlements, has suffered several at-tacks from the Indians. On one of these occasions,the house of Colonel Zane, outside the principal fort,contained a supply of ammunition, and was garrisonedby seven or eight persons, male and female, besidesthe colonels family. Before firing, the Indians de-manded a surrender of the house. They were answeredby a volley of musketry. The attack and defencewere maintained till night, when the assailants at-tempted to fire the house. One of them, crawlingwith a brand toward the kitchen, was driven awayby a shot from a black man. At this moment a smallboat, loaded with cannon-balls, and steered by oneman, approached the fort. The savages poured fortha volley of balls against him, and rushed to seize theboat. He gained the fort with a wound, leaving the. DARING FEAT OF A GIRL. 75 whole cargo in possession of the Indians. With acannon they could now have battered house and fortto pieces; and aware of this, they procured a hollowlog, twisted chains around it, and rammed in a heavycharge. This ingenious piece of ordnance blew intoa thousand pieces with the first discharge, killingseveral, wounding more, and throwing the survivorsinto a state of mingled terror and astonishment. In a little time they renewed the assault on thehouse, but were driven back. But the ammunitionof the garrison was fast failing, and it was proposedthat some one should sally to the fort for a the volunteers to this bold attempt, was ayoung sister of Colonel Zane, who had recently re-turned from a boarding-school in Philadelphia. Whenreminded that a
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