Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic . nder the taunt of cowardice which hadbeen flung at him the day before when he had suggestedw^aiting for Logan, suddenly broke up the council, aftermuch bickering, by turning his horse to the ford of theriver and dashing across it shouting, Let all who arenot cowards follow me! It was one of those foolish appeals which always pro-duce disaster and the consequences of which are usuallyterrible. Large parties of the men immediately brokeafter McGary and the wiser and older of^
Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic . nder the taunt of cowardice which hadbeen flung at him the day before when he had suggestedw^aiting for Logan, suddenly broke up the council, aftermuch bickering, by turning his horse to the ford of theriver and dashing across it shouting, Let all who arenot cowards follow me! It was one of those foolish appeals which always pro-duce disaster and the consequences of which are usuallyterrible. Large parties of the men immediately brokeafter McGary and the wiser and older of^cers foundthemselves committed to a course of action entirely atvariance with their knowledge and experience. McGaryought to have been shot by someone before he enteredthe river, but the authority of the officers was of a very in-definite character. The men were all equals and theyobeyed just about as it pleased them, or nearly was nothing for Boone, the Todd brothers, Trigg,Harlan, and the rest, to do but follow and endeavor torestore such order as they could in the mob into whichtheir men had The Greatest of the Pioneers 143 The force passed the river unmolested, and advancedup the broad buffalo trail toward the top of the semblance of order was restored as they pro-gressed. McGary led the advance party of twenty-fivemen, Trigg took command of the right, Boone of theleft, and Todd of the centre. Preferring to fight on foota majority of the troops dismounted and left their horseson the bank. The bare ridge was about three hundredand fifty feet long and the thin attenuated line barelycovered it. As they approached the top a rifle shot rangout, followed by a stunning volley. Of the twenty-fivemen in the advance twenty-three were instantly shotdown, McGary being one of the two who escaped. Fatemust have been asleep at that moment, for if ever a mandeserved death it was he. Following the first volley the Canadians appeared inforce on the ridge, wh
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