A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . m^ CLARKES MARCH TO VINCENNES. an d theirpreachers tolove andhonor theking, but todefend theirrights if everthe Englishcrow n de-nied them. Above all, they were taught their duty toGod, to tell the truth, to respect and protect women, andto fear no man; and it is no wonder that they succeededagainst such heavy odds. The women were as brave andas self-sacrificing as the men, and young and old alikedid their part, Elizabeth Zane.—Among the names remembered in thehistory of the border is that of Elizabeth Zane. The gov-ernor of Canada sent
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . m^ CLARKES MARCH TO VINCENNES. an d theirpreachers tolove andhonor theking, but todefend theirrights if everthe Englishcrow n de-nied them. Above all, they were taught their duty toGod, to tell the truth, to respect and protect women, andto fear no man; and it is no wonder that they succeededagainst such heavy odds. The women were as brave andas self-sacrificing as the men, and young and old alikedid their part, Elizabeth Zane.—Among the names remembered in thehistory of the border is that of Elizabeth Zane. The gov-ernor of Canada sent a band of Indians to surprise andmurder the people at Wheeling. The settlers managed toreach the fort, and fought till their powder was Zane, a young girl, volunteered to go for powder,and succeeded, though under fire of the Indians, in bring- History of Virginia and Virginians. 141 ing a keg of gunpowder into the fort, which was saved byher heroism. QUESTIONS. 1. When Dunmore fled, what kind of government did the Virginiansadopt
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