Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . THE BULLY FELL HEAVILY FORWARD, SHOTTHROUGH THE BRAIN, A RACE FOR LIFE. 335 The verdict of the jury who sat upon the case, was justifiablehomicide—and the blue-eyed stranger resumed his journey as ifnothing had happened. Would you know who he is ? If we named him, we should nameone who now holds a high official position; and for many reasons weprefer he should be known only by those who are already cognizantof the incident we have re
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . THE BULLY FELL HEAVILY FORWARD, SHOTTHROUGH THE BRAIN, A RACE FOR LIFE. 335 The verdict of the jury who sat upon the case, was justifiablehomicide—and the blue-eyed stranger resumed his journey as ifnothing had happened. Would you know who he is ? If we named him, we should nameone who now holds a high official position; and for many reasons weprefer he should be known only by those who are already cognizantof the incident we have recorded. A EACE FOR LIFE. Among the members of that celebrated rifle corps, which was com-posed of such splendid material, and commanded by Daniel Morgan,was a man by thename of Elerson,who, in deeds ofdaring and intre-pidity, was almost a. ELERSOXS GREAT TWENTY-FIVE MILE RACE. match for J\itti-pI^Y ^^ose frequent companion he w^as when on anexpedition against theii* ^^^ual enemies, the tories, red-coats, andIndians. Quick of percept^*^^ I^pi^l in his conclusions and his 336 A RACE FOR LIFE. actions, light of foot, and brave as a lion, he was an enemy whomthe Indians feared, and a friend whom all ranked as second only tothe renowned Murphy himself. The corps to which these celebrated marksmen belonged wasattached to the expedition of Generals Clinton and Sullivan againstthe Six Nations in 1779. Elerson was with Clinton when thatofficer halted at Otsego Lake, to await the coming of his superior,from the direction of Wyoming. While the army lay at this place,Elerson rambled off from the main body, in search of adventureand pulse for the dinner of the mess to which he belonged, Eegard-les^ of the danger and risk he ran, he wandered about until he hadprocured a quantity of the latter, sufficient for his purpose, when heprepa
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