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A little village to this day recalls by its name the fact that it stands on a former "stamping ground" of the buffalo. At one lick the explorers met with what might have proved a serious adventure. One of the McAfees and a companion were passing round its outskirts, when some others of the party fired at a gang of buffaloes, which stampeded directly towards the two.
The McAfees may be taken as a typical family of this class. The Gentry. Yet a fourth class was composed of the men of means, of the well-to-do planters, merchants, and lawyers, of the men whose families already stood high on the Atlantic slope. The Marshalls were such men; and there were many other families of the kind in Kentucky.
The McAfees brought their wives and children to Kentucky in the fall of '79, and built a little stockaded hamlet on the banks of Salt River, six or seven miles from Harrodsburg. Some relatives and friends joined them, but their station was small and weak.
Invasion of Kentucky by Captain Byrd's party He captures the garrisons at Ruddle's Station and Martin's Fort Colonel Clark's invasion of the Indian country He ravages the Indian towns Adventure of Alexander McConnell Skirmish at Pickaway Result of the expedition Boone goes to the Blue Licks with his brother Attacked by the Indians Boone's brother killed Boone promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Clark's galley Squire Boone's Station removed to Bear's Creek Attack by the Indians Colonel Floyd's defeat Affair of the McAfees Attack on McAfee's Station repelled Fort Jefferson evacuated Attack on Montgomery Station Rescue by General Logan.
Evidently no one had the least idea that there was any legal irregularity in such proceedings. The McAfees themselves and the escaped convict servant whom they captured typify the two prominent classes of the backwoods people. The frontier, in spite of the outward uniformity of means and manners, is preeminently the place of sharp contrasts.
The two divisions followed in pursuit, becoming mingled in disorder. After a slight running fight of two hours the whites lost sight of their foes, and, wondering what had become of Logan's wing, they gathered together and marched back towards the river. One of the McAfees, captain over a company of riflemen from Salt River, was leading, when he discovered an Indian in a tree-top.
It is printed in the Filson Club publications; see "The Wilderness Road," by Thomas Speed, Louisville, Ky., 1886; one of the best of an excellent series. It is not necessary to say that "corn" means maize; Americans do not use the word in the sense in which it is employed in Britain. McAfee MSS. Some of the McAfees returned with Henderson.
Of course, generations before they ever came to America, the McAfees, McClungs, Campbells, McCoshes, etc., had become indistinguishable from the Todds, Armstrongs, Elliotts, and the like. A notable instance being that of the Lewis family, of Great Kanawha fame. The Blount MSS. contain many muster-rolls and pay-rolls of the frontier forces of North Carolina during the year 1788.
Description of the Old Fort at Boonesborough Usual methods of fortification against the Indians Arrival of more settlers at Boonesborough Captain Boone returns to the Clinch River to bring out his family He enlists new emigrants and starts for Kentucky Reinforced by a large party at Powell's Valley Arrival at Boonesborough Arrival of many new settlers at Boonesborough and Harrod's settlement Arrival of Kenton, Floyd, the McAfees, and other distinguished persons Arrival of Colonel Richard Callaway.
These two events took place on September 26th and 29th; "Am. Archives," 5th Series, Vol. II., p. 540. Ramsey is thus wrong in saying no white was killed on this expedition. McAfee MSS.; one of the McAfees went along and preserved a rough diary of dates. After camping a few days at Double Springs, the head-waters of Lick Creek, to let all the Watauga men come up. They sent spies in advance.
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