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The band could not have numbered less than fifty. It must be making for some one of the great Indian towns, Chillicothe or Piqua. Once more the reader of the wilderness page translated. They had received news from the South, and it was not such as they wished. The Indian towns had been threatened by something, and the band had gone to protect or help them.
Now Clark and the Kentuckians had struck directly at the heart of the Indian power in the West. Chillicothe was destroyed and Piqua was taken. The arms and ammunition sent to them by the power, seated in Canada, had not availed them. Henry did not know until much later that it was the cunning and crafty Girty who had given up first.
Arrived within a mile of Chillicothe, they halted, took Butler from his horse and tied him to a stake, where he remained twenty-four hours in one position. He was taken from the stake to "run the gauntlet." The Indian mode of managing this kind of torture was as follows: The inhabitants of the tribe, old and young, were placed in parallel lines, armed with clubs and switches.
On their return to Fort Washington, Gen. Harmar was desirous of wiping off, in another action, the disgrace which public opinion had impressed upon his arms. He halted eight miles from Chillicothe, and late at night detached Col. Hardin, with orders to find the enemy, and bring them to an engagement. Early in the morning this detachment reached the enemy, and a severe engagement ensued.
Twice Clark gathered together the "guns" of Kentucky and, marching north into the enemy's country, swept down upon the Indian towns of Piqua and Chillicothe and razed them. In 1782, in the second of these enterprises, his cousin, Joseph Rogers, who had been taken prisoner and adopted by the Indians and then wore Indian garb, was shot down by one of Clark's men.
Scarcity of salt at Boonesborough Boone goes to Blue Licks to make salt, and is captured by the Indians Taken to Chillicothe Affects contentment, and deceives the Indians Taken to Detroit Kindess of the British officers to him Returns to Chillicothe Adopted into an Indian family Ceremonies of adoption Boone sees a large force of Indians destined to attack Boonesborough Escapes, and gives the alarm, and strengthens the fortifications at Boonesborough News of delay by the Indians on account of Boone's escape Boone goes on an expedition to the Scioto Has a fight with a party of Indians Returns to Boonesborough, which is immediately besieged by Captain Duquesne with five hundred Indians Summons to surrender Time gained Attack commenced Brave defense Mines and countermines Siege raised Boone brings his family once more back to Boonesborough, and resumes farming.
He had never been defeated by the Indians, because he had never given them a chance to trap and surprise him, and he did not mean to do so now. "Plenty of time, boys plenty of time," he said, soothingly. "Before we finish this campaign you'll get all the fighting you want. Don't forget that." That night, which was to be the last before reaching Chillicothe, he doubled the guard.
As I sewed the whangs through the rips and hastily patched the holes I could see her worriment was increasing. That period of delay was more trying to her fortitude than when we were making the détour around Chillicothe and our very lives hung on luck, or the mercy of her manito. "There is something in the river," she whispered, her slight figure growing rigid. "Only a log," I told her. "Look!
These were divided into three companies, of ten men each; Simon Kenton commanding one, Baker another, and James Ward the third. The whole party crossed the Ohio river at Limestone, and aimed to strike the Scioto above the mouth of Paint creek. After crossing this latter stream, near where the great road from Maysville to Chillicothe now crosses it, evening came on, and they halted for the night.
Who more willing to act the spy than the happy-go-lucky young giant, fair-haired Simon Kenton alias Butler? With him he took his comrade Montgomery again, and Ranger George Clark. Alas, it was to be Montgomery's last outward trip. The Simon Kenton trail was always the danger trail, and he made it doubly dangerous by his recklessness. They had no difficulty in reaching Little Chillicothe.
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