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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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yell of assured victory. A womansapron, which, with savage fondness for adornment, the Indian had tiedaround his waist, hindered him while feeling for his knife. His adversaryin the mean time had not been idle, and had succeeded in seizing thefingers of one of the Indians hands between his teeth. The latter atlength got hold of his knife, hut so near the blade that Morgan was ableto grasp the handle. Closing his teeth still more firmly upon the im-prisoned hand, causing the other to relax a little of its force, Morgan by adesperate effort succeeded in drawing the knife through the hand of thesavage. Its possession enabled him speedily and victoriously to end thedesperate contest. Truth is often stranger than fiction; the following is a well-authen-ticated instance in proof of this saying: In the autumn of 1779, a party, under Major Kodgers, while ascendingthe Ohio River in flat-boats, were decoyed on shore near the mouth ofthe Licking River, and totally defeated, a few only escaping.
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DEFENSE OF THE STATION AT BOONESBOROUGH THE BACKWOODSMEN OF KENTUCKY. 325 Among the wounded was Captain Robert Benliam, who had been shotthrough both hips. Fortunately, a large fallen tree lay near the spotwhere he fell. Painfully dragging himself into its concealing foliage, heescaped the notice of the Indians. On the evening of the second dav heshot a raccoon, hoping to devise some way of reaching it, so that he couldkindle a fire and make a meal. Scarcely had his gun cracked, however, when he heard a human cry.Supposing it to be an Indian, he hastily reloaded his gun and remainedsilent, expecting the approach of an enemy. Again he heard the voice,but this time it was much nearer. A third halloo was quickly heard, fol-lowed by the exclamation, Whoever you are, for Gods sake answer me C Benham, wrho, as we have seen, had been shot through both legs, re-plied, and the man who now appeared had escaped from the same conflictwith both arms broken. Each was thus enabled to supply what the

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