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Show P THE PAYSON CHRONICIT. Intermouiitain News 7C Readers Briefly Told for Busy lew k FATAL 3 I)VY FAST 1UI'vOMTW NTIDY BOY SCOl TOTTING AMIS FLDLIUL LOW ItEDKE ROAD WORK iius Mf of this The following are typical No. 1 body. student Home Study who began a college 3 a chemist cut course because he felt himself No. development. cultural off from years, doing 2 a Kiri of twenty-onis some housework, whose ambition 3, a duv to go to college. Number Is taking a man of sixty-threfor course In the English Novel increased a pleasure pleasure of his thirlater by the enrollment another for old daughter ty year 4 Is a boy No. cours. literature more of seventeen who needs one moet entrance high schcol unit to requirements to the University. year old girl N'o 5 la a twenty-twunexpected with married recently leisure time for self Improvement In regular Courses are offered school University work, In high fields. work and In general cultural All the efforts of the Home Study in this Department are centered one aim to reach the largest possible number of adults that they to be may become and continue educated men and women. OGDEN, FT. Orchard owners of Weber county have offered to donate cherries to the unemployed If e IlMENT? finally brlngln the P! : By ELMO 8COTT WATSON CTO B Kit, 1781. Northward through Maryland, through PeunsylTanla, through New Jersey, New York and New England speed horsemen, and sleeping village and farmhouse awaken to listen wonder-lngl- y to the cry that rings through the night: "Cornwallis Is taken! So the Cornwallis U taken! struggle for freedom Is ended and George Washington and his ragged Continentals have trl- nmphed at last! The Itevolutlon Is over! Such Is the picture which the school histories have painted in our minds. P.ut the Impression they have given tia that the surrender at York-tow- n meant the dawn of peace and the prosperous beginning of a new nation Is only a half-trutTrue It Is that 1781 was the last year of the Revolution In the main theater of war the Atlantic seaboard Rut there was one people In the new nation who were to know another year of the horrors of war such as their eastern neighbors had never known. To the scattered border settlements west of the Alleghenies there had not yet come a "winged Victory with smooth brow laurelled to teach us to forget the holocaust." Instead, the year 1782 was to be a repetition cf 1777, the "year of the bloody sevens, and again, virtually deserted by those governments to whom they had a right to look for aid, the pioneers In the Ohio valley, especially those In Kentucky, must crouch behind the log walls cf their stockaded forts with the savage ringing In their ears aud a shower of Indian arrow and bulleta whistling over their heads. So In Its year, we Americans should not forget what these ancestors of ours who won the West for us suffered and endured In 1782, the last year of the Revolution. It opened with an affair which must ever he a blot on our history, the massacre of M of the "Moravian Indians at (inadenhuetten, Ohio, by a party of Pennsylvanians, led by Col. David Williamson. Maddened by the slaughter of their brethren, the Delawares rallied to their aid the Wyandots and other Indians allied with the British and waited for a good chance for revenge, which soon came, lu May a body of 480 Pennsylvania and Virginia militia gathered at Mingo Bottom on the Ohio and prepared to march against the Wyandot and Shawnee towns on the Upper Sandusky. The commander of the expedition was a Virginian, CoL William Crawford, a personal friend of Washington, who had won a reputation as a bravo and active officer In the Continental army but who was utterly unfitted for leadership against such an enemy as the tribesmen he was ordered to crush. Crawford hoped to surprise the Indians but enemy scouts discovered his force toon after he started and Indian spies followed every movement of his army. On June 4 Crawford reached one of the Wyandot towns but found It deserted. He marched on to find another and encountered a small force of Indians aud Canadian rangers, tinder the command of Captain Caldwell, which had been sent by the British In IH'trolt to std the Indians. There was a sharp skirmish with neither side gaining any advantage, although Crawford had the superiority In numbers. The next morning. Instead of forcing a battle and crushing the enemy, Crawford's army lay Idle. Caldwell also was willing to delay proceedings for he was expecting reinforcements. They eame In the afternoon In the person of HO Ehawnee warriors. At the sight of this, Crawford's militia began to waver and Crawford decided that the only course left for him wus to retire from the field. That night his force began a hurried and disorderly retreat In the darkness the troops became xiered and when 'earning cams there The Slue Licks Monunxent The Burning o Col. Crawford m "Incidents of Border Life n oid the spring which lay outside the fort and who, gambling that the Indians would not spoil their chance for a surprise attack on the fort by molesting them, went singing down the path as though no enemy were near, although they knew that savage ejes looked out at them from every bush along the trail. Included In It, too, Is the six-ye- ar wnr-wboo- p sesqtil-centennl- qngravmg Simon. Girty were ouly about 800 left together lu one body. Crawford was among those missing and CoL David Williamson, perpetrator of the Onaden-huette- n nmssacre, who was second In command, directed the retreat If poetic Justice bad been at work It would have been Williamson who was missing and Crawford who was to lead the disorganized remnants of the command hark In safety to Mingo Bottom. But Instead Colonel Crawford, Doctor Knight, the surgeon of the command, and nine others were captured by the Indians. All, except Crawford and Knight, wore killed at once but thee two were taken to a Delaware town for torture. Crawford was burned at the stake and Doctor Kulglit was forced to watch the sufferings of his friend. Crawford Is said to have appealed In vain to Simon Girtv, the white renegade among the Indians, to end his sufferings by shooting him, but Girty either could not or would not heed Doctor Knight managed to escape his plea. and after wandering In the woods fer 21 days reached Fort l'itt In safety. Encouraged by their success the Indians appeared In large numbers on the Upper Ohio and fell upon the settlement of Ilantiastown, Pa., which they burned and captured or killed 20 of Its Inhabitants. Then the partisan Captains Mo. Kee and Caldwell assemtded a force of 1.100 Indlnus, the greatest single body of savages brought together during the Revolution, for an attack on Wheeling. But while they were marching thither they became alarmed by a report that George Regers Clark was leading hislxng Knives" again to attack the Shawnee towns. So McKee and Caldwell marched to meet him but upon reaching the Shawnee towns discovered that the alarm of those Indians was groundless, It having originated In the appearance of an armed galley-boa- t at the mouth of the Licking river. Most of the Indians, showing a characteristic fickleness, declined to go any further on the expedition but Caldwell and McKee managed to keep together some lloo Wyandots and l.ake Indians and with these and their Detroit rangers set out to Invade Kentucky and to attack the five small stockaded settlements In Fayette county. On August 13 they appeared before Bryan's Station, the northernmost settlement In Fayette county, which was defended by less than 50 men. The story of the brief siege cf Bryan's Station Is one of the classics of Kentucky history. Included In It Is the story of Its heroic women who took their lives In their hands to bring palls of refreshing water drawn from payers earlier for road work Story of young Aaron Reynolds. When Simon Girty tried to get the defenders of the fort to surrender by assuring them that reinforcements with artillery were on the wav and that no quarter would he given if the savages stormed the fort, Reynolds sprang to the top of the walls and replied to the renegade, telling him that the people of Bryan's Station feared neither their reinforcements nor artillery but that If Girty and Ills followers gained entrance to the fort Reynolds and his friends would scorn to use their rifles but would drive them out with switches. After the failure of attempts to set Are to the fort, the enemy withdrew. Meanwhile messengers had been sent to the other stations asking for help and by the evening of August 17 a force of 180 men had assembled at Bryan's Station. From Boone's Station eame that famous Kentuckian at the head of his men. among them his youngest son. Israel; frmi I.evington and McConnells and McGee's Stations came the men tinder John Todd and from Hurrodxhiirg eame those under Colonel Trigg and M i.brs MeGarry and Harlan. More were rejsiried coming from I.lnccln county under Colonel Logon, but the Kentuckians decided to follow the Invaders at once without waiting for Logan, Then began the pursuit which was to end In the famous Battle of Blue Litks. fought on the hanks of the Licking river on August 111. I72. There the rash counsel of a hi officer prevailed over the wisdom of Darnel Boone and precipitated an attack whVh ended in disaster For the flower of Kentucky's manhood fell that day out of approximately iso men, t',7 killed outright or murdered as they lav wounded and seven captured of whom four died at the torture stake. for a time It seemed that Keicueky could not recover from this crushing disaster. Then George Rogers Clark, who had seemed to be suffering from a strange lethargy during this critical year, was aroused to bis old time energy He sent out runners to all the settlements mil-lemen to rally for a upon all blow at the Indians. Again the magic of his name asserted Itself and In a short time he had gath ered together a force of more than a thousand mounted riflemen. On November 4 he left the hanks of the Ohio and started north. On November 10 he attacked and burned the Miami towns The loss to the savages at the beginning of cold weather was very great," writes Roosevelt "They were utterly cast d.e n nd en at such a proof of the power of the coming as It did so s,.,m after the Rgt,,' Rhie Licks. The expedition returned and the Kentuckians completely reclnej self confidence ; and though for ton vears th0 lpr"ads Of smn os of savages. ened by a serious .ion So the disastrous last ear of the Revrhitin ended In triumph. Rut even than the fact of triumph over savagp'fa!!" the Importance of the vents of that year n future history of America. For wh.Vlt time for the peace commissi, ners to treaty which ended the Revolution ,t make the wag conquests or George Rogers T A. Nor, invest, ending with his expedition which strengthened the hand of the American ceiumls&ioners in demanding that the western boundaries of the th Mississippi river and the Croat America was assured of her inland Onmire br w,tMn txtwnwpw. g able-bodie- d panic-stric- K 1 In the year, outlay In Utah county ha been held to a minimum during the first six months, with hut $33,732.20 for the spent, against $40,000.59 first six months of 1932. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. More than 500 Boy Scouts of the Salt Lake council have registered for the summer camp on Scout Lake In the Grandaddy lakes region, which la maintained for five weeks. Twelve troops of about 30 boys each will be accommodated each week. Every Friday night a campfire program for all troops will be given. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Eighty-seve- n Inmates of the Utah state prison received Instruction in vocational and gen"rnl education subjects during a six weeks summer school conducted at the Institution recently, Owen Neheker, state parole agent, reported to the educational advisory committee of the prison. LOGAN, UT. Marriage licenses for the first 27 days of July were only four short of those Issued for thnt period In 1931, according to records of county clerk, C. V. Mohr. POCATELLO, IDA. Safeguarding Pocatellos water supply to prevent contamination was recommended in a report by Elmer Smith, chairman of the city council, to the public health committee of the Pocatello Medical society. The society recently conducted a vigorous campaign to safeguard the citys milk supply. BOISE, IDA. Ag a result of the thunderstorm which swept central Idaho. 28 fires were reported In the Boise forest office from the eight national forests of that region SALT LAKE CITY, that to destroy natural mountain lakes for the purpose ef irrigating marginal farm lands Is to waste valuatle in the hope of creating one of doubtful worth. Newell B. Cook, state fish and game commissioner, announced that he will frS!ianr e'frt t0 draI 'nkos for Ire I fur true ghtlng Loan, v bmen ar t,r o they will pick them. RENO, NEV. James F. Holland, a recent arrival here from Oregon, died shortly after eating his first Holland armeal In three days. rived without money, ne appealed to a man on the street, who took him to a cafe. Consuming a heavy meal, Holland collapsed immediately thereafter and was rushed to the hospital, where a combination of weakness caused by his fast and acute Indigestion cuused his death. MT. FLEA SANT, UT. Mayor W. P. Winters announces plans on the way for a loan of from $25,000 to $10,000 from the newly passed relief bill. Flans are now being formulated to rebuild the local municipal water system, with the addition of an additional water tank and the replacing of old, worn out wood pipe with cast Iron pipe. The replacing of wood pipe will save the city upwards of $1800 per year, In maintenance through repairs la leaky pipe, which necessitates two men constantly being employed. PROVO, UT. In an effort to curtail expenditures, as asked by tax- ben he e I were explain The tons right, where eer w, WII find n other place life g 1 But It better, till, when we, All "pull for Local Indmtrj, I state be j bad to get pugs till guver Thu those al thoi bollce t for Counting sheep as g relief;, insomnia doesnt always wotf recall one occasion that we a ed until we smelled the wool, thousand backs and even then to get up and read a farm bm ASR YOUR DRUGGI8T of I Fort s and from burnei jm YO, Tbi . APEX ws$ AN INTERMOUNTA1.N a loners the hzed, en ha bonu PHODC9 The Naval observatory aayt the diameter of Betelgeuse it, e rally given as between 200, (ft and 300,000,000 miles. The eter Qf Antares is about 40(, 000 miles. I'.ready ktovvn, ed to SSIBLN he Re lion vvi benefit THIS WEEKS PRIZE The political question ii S l Wet But the real iaeue is Where te bty! this depends the future of oar Prosperity is not around the ut our door! Lets open it by termountain Made Goods. The ktr si Patronise Homs Industry i i MRS. New STUDY AT H0M University Instruction by Enroll Anytime. Profitable. Minimum Cost Write for Home Study It Intern Bulletin h EXTENSION DIVISION UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City. Utah The public health that the weight of the service human j before death and after deal: practically the same. The di ence in weight is imperceptible coi up 1 oiocri of Uous Easier It in easier to know general than man mankix individually-- ! Rochefoucauld. PEP 6 GASOLINE Packed With Powb Are You Planning to Att College This Fall Write to WESTMINSTER COLLEGE Salt Lake City, Utah for catalogue and informal 2 years college and 3 years chool all standard grade. W Large city campus, modem dormitories including ings, Experienced fWj gymnasium. Christian environment. work years high school years credit. futi and 1340 a year for board, roomAI UT.-Con-- at lnfU?.?Ses' c the will not be he storage of water on the ..TfaS ke by r"is'ng the blt'v0 does not believe the outlets, size of the lakes should he decreased bv dralmng water below the natural Wit Wit is that which has h w thought, but never before expressed. Johnson. $5.00 eg&st Intermountata hoold Good. Similar to abort. roar otory in proe or v termonntain Prodocta Column, 11 Box 1545, Salt Laka City- otory appear in thia column yon will eeira check for ih I g level. NN 0,1 EISER, IDA lyre hl" Th. ftmv.unc-- d fflLaIhe The announcement indicates the splendid condition of the citys finances. .. . - la- m"sa wus redue- lory for the veaM, lo nulls. In 19nq the levy "as 22 mills. ed Stoncwv OGDEN, families. UT-'- m Wi d ers for many i Odd Voluntary LviS,. One of the most eurio.u?) of voluntary levies was tn ed by a Hertfordshire t J lady. She fined herself mon caught, for stags and for absence church, and endowed two beds with the proceeds. j Scientific develops e,.x; knockout revolver violent air shock which s wound but renders Y"0" GbJf-for several minu.es." f Weekly. iV L - . ,1 |