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Show trntt aqnBw Try Itrara. The Mrly annalt of tha wnt abound In tnecdotea of fortitude under aulTerlng and heroUm In clnmmatancr of rtl among tbawlreaandmotheraof lb early plonpera. Many war Ibalnilance In which, whan IbelrcaMnawanattaeketl by tlMMtagea, the brava women tlleplaynl wonderful eourag ami praaenr of mind. In Derem Ur, lTVt, a email party nf Indiana attacked the dwelling hotii of Mr John Merrill lu INclton county, Ky Mr Merrill waa alarmed by tha barking Of ble dog, and npened th door to ae what wfta tha matter, when h rrcelred th fir of aer?n or elaht Indiana, by which hU leg anl arm war broken. Th Indian at onmatlemptrt to enter tb houte, but Mra. Merrill atnl he r da ugh tar abut th door again! them. Then they hewed away a piece of tba door, and on of them wedged Mm If ,ft way through tbaopenlrg Tb heroic motber dealt him a fatal blow with an at. and hauled him through tha p4aag Into lh houaa, Th other aaragea, nnawaro of th fat of tbelr companion, and auptoalnif tbat tbay had now nearly aucceWrU In tlelr object, rutiM forwanC Una by on theypnahei theroMlreslbrotiith tb door, and weradi f vAichcl and drawn lnIda by Mr. Merrill, till flra de,l Indiana wera In tba hou. Then tho otbara ouulda UUcovcred what waa going on. They rctlml for a few ralnalca, but aoon reiurne! aud renawol their alTurl to fore an entrance, fJeipalrlng of ancoradtng al tha loor they attempted to deadend tb cblmnry. Mr. Merrill heard them, and Anticipating tbelr tlcalgn, ordered Miimall aon to tut open a feather bed an., throw Ibafealheraon thrin. Twootthlnllanweralrradyfteace'nd tng tb wld mouthed fblmney Th amok and beat from th burning feather grretctl them mitt nnpleaaantly Choking, Chok-ing, coughing and welt nigh lulToratot, they cam tumbling down Into tba room I Mr. Merrill Mired a billet of wood and dt pale bed tb half aniotberrd redakln, an-1 Mra. Menlll In tha meantime wa defending de-fending tb door agalmt tha eilorta nf a alogla Mvag. Finally be, Iwlng woitnU-d, retired, and Iba family wr not dUturbttl again that night A ptiaoner who raraped from tba Indiana oun afterward atatl that tU wound! aavagawaa lha only ona of hla party of eight bravaa tbat ecapd. When ba re tnrne-land waa akcU, "What mwiI" b anawTmlt Ual nawa for InlUo, ma low aon, tua loaa broder. hlu auaw ery traret ah fldht better than Mng Knltt,H tb nam given to tha whit men by tb In illane taraueo of their long iwordi. Vuuth 'a Companion. |