Show t 0 0 TALES OP OF 0 0 0 THE 0 OLD 0 0 0 FRONT ONTO TEj 0 0 0 0 ELMO scott WATSO ot a ills wr HOW OW THE WHITE MA WHITMAN LAND COT CO hl A MONO MONG all the tile frontier type took part in if alio 0 westward across the contlow cont continent loi rit there W whose 10 am importance P 0 r t nce has ha reler been 1 f r e c 0 m iced by the extol fco that was the land speculator daniel boone bootie li Is as the typical independent re ploce N yet when he be crossed over the th bains into aft kentucky he be went a agent of a north CIr carolina and later col It lebard IM 4 other auch such real detate late dealer of i earlier day was wn no lew less I tie pa col george washington the at th all father ot of HIS country william penns fair dealing the indiana indians Is I 1 proverbial but be eon son were not so 0 o scrupulous were the author authors of the noti noto walking purchase of 1737 opened negotiation negotiations wa with t h the alares tor for extending the th I 1 pe enaa vania colony beyond beslu ehlan 6 creek one old chief who ho opposed cession reminded his brethren of purchase made many I 1 before by settlers tho ho asked alu enough land to build a fire arne tm op G aa as much ai as could be an the request was p the settler settlers cut the saw akin in into strips and the delaware lein wi their dismay juet just how ilow much could be encompassed by aa aih M but despite this bitter ae IMO wj 1 delawarek Delaw Dela arcs wares finally consented to ti abl penns offer the agreement being beto T the new territory u nas as to extend to i west from the neshaminy aminy as A could walk in a day and a halt b ck the name walking purchase qa the penns built a ii mt road the VerrI territory tory and hired a it swift y who went over the route several tim g to become fa familiar millar M u ith till it IL the was that on the da the meu two was made this runner gained for f 0 penns at least four ti times ines 11 M 2011 land as the Del delaware aares bad had lit blus they should have the in kindlam posit tested and kept on prot prote suni ag the penns substituted strong rich methods for trickery they citney ile the iroquois who drove the del off the disputed land tit but the indians had bad a long lon w teste fifty years tears later they re cepro in c governor st clair of the nort north territory with the t and the walking purchase when h coal called the ohio tribes into cound chui coui fort and it was not were after a bloody war that the finally ceded their lands so to penns got their land bat but it mec bought with the blood of ini maa settlers Bett lere of a later generation generaU OIL inc dad THE INDIANS WOODEN CAK pow guht HENKY built in 1 01 Fp present resent site of IN beelin he elint W tok Is I 1 justly famous for the tr heroes associated with it and nd the thrilling incidents in its history tot first settler there was as col eb zane and from time to time ft eab abe came to the fort such men As I 1 non soone boone simon kenton lord D calil 44 lewis wetzel george boer maj sam mccullough and seneca and logan the wi here colonel zane a elster sister J dashed int into loVAine fame abc when 11 abe 44 tri is 1 clearing to carry carty a it bullet swept illg needed powder to t apron the much besieged settlers here maj voll sn saw cullough performed bis his feat felt of res manship ind end made the leap fol I 1 which added to his already ft it 1111 been b the and border on the september 11 ll 1782 was fought foul of the last battle of the revolution ar fort henry defenders beat of ti attacks of a force of british and an tio but it was visa in 1777 t abol w of the blood bloody 7 sevens that and witnessed an affair uni unique lue la in history perhaps the only HI indiana indians attempting to reduce ct a W lail mans roans fort by use of artillery rt 0 of M on september I 1 la a large dismal led by b simon girty the tt attack attacked td of ms white renegade k but the handful of defell d dent of is bie such a good account that at the end of the day the ild a it had suffered euffe red heavy no nearer success in taking taua 01 then some genius among indian or will whether 10 gade Is in unknown suggested tM v the lif artillery and offered wha what bettt satisfactory would be a a ro log was liola maple at the tw chains plugged tl wood and filled to the long n e heavy charge of powder 0 it was w deraps of iron then theo roll 1 CO 00 Y yard within to a point ea stockade and discharged tit the wu was 1 but the experiment instead of being a success SA ili down the gates of the tile improvised fort ort had hoped thia this alece th U non on burst into a thou and a bu rained its missiles dovia d do OVIA po deans killing and P them 1 I discouraged ged by tb this si DIs coura u in ir attack 11 I 1 further postponed ing but by this tb McCullOu hy time gho IS vi led by major ft the occasion 4 of f ace flous 1 land the leap bad had 11 ili abe were forced to rale ralle Js JUS |