Show 9 stories of great scouts y western newspaper New paper union SIMON ON KENTON THE AMERI CAN second 9 d only buly to the am ot of panie daniel boone n w whose hose life he once aved saved 1 2 written in the annals of kentucky the name of simon kenton kenton was a virginian who erred served as a a scout smut la in lord Dun morea war shortly before athe aba outbreak of the revolution aad and ws crohw er the mountains into the dark and bloody ground of ken tucky in starch sarch of advent adventure hia his ex there soon won for him the undying hatred of ot tha tb indian indians and no less tha times be was by them and sentenced enten cd to death 1 in 1774 a centori with two compan fons went north into ohio to upon a tribe at war with while returning my came upon a herd of indian borcea the kentuckians Kentuck lana resolved to take some of the animals along as trophies of the expedition tion the indiana quickly discovered e the theft and nd overtook the ibe couts scouts just before they taa te ohio river one tf pf the ken cummins Kentuck lane was killed another escaped but keaton wax wae taken prisoner prie oner you teal steal injun hoet poss they taunt ed chipi all right we give you ride of I 1 so illey tied on a wild oung ung horse andret it freo free in the for eit eat finally wai was taken from the horas horse back more dead at the first village the indiana rca hed they condemned the e scout to 1 run the gantlet gan iran tret tIet when the argal wak waa gj ghen n keaton on sprang through the tine fitte of warrior warriors armed a ed with dubs clubs and hatchet hatchets and reached the council house hie his goal untouched near preparation were made to burn him at the take stake but the arrival of simon girty the white rene renegade jade who recognized kenton as a an old friend saved him i hie freedom wae was short lived three weeks later the indians again voted to put him to death again he w was aved saved by a friend chief logon logan the noted d orator of abe carugan when men the S a n r sky t towns 0 w na were rea reached cak the indiana held a council and once mere mom decreed degreed the death penalty keaton waa was tied to the take stake ast just as the torch was wits being applied a fleer beer appeared and demanded the render of their prisoner to kas bt eee anander at detroit kenton was kept captive te in until 1770 when through the ak it as indian traders wife he e tt kentucky Keo ICa tucky where b died wed ta in I 1 18 1 t r |