Show incidents of tho border r a BEN western fi resides still retain eto bics of alo hercio deeds of the last century land of tho long river wae the battleground battle ground between civilization and retreating barbarism the story of logan and logana fart is told nth many embellishments thai have grown around it rom th wandering of age or the ono after lias repeat edthe incidents of those brave days of old logans fort built by logan was one of abo frontier posts attacked by he restless shawnees an fn the spring of 1777 when the british officer instigated the savages to mas sacro the quiet pettier in bif home because they could not cruch his armed comrade on the battlefield of civilized war the fort C or block houses wore the refuge of all tho settlers sett lera for boino time no one dared venture out except covered by the rifles of friends that if ho himself fell his ecale might behaved and his death avenged the forts could not hold all the cattle and milking the cows wae a work of great danger that none but women cast in heroic mould would hare attempted one morning at bagans fort a scout ventured cautiously out and stealthily proceeded to scan the neighboring fields and bushes nothing indicated the presence of any strange intruders cattle and poultry all seemed quiet and undisturbed satisfied that all was safe he gave the signal and the girls came out with their milk pails followed by three men rifle in hand the foaming milk was soon dashed into alie clean pails the guards watching for a time keenly then they grew more careless and began to saunter up and doah with an occasional chat when suddenly out ran an indian party giving as they came a volley at the party two fell one dead and one badly wounded an infuriated brave ran up to the latter and the scalping knife soon aid its terrible work on the third of the party covered alio flight ot the girls to the fort but fell before reaching it in full view of his wife band children who had gathered on the palisade in their anxiety and terror logan bosom friend called on a party to rush out with him but the oddi were so fearful that even the stalwart kentuckian of that day shrank back with a yell of indignation and resolve logan rushed out and firing at the nearest savage flung his rifle back towards the fort and before the indian could comprehend his motive dashed to where II arrison lay lifted ilia wounded friend to hia shoulder and brought him unhurt amid or shower of balls whistling all around himas him as he toiled on with the weight of his wounded friend every indian of the party covered the slow moving logan and never was there a fairer shot but indian adjer indian dropped his rifle with an astonished ugh as he saw the unwounded cd man keep on his heroic course that day made the indians regard logan as ono especially protected by the great spirit and gave to himself a sort of fatalistic belief in his invulnerability during the siege the women were employed in molding bullets while the men were constantly at th air posts at length their ammunition ammu niton grew scarce and none could be procured sli in southwestern virginia so one dark night logan crawled through the indian camp and alone took his course for IIo laton by by paths no white man had ever trod through and thickets over cliffis where a deer could scarcely obtain a foothold and arrived in safety lie returned by alie same roule to the fort which he found still besing cd and reduced to aho last estrem ity his safe retura with ammunition inspired them with fresh courage and a few days later col bowman arriving with a force from Vir ginia the savages were compelled to retire |