Show adventurous AMERICANS by elmo scott watson the first rebel TAMES AMES SMITH led the first cupris ing ot of american colonists against england drew the first blood in actual b battle n tt a and n d a all 1 I 1 this th i s IO 10 years adf torel beav b before the t h e R revolution 0 1 0 n began e g an at the age ot of 18 young smith was captured end held prisoner for or tour four years by the caughnawaga indians indiana during this time he not only acquired their skill in woodcraft and their cunning in warfare but also learned to hate the traffic in whisky and rifles rifle that both the french and british were carrying on with the indians he could see the disastrous fleets effects on the red man of the white mans greed lor for money smith organized a band ot of frontiersmen tiers men called black boys in 1763 their purpose was to keep the drunk and bloodthirsty indians out ot of conococheague valley but two years later smith decided that the best way to fight them was to cut off their source of supply tor for whisky and arms accordingly his black boys held up a pac pack k t train rain and burned the goods on may 6 1785 1765 a platoon of british high highlanders anders landers members ot of the forty second regiment ol of his mal maj e army in america the famous black watch itch marched on an the town of fort loudon pa to preserve law and order and put this lawless band of black boys in their place but when the british soldiers reached smiths forces and sat me Gla glashan sharn ordered them to haiti in the kings name haftl a pitched battle followed la in which the soldiers were driven into the cabin of 0 a certain widow barr the rebels kept them there until the Britis hers a agreed to march back to ft loudon from whence they came and so the truly first battle ot of the amerl american revolution fought 10 years before the famous battle of bunker hill was won by americas first rebel james smith 0 sky pilot of deadwood AMONG MONG the thousands of adventurers who took part in the gold rush to the black hills of south dakota in 1876 was connecticut born henry weston smith smith arrived at deadwood when the town was ims at the height of its untamed glory but he was not seeking gold he ha picked rip boarin deadwood to try out his preaching talents lie he preached in the a streets tr beets but received no money tor for it supporting himself by manual labor such as cutting trees chopping wood and firing a sawmill boiler even his preaching was not only spiritually but physically difficult he had to shout at the top of his voice to be heard above the raucous calls ot of the gamblers and entertainers on sunday august 20 1876 after his usual morning services in the main street of deadwood he started out for or crook city 10 miles away he put his bible in one pocket the copy of his sermon in another and pinned a note on his cabin door that said gone to crook city and if god is willing will be back at 2 p m god willing when about hallway halfway there he was stalked and killed by a sioux war var party for some strange and unknown reason the indians did not rob him or scalp him but crossed his hands peacefully on his breast and put his bible in them the railroad raider N THE morning of april 12 ON 0 1882 1862 a train stopped at marietta ga en route from atlanta to chattanooga an unusually large number of men passengers came aboard claiming they were refugees from within the yankee lines line a and wanting to join the confederate forces I 1 when the train stopped at big shanty sh anty tor for breakfast james J andrews a citizen from flemingsburg Flemings burg barg ky kly and one of the large party of alleged refugees cut away all but three cars climbed into the cab and steamed away capt W A fuller who was in charge of the train dashed to the telegraph office to warn the station agents up the line but found that the telegraph wires had bad been cut andrews really was the le leader ader of a group of union soldiers in civilian clothes who started out to paralyze traffic on the western and atlantic railroad one of the vital arteries I 1 of confederate transport captain fuller got a handcar and with a couple of men started in kursu pursuit L but andrews burned 15 bridges brid gs pulled up many sections of track and placed several obstacles along the right of way all while keeping ahead of his pursuers who finally abandoned the handcar afien wh en they were able to board a locomotive about to be overtaken andrews andres set fire to the last freig freight ht car left it on a bridge and ran into the woods with his crew mounted ml mi ilcia finally captured all of andrews par party ty and he with several others was executed as a spy A 0 western newspaper union |