Show 0 STORIES OP OF GREAT SCOUTS the battle of point pleasant on aber 10 1774 was the first american battle vet ever fought on oil this continent europeans 1 I had ad taken part in all important engal engage JQ mete mets beggy F rench preach and indiana against british and americ americana a n 3 but when andy lewis kinq and his border ers battled with chief cornstalk and ills his shawnees it was strictly a native levs lev Is was born in ireland but he had come to this country while still a child and he was no less an american than the frontiersmen he led lie fought with george washington in the Fren chand inclan war and he became becam one of the greatest leaders of the colonial troops ile he was six feet two in inches ches tall and powerful lewis was chosen oy lord dunmore in 1774 to lead a body ol oi men mei aglious thi ha shawnees Shaw while attacked them from an 1 0 hiir r direction rec tiou che cornstalk knew ahe two armela were coming and alia decided to defeat one before the other could join ita it a favorite trick 0 of f N napoleon ta P oleon the shawnees attacked lewis linly early carly one morning lewis had taken out his pipe when the first shot was fired he coolly finished lighting ills his pipe and then men gave orders to his men who rushed to meet the indians both sides fought lllian ivash lon ion dodging from tree to 10 tree and taking ild advantage vantage of every bit of cover the fighting was at a close range and in the smoke billea I 1 crest frontiersman Liers nian and indian came hand to liand hand tomahawk against hunting hurit ilig knife late in the afternoon the alie indians gave way but there was no rout 0 rn stalk wa was too good a general fox foi ci 4 L aud and the amert americans ans paid dearly or every toot foot of ground they won eliat night lewis held hela possession ot of the battlefield but lie he had won it at a terrible cost 75 men killed and wounded andy lewis and his bis lorder order ers had bad won the greatest in ian battle in american history andy lewis did not have a chance to make a name for himself in the war ol of the revolution which soon followed lie he was passed over lor for generals of less ability and he died in 1870 an embittered brokenhearted old man the rate ate of life his opponent cornstalk had bad also boon been a sad gad one in ill 1777 lie he came to a fort on ion ohio on a friendly mission lie was arrested and thrown into prison while there the shawnee leader was treacherously murdered by a mob of soldiers in revenge for the death of d a comrade who had bad been I 1 by the in indians |