Show STORMS STORIES OF GREAT SCOUTS SIMON SIAION KEN second only to the name of dan loose whose ife lie once sav i 1 13 written in the annals of old stucky the name of simon ken in n kenton was a virginian ahr arved as a scout in lord dun ores lores war shortly before the out eak ot of the revolution and who ossed the mountains into the dark d bloody ground of 0 kentucky in arch of adventure his exploit ere cre soon won for him the undying otred of the indians and no lesi ain nan eight times he was captured b pm in and sentenced to death in 1778 kenton with two com alous went north into ohio to spa pon a tribe at war with the whites valle returning they came upon a erd of indian horses the ken uc klans resolved to take some ot of the animals along as trophies of the successful expedition the indians aickley discovered the hie theft and overtook ver took the scouts just before them the ossed the ohio river one of the kentuckians Kentuck ians was kill J another escaped but kenton was aken prisoner you steal injun horses 7 they auntee him all we give you ride on him so 90 they tied the scout on a wild young horse and set it tree free in the forest he finally was taken from the horses back more dead than all alive at the first village the indians reached they condemned the scout to run the gauntlet when the signal nal was given kenton sprang through the line of 0 warriors warriors armed with w ith clubs and hatchets hat cheis and reached the council house his bis goal almost untouched near Za nesfield prepa allons were made to burn him at he stake but the arrival of 0 simon lirty the white renegade who eco recognized grilled kenton as an old friend saved aved him ilia freedom was short lived three weeks later the indians again doted to put him to death again he vas faa saved by a friend chief log an n he noted orator of the Cay Cayuga a |