Identifier: pennsylvaniarail00sipe (find matches)
Title: The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Sipes, William B., d. 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad. Passenger Dept Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Pennsylvania Railroad
Publisher: Philadelphia : (Pennsylvania Railroad Co.) The Passenger Dept.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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spreserved by Jefferson. Possibly it may havebeen interpolated; but as a whole, and as aspecimen of Logans eloquence, it is un-doubtedly genuine. Some time after this war Logan, who hadmarried a Shawnee woman, removed to nearDetroit. A habit of intemperance—thatcurse of the red man—grew upon him, andhe became quarrelsome, frequently givingway to ungovernable fits of passion. Herealized his degradation, and to a missionaryspoke feelingly of the curse which had comeupon him,—declaring that he felt as if hewas on the brink of eternal fire. In one of * As has already been stated, Logans kindred were murderedby .1 party under the lead of Daniel Oreathouse. He wms inerror in charging it upon Captain (not colonel) Crcsap, who w.isa brave and able border leader, and deprecated the cruel murderas much as any man could. Captain Cresap liveil at Oldtown,Marjland, and performed very valuable service in defending thewestern border against thesavages. He died while in the Revo-lutionary army.
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I.KWISTilWN NARROWS. LEWISTOWN. 125 his frenzies he struck his wife down, in thepresence of her tribe. Fearing he hadkilled her, and knowing the Indian law ofretributive justice, he fled from the camp.While on his flight he met, according totradition, his wifes nephew and some otherIndians, and thinking that this relative wasabout to avenge the murder, he prepared todefend himself, declaring he would kill allwho opposed him. The nephew, in self-defense, shot him dead as he was dismount-ing from his horse. Thus ended the life of a man who, savagethough he was, possessed some of the noblesttraits of humanity, and who, unquestion-ably, was endowed with natural abilities ofthe highest order. His Indian name wasTah-gah-jute, signifying short dress.Rev. Dr. McClure, a missionary, describeshim as standing several inches over six feethigh; straight as an arrow; lithe, athletic,and symmetrical in figure; firm, resolute,and commanding in features. While hisadventures and achievements are surpas

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