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riors. 19 The first time the garrison was taken by 

 surprise; one man lost his scalp, and four were 

 wounded, including Boone himself, who had been 

 commissioned as captain in the county militia, 20 

 The Indians promptly withdrew when they found 

 they could not carry the fort by a sudden assault. 

 On the second occasion the whites were on their 

 guard, and though they had one man killed and two 

 wounded (leaving but thirteen unhurt men in the 

 fort), they easily beat off the assailants, and slew 

 half a dozen of them. This time the Indians stayed 

 round two days, keeping up a heavy fire, under cover 

 of which they several times tried to burn the fort. 21 

 Logan's 22 station at St. Asaphs was likewise at- 

 tacked ; it was held by only fifteen gunmen. When 

 the attack was made the women, guarded by part 

 of the men, were milking the cows outside the fort. 

 The Indians fired at them from the thick cane that 

 still stood nearby, killing one man and wounding 

 two others, one mortally. 23 The party, of course, 



19 Boone says April isth and July 4th. Clark's diary makes 

 the first date April 24th. Boone says one hundred Indians, 

 Clark "40 or 50." Clark's account of the loss on both sides 

 agrees tolerably well with Boone's. Clark's diary makes the 

 second attack take place on May 23d. His dates are probably 

 correct, as Boone must have written only from memory. 



80 Two of the other wounded men were Captain John Todd 

 and Boone's old hunting companion, Stoner. 



21 Clark's diary. 



22 Boone says July igth, Clark's diary makes it May soth: 

 Clark is undoubtedly right; he gives the names of the man 

 who was killed and of the two who were wounded. 



23 The name of the latter was Burr Harrison; he died a 

 fortnight afterward. Clark. 



