248 The Winning of the West 



sullen at their discomfiture. Five of their number 

 had been killed and several wounded. Of the fort's 

 defenders four had been killed and three wounded. 

 Among the children within its walls during the 

 siege there was one, the youngest, a Kentucky-born 

 baby, named Richard Johnson; over thirty years 

 later he led the Kentucky mounted riflemen at the 

 victory of the Thames, when they killed not only 

 the great Indian chief Tecumseh, but also, it is said, 

 the implacable renegade Simon Girty himself, then 

 in extreme old age. 



All this time the runners sent out from Bryan's 

 had been speeding through the woods, summoning 

 help from each of the little walled towns. The 

 Fayette troops quickly gathered. As soon as Boone 

 heard the news he marched at the head of the men 

 of his station, among them his youngest son Israel, 

 destined shortly to be slain before his eyes. The men 

 from Lexington, McConnell's, and McGee's rallied 

 under John Todd, who was County Lieutenant, 

 and, by virtue of his commission in the Virginia 

 line, the ranking officer of Kentucky, second only 

 to Clark. Troops also came from south of the Ken- 

 tucky River ; Lieutenant- Colonel Trigg and Majors 

 McGarry and Harlan led the men from Harrods- 

 burg, who were soonest ready to march, and like- 

 wise brought the news that Logan, their County 

 Lieutenant, was raising the whole force of Lincoln 

 in hot haste, and would follow in a couple of days. 



great mistake of incorporating into his narrative some of 

 the most glaring errors of McClung and Marshall. 



