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Political demagogues, might treat him with contumely and 

 base ingratitude, but they cannot obliterate a single syllable, 

 which records his brilliant actions. His fame will never fade, 

 but grow more fresh and green to the end of time. Every son 

 and daughter of Ohio, Kentucky, and of all the West, will for- 

 ever cherish, in their hearts, the ever dear memory of Antho- 

 ny Wayne. Forty two years have passed away since his 

 decease and this is the first full account that the writer has 

 seen of his services on this theatre of his feats, in arms. 

 Ohio has paid the debt which we owe him, in part with others, 

 so far as calling a large county after him goes ; and we have 

 twenty-three towns or townships named after him. 



He lives in the recollection of his countrymen to lead fu- 

 ture patriot warriors to glorious victory. Death has purified 

 his fame, and placed it beyond the reach of calumny. Party 

 politicians, those meteors may rise and fall, flash and expire, 

 in a moment ; but the sun of Wayne's glory will never set in 

 our western horizon, of Mississippi's wide valley, until the 

 archangel's trump shall call his body from the grave to life 

 everlasting. 



Having, for the sake of unity, related the most important 

 events of the old Indian war, on this frontier, we now go back 

 to the infant colony, on the Ohio company's lands, and inform 

 the reader what had been passing there during this period. 

 During the whole Indian war, the settlers kept constantly on 

 the alert, from four to six rangers, who were called " spies," 

 whose duty it was, to scour the woods, and if any Indians 

 were discovered in the vicinity, to give the alarm; that being 

 done, the alarm gun was fired at the fort, and every person 

 hastened into the garrison. The gate was closed and every 

 preperation was instantly made to receive their enemies. 

 The settlement at Belpre lost several individuals who ventur-. 

 ed too far into the woods, when no Indian signs had been recent- 

 ly discovered in the neighborhood. 



In 1793, Major Nathan Goodale, a native of Massachu- 

 setts, and an officer of the old continental army, went out into 

 the forest to haul some timber with an ox team. He was 



