JAMES HARROD, OF HARRODSBURG. 245 
formed a sort of low harmonicon, the sweetness of which I~ 
shall never forget. \ 
In this strange hiding-place, as the story goes, Harrod con- 
cealed his wounded foe, for the generous hunter having once 
determined to aid him, possessed too much magnanimity to 
subject the proud warrior to the humiliation worse to him 
than death, of being paraded before his white foes as a 
prisoner. Harrod took care of him till his recovery, visiting 
him regularly on his hunting excursions. When the warrior 
grew strong again, Harrod gave him a supply of provisions, 
and pointing towards the North, bade him return to his peo- 
ple, and tell them how the “ Long-Knife” treats his wounded 
foe. 
Nothing was ever heard directly from this warrior again, 
though Boone, who was aware of the circumstance, and who 
was taken prisoner by the Shawanees a short time afterwards, 
always attributed the kind treatment he received from the 
Indians, and their good faith to eighteen of his men, to the 
good offices of this grateful savage. These men were engaged, 
under his command, in making salt at the saline springs, and 
surrendered at his own suggestion, he having been surprised and 
taken prisoner while hunting, and the promise of kind treat- 
ment and release having been pledged to him by the Indians. 
They, after taking their arms, ammunition, &c., permitted the 
men to return to the station unharmed. They took Boone 
with them, however, to Canada, where he was shortly ran- 
somed. 
The popularity of Harrod became very great; for these 
many extraordinary feats and kind acts were not his only 
claims on the now rapidly increasing population of Ken- 
tucky, for their respect and gratitude. His manly wisdom and 
counsel, was fully equal to his efficiency in the field; for 
though to the last he could barely write his name, and con- 
tinued to be a man of few words,—one short sentence of 
his, direct, as it always was, and to the purpose, was of 
