Border fights and fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic (1902) (14779735594)

Identifier: borderfightsfigh00brad (find matches)
Title: Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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dy of mountaineersled by Sevier. Galloping to the threatened point, Fer-guson threw some of his men upon the Watauga boys.The ground here w^as more broken, and the same rockswhich served for the British ramparts played a like pur-pose for the Americans. Sevier could not be drivenaway. He established himself on the crest of the hillbehind the rocks, pouring in a deadly fire. At the same instant Colonel Cleaveland came intoaction. He was a great speech-maker, this Cleaveland,and as his soldiers raced along the base of the hill toget to the position from which they were to make theascent, he is said to have made the following speech inbroken sentences: My brave fellows, we have beaten the Tories, andwe can beat them again. . . . They are all cowards.If they had the spirit of men, they would join us insupporting the independence of the country. . . .When you are engaged, do not wait for the word ofcommand. I will show you by my example how tofight. I can undertake no more. . . . Every man
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o o 13 (U > T3 o co 3 bJ3 LX4 The Pioneers of East Tennessee 89 must act on his own judgment. Fire as fast as you can,and stand your ground as long as you can. . , .When you can do no better, get behind trees, or retreat;but I beg you not to run off. Then pointing to thecrest of the hill from which a deadly fire was plunging,he cried, Yonder is your enemy, and the enemy ofmankind! At the same instant Colonel Hambright with his braveGermans, and Majors Winston and Chronicle of the Car-olinians, closed the gap. Williams, who had sulked be-cause he had not been recognized or consulted by theother officers, could stand it no longer. Come up, boys! he shouted, the old wagonernever yet backed out! and he rushed into action to theright of Cleaveland. The mountain was now completely encircled. Sevierhad gained the summit and was clinging to it with grimtenacity. As Ferguson withdrew his troops from thesouthern end, Campbell and Shelby immediately turnedand followed them up the hill. Both s