U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Wetzel County, West Virginia by John C. McEldowney, Jr., 1901 Page 166 THE HEROISM OF MRS. BOZARTH. An Incident of Border Warfare in Monongalia County. After the combat of Capt. David Morgan and the two savages the alarm caused the settlers of the neighborhood of Prickett's Fort to gather at the house of Mrs. Bozarth for safety, and on the 1st of April, 1778, when only Mrs. Bozarth and two men were in the house, the children, who were out at play, came running toward the house in full speed, exclaiming that there were "ugly red men coming." Upon hearing this, one of the two men in the house went to the door to see if Indians really wrere coming, and received a glancing shot on his breast, which caused him to fall back. The Indian who had shot him sprang in immediately after, and grappled with the other white man, and was quickly thrown on the bed. His antagonist having no weapon with which to do him any injury, called to Mrs. Bozarth for a knife. Not finding one at hand, she seized an axe, and at one blaw let out the brains of the prostrate savage. By this time another savage entered the door and shot dead the man engaged in combat with his companion. Mrs. Bozarth turned on him and with a well directed blow knocked him in the head and caused him to call out for help. Upon this the others who were engaged with the children in the yard, came to the door, and as each one would stick his head in the door he.would be sent to the happy hunting grounds by the hand of Mrs. Bozarth. The children in the yard were all killed and one of the-men, but by the coolness and infinite self-possession of Mrs. Bozarth she succeeded in saving her own life and that of the man who was first shot, and keeping the savages from taking possession of the house. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other articles in this book by going to the following URL which contains a linked index for the book. http://www.us-data.org/wv/wetzel/history/mceldowney.html -------------------------------------------------------------------