Bio Originally Created by: Joe Ferrell Added: 23 Feb 2005 FIND A GRAVE ID #46594555 Fallen Graver:
Logan, originally "A Friend to the White Man", was born a Cayuga Indian. Later he took his home with a small tribe of Mingo Indians near Steubenville, Ohio, becoming their chief. During the French-Indian War Logan would take no part against the whites; but, when several Mingoes, including Logan's family, were murdered by whites at Yellow Creek, Chief Logan became an avenger. His subsequent attacks precipatated Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolution.
Circa 1780 Chief Logan was murdered by another Indian, possibly his own nephew.
Though not attending himself, Chief Logan sent a famous speech to a peace conference in Ohio in 1774. This speech became known as "Logan's Lament", and a phrase of it appears on his grave monument: to wit, "Who Is There To Mourn For Logan". An excerpt from the "Lament" reads:
"I have often thought to live with you but for the injuries of one man. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour(sic) a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one."
Logan, originally "A Friend to the White Man", was born a Cayuga Indian. Later he took his home with a small tribe of Mingo Indians near Steubenville, Ohio, becoming their chief. During the French-Indian War Logan would take no part against the whites; but, when several Mingoes, including Logan's family, were murdered by whites at Yellow Creek, Chief Logan became an avenger. His subsequent attacks precipatated Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolution.
Circa 1780 Chief Logan was murdered by another Indian, possibly his own nephew.
Though not attending himself, Chief Logan sent a famous speech to a peace conference in Ohio in 1774. This speech became known as "Logan's Lament", and a phrase of it appears on his grave monument: to wit, "Who Is There To Mourn For Logan". An excerpt from the "Lament" reads:
"I have often thought to live with you but for the injuries of one man. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour(sic) a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one."
Bio Originally Created by: Joe Ferrell Added: 23 Feb 2005 FIND A GRAVE ID #46594555 Fallen Graver:
Logan, originally "A Friend to the White Man", was born a Cayuga Indian. Later he took his home with a small tribe of Mingo Indians near Steubenville, Ohio, becoming their chief. During the French-Indian War Logan would take no part against the whites; but, when several Mingoes, including Logan's family, were murdered by whites at Yellow Creek, Chief Logan became an avenger. His subsequent attacks precipatated Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolution.
Circa 1780 Chief Logan was murdered by another Indian, possibly his own nephew.
Though not attending himself, Chief Logan sent a famous speech to a peace conference in Ohio in 1774. This speech became known as "Logan's Lament", and a phrase of it appears on his grave monument: to wit, "Who Is There To Mourn For Logan". An excerpt from the "Lament" reads:
"I have often thought to live with you but for the injuries of one man. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour(sic) a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one."
Logan, originally "A Friend to the White Man", was born a Cayuga Indian. Later he took his home with a small tribe of Mingo Indians near Steubenville, Ohio, becoming their chief. During the French-Indian War Logan would take no part against the whites; but, when several Mingoes, including Logan's family, were murdered by whites at Yellow Creek, Chief Logan became an avenger. His subsequent attacks precipatated Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolution.
Circa 1780 Chief Logan was murdered by another Indian, possibly his own nephew.
Though not attending himself, Chief Logan sent a famous speech to a peace conference in Ohio in 1774. This speech became known as "Logan's Lament", and a phrase of it appears on his grave monument: to wit, "Who Is There To Mourn For Logan". An excerpt from the "Lament" reads:
"I have often thought to live with you but for the injuries of one man. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour(sic) a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one."
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