Lewis Wetzel

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Lewis Wetzel Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
1808 (aged 44–45)
Mississippi, USA
Burial
Limestone, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man.

The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians.
Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man.

The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians.