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Chronicles of border warfare

Note 1 — CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (continued 5)

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L. V. McWhorter, of Berlin, W. Va., writes me: “A few years ago, the descendants of David Morgan erected a monument on the spot where fell one of the Indians. On the day of the unveiling of the monument, there was on exhibition at the spot, a shot-pouch and saddle skirt made from the skins of the Indians. Greenwood S. Morgan, a great-grandson of the Indian slayer, informs me that the shot-pouch is now in the possession of a distant relative, living in Wetzel County, W. Va. The knife with which the Indian was killed, is owned by Morgan’s descendants in Marion County, W. Va.”––R. G. T.

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