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Collins' History of Kentucky gives the following thrilling account of an adventure in the life of the sister, Hannah Woods:
"In the year 1784 or 1785, near the Crab Orchard, in Lincoln County, a very singular adventure occurred at the house of a Mr. Woods. One morning he left his family, consisting of a wife and a daughter, not yet grown, and a lame negro man, ae off to a station near by, not expecting to return till night. Mrs. Woods, being a short distance from her cabin, was alarmed by discovering several Indians advancing towards it. She instantly screamed loudly, in order to give the alarm, and ran with utmost speed,, in hope of reaching the house before them. In this she succeeded, but before she could close the door the foremost Indian had forced his way into the house He was instantly seized by the lame negro man and, after a shhort scuffle, they both fell with violence, the negro underneath. Mrs. Woods was to busily engaged in keeping the door shut against the party without to attend to the combatants, but the lame negro, holding the Indian tightly in his arms, called to the young girl to take the axe from under the bed and dispatch him by a blow to the head. She immediately attempted it, but the first attempt was a failure. She repeated the blow and killed him.
"The other Indians were at the door trying to force it open with their tomahawks. The negro rose and proposed to Mrs. Woods to let in another and they would soon dispose of the whole of them in the same manner.
"The cabin was but a short distance from the station, the occupants of which having discovered the perilous situation of the family, fired on the Indians and killed another, when the remainder made their escape."
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