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About Major Samuel McCulloch
http://www.celticradio.net/php/forums/uploads/post-34-1105210227.ibf Major McCullough passed through almost the entire Revolutionary War, wining distinction wherever he fought. He was a true patriot. It is sad to chronicle his untimely death which occured about one year previous to the close of the war.
In the Autumn of 1782, Major Sam McCullough and his brother, John, started out for Fort Van Meter. The brothers were on horseback and made no attempt at silence, not suspecting savages in the area they were in. Cheerefully they cantered along the well-known road, pleasantly chattering about their old home, or relating some war experiences, when, without the least warning, came the sound of a score of deadly rifles. They seemed to be on both sides of the road. The gallent major fell from his horse with an expression of pain, never to rise again. Several bullets had pierced his body, the wound from any one of which was sufficiently fatal as to cause death.
John's horse reared, plunged forward, and fell, mortally wounded. Quick as a flash the unharmed horseman leaped to the saddle just vacated by his brother, put spurs to the steed, and amid another volly of bullets, made good his escape. Only one bullet struck him, and that inflicted merely a flesh wound.
His brother lay dead in the road, and John, after getting a hundred yards away, stopped to take a last glance. As he wheeled his horse to look, an Indian was in the act of taking the Major's scalp. With great coolness the brother took aim, pulled the trigger, and before tha bloodthirsty savage had completed his work, a leaden messenger of death had visited his heart.
With some satisfaction, John rode on to the fort, alerting the settlers to the danger.
A recent writter gives the following; "The next day a party went out from Fort Van Meter and gathered up the mutilated remains of the poor major. The savages had actually disembowled him, but the visvera all remained except the heart. Some years subsequently an Indian, who had been one of the attacking party on that occasion, confessed to whites that the heart of Major McCullough had been divided and eaten by the party. "So that," he concluded, "we be bold, like Major McCullough." On another occasion the Indian, when speaking of the incident said, "The white (meaning John McCullough) had killed a great captain, but they (the Indians) had killed a greater one."
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McColloch's Leap was a feat performed during a September 1777 attack by Native Americans on Fort Henry, site of present-day Wheeling, West Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
In September 1777, during a Native American siege on the fort, Major Samuel McColloch arrived at the fort with 40 mounted men from Short Creek. The gates of the fort were thrown open to allow the men entrance. Major McColloch lingered behind to guide and protect the men. The Indians attacked, and all of the men except McColloch made it inside before they were forced to close the gates. McColloch found himself alone and surrounded by Native Americans, and he rode immediately towards the nearby hill in an attempt to escape. McColloch had earned a reputation as a very successful "borderer" (one who protected the frontier borders from the Native Americans) and was well known to both the frontiersmen and the Indians. The Indians eagerly pursued McColloch, and drove him to the summit of the hill.
As he rode along the top of the hill, he encountered another large body of Indians. He now found himself surrounded, with no path of escape. He knew, because of his reputation and history against the Indians, he would be tortured and killed with great cruelty if he were to be captured alive. With all avenues of escape cut off, he turned and faced the precipice, and with the bridle in his left hand and his rifle in his right, he spurred his horse over the edge to an almost certain death. The hill at that location is about 300 feet in height, and in many places is almost perpendicular.
The Indians rushed to the edge, expecting to see the major lying dead in a crumpled heap at the bottom of the hill. To their great surprise, they instead saw McColloch, still mounted on his white horse, galloping away from them.
As legend of this famous "leap" became known, the place where it occurred became known as McColloch's Leap. In 1917, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a monument on the hill to commemorate McColloch's bravery. The monument still stands near the top of Wheeling Hill, next to U.S. Route 40 (National Road).
From: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McColloch%27s_Leap
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Major Samuel McCulloch's Timeline
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1750
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Marlton, Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1782 |
July 30, 1782
Age 32
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Outside of Fort Van Meter, near Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia (WV), United States
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