Margaret Chenoweth

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Wife of Richard Chenoweth (married in 1769)Richard and Margaret lived in a log cabin in Louisville and welcomed a new child every year almost until 1784.
This is when Richard moved his family to Chenoweth Station (now Middletown area).
Their new home was attacked by Indians 3 times.
A terrible massacre happened on July 16, 1789 when Shawnee Indians attacked the family home.
Margaret was shot between the shoulder blades with an arrow and she fell to the ground where she played dead. The Indian stomped on her head to pull his arrow out then scalped her.
After the attack, she pulled herself up to found her way to the spring house so soak her bleeding head into the water.
She was found the next morning by Col Richard Anderson and William Clark (future leader of Louis and Clark). She rode 12 miles to Louisville for medical treatment and ended up healing from her wounds eventually.

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