Source: Chronicles of Border Warfare by Withers, Alexander Scott. pg. 429-430.
..as John BOZARTH, sen. & his sons George & John were busied in drawing grain from the field to the barn, the agonizing shrieks of those at the house rent the air around them & they hastened to ascertain & if practicable avert the cause...the old gentleman first discovered an Indian only a small distance from his son & with his gun raised to fire upon upon him. With parental solicitude he exclaimed, " See George, an Indian is going to shoot you."..He looked at him steadily & when he supposed the fatal aim was taken & the finger just pressing on the trigger, he fell & the ball whistled by him. Not doubting that the youth had fallen in death, the savage passed by him & pressed in pursuit of the father.
When George BOZARTH fell as the Indian fired, he lay still as if dead..Seeing him pass on in pursuit of his father, he arose & took to flight also. On his way he overtook a younger brother who had become alarmed & was hobbling slowly away on a sore foot...Knowing that if he remained with his brother, both must inevitably perish, he was reluctantly forced to leave him to his fate. Proceeding on he came up with his father, who not doubting but he was killed when the savage fired upon him, broke forth with the exclamation, " Why George, I thought you were dead,"..The Indians who were at the house, wrought their work of blood...killing 2 or 3 small children, took Mrs. BOZARTH & 2 boys prisoners. With these they made their way to their towns & arrived in time to surrender their captives to Gen. WAYNE. This was the last mischief done by the Indians in North Western Virginia.
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