420 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
between Fort St. Clair and Fort
Jefferson, the following is an authentic
account of that affair:
Lieut. Lowrie of the second and Ensign
Boyd, of the first and
second sub legions, with a command
consisting of about ninety, non-
commissioned officers and privates,
having under their convoy twenty
wagons, loaded with grain and
commissaries' stores, were attacked be-
tween daylight and sunrise, seven miles
advanced of Fort St. Clair, on
the morning of the 17th ult. (October,
1793, E. M.) These two gallant
young gentlemen, with thirteen
non-commissioned officers and privates,
bravely fell in action. It would appear
that after the fall of the officers,
the party did not make much resistance,
which was naturally to be
expected.
The Indians killed or carried off about
seventy horses, leaving
the wagons and store standing in the
road, and they were brought into
the camp six miles advanced of Fort
Jefferson, on the 20th ult., with
scarcely any loss or damage, except what
is before related.
SACREDNESS OF INDIAN GRAVES.
In reply to an inquiry made by Secretary
George Martin of the
Kansas State Historical society,
Attorney General Jackson handed down
an opinion to the effect that it is just
as much of a crime to open
Indian graves even in the interest of
archaeological research as it is to
open the graves of white people. He says
the law nowhere permits the
opening of graves for archaeological or
scientific research.
"I know of no reason," he says
in conclusion, "why Indian graves
should be despoiled any more than
another. The rights of the red man
should be respected as much as those of
whites or blacks. All the
natural instincts and feelings of
humanity cry out against the violation of
sepulture. Except in the interest of
justice or prompted by motives of
love and duty, the sanctity of each
deceased person's 'six feet of earth'
should not be disturbed."
LIFE MEMBERS.
Since the Annual Meeting of the Society
(March 22, 1907) the fol-
lowing have been elected Life Members of
the Society: Hon. Charles A.
Hanna, New York; Hon. Jacob G.
Schmidlapp, Cincinnati; Hon.
Florien Giauque, Cincinnati; Mr. George
M. Finckle, Columbus; Hon.
William H. Taft, Washington, D. C.; Dr.
George R. Love, Toledo;
Colonel John W. Harper, Cincinnati; Mr.
Frazer E. Wilson, Green-
ville; Prof. Frank P. Goodwin,
Cincinati; Rev. R. J. Richmond, Mc-
Connellsville; and Judge Rufus B. Smith,
Cincinnati; Hon. Drausin
Wulsin, Cincinnati.