Hugh Pendexter

“ It WAS the Indian woman's place to prepare food and clothing, lug firewood and water and till the soil. And yet she was not backward in standing by her husband's side and fighting to the death. In no tribe of American Indians is there any record of women regularly serving as warriors. In the exigence of surprize attacks women, white as well as red, would fight. ”

“ One warrior remained behind a tree and was shot. It proved to be a woman, painted and armed for warrior. “A wound in the thigh had prevented her escape with the men. Here is an example of a woman deliberately taking the war-path and playing a man's part. Another woman during the Revolutionary war killed the slayer of her husband and rallied the demoralized Cherokee and led them to victory. ”

“ Bozarth, at Dunkard's Creek, West Virginia, in 1779, killed three Indians with an ax within three minutes, after her cabin was attacked and her husband and several others, men and children, had been killed. ”