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31: 228: 69:) attacked from across the Ohio River. They killed three of Chenoweth's children, Levi, Margaret and Polly and two of the soldiers. Chenoweth's wife, Margaret "Peggy" née McCarthy was pierced through the lungs by an arrow and seriously wounded. She 73:
while an attacker took her scalp. She survived and wore a hat for the rest of her life to conceal the scars. Two soldiers were captured alive and were ritually burned at the stake near the springhouse.
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Chenoweth Station was likely targeted in the raid because it was relatively isolated from the nearest settlements of
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Chenoweth Fort-Springhouse photographed by tourists, 1911
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Richard Chenoweth

Native American
Louisville, Kentucky
Fort Nelson
Middletown
Shawnee
faked death
Linn's Station
Falls of the Ohio
Chenoweth Fort-Springhouse
National Register of Historic Places
History of Louisville, Kentucky
"Nomination for National Register of Historic Places"
"Chenoweth: [JOHN] Richard of Louisville, KY"
William Clark and the Shaping of the West
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