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LOGAN 575 Sandusky, and Cleveland railroads pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 544,- 126 bushels of wheat, 803,782 of Indian corn, 159,630 of oats, 56,333 of potatoes, 207,486 Ibs. of wool, 34,671 of flax, 452,813 of butter, and 23,837 tons of hay. There were 7,439 horses, 5,586 milch cows, 10,280 other cattle, 54,479 sheep, and 20,753 swine; 11 manufac- tories of furniture, 21 of carriages, 9 of cloth- ing, 10 of cooperage, 2 of machinery, 13 of saddlery and harness, 8 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 4 of woollen goods, 6 tan- neries, 5 currying establishments, 12 flour mills, and 14 saw mills. Capital, Bellefontaine. IV. A central county of Illinois, intersected by Salt creek and drained by Kickapoo and Sugar creeks; area, 529 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 23,053. The land is level and fertile. It is intersected by the Chicago and Alton railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 239,019 bushels of wheat, 37,232 of rye, 4,221,640 of Indian corn, 490,226 of oats, 130,015 of potatoes, 30,448 Ibs. of wool, 482,755 of butter, and 31,297 tons of hay. There were 12,204 horses, 1,615 mules and asses, 6,319 milch cows, 14,312 other cat- tle, 7,776 sheep, and 47,437 swine; 4 manu- factories of brick, 19 of carriages, 13 of cloth- ing, 2 of machinery, 14 of saddlery and har- ness, 1 of sash, doors, and blinds, 7 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 2 breweries, 10 flour mills, and 3 saw mills. Capital, Lincoln. V. A central county of Dakota, recently formed, and not included in the census of 1870 ; area, about 1,800 sq. m. It is mostly occupied by the "Plateau du Coteau du Missouri." LOGAN, the assumed name of the Indian chief Tah-gah-jute, born about 1725, killed near Lake Erie in the summer of 1780. He was the son of Shikellamy, a chief of the Cayugas, who resided on the shores of the Susquehanna; and he was called Logan after James Logan, the secretary of Pennsylvania. In his early manhood he was known through- out the frontier of Virginia and Pennsylvania for his fine presence, his engaging qualities, and his friendship for the whites. About 1770 he removed to the banks of the Ohio, where he gave way in a measure to intemperance. In the spring of 1774 his family were massacred, it was alleged, by a party of whites led by Capt. Michael Cresap, under the pretext of re- taliation for Indian murders ; but it is exceed- ingly doubtful whether Cresap had any share in the transaction. Logan at once instigated a war against the scattered settlers of the far west, and for several months fearful barbari- ties were perpetrated upon men, women, and children. He himself took 30 scalps in the course of the war, which terminated after a severe defeat of the Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha. He disdained to appear among the chiefs who subsequently sued for peace, but sent to Lord Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, the following speech explaining his conduct, which was first published in Jeffer- son's "Notes on Virginia": "I appeal to any 504 VOL. x. 37 white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cab- in hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advo- cate for peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of the white men. I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women and chil- dren. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my ven- geance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear ; Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? Not one." His habits of intemperance grew upon him after this, and while frenzied with liquor he felled his wife by a sudden blow. Think- ing that he had killed her, he fled, and while traversing the wilderness between Detroit and Sandusky was overtaken by a party of Indians. Supposing his avengers at hand, he prepared to attack them, and was killed by his relative Tod-hah-dohs in self-defence. LOGAN. I. James, an American author, born at Lurgan, Ireland, Oct. 20, 1674, died at Stenton, near Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1751. He was a member of the society of Friends, ac- quired by his own efforts a good knowledge of science and languages, and was established in trade at Bristol when in 1699 he accepted Wil- liam Penn's invitation to accompany him to America as secretary. In 1701, upon the re- turn of Penn to England, he was appointed provincial secretary, and he was subsequently commissioner of property, chief justice, and president of the council, and acted as governor for two years after the demise of Gov. Gordon in 1736. His chief work, Experimental et Me- letemata de Plantarum Generations (Leyden, 1739 ; London, translated from the Latin by Dr. Fothergill, 1747), an expansion of a paper on the growth of maize, was published in the "Philosophical Transactions" for 1735. He was the author of an English translation of Cicero's De Senectute, published in 1744 by Benjamin Franklin, which was the first ori- ginal translation of a classical author printed in America. He gave his library, numbering about 2,000 volumes, to the city of Philadel- phia, and it is deposited in a separate depart- ment of the Philadelphia library under the name of the Loganian library. II. George, an American statesman, grandson of the prece- ding, born at Stenton, Sept. 9, 1753, died there, April 9, 1821. He was educated in England, studied medicine and took the degree of M. D. in Edinburgh, and returned in 1779 to America, where he was one of the first to prosecute