Notes for: Elizabeth ZANE

Abram Rogers in his account of the siege of 1777, ascribes very great credit to Ms Zane in that affair, not only for her zeal, activity and usefulness, but in her encouragement and exhortations to the men engaged in the defense.
The powder becoming scarce it was proposed that someone should run for a supply, and among the volunteers for that dangerous journey was a sister of Col. Zane's, who said she (Elizabeth Zane) would go. This, however, was objected to, and the young men insisted on going themselves. But she was firm in her purpose, and replied that the loss of a woman would be less felt than the loss of a man. Pinning up her dress to let her feet have fair play in the race, off she went. But the Indians astonished at the sight, did not fire a single shot at her. Soon she had secured the contents of a keg of gun powder in an apron round her waist and off she bounded again. But the enemy, seeing her returning, suspected some mischief, and fired a volley of balls after her; all of which missed her, and she reached her destination in safety, with plenty of powder to carry through the siege.