Jesse Hughes.
Jesse Hughes was born and reared in Clarksburgh, Harrison county, Virginia, on the head-waters of the Monongahela. He was a light-built, active man, and from his constant practice became one of the best hunters and Indian fighters on the frontier. Having a perfect knowledge of all the artifices of the Indians, he was quick to devise expedients to frustrate them. Of this, the following exploit is an illustration. At a time of great danger from Indian incursions, when the citizens in the neighborhood where in a fort at Clarksburgh, Hughes one morning observed a lad very hurriedly engaged in fixing his gun.
“Jim,” said he, “what are you doing that for?”
“I am going to shoot a turkey that I hear gobbling on the hill side,” replied Jim.
“I hear no turkey,” said Hughes.
“Listen,” said Jim. “There, didn’t you hear it? Listen again!”