Of all that border, fiercely led

Five hundred Wyandots, to gain

Plunder and scalp-locks from the slain;

And in this hold—Fort Henry then,

But Wheeling now—twelve boys and men

Guarded with watchful ward and care

Women and prattling children there,

Against their rude and savage foes,

And Betty Zane was one of those.

There had been forty-two at first