Daily Lafayette Courier in Lafayette, Indiana

Frontier massacre at Elkhorn Creek in Kentucky frontier tale

The article recounts a brutal 1782 attack on the Cook family near the Elkhorn River, Kentucky. Hosea and Jesse Cook die while defending the cabin as Wyandot attackers surge from the woods. Young John McAndre tries to aid the wounded but is shot. The scene shifts to a vivid early sunrise over the clearing three miles from Frankfort, highlighting frontier hardship and the sudden fall of settler families to Indian raids.