½PARAµPAR@`ÿÿÿÿÿÿ5TEXT`'Bailey, Ann 1742Ð1825 scout Born in 1742 in Liverpool, England, Ann Hennis came to America, probably as an indentured servant, in 1761. Her first husband, Richard Trotter, a Shenandoah valley settler and survivor of General Edward BraddockÕs disastrous expedition of 1755, was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. Thereupon his widow adopted male dress, took up rifle and tomahawk, and became a frontier scout, messenger, spy, and Indian fighter. She was the subject of numerous adventures, both true and legendary, and became widely known as the Òwhite squaw of the KanawhaÓ and more bluntly as ÒMad Ann.Ó In 1788 she moved with her second husband, John Bailey, also a scout, to ÒClendeninÕs SettlementÓ on the site of present-day Charleston, West Virginia. The settlementÕs principal feature was Fort Lee, and its siege by Native Americans in 1791 provided the occasion for Ann BaileyÕs most famous exploit. When the defendersÕ powder ran low she volunteered to ride for help. She dashed from the fort and through the host of besiegers, rode a hundred miles through the forest to Fort Union (present-day Lewisburg), and returned on the third day with powder. After her second husbandÕs death she went to live with her son in Ohio. She died in Gallia County, Ohio, on November 22, 1825. ^styl`!5ª 5ª5ª!Ilink`