Editing Logan (Iroquois leader) (section)

===Logan's Lament===
[[File:Logan monument.jpg|thumb|Monument to Logan at the Logan Elm State Memorial in [[Pickaway County, Ohio]]. The text of "Logan's Lament" is inscribed on the other side of the monument.]]
Logan was not at the [[Battle of Point Pleasant]] (October 10, 1774), the only major battle of Dunmore's War. Following the battle, Dunmore's army marched into the Ohio Country and compelled the Ohio Indians to agree to a peace treaty.

According to tradition, Logan refused to attend the negotiations and instead made a speech that became legendary:

{{blockquote|I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last [[French and Indian War|long and bloody war]], Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of the white men. I have even thought to live with you but for the injuries of one man. [[Michael Cresap|Col. Cresap]], the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This has called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one.}}

First published in ''[[The Virginia Gazette]]'' in 1775, the speech was more widely popularized when [[Thomas Jefferson]] reprinted it in his book ''[[Notes on the State of Virginia]]'' (1782).<ref>{{cite thesis | last = Richards | first = Irving T. | date = 1933 | title = The Life and Works of John Neal | type = PhD | publisher = [[Harvard University]] | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | url = http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990038995990203941/catalog | oclc = 7588473 | page = 327}}</ref><ref name="TheIndianCensuresTheWhiteManWilliamAndMaryQuarterly">{{Cite journal |last=Eastman |first=Carolyn |date=July 2008 |title=The Indian Censures the White Man: 'Indian Eloquence' and American Reading Audiences in the Early Republic |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25096813?seq=1 |journal=[[The William and Mary Quarterly]] |volume=65 |issue=3 |pages=535–564 |issn=0043-5597 |access-date=1 September 2024 |jstor=25096813}}</ref> In 1822 the speech inspired the [[John Neal]] novel ''[[Logan (novel)|Logan]]'', which also featured Logan as a main character.<ref>{{cite book | last = Goddu | first = Theresa A. | title = Gothic America: Narrative, History, and Nation | publisher = Columbia University Press | location = New York City, New York| year = 1997 | isbn =9780231108171 | page = 61}}</ref> The [[Ulmus americana|American elm]] tree in [[Pickaway County, Ohio]] under which Logan was said to have given the speech became known as the ''[[Logan Elm]].'' It grew to great size before dying in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Logan Elm|url=http://www.over-land.com/st_loganelm.html|access-date=October 6, 2011|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927075805/http://www.over-land.com/st_loganelm.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>