Pennsylvania Historical
Marker along old
US 322 at Reedsville

An 1842 view of
Chief Logan's cabin

Marker placed by the
village of Reedsville
to honor Chief Logan

Logan's Spring near
Reedsville, as it
looks today

The Story of Chief Logan
in Mifflin County
by: Lauren P.

     Shikellamy was a great chief of the Cayugas.  He attended many meetings in Philadelphia where he was the guest of the Secretary of the Province, James Logan. Shikellamy admired James Logan so much that Shikellamy named his second son after him.  All of his sons were baptized by Moravian missionaries.
      In 1755 Shikellamy paid a visit to Chief Kishacoquillas.   Shikellamy’s sons, James and John Logan were with him.  James liked the valley so much that after Kishacoquillas, died he returned to it. James built a small log cabin by a fine mountain in Reedsville, by Tea Creek. Logan earned his living by hunting.
                    Logan’s Tragic Life
      While Chief Logan was away the camp he set up, a group of white men came and murdered Logan’s father, brother, sisters, as well as the rest of the Mingoes present. After he returned to see his family dead, Logan was very angry and broken. Logan said “ Who is there to mourn for Logan. Not one.” For time Logan was against all white men. James Logan promised to take 10 lives for everyone in his family murdered that day.
       After the year that his family died, he became addicted to alcohol. On November 28, 1790, he was found drinking at a campfire. Logan was later found dead. He had been tomahawk to death.

I found my information in the book,
Mifflin County Yesterday and Today
Pictures are from the
Mifflin County Historical Society