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wounded
and
lay
exhausted
on
the
ground,
Reynolds,
fleeing
on
horseback,
saw
his
Captain,
jumped
from
his
horse,
and
insisted
on
Patterson
taking
the
horse
and
making
his
escape.
This
Patterson
was
reluctant
to
do,
as
it
seemed
impossible
that
any
one
without
a
horse
could
possibly
escape
from
the
Indians,
but
Reynolds
put
his
Captain
on
the
horse
and
took
his
chances
without
it.
The
result
was
that
Reynolds
was
captured
by
two
Indians.
He
was
left
in
charge
of
one
of
them,
whom
he
knock-
ed
down
and
then
made
his
escape.
Patterson
was
much
grati-
fied
upon
meeting
Reynolds,
and,
in
reply
to
his
question
what
had
prompted
him
to
be
willing
to
probably
sacrifice
his
own
life,
for
his
Captain,
was
told
that
it
was
because
his
Captain
reproved
him
when
he
needed
reproof.
Reynolds
became
a
re-
ligious
man,
joining
the
Baptist
Church,
and,
according
to tra-
dition,
became
a
Baptist
preacher.
I
have
dwelled
upon
this
incident
because
it
brings
up
the
question
in
ethics
as
to
what
influence
the
quart
bottle
of
whisky
may
have
had
in
changing
Reynolds
from
a
habitual
breaker
of
one
of
the
Ten
Command-
ments
by
Patterson
violating
the
eleventh
man-made
"prohibi-
tion
commandment,"
"Thou
shalt
not
make,
sell,
or use
an
intoxicating
beverage."
I
leave
the
determination
of
this
ques-
tion
to
my
readers,
for
I
fear
I
am
digressing
from
my
subject,
"Bourbon
Whisky."
The
early
settlers
of
Kentucky,
like
Noah when
he
had
been
preserved
from
the
flood,
seemed
to
have
felt
the
need
for
an
alcoholic
stimulant.
Therefore,
it
is
likely
that
as
soon
as
corn
had
begun
to
be
grown
in
Kentucky
some
of
it
was
converted
into
whisky.
In
the
beginning,
of
course,
this
was
done
on
a
very
small
scale,
and
in
a
crude,
jn'imitive
way,
but,
as
the
liquor
distilled
in
this
way,
from
corn,
in
the
early
days
of
Kentucky,
became
more
and
more
popular,
both
on
account
of
its
flavor
as
a
beverage
and
its
beneficial
effect
as
a
stimulant,
the
reputation
of
Kentucky
whisky
conmienced
to
spread
beyond
the
borders
of
the
State
and
a
demand
for
the liquor
from
all
the
surrounding
territory
ensued.
Thus,
the
distillation
of
whisky
started
by
settlers
of
Kentucky
for
their
own
use,
their
families,
and
friends,
develojjed
into
a
business
to
meet
the
growing
de-
mand
for
what
has
since
become
Kentucky's
internationally-
known
product.
The
first
distilleries
of
the
State
were
located
on
farms;
most
of
the
farms
of
any
importance
having
these
small
stills,
which
were
operated
by
unskilled
men,
and
without
much
regard
to
science.
But
when
the
Civil
War
occurred
in
this
country,
a
Federal
tax
was
imposed
on
whisky,
which
re-
quired
strict
Governmental
supervision,
and, consequently,
many
of
these
small
stills
were
abandoned,
with
the
result
that
much
larger
quantities
of
whisky
have
been
made
in
distilleries