Qualities of a Hero

A heroine of the American Revolution is Elizabeth Zane. She was in Fort Henry when it was attacked by a group of Indians. Elizabeth highlighted the battle by risking her life to get gunpwder from her brother's, Ebenezer Zane's, home. The house was about sixty yards from the fort, and the soldier's gunpowder was running very low. Elizabeth insisted she go after Colonel Shephard asked for a volunteer to go get gunpowder from Ebenezer's house, and three men volunteered. She must have covinced them to allow her to go because the story goes that she went through with the mission. As she ran to her brother's house from the fort, not a shot was fired, for the Indians couldn't figure out what she was doing. When she began the journey back however, bullers streamed all around her, but not one hit her, and she brought back the needed gunpowder safely. This shows real courage, and real courage is a quality that a real hero or heroine should have.