12 Murder of Logan’s Family. 
and in order to prevent being discovered by the whites, passed on 
the west side of Wheeling Island, and landed at Pipe Creek, a small 
stream that empties into-the Ohio a few miles below Grave Creek, 
where they were overtaken by Cresap, with a party of men from 
Wheeling.* They took one Indian scalp, and had one white man 
(Big Tarrener) badly wounded. ‘They, I believe, carried him in a 
litter from Wheeling to Redstone. I saw the party on their return 
from their victorious campaign. The Indians had for some time be- 
fore these events, thought themselves intruded upon by the ‘ Long 
Knife,’ as they at that time called the Virginians, and many of them 
were for war. However, they called a council, in which Logan 
acted a conspicuous part. He admitted their grounds of complaint, 
but at the same time reminded them of some aggressions on the part 
of the Indians, and that by a war they could but harass and distress 
the frontier settlements for a short time; that ‘the Long Knife’ 
would come like the trees in the woods, and that ultimately they 
should be driven from the good lands which they now possessed. 
He therefore strongly recommended peace. ‘To him they all 
agreed; grounded the hatchet, and every thing wore a tranquil ap- 
pearance; when behold, the fugitives arrived from Yellow Creek: 
and reported that Logan’s father, brother, and sister, were murdered! 
Three of the nearest and dearest relations of Logan, had been mas- 
sacred by white men. The consequence was, that this same Logan, 
who a few days before was so pacific, raised the hatchet, with a 
declaration that he would not ground it until he had taken ten 
one ; which I believe he completely fulfilled, by taking thirty 
scalps and prisoners in the summer of 1774. The above has often 
- been related to me by several persons who were at the Indian towns 
at the time of the council alluded to, and also when the remains 
of the party came in from Yellow Creek. Thomas Nicholson 
in particular, has told me the above and much more. Another 
person (whose name I cannot recollect) informed me that he was 
at the towns when the Yellow Creek Indians came in, and that 
there was great lamentation by all the Indians of that place. 
* Cresap did not live at Wheeling, but happened to be there at that time with a 
party of men, who had, with himself, just returned fro roman exploring expedition 
down the Ohio he purpose lands (called in the 
West, locating ands) along se xives in choice situations 2] dee at that early 
day very common, when Virg ding w. 
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