i564 Notes on Ohio. 
vated on a high stump, like a sentinel on his watch tower, 
they were always prepared for an attack, or wa cir- 
cumstances which no way suited the Indian mode of war- 
fare; they invariably preferring to attack the unwary oe the 
unguarded, calculatiug on success more from the sudden and 
unexpected manner of attack, than on their own physical 
power. » 
On the eleventh of April, 1789, settlements | were begun at 
Belpre and Newbury. The first is fifteen miles below Ma- 
rietta, on the Ohio river; the latter is twenty-five miles. 
Strong, garrison-houses were built at both these places, to 
which the settlers fled in any alarm; but the greater number 
lived within the garrisons so _ as any danger from Indians 
was apprehended. There were three of these garrisons in 
Belpre ; the strongest one was ales “‘ Farmer’s Castle.” 
After the Indian war commenced in 1791, four or six 
a scour the woods daily, and. make report immediately on 
discovering signs that Indians were in the neighbourhood ; 
soon as any thing serious or alarming was discovered, the 
‘‘ spies” gave notice, the alarm gun was fired, and every man 
hasted — the field, from the wood, or wherever he might 
be, directly to his post; the gates were shut, and in a few 
minutes all_were ready for the expected attack. But the 
often threatened attack never took place. The “ yankees”? 
were always in preparation to recieve company; and of 
course the Indians did not choose to call; but would occa- 
sionally knock at the door to see who was at home. 
“he settlement at Belpré, however, lost a few of its num- 
ber from individuals venturing too far from the garrisons, and 
not expecting any danger, as serayee had not been seen 
Jately in their vicinity. 
in 1793, Major Goodall, a native of Massachusetts, was 
taken by the Indians, bile hauling timber, with an ox team, 
from the adjacent forest; his team was destroyed, but of 
m3ijor Goodall no wetaee could be discovered. It was ge- 
nerally supposed that he was taken a prisoner, removed a 
considerable way into the. wilderness, and murdered; as 0 
tidings could ever be gained of his being a prisoner among 
them, when the diffrent Indian tribes were in at Greenville, 
to form a treaty in 1795. His loss was a severe one to the 
settledionn, as he was one of the most active and enterprising 
