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Notes on Ohio. 157 
} sp bd have shared the’ same fate with that at Big 
Bot : 
The: settlement at Waterford was also attacked by the In- 
dians; they were beaten off without any loss of lives; but 
they suffered a considerable loss in cattle, which the Indians 
drove away. It was afterwards discovered that one Indian 
was shot through the shoulder. In 1794, Abel Sherman was 
killed at Waterford; and in 1795, Sherman Waterman was 
killed on Little Wolf creek. 
“he settlement at Marietta suffered but little from the de- 
predations of the Indians. ‘Their cows would occasionally 
come home with arrows sticking in them, and sometimes they 
drove them off, or destroyed them. It was against tlie re- 
gulations of the settlement, for any. horses to run at large, 
they being an object of plunder of the first consequence to the 
Indians, as they are not only easily removed, but also assist 
them in their retreat; this regulation, with two or three at- 
tempts, which they ‘made on this settlement, proving dis- 
astrous, was the reason why they so seldom visited the place. 
A man by the name of Robert Warth, who was chopping in a 
field, within gun shotof the fort on Point Harmar, was killed by 
an Indian i in open day, in the year 1792; the Indian escaped 
unhurt. Matthew Kerr was shot at the mouth of Duck creek, 
while crossing it in a canoe. About this time one of the 
“spies,” by the name of William Rogers, was killed a few 
miles from Marietta, as he was returning from a scout, in com- 
pany with another “spy” by the name of Henderson. The 
Hg waylaid the path, and fired upon them as the “passed 
Henderson had a ball shot through his blanket as it 
nee at his ‘back, but without injuring him. The Indians 
chased him several re 2 but by his superior activity and 
bravery, he Seg: gg 
nning of fey 408 R. # Meigs,* Jr. Esq. (since 
corer’ of the State of Ohio, and Post Master General) had. 
ow van from the attack of twoIndians. Mr. 
s com with a man by the name of Symonds, and 
s black hoy Gout 14 or 16 years old, was ee an at 
‘ht, from his cornfield where he had been hoeing 
Fig had secreted themselves by the side of the path, be- 
tween him and the fort, on the west side of Muskingum river ; 
as he approached the river for the purpose of crossing it, some 
* Since deceased. 
