88 On the supposed Welch- Indians. 



to him, to reach his friends in Virginia. He came, 

 with a hunting party of Indians, to the head- waters of 

 Coal-river, which runs into New-river, not far above 

 the falls. There he left the Shawnees, and easily 

 reached the settlements on Roanoke. 



Mr. Childs knew him before he was taken prisoner, 

 and saw him a few days after his return, when he 

 narrated to him the preceding circumstances. Grif- 

 fith was, universally, regarded as a steady, honest, 

 man, and a man of strict veracity. Mr. Childs has 

 always placed the utmost confidence in his account of 

 himself and his travels, and has no more doubt of the 

 truth of his relation, than if he had seen the whole 

 himself. Whether Griffith be still alive or not, he 

 does not know. 



Whether his ideas be correct or not, wc shall pro- 

 bably have a better opportunity of judging, on the 

 return of Captains Lewis and Clark ; who, though 

 they may not penetrate as far as Griffith, allcdged that 

 he had done, will probably learn enough of the coun- 

 try to enable us to determine, whether the account 

 given by Griffith be fiction or truth. 



I am, Sir, 

 Your humble servant, 

 Harry Toulmin. 

 Frankford, December 12, 

 1804. 



To the Editor of the Kentucky Palladium. 



