156 Logan, Cresap, and Rogers. 



English from that translation. This, certainly, gives 

 us room to doubt, ^^ he ther the accuracy of the English 

 translation in the Travek, to which I have referred, can 

 be depended upon : for the licence or carelessness of 

 translators is often monhtrously great ; and it has been 

 observed (with what truth I will not pretend to say), 

 that the French, in general, translate with less fidelity 

 than most other people. 



The Abbe says, that the speech was given to him 

 " by a professor at Williamsburg." It may still be in 

 our po\v er to discover the name of the professor. Should 

 this be done, the obscurity which hangs over this sub- 

 ject may all be removed : we shall be able to determine, 

 whether it Mas Logan or Lonan who sent the speech; 

 whether it was Cresap or Rogers who murdered the 

 family ; and whether the event took place in 1 754, or 

 in 1774. We shall, perhaps, be able to discover the 

 first edition of the speech, and to ascertain how much, 

 and A\ hat part, of it \vas dictated by the Mingo chief: 

 how much, and what part, was Avrittenyo;* him, at a sub- 

 sequent period (perhaps, at several periods), by other 

 persons. Meanwhile, I am irresistibly led to believe, 

 that the speech from ^hich the Abbe Robin translated 

 the specimen which he has given us, must, — indepen- 

 dently on the names of the parties concerned ; indepen- 

 dently on the time at which the event is said to have 

 liappened, — must have been extremely unlike the 

 speech attributed to Logan, in Mr. Jefferson's Notes. 

 I am even persuaded, that a large proportion of those 

 who candidly read this statement will unite with me in 

 sentiment on this subject. 



