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cultivate their farms, except by stealth. 46 Instead 

 of being cowed, however, the backwoodsmen clam- 

 ored to be led against their foes, and made most 

 urgent appeals for powder and lead, of which there 

 was a great scarcity. 47 



The confusion was heightened by the anarchy in 

 which the government of the Northwestern district 

 had been thrown in consequence of the quarrel con- 

 cerning the jurisdiction. The inhabitants were 

 doubtful as to which colony really had a right to 

 their allegiance, and many of the frontier officials 

 were known to be double-faced, professing alle- 

 giance to both governments. 48 When the Pennsyl- 

 vanians raised a corps of a hundred rangers there 

 almost ensued a civil war among the whites, for the 

 Virginians were fearful that the movement was 

 really aimed against them. 49 Of course the march 

 of events gradually forced most, even of the neutral 

 Indians, to join their brethren who had gone on the 

 warpath, and as an example of the utter confusion 

 that reigned, the very Indians that were at war 

 with one British colony, Virginia, were still drawing 

 supplies from the British post of Detroit. 50 



Logan's rage had been terrible. He had changed 

 and not for the better, as he grew older, becoming 

 a sombre, moody man; worse than all, he had suc- 

 cumbed to the fire-water, the curse of his race. 

 The horrible treachery and brutality of the assault 

 wherein his kinsfolk were slain made him mad for 



46 Do., pp. 405, 707. 47 Do., p. 808. Do., p. 677- 

 49 Do., pp. 463, 467. 60 Do., p. 684. 



