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and renowned all along the border for his deeds 

 of desperate prowess, his wonderful adventures, 

 and his hairbreadth escapes. Another, of a very 

 different stamp, was Simon Girty, of evil fame, 

 whom the whole West grew to loathe, with bitter 

 hatred, as "the white renegade." He was the son 

 of a vicious Irish trader, who was killed by the 

 Indians; he was adopted by the latter, and grew 

 up among them, and his daring ferocity and un- 

 scrupulous cunning early made him one of their 

 leaders. 5 At the moment he was serving Lord Dun- 

 more and the whites; but he was by tastes, habits, 

 and education a red man, who felt ill at ease among 

 those of his own color. He soon returned to the 

 Indians, and dwelt among them ever afterward, 

 the most inveterate foe of the whites that was to 

 be found in all the tribes. He lived to be a very 

 old man, and is said to have died fighting his ancient 

 foes and kinsmen, the Americans, in our second 

 war against the British. 



But Lord Dunmore's army was not destined to 

 strike the decisive blow in the contest. The great 

 Shawnee chief, Cornstalk, was as wary and able 

 as he was brave. He had from the first opposed 

 the war with the whites 6 ; but as he had been unable 



5 See Mag. of Am. Hist., XV, 256. 



6 De Haas, p. 161. He is a very fair and trustworthy writer; 

 in particular, as regards Logan's speech and Cresap's conduct. 

 It is to be regretted that Brantz Mayer, in dealing with these 

 latter subjects, could not have approached them with the same 

 desire to be absolutely impartial, instead of appearing to act 

 solely as an advocate. 



