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remained still in uncertainty with respect to the En- 

 emys motions, & it was thought best from hence to 

 send Scouts to the Falls & that the main Body 

 should advance into the Enemys Country and en- 

 deavour to lead out a party from some of their 

 Forts by which we might be able to gain some cer- 

 tain Intelligence accordingly we crossed the Ohio 

 and arrived the i8th Inst. at one of the Enemys 

 settlements call'd Bryans Station, but the Indians 

 discovering their numbers prevented their coming 

 out and the Lake Indians finding this rush'd up 

 to the Fort and set several out Houses on fire but 

 at too great a distance to touch the Fort the Wind 

 blowing the Contrary way. the firing continued this 

 day during which time a Party of about twenty of 

 the Enemy approached a part that happened not 

 to be Guarded & about one half of them reached it 

 the rest being drove back by a few Indians who 

 ware near the place, the next morning finding it to 

 no purpose to keep up a fire longer upon the Fort 

 as we were getting men killed, & had already several 

 men wounded which ware to be carried, the Indians 

 determined to retreat & the 2Oth reached the Blue 

 Licks where we encamp'd near an advantageous 

 Hill and expecting the enemy would pursue deter- 

 mined here to wait for them keeping spies at the 

 Lick who in the morning of the 2ist discovered them 

 & at half past 7 o'clock we engaged them & in a 

 short time totally defeated them, we ware not much 

 superior to them in Numbers they being about two 

 hundred picked men from the settlement of Ken- 



