39 The Winning of the West 



tucky. Commanded by the Colonels Todd, Trigg, 

 Boone & Todd, with the Majors Harlin, and Mc- 

 Gary most of whom fell in the action, from the best 

 inquiry I could make upon the spot there was up- 

 wards of one hundred & forty killed & taken with 

 near an hundred rifles several being thrown into a 

 deep River that ware not recovered. It was said by 

 the Prisoners that a Colonel Logan was expected to 

 join them with one hundred men more we waited 

 upon the ground to-day for him, but seeing there 

 was not much probability of his coming we set 

 off & crossed the ohio the second day after the 

 action. Captain Caldwell & I arrived at this place 

 last night with a design of sending some assistance 

 to those who are bring on the wounded people who 

 are fourteen in number, we had Ten Indians kill'd 

 with Mr. La Bute of the Indian Department who by 

 sparing the life of one of the Enemy & endeavour- 

 ing to take him Prisoner loss'd his own, to our dis- 

 appointment we find no Provisions brought for- 

 ward to this place or likely hood of any for some 

 time, and we have entirely subsisted since we left 

 this on what we got in the Woods, and took from 

 the Enemy. The Prisoners all agree in their ac- 

 count that there is no talk of an Expedition from 

 that Quarter, nor indeed are they able without as- 

 sistance from the Colonies, & that the Militia of 

 the Country have been employed during the sum- 

 mer in Building the Fort at the Falls, & what they 

 call a Row Galley which has made one trip up the 

 River to the Mouth of the big Miamis & occasioned 



