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timber wolves. His foes scattered and disappeared 

 in the dense forest. Nevertheless, coming across 

 some moccasin tracks, Scott's horsemen followed the 

 trail, killed four Indians, and carried in the scalps 

 to Limestone. The chastisement proved of little 

 avail. A month later rive immigrant boats, while 

 moored to the bank a few miles from Limestone, 

 were rushed by the Indians at night; one boat was 

 taken, all the thirteen souls aboard being killed or 

 captured. 



Among the men who suffered about this time was 

 the Italian Vigo; a fine, manly, generous fellow, of 

 whom St. Clair spoke as having put the United 

 States under heavy obligations, and as being "in 

 truth the most disinterested person" he had ever 

 known. 27 While taking his trading boat up the Wa- 

 bash, Vigo was attacked by an Indian war party, 

 three of his men were killed, and he was forced 

 to drop down-stream. Meeting another trading 

 boat manned by Americans, he again essayed to 

 force a passage in company with it, but they were 

 both attacked with fury. The other boat got off; 

 but Vigo's was captured. However, the Indians, 

 when they found the crew consisted of Creoles, mo 

 lested none of them, telling them that they only 

 warred against the Americans; though they plun 

 dered the boat. 



By the summer of 1790 the raids of the Indians 

 had become unbearable. Fresh robberies and mur- 



81 American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, Sept. 19, 

 1790. 



