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He returned, after the battle, to his own place of 

 residence. There was a smaller number of Corn- 

 planter's own tribe, than of any other tribe then 

 present. Thej had intended, in case they were vic- 

 torious, to continue their march to Philadelphia, 

 driving the whites before them, and compel them to 

 quit the country. But when the battle was over and 

 the plunder was divided, they became insubordinate 

 and could no longer be kept in order. The original 

 plan was therefore abandoned. On his return, 

 Corn planter informed his tribe of the dissensions in 

 their army and said, that in their then divided state 

 it was useless to contend longer against the British, 

 and they had better make peace with them as soon 

 as possible. His advice, however, was not followed* 

 I asked him if he was ever on the Susquehannah. 

 He laughed and asked if any of my friends h^d 

 ever been killed there. I answered in the negative- 

 He then asked if the people on the west branch of 

 the Susquehannah did not entertain feeling of enmity 

 against him. I replied that nothing was cherished 

 against him ; that whatever acts of hostility he had 

 committed were undoubtedly instigated by the 

 British, and upon them, therefore, rested the blame. 

 He said this was true ; that the British supplied them 

 with ammunition and paid them for scalps. I asked 

 him how many men had fallen by his own hand, 

 lie said lie had killed seven. I asked him if his 

 half brother was not killed there, to which he an- 

 swered that he was, in an attack upon a block-house* 

 it Munsec hill, and that lie was present bimself J 



