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westward had been left in a state of turbulence, 

 which promised an abundant harvest of future 

 mischief^ In one particular, at least, Bradstreet 

 had occasioned serious detriment to the English 

 interest. The Iroquois allies, who had joined his 

 army, were disgusted by his treatment of them, 

 while they were roused to contempt by the imbe- 

 cility of his conduct towards the enemy ; and 

 thus the efforts of Sir William Johnson to secure 

 the attachment of these powerful tribes were in no 

 small degree counteracted and neutralized.^ 



While Bradstreet's troops were advancing upon 

 the lakes, or lying idle in their camp at Sandusky, 

 another expedition was in progress at the south- 

 ward, with abler conduct and a more auspicious 

 result. 



1 MS. Letter — Johnson to the Board of Trade, December 26. 



2 The provincial officers, to whom the command of the Indian allies 

 was assigned, drew up a paper containing complaints against Bradstreet, 

 and particulars of his misconduct during the expedition. This curious 

 document, from which a few extracts have been given, was found among 

 the private papers of Sir William Johnson. 



A curious discovery, in probable connection with Bradstreet's expedi- 

 tion, has lately been made public. At McMahon's Beach, on Lake Erie, 

 eight or ten miles west of Cleveland, a considerable number of bayonets, 

 bullets, musket-barrels, and fragments of boats, have from time to time 

 been washed by storms from the sands, or dug up on the adjacent shore, 

 as well as an English silver-hilted sword, several silver spoons, and a few 

 old French and Enghsh coins. A mound full of bones and skulls, appar- 

 ently of Europeans hastily buried, has also been found at the same place. 

 The probability is strong that these are the remains of Bradstreet's 

 disaster. See a paper by Dr. J. P. Kirtland, in Wliittlesey's History of 

 Cleveland, 105. 



