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Wheeling, in the early part of the month of June, had sent out 

 a force under Colonel Augus McDonald of about four hundred 

 men, who penetrated into the Indian country, as far as the 

 mouth of the Wappatomica, near where Dresden now is, on the 

 Muskingum river. Jonathan Zane, Thomas Nicholson and 

 Taddy Kelly were their pilots. They destroyed the Indian 

 towns along the Muskingum river, exasperated the Indians 

 greatly, killed one Indian, and returned as they came, carry- 

 ing with them, a few prisoners, which were exchanged in the 

 autumn, at the treaty of Dunmore's camp Charlotte, near Pick- 

 away Plains. 



After his campaign was ended. Earl Dunmore soon abandoned 

 his colonial government, and went off to England. 



Congress declared us an independent nation 4th July 1776, 

 and in 1778, they sent out a small force under General Mcin- 

 tosh, for the defence of the western frontiers. This force 

 arrived at Pittsburgh, and descended the Ohio, thirty miles, 

 and erected a fort at the mouth of Beaver creek, where Beav- 

 er is now, and called it 'fort McIntosh'. This little fort, was 

 well supplied with provisions, and had in it, a six pounder. In 

 the autumn of that year, Mcintosh was ordered, by Congress, 

 to penetrate the Indian country and destroy the towns on the 

 Sandusky river. With one thousand men, he attempted to 

 obey his orders, but on reaching the Tuscarawas river, near 

 Zoar he concluded to go no farther, but erect a fort and tarry 

 there. He erected a fort and called it Lawrens, in honor of 

 the president of Congress. 



Provisioning the fort, and leaving colonel John Gibson and one 

 hundred and fifty men in it, to stay there until spring, Mcin- 

 tosh returned to Pittsburgh, with the remainder of his force. 

 This fort was on the bank of the Tuscarawas, in the present 

 county of Tuscarawas, near the canal, three miles north of 

 Galena. The Indians soon learned the existence of this fort, 

 and in January 1779, they approached it, stole the horses, in 

 the night, belonging to the garrison, and taking the bells off 

 them, sent the horses to a distance from the fort, and secreted 

 themselves beside the path which led through the high prairie 



