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taken prisoner by the Indians, and carried ofF into captivity^ 

 The supper was long iiept waiting for him on the table by his 

 anxious wife and children, but he never returned to eat it. 

 His team returned home, but of him nothing certain was ever 

 heard for a long time. From an examination of the ground 

 where Major Goodale was taken prisoner, it appeared that two 

 large Indians, had secreted themselves behind a pile of brush 

 wood; that these Indians sprang upon the Major and binding 

 his hands with cords, they led him off into the forest. The tracks 

 of two Indians with mocasins on, and those of the Major with 

 shoes on, between the Indians' tracks, showed the manner in 

 which he was led off into captivity. He was taken to Upper 

 Sandusky, where he died of a fever some six weeks after he 

 was taken prisoner. His neighbours followed his tracks six 

 miles and then gave up the pursuit. 



Captain King, originally from Rhode Island, was shot and 

 killed while cutting wood. He left a wife and two childreni 

 James Davis was killed and scalped about a mile from the 

 garrison, at the mouth of Congress creek. Benoni Hurlbut, 

 one of the spies, was killed at the mouth of the Little Hock- 

 ing in 1791, while returning from a scout. 



These were the principal losses of the Belpre settlement. 

 Major Goodale was the principal man at Belpre, a brave, enter- 

 prising man, whose destruction was justly and deeply lamen- 

 ted by all who knew him. He had passed through the war of 

 the revolution, whose dangers he had shared, and whose lau- 

 rels adorned his brow. He left a widow, two sons and five 

 daughters, orphan children, to mourn his loss, and who do hon- 

 or to his memory. 



The Newberry settlement, experienced some losses, and was 

 harrassed continually. One woman and two children were 

 killed. One child was tomahawked in the mother's arms, but 

 survived. The woman and children were going to a party at 

 work in a field, near the garrison, to carry them food. Pursuit 

 was instantly made, but the murderers escaped unhurt. 



In 1790 a settlement was began at Big Bottom on the Mus- 

 kingum river, about thirty-five miles above Marietta. On the 



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