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of evidence, the small remains of a mighty mass which 

 time has consumed, are here presented to the puhlic, in 

 the form of letters, certificates, or affidavits, as they 

 caiTie to me. I have rejected none of these forms, nor 

 required other soletrniities from those whose motives 

 and cliaracters were |)ledges of their truth. Historical 

 transactions are deemed to be well vouched by the 

 simple declarations of those who have borne a part in 

 them ; and especially of persons having no interest to 

 falsify or disfigure them. The world will now see 

 whether they, or I, have injiu'ed Cresa[), by believing 

 Logan's charge against him ; and they will decide be- 

 tween Logan and Cresap, whether Cresap was inno- 

 cent, and Logan a calumniator.'^ 



Li order tliat the reader may have a clear conception 

 of the transactions, to whicli the different parts of the 

 following declarations refer, he must take notice that 

 they establish four dift^erent murders. L Of two Li- 

 dians, a little above Wheeling. 2. Of others at Grave 

 Creek, amono- whom were some of Logan's relations. 

 3. The massacre at Baker's bottom, on the Ohio, oppo- 

 site the fnouth of Yellow Creek, where were other re- 

 lations of Logan. 4. Of those killed at the same place, 

 coming in canoes to the relief of their friends. I place 

 the nuujbers 1, 2, 3, 4. against certain paragraphs of 

 the evidence, to indicate the particular murder to which 

 the paragraph relates, and present also a small sketch 

 or map of the principal scenes of those butcheries, for 

 their more ready comprehension. 



