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Indians with some traders near and above Wlieelinir, 

 a proposition was made by tlie then captain IMirhael 

 Cresap to way lay and kill'the Indians n|)oii the river. 

 Tfiis measure J opposed with much vifdence, allegijig 

 that the kilhiig of those indians might involve the 

 country in a war. But the o})i)osite party prevailed, 

 and proceeded up the Ohio with captain Cresap at 

 their head. 



In a short time the p;irty retmmed, and also the 

 traders, in a canoe; but there were no Inriians in the 

 company. I enquired what had become of the In- 

 dians, and was iufornsed by the traders and Cresap's 

 l)arly that they had fallen overboard. 1 examined 

 the canoe, and saw much fresh blood and some bullet . 

 holes in the canoe. This fully convinced me that the 

 party had killed the two Indians, and thrown them 

 into the river. 



On the afternoon of the day this action happened, 2 

 a report prevailed that there was a cani|), or party of 

 Indians on the Ohio below and near the Wheeling. 

 In con>:equence of this information, captain Cresap 

 with his party, joined by a nund)er of recruits, pro- 

 ceeded immediately down the Ohio for the purpose, 

 as was th(?n generally understood, of destroying the 

 Indians al)ove mentioned. On the succe<u!iiig day, 

 captain Cresap and his party returned to Wheeling, 

 and it was generally reported by the paity that ihey 

 had killed a number of Indians. Of the truth of this 

 report I had no doubt, as one of Cresap's [)arty was 

 badly wounded, and the party had a fresh scalp, and 

 a quantity of property, which they called Indian 

 plunder. At the time of the last mentioned transac- 

 tion, it was generally reported, that the party of In- 

 dians down the Ohio v.'ere Logan and his family; but 

 I have reason to believe that this report was un- 

 founded. 



Within a few days after the transaction above 3 

 mentioned, a party of Indians were killed at Yellow 

 Creek. Hut I must do the memory of captain Cre- 

 sap the justice to say, that I do not believe that he 



