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^M?rger, senior, missionary to the Delaware nation ol' 

 Indians, who had resided among the same on Mus- 

 kinghum, at the time when the murder was committed 

 on the family of Logan, I put the following questions to 

 him. 1. Who he had understood it was that had com- 

 miited the murder on Logan's family ? And secondly, 

 whether he had any knowledge of a speech sent to lord 

 Dunmore by Logan, in consequence of this affair, &c. 

 To which Mr. Zeisberger's answer was: That he had, 

 from that time when this murder was committed to the 

 present day, firmly believed the common report (which 

 he had never heard contradicted) viz. that one Cresap 

 was the author of the massacre ; or that it was com- 

 mitted by his orders; and that he had known Logan as 

 a boy, had frequently seen him from that time, and 

 doubted not in the least, that Logan had sent such a 

 S])eech to Lord Dunmore on this occasion, as he under- 

 stood from me had been published ; that expressions of 

 that kind from Indians were familiar to him ; that Lo- 

 gan in particular was a man of quick comprehension, 

 good judgment and talents. Mr. Zeisberger has been 

 a missionary upwards of fifty years ; his age is about 

 eighty ; speaks both the language of the Onondagoes 

 and the Dela wares ; resides at present on the Muskin- 

 gum, with his Indian congregation ; and is beloved and 

 res])ected by all who are acquainted with him. 



JOHN HECKEVVELDER. 



From this iestimony the following historical statement re- 

 sults : 

 In April or INIay 1774, a number of people being 

 cMigaged in looking out for settlements on the Ohio, in- 

 formation was spread among them, that the Indians had 

 robbed some of the landjobhers, as those adventurers 

 were called. Ahirmed for their safety, they collected 

 together at Wheeling-creek. ^Hearing there that there 



* First murder of the two Iiiflians by Cresap. 



