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it ran through the pubUc papers of these states ; was 

 rehearsed as an exercise at schools : published in the 

 papers and periodical works of Europe ; and all this, a 

 dozen years before it was copied into the Notes on Vir- 

 ginia. In line, General Gibson concludes the question 

 for ever, by declaring that he received it from Logan's 

 hand, delivered it to Lord Dunmore, translated it for 

 him, and that the copy in the Notes on Virginia is a 

 faithful copy. 



The popular account of these transactions, as stated 

 in the Notes on Virginia, appears, on collecting exact 

 information, imperfect and erroneous in its details. It 

 was the belief of the day ; but how far its errors were 

 to the prejudice of Cresap, the reader will now judge. 

 That he, and those under him, murdered two Indians 

 above Wheeling; that they murdered a large number 

 at Grave-creek, among whom were a part of the family 

 and relations of Logan, cannot be questioned ; and as 

 little that this led to the massacre of the rest of the fa- 

 mily at Yellow-creek. Logan imputed the whole to 

 Cresap in his war note and peace-speech: the Indians 

 generally imputed it to Cresap : Lord Dunmore and his 

 officers imputed it to Cresap : the country with one ac- 

 cord, imputed it to him : and whether he were inno- 

 cent, let the universal verdict now declare. 



