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vated on a high stump, like a sentinel on his watch tower, 
they were always prepared for an attack, or surprise; cir- 
cumstances which no way suited the Indian mode of war- 
fare; they invariably preferring to attack the unwary and the 
unguarded, calculating on success more from the sudden and 
unexpected manner of attack, than on their own physical 
power. 
On the eleventh of April, 1789, settlements were begun at 
Belpré and Newbury. The first is fifteen miles below Ma- 
rietta, on the Ohio river; the latter is twenty-five miles. 
Strong garrison-houses were built at both these places, to 
which the settlers fled in any alarm; but the greater number 
lived within the garrisons so long as any danger from Indians 
was apprehended. ‘There were three of these garrisons in 
Belpre ; the strongest one was called ‘‘ Farmer’s Castle.” 
After the Indian war commenced in 1791, four or six 
rangers, or “spies,” as they were then called, were kept in 
constant employ by the Ohio Company, whose business was 
to scour the woods daily, and make report immediately on 
discovering signs that Indians were in the neighbourhood ; 
as soon as any thing serious or alarming was discovered, the 
‘* spies” gave notice, the alarm gun was fired, and every man 
hasted from the field, from the wood, or wherever he might 
be, directly to his post; the gates were shut, and in a few 
minutes all were ready for the expected attack. But the 
often threatened attack never took place. The “ yankees” 
were always in preparation to recieve company; and of 
course the Indians did not choose to call; but would occa- 
sionally knock at the door to see who was at home. 
The scitlement at Belpre, however, lost a few of its num- 
ber from individuals venturing too far from the garrisons, and 
not expecting any danger, as savages had not been seen 
lately in their vicinity. 
In 1793, Major Goodall, a native of Massachusetts, was 
taken by the Indians, while hauling timber, with an ox team, 
from the adjacent’ forest; his team was destroyed, but of 
major Goodall no vestiges could be discovered. It was ge- 
nerally supposed that he was taken a prisoner, removed a 
considerable way into the wilderness, and murdered; as no 
tidings could ever be gained of his being a prisoner among 
them, when the diffsrent Indian tribes were in at Greenville, 
to form a treaty in 1795. His loss was a severe one to the 
settlement, as he was one of the most active and enterprising 
