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in triumph, and in safety, his fame is complete ;—his persor 
is highly respected, and his name enrolled among their he- 
roes, is handed down to posterity, in their war songs, as an 
object of emulation. 
Some of the settlements suffered severely from the want of 
provisionsat the commencement of the Indian War. Their sup- 
plies had heretofore been principally brought from Pittsburgh’; 
and the war broke out before they had land enough under 
cultivation to supply themselves, after which time it was very 
hazardous to navigate the river ; the boats being often destroy- 
ed by the Indians, and all on board killed: and they were 
in constant danger, when attempting to open new fields. 
These difficulties had well nigh produced a famine ; but, 
by the interposition ofa kind Providence, they were enabled 
to overcome all their difficulties ; and escaped without any 
very great losses, from their numereus enemies. 
‘‘The Indians that formerly inhabited your county—their 
number, condition, customs, manners, language, mythology, 
burying piaces, monuments, forts, tumuli or mounds, wea- 
pons, utensils, and other traces of their settlement ; their his- 
tory, migrations, traditions, character, trade, wars, and trea- 
ties ; their names and places, and their signification 2” 
So far as I have been able to learn, the Indians had no 
fixed residence, within the present boundaries of Washing- 
ington county. But the tract of country embraced within it 
was used as the common hunting ground of several different 
tribes, more particularly the Shawnees, the Delawares,and the 
Wyandotts. That tract of country embraced by the Ohio 
Company’s purchase, is reputed to have been the best hunt- 
ing ground, north-west of the Ohio river; and is remember- 
ed with regret to this day, by many of the old Indians. 1 
have been told by some of the first settlers of this place, that 
the hills were literally covered with buffalo, deer, and wild 
turkeys ; that the hunters made a business of killing the deer, 
for their skins and tallow only, and that one expert hunter 
could kill several hundreds in the course ofa few weeks. At 
this time they have become scarce ; the best hunters cannot 
kill, in a favourable time, more than three or four in a day, 
and perhaps not one in a day. The buffalo have been 
driven from the country many years since, and the race of 
turkeys is almost extinct. 
1 know of no regular burying places that they had, in this 
neighbourhood ; but they seem to have been buried as the 
