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Rh this ſubſcriber's wife and four children having been previouſly conveyed by him for ſafety to a fort about 24 miles off; that the principal Indian of the party who took them was captain Logan; that Logan ſpoke Engliſh well, and very ſoon manifeſted a friendly diſpoſition to this ſubſcriber, and told him to be of good heart, that he would not be killed, but muſt go with him to his town, where he would probably be adopted in ſome of their families; but above, all things that he muſt not attempt to run away; that in the courſe of the journey to the Indian town he generally endeavored to keep cloſe to Logan, who had a great deal of converſation with him, always encouraging him to be cheerful and without fear for that he would not be killed, but ſhould become one of them; and conſtantly impreſſing on him not to attempt to run away; that in theſe converſations he always charged capt. Michael Creſap with the murder of his family: that on his arrival in the town, which was on the 18th of July, he was tied to a ſtake, and a great debate aroſe whether he ſhould not be burnt: Logan inſiſting on having him adopted, while others contended to burn him: that at length Logan prevailed, tied a belt of wampum round him as a mark of adoption, looſed him from the poſt and carried him to the cabin of an old ſquaw, where Logan pointed out a perſon who he ſaid was this ſubſcriber's couſin; and he afterwards underſtood that the old woman was his aunt, and two others his brothers, and that he now ſtood in the place of a warrior of the family who had been killed at Yellow creek: that about three days after this Logan brought him a piece of