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356 knives, in whoſe friendſhip he never more would place any confidence. And when this man found that his numerous relations, would not break friendſhip with the Americans, nor be removed, he took two of his relations (women) off by force, ſaying “The whole crop shall not be deſtroyed; I will have ſeed out of it for a new crop:” alluding to, and repeatedly reminding theſe of the family of Logan, who, he ſaid, had been real friends to the whites, and yet were cruelly murdered by them.

In Detroit, where I arrived the ſame ſpring, the report reſpecting the murder of the Indians on Ohio (amongſt whom was Logan's family) was the ſame as related above; and on my return to the United States in the fall of 1786, and from that time, whenever and wherever in my preſence, this ſubject was the topic of converſation, I found the report ſtill the ſame; viz. that a perſon bearing the name of Creſap, was the author or perpetrator of this deed.

Logan was the ſecond ſon of Shikellemus, a celebrated chief of the Cayuga nation. This chief, on account of his attachment to the Engliſh government, was of great ſervice to the country, having the confidence of all the Six nations as well as that of the Engliſh, he was very uſeful in ſettling diſputes, &c. &c. He was highly eſteemed by Conrad Weiſſer, Eſq. (an officer for government in the Indian department,) with whom he acted conjunctly, and was faithful unto his death. His reſidence was at Shamokin, where he took great delight in acts of hoſpitality to ſuch of the white people whoſe buſineſs led them that