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Rh croſſed the river to the Indian camp. Being among them as a friend, he counted them, and found them to ſtrong for an open attack with his force. While here, he was cautioned by one or the women not to ſtay, for that the Indian men were drinking, and having heard of Creſap's murder of their relations at Grave creek, were angry, and ſhe preſſed him, in a friendly manner, to go home; whereupon, after inviting them to come over and drink, he returned to Baker's, which was a tavern, and deſired that when any of them ſhould come to his houſe he would give them as much rum as they would drink. When his plot was ripe and a ſufficient number of them were collected at Baker's, and intoxicated, he and his party fell on them and maſſacred the whole, except a little girl, whom they preſerved as a priſoner. Among theſe was the very woman who had ſaved his life, by preſſing him to retire from the drunken wrath of her friends, when he was ſpying their camp at Yellow creek. Either ſhe herſelf, or ſome other of the murdered women, was the ſiſter of Logan, very big with child, and inhumanly and indecently butchered; and there were others of his relations who fell there.

The party on the other ſide of die river, alarmed for their friends at Baker's, on hearing the report of the guns, manned two canoes and ſent them over. They were received as they approached the ſhore, by a well directed fire from Greathouſe's party, which killed ſome wounded others, and obliged the reſt to put back. Baker tells us there were twelve killed, and ſix or eight wounded.