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Ied off several horses. They were discovered and pursued to the Ohio
river, when the pursuers, being reinforced, determined to follow on over
into the Indian country. Crossing the river and ascending the
Hockhocking, near to the falls, they came upon the camp of the savages.
The whites opened an unexpected fire, which killing one and wounding
another of the Indians, caused the remainder to fly, leaving their
horses about their camp.--These were caught, brought back and restored
to their owners. In April as Samuel Hull was engaged in ploughing a
field for Major Benjamin Robinson, he was discovered by some Indians,
shot, tomahawked, and scalped. The murder was first ascertained by Mrs.
Robinson. Surprised that Hull did not come to the house as usual, to
feed the horses and get his own dinner, she went to the field to see
what detained him. She found the horses some distance from where they
had been recently at work; and going on, presently saw Hull lying where
he had been shot. ----- [1] News of the preliminary articles of peace,
which had been signed at Paris, November 30, 1782, did not reach Fort
Pitt until May, 1783. In July following, De Peyster, British commandant
at Detroit, gathered at that post the chiefs of eleven tribes as far
south as the Great Miami and the Wabash, and informed them of the
event.--R. G. T. [2] The treaty was held at Fort McIntosh, at the mouth
of the Beaver, early in January, 1785. The tribes represented were the
Wyandots, Chippewas, Delawares, and Ottawas. The commissioners were
Arthur Lee, Richard Butler, and George Rogers Clark. Col. Josiah Harmar
was in charge of the troops.--R. G. T. [3] L. V. McWhorter, well
informed in the local traditions, writes: "When the Indian sprang into
the house, with drawn tomahawk, he closed and for a few moments stood
with his back to the door. Then, while cutting an opening through the
wall, he asked Mrs. Cunningham how many men there were in the other
house. She answered by holding up the extended fingers of both hands,
indicating 10."--R. G. T. [4] McWhorter: "Mrs. Cunningham related that
the last she saw of her l
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