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The Deposition of Col. William M'Kee

The depofition of Col. William M'Kee, of Lincoln County, Kentucky, communicated by the hon. John Brown, one of the Senators inCongrefs from Kentucky.

Colonel William NDKee of Lincoln County de* claretby that in autumn 1774, he commanded as a captain in the Bottetourt Regiment under coL An- drew Lewis, afterwards Gen, Lewis: and fought in the battle at the mouth of Kanhawa, on the lOth of October in that year. That after the battle^ col. Lewis marched the militia across the Ohio, and proceeded towards the Shawnee Towns on Sciota;

but before they reached the Towns, Lord Dunmore, who was commander in chief oj the army, and had, with a large part thereof been up the Ohio about Hockhockin, when the battle wasfought, overtook the militia, and informed them of his having since the battle concluded a Treaty with the Indians;

upon which the whole army returned.

And the said William declareth that, on the evening of that day on which the junction of the troops [ 3^ ] took place, he njuas in company n^ith Lord Biau more and sen^eral of his officers, and also conversed with several who had been with Lord Dunmore at the Treaty; said William^ on that evenings heard repeated conversations concerning an extraordinary speech made at the Treaty y or sent there by a chief-^ tain of the Indians named Logan^ and heard seve- ral attempts at a rehearsal of it. The speech as rehearsed excited the particular attention of said William, and the most striking members of it were impressed on his memory.

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