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.