was the same as related above; and on my return to the United States in the Fall of1786, andfrom that time, when- ever and wherever in my presence^ this subject was the topic of conversation^ Ifound the report still the same ; viz. that a person, bearing the name ofCre- sap, was the author, or perpetrator of this deed, Logan vjas the second son ^Shikellemus, a ce- lebrated chief of the Cayuga nation. This chief on account ofhis attachment to the English government, was ofgreat service to the country, having the con- fidence of all the Six Nations, as well as that of the English, he was very usefid in settling disputes, ^c, ^c. He was highly esteemed by Conrad JVeisser, Esq. fan officer for government in the Indian de- partment,J with whom he acted conjunctly, and was faithful unto his death. His residence was at Sha- mokin, where he took great delight in acts of hospi- tality to such of the white people whose business led them that way.^ His name andfame were so high on record, that count Zinzendorf when in this coun- try in 1742, became desirous of seeing him^ and actu- ally visited him at his house in Shainokin^. About the year 1772, Logan %vas introduced to me, by an In- dian friend ; as son to the late reputable chiefShikel- lemuSy and as a friend to the white people. In the course of conifersation^ I thought him a man of supe- rior talents, than Indians generally were. The sub- ject turning on vice and immorality, he confessed his too great share of this ^ especially his fondness for li- quor. He exclaimed against the white people^ for imposing liquors upon the Indians; he otherwise admired their ingenuity; spoke ofgentlemen, but ob- served the Indians unfortunately had but few of these as their neighbours^ ^c. He spoke ofhis friend- ship to the white people^ wished always to be a neigh- bour to themy intended to settle on the Ohio, below Big Beaver; was fto the best of my recollection)
then encamped at the mouth of this river, fBeaver,J urged me to pay him a visit, ^c. Note. I was then living at the Moravian Town on this River, in the neighbourhood of Cuskuskee. In April 1773, while on my passage down the Ohiofor Muskinghum, I called at Logans settlement; where I