From this teftimony the following hiftorical ftatement refults In April or May Vll^, a number of people being engaged in looking out for settlements on the Ohio^ information was spread among them, that the Indi- ans had robbed some of the land jobbers, as those adventurers were called. Alarmedfor their safety, they collected together at Wheeling- creek, "^Hearing * ift murder of the two Indians by Crefap.
g * C 42 ] there that there nvere two Indians and some traders a little abo'ue Wheeling, Captain Michael Cresap^ one of the party ^ proposed to waylay and kill them. The proposition, though opposed, was adopted. A party went up the river ^ with Cresap at their head^ and killed the two Indians.
- The same afternoon it was reported that there was a party of Indians on the Ohio^ a little below Wheeling, Cresap and his party immediately pro- ceeded down the river, and encamped on the bank. The Indians passed him peaceably, and encamped at the mouth of Grave creek, a little below, Cresap and his party attacked them, and killed several. The Indians returned the fire, and wounded one of Cresap's party. Among the slain of the Indians were some of Logan's family. Colonel Zane indeed expresses a doubt of it; but it is affirmed by Huston and Chambers, Smith, one of the murderers, said they were known and acknowledged to be Logan s friends, and the party themselves generally said so ;
boasted of it in presence of Cresap; pretended no provocation; and expressed their expectations that Logan would probably avenge their deaths.