| 1. | Loghry Archibald Andrew was born in 1733 in Near Londonderry, Northern Ireland (son of Loughry William). Notes:
Lochrey's Creek is about the 1st below the Great Miami,in Dearborn Co,sw Ind.
Capt Archibald Lochrey's company drafted ,or enlisted,in what is now Westmoreland Co,Pa to join Col George Rogers Clark in a proposed expedition into Indian country. Clark,and men,got a head-start downriver on them. Lochrey's company had still not caught up with Clark,and were camped in very,very s e Indiana when ambushed.
They had congreagated at Markle's mill,near Robbtown-West Newton,Pa -an area of many sw Ohioi people. I was expecting to see more names that I recognized when I requested Lochrey's roster. DePeyster commanded the British at Detroit.
KILLED
1. Col. Lochrey 2. Capt. Campbell 3. Ens. Ralph 4. Ens. Maxwell 5. Ens. Cahell 6. Sergt. Galaher 7. Sergt. Evens 8. Sergt. Burris 9. Sergt. Forsyth 10. Sergt. Black 11. Sergt. Allison 12. Corp. Paton 13. John Gibson 14. John Young 15. Robt. Dongan 16. John Straiton 17. John Burns 18. William Hudson 19. John Pheasant 20. Zenis Hardon 21. John Milligan 22. John Corn 23. Mathew Lamb[p. 50] 24. Joseph Baily 25. John Smith 26. Wm. Cain 27. Adam Erwin 28. Peter McLin 29. Archibald Askin 30. David Ellinger 31. George Butcher 32. Peter Berkman 33. Josia Brooks 34. John Row 35. Jonas Peter 36. J. McRight 37. John McKimby
A true copy:
A. De Peyster- British officer at Detroit.
Following spent 22 months in captivity.
CAPTURED 1. Major Craigcraft 2. Capt. Stokly 3. Cap. Orr (Robert Orr, Wash. Twp.) 4. Cap. Shannon (Donegal Twp.) 5. Lt. Robinson 6. Lt. Anderson 7. Lt. Craig 8. Lt. Scott 9. Lt. Baker 10. Ens. Hunter 11. Ens. Guthrie. 12. Qr. Mr. Wallace (William Wallace) 13. Sergt. Trimble 14. Sergt. McCloud 15. Patrick Johnson 16. Richard Fleming 17. Robert Watson 18. Abn Anderson 19. Mcl Hare 20. Wm. Mars 21. John Sence 22. Mcl Miller 23. Patrick Murphy 24. Jas. Cain (should be Kean) 25. Jas. McPherson 26. Wm. Martial 27. Peter Conoly 28. John Farrell 29. Denis McCarthy 30. Solomon Atkill 31. John Lavear 32. Mathias Fisher 33. George Dice 34. John Porter 35. John Smith 36. Adam Owing 37. Saml Le Fever 38. John Hunter 39. Joseph Erwin 40. Manassa Coyl 41. Hugh Steer 42. John Ca 43. Valantine Lawrence 44. Jacob Lawrence 45. Christian Fast 46. Charles McLin 47. William Noach 48. Henry France 49. Abm Highly 50. George Mason 51. Wm. Witherenton 52. Eairy Cuighly 53. Thos. James 54. Thos. Atkinson 55. John Stackhouse 56. Wm. Clark 57. Elishia Risley 58. James Dunseith 59. Danl. Cain 60. Wm. Think 61. Robert Wilson 62. Isaac Lewis 63. Alex Burns 64. Hugh More.
Above area now well into sw PA,was likely Youghahana Co,Va when these men left home. And PA when they returned.
Notes for MATTHEW LAMB: Matthew was killed in one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War, at Lauchery Creek (as it is called today, in Dearborn Co. IN (the southeastern-most county that is next to the Ohio border), . His two children, John 2 years old, and Rachel, 1 yr. old baby, never knew him except by description by their mother, Jane Coe Lamb, whose marriage to Mathew Lamb was just some 3 years before his death, and by description by others after they grew up. The story, related in the book 'History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana' and other sources, is as follows: A Col. Archibald Lochry, who was the county Lieutenant of Westmoreland County, PA., was requested by Col. George Rogers Clark to raise a military force and join him in a contemplated military movement against the Indian tribes of the Northwest. Capt. Orr, by his own exertions raised a company of volunteer riflemen. Capts. Stokeley and Shannon commanded each a company of rangers (to which Matthew Lamb had joined), and Capt. Campbell a company of horse. The party, initially, amounted to 82 men. Col. Lochry was the only field officer in command. It was Col. Clark's original intention to rendezvous with this additional force at the mouth of the Big Miami River, and to proceed up that river with the joint forces but he had changed his plan and had ordered Col. Lochry to follow him further down the Ohio River to the Falls. On July 24th, the 83 man force initially gathered at Colonel Carnahan's Blockhouse 11 miles west of Hannastown, PA. On Aug. 3rd they set out for Fort Henry (now Wheeling WV) by way of Pittsburgh. Along the way, others joined them until the force numbered 107. On arriving at Fort Henry it was found that Col. Clark had gone on 12 miles down the river, leaving for them some provisions and a traveling boat, with directions to follow him. After preparing some temporary boats for the transportation of the men and horses, which occupied 10 days, they proceeded to join Clark 12 miles down the river as ordered by Col. Clark. On arriving there they found that Clark had, again, changed his mind and had, the day before, gone on down the river but leaving a Major Creacroft with some men and a boat ( with no provisions or ammunition, both of which they had had, by then, an inadequate supply). Col. Clark had promised to wait for them at the mouth of the Kanawha River. At arriving at the mouth of the Kanawha, Col. Clark had been forced to break his promise to meet them there, in order to prevent desertion among his own men, and had, again, proceeded down the river without Col. Lochry's force of 107 men. He had left only a letter fixed to a pole directing them to follow him to the mouth of the Great Miami River where they would finally join forces. Col. Lochry's force was, by then, low on provisions which were nearly exhausted. The river was low, they didn't know the passable channels and therefor it was impossible to catch up. Because of this, the colonel then dispatched Capt. Shannon and 4 men in a small boat, with a letter-- ahead-- to Col. Clark, detailing, in the letter, the bad situation of his forces and requesting that supplies and ammunition be sent back to them. Capt. Shannon's company was put under the command of Lieut. Isaac Anderson. (Mathew Lamb was a member of Capt. Shannon's company but was not one of the four men sent ahead with him). Capt. Shannon and the 4 men, along with the letter, were captured by the Indians soon after their departure. About the same time, Col. Lochry arrested a party of 19 deserters from Col. Clark's force but had released them--upon which the deserters had joined the Indians. Meanwhile, the Indians had been following Col. Clark's force down the river but had not attacked because they feared his cannon. The Indians were now thereby informed of the entire expedition and all details leading up to the time, by the deserters, including the fact that Cols. Clark and Lochry's forces were traveling separately (they had assumed that the two forces were traveling together), and of the weak condition of Col. Lochry's party. The Indians then placed the deserters in a conspicuous place on the north shore of the river, about 3 miles below the mouth of what is now called Lochry's Creek, and promised them to spare their lives on condition that they would shout to their companions in Col. Lochry's force and induce them to surrender. Col. Lochry and his men, made slow progress down the river, despairing of ever catching up with Col. Clark's force. On August 24, about 10:00 in the morning, they landed at the mouth of a creek, on the north shore of the Ohio, about 10 miles below the mouth of the Great Miami River. Here, they prepared to cook breakfast (one of the party had killed a buffalo the day before) and brought the horses ashore and turned them loose to graze. With the exception of a few men to guard the horses, all the men were sitting around campfires eating breakfast when they were surprise-attacked by rifle fire from among trees on the bluff above. Col. Lochry's men sprang to the boats to escape but the water was low, the boats unwieldy and another party of Indians attacked from canoes on the river. Col. Lochry was compelled to surrender. The Indians thereupon immediately fell upon and massacred Col. Lochry more than 40 other prisoners but were constrained by their chief, who arrived soon after. This chief was the famous 'Joseph Brant', who, afterward, apologized for the post-surrender massacre but was unable--he said--to entirely control his Indians. Matthew Lamb was among the more than forty massacred. Among the survivors of the massacre was Lieut. Isaac Anderson who had kept a daily journal of the expedition from the time of its departure from Col. Carnahan's Blockhouse. The next day the Indians set out to return to the Delaware Indian towns, from which they had come, with the survivors of the massacre. On the way they were met by a party of British and Indians commanded by the British Col. Caldwell and accompanied by the two Girtys and British Capt. McKee, who said that they were on their way to attack Col. Clark at the Falls of the Ohio. Chief Brant remained with the British force for two days before returning to the Delaware towns with most of his Indians. The few Indians remaining took charge of the prisoners and spoils. The prisoners remained in captivity until the next year, 1782, which brought the Revolutionary War to a close at which time they were released to return home to Pennsylvania. More than one half of the number who left Pennsylvania under Col. Lochry never returned. The fate of Col. Lochry and his men was not known by their families until several months later. In a letter dated Dec 29, 1781,from General William Irvine at Fort Pitt, dated Dec.29, 1781, to General George Washington telling of the disaster he adds "These misfortunes throw the people of this country into despair, particularly Westmoreland Co., Lochry's party being all the best men of their frontier". Another result was that Col. Clark was forced to abandon his expedition. From 'The History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties', Chapter 1, photostatic copies of which were made by Glenn Lamb Staley and found among his family history papers by Glenn L. Staley Jr. in 1975. A monument to this 'Massacre was erected near the battle site by the Lawrenceburg, IN, Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution ("D.A.R') in 1924. On it is a list of 100 men who were massacred. In the list of enlisted men on it is Matthew Lamb. His descendant, Glenn Lamb Staley Sr., found out about this monument in April,1952 while staying at a hotel in nearby Lawrenceburg IN. He went out to the monument, took photographs and returned to Lawrenceburg for more information He was helped, in that regard, by members of the D.A.R. there and by others, one of whom had a copy of the book 'History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties' from which he made photostatic copies of Chapter1 (which also quotes Lieut. Anderson's diary journal, which lists only 40 some men massacred, but Matthew Lamb's name is in both lists so there is no doubt that he was among those massacred.) Other townspeople, with whom he spoke, had other books telling the story from which he also made copies and it is from among these that I relate the story. Note: A record note by a DAR Reference Consultant, Mrs. Lou Spencer (Genealogical Service Report #685 dated Oct. 12, 1938) was in error that Matthew Lamb died May 13, 1782, though this may have been the date that the news of his death reached his wife, Jane, or the date when his Will was probated. Miles E. Staley
[221] LETTERS FROM OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, FROM 1776 TO 1799.
FORT PITT, 6 July 1776.
AT a meeting held this Day at this place, present: Kiashuta, a Mingoe chief, just returned from the treaty at Niagira; Captain Pipe, a Delaware chief; The Shade, a Shawnese chief, with several others, Shawnese and Delawares; likewise Major Trent, Major Ward, Captain Nevill, his officers and a number of the Inhabitants, after being seated, Kiashuta made the following Speech:
"Brothers: Three Months ago I left this Place to attend a Treaty at Niagira, to be held between the Commanding Officer of that Place and the six nation, Shawnese, Delawares, etc.; But I was stopped near a month at Connywagoe. As the Commanding officer had sent word to the Indians not to assemble until He should hear from Detroit. while I was at Connywagoe, 8oo Indians of the six nations hearing my Intentions of going to the Treaty, came to meet me and go with me. just as we arrived at a small Village beyond Connywagoe, they received a message from the Commanding Officer, acquainting them that the Treaty was over, but they, notwithstanding, persisted in going. "I received a message at the same Time inviting me to come, and assuring me that the Council Fire was not yet entirely extinguished. upon my arrival with the rest of the Indians, I informed the Commanding Officer that I had come a great Distance to hear what He had to say, and desired that he would inform me; but he told me [222] that he was not yet prepared to speak with me, which ended our Conference."
Kiashuta then produced (his Belt, and is ordered by the Six nations to send it through the Indian Country) a Belt of Wampum, which was to be sent from the six nations to the Shawnese, Delawares, Wyandotts and Western Indians, acquainting them that they were determined to take no Part in the present War between Great Britain and America, and desiring them to do the same. He then addressed himself to the Virginians and Pennsylvanians in the following manner:
"Brothers: We will not suffer either the English or Americans to march an army thro' our Country. Should Either attempt it, We shall forewarn them three times from Proceeding, but should they then persist, they must abide by the Consequence. I am appointed by the Six Nations to the Care of this Country, that is, to the Care of the Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, and I desire you will not think of an Expedition against Detroit, for I repeat it to you again, we will not suffer an army to march through our Country." A String.
Kiashuta again rose and spoke as follows:
"Brothers: Should any Mischief chance to be committed by any of our People, you must not blame the Nations nor think it was done by the approbation of the Chiefs; for the six Nations have strictly forbid any of their young men or Tributaries to molest any People on these Waters, but if they are determined to go to War, let them go to Canada and fight there." A String.
Kiashuta then addressed Himself to Captain Pipe (a Delaware chief), desiring him to inform his nation of what he had heard, and to request them to be strong and join with the other nations in keeping Peace in his country. A String.
He also recommended it to the Shade, a Shawnese Chief, to do the same.
[223] He then desired that the foregoing speeches might be distributed through the Country, to quiet the minds of the people, and convince them that the six nations and their adherents did not desire to live at Variance with them; To which Captain Nevill returned the following answer:
"Brother Kiashuta: I am much oblig'd to you for your good speech on the present occasion. you may depend We shall not attempt to march an army through your Country without first acquainting you with it, unless we hear of a British Army coming this Course. In such Case, we must make all possible speed to meet, and endeavor to stop them."
To which Kiashuta replied that there was not the least Danger of that, as they should make it their Business to prevent Either an English or American army from passing through their Country.
Captain CARSON. First Lieutenant FINDLY. Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER SIMERAL.
Indian Conference at Fort Pitt, July 6, 1776.
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FORT PITT, 4th June, 1777.
Sir:—I am favored with your letter of this date Informing me that you can't relieve the post at Kittanning except I can Supply you with Arms and Ammunition. Arms I have not until the Wagons arrive, consequently the 50 men who Escort the Wagons may march from here as early as any other Body of men I could arm. Ammunition I suppose to be already at that Post, you complain of the expence attending calling the Militia out. You must keep an account of what necessarily arises on that service and draw for it agreeable to the Act of Assembly.
I am, Sir, with Esteem, Your obedient Humble Servant, EDWARD HAND.
[COL. A. LOCHRY.]
[224] FORT PITT, 6th July, 1777.
Sir:—I received your letter by Captn. Martin, and am glad that by your late instructions you have it in your Power to punish the refractory Members you mention. Captn. Martin's small Party & two others, 15 Privates in the whole, are all I have yet heard of, pray, inform me if any more have joined him; it is very awkward & irregular to see men droping in by twos and threes without Officers and the least Order.
Captn. Martin is Stationed at the Kiskimmenitas. You will see by the Militia Act the proportion of Officers to a Certain number of men, which can't be exceeded.
I am, Sir, Your Obedient, Humble Servant, EDW. HAND.
[COL. A. LOCHRY.]
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FORT PITT, 29th July, 1777.
Dr Sir:—Your favor of yesterday I received & have furnished thirty Guns and accoutrements to Captns. McKee & Leech agreeable to your desire. I expect you will Please to direct them to be careful of them, that I may receive them fit for service. Captn. McKee received ten yesterday and one some time ago. Captain Leech rec'd nineteen to-day. I intend requesting the Principal Militia Officers of Westmoreland County to meet me at Hannas Town as soon as the Hurry of Harvest is over; I wish to confer with them on public business. I will give you further notice & fix a day. If you will take the Trouble to examine the Articles of War you will see that the men who deserted from Captain Martin's detachment are Guilty of Breach of the 4th & 14th Articles of the 13th Section of the Articles of War, and, as they were then in Actual Service, you will find by the 1st Article of the 17th Section that they are as liable to be punished as regular [225] Soldiers. I enclose a copy of the Articles of War lest you may not have one by you
and am, Dr Sir, Sincerely yours, EDW. HAND.
[COL. A. LOCHRY.]
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FORT PITT, 6th August, 1777.
Sir:—I last evening received your favor of the 2d Instant, and am convinced that what you have done is occasioned by your Zeal for the Common Cause; but you may remember that a Magazine was ordered to your Quarter by myself, &, as I did not know the most proper place, I consulted the General I met at Ligonier the 18th Ultimo. By their Common Voice, Col. Mountis was fixed on, & Col. Morgan has only acted by my express Command. I have the Pleasure to acquaint you that, as far as can be ascertained, the Suspicions of that Gentn's Infidelity are quite groundless; would to God those formed of every other Person were so! I find Col. Lochry is gone to Phila.; I therefore request you will please immediately to forward the wagons laden with Salt to Col. Mountis, and Redstone agreeable to prior order; those wagons carrying other stores I beg you will send here. It will be necessary to send an Escort with the Wagons, which must continue at Col. Mountis' as a Guard for the Magazine, & be relieved by you, agreeable to thy directions, to Colonel Lochry, which I find you are acquainted with. I beg to know in what Forwardness the Militia from your County, destined for the Expedition, are in,
and am, Sir, Very respectfully Yrs., EDW. HAND.
[JAMES PARRY, Lieut. of Westmoreland.]
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[226] FORT PITT, August 8, 1777.
General Hand wishes to meet the Militia officers, & other principal Inhabitants of the Counties of Bedford and West-moreland, at Ligonier, on Monday, the 18th instant, to con-suit on the best Measures to be taken on the present alarming Occasion.
By order of the Genl., J. EWING, M. B.
[To COLONEL ARCHIBALD LOCHRY, Westmoreland County.]
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FORT PITT, August 22, 1777.
Sir:—As the Commissary has been directed to Erect a Magazine of Provisions at Colonel Mounces' , near Stewart's crossing, and one at Redstone old Fort, he will send from Ligonier, by the way of the Nine Mile Run, a Number of Wagons, Laden with Stores, to the above-mentioned places. I therefore Request that you will please to furnish a Party of Militia to Escort the Wagons & serve as Guides, & to remove any obstructions the Wagons may meet on the road, the same party, or another, Consisting of a carefull Subaltern officer, a sergeant & ten Privates, must remain at Colonel Mounces' as a Guard to the Magazine; they are to be kept up until further Orders, and may be delivered as often as you think necessary.
I am, Sir, Your obedient, Humble Servant, EDW. HAND.
[COL. A. LOCHRY.]
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FORT PITT, 13 October, 1777.
Sir:—I hope in a few days to move the Provisions & other stores destined for the Indian Expedition from here to Wheeling, & I will, at the same time, march all the troops here assembled to that place. I beg you may be as expeditious as [227] possible in furnishing your proportion and ordering them to march immediately for this garrison. Send an Officer and fifteen or twenty of your Militia to meet and Escort David Tate's Brigade of Horses laden with flour, they will also take under their protection any other Continental Pack-Horses they meet.
I am Sir, Your Obed, H'ble Servant, EDW. HAND.
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FORT PITT, 18 October, 1777.
Dear Sir:—The protection of your County has, since I have had the Honor to Command, been an object equally attended to with that of any other Frontier County. I have repeatedly requested from you a number of men for that purpose, but (from what cause I can't determine) I never yet could obtain them agreeable to my wish. If you will now send me your proportion, I think that will be sufficient, added to the numbers already arrived and daily expected from different Quarters, to protect the Frontiers. Congress ordered a Post in your County (The Kittanning); I could not support that and have ordered another to be Erected at the expence of the Continent. This I think Sufficient, & will Support, if you lend me your aid; at the same time, beg leave to assure you that I don't mean to interfere with your Command of Westmoreland County, or your Plan in Erecting as many Forts and magazines as you please at the expence of the State of Pennsylvania, and puting the whole County in its Pay. Presuming you have proper authority for so doing, and every State will, no doubt, have a particular regard to the Situation of Different Counties, the People you mention are surely Defending their own Property, and, if the Spirit of Discord would permit them, have it in their Power, by Uniting to march in Bodies, to collect the Grain of every man in the Frontier parts [228] of the County. I again request you may not delay the proportion from your County for the Expedition; the Season advances apace. I shall to-morrow proceed to Wheeling with what Troops I have, yours will receive every necessary I can Afford them when they arrive here, & when they join me shall be put on the same footing with the Militia of any other County. In the meantime, Subscribe myself,
Dr Sir, very Sincerely yrs, EDW. HAND.
[COLONEL A. LOCHRY.]
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FORT PITT, 5 Nov., 1777.
Dear Sir:—I was duly fav'd with yours of the 2d by Colonel Barr, who, instead of 53, has no more than 31 Rank and file.
To my very great mortification I find I can't collect a sufficient number of men to enter the Indian country this season, therefore, as the Frontier of Westmoreland County lies much exposed to the Ravages of the Savages, I beg that you may immediately draw out 150 men, with officers in proportion, to cover that part of the Country and Assist the Inhabitants in securing their Crops and other property, the whole to be under the direction of a Field Officer, who must report to me from time to time what number of men and officers are on duty & where they are. Col. Barr's party are now armed & will remain here subject to your Orders. I wish to render this Body of men as useful as possible to the public, shall for that reason leave the destination of them to yourself. Except 30 to be kept with Captain Moorhead, you are to continue the 150 men & no more on continental pay untill Further orders or until the necessity for it ceases. You must apply to Col. Geo. Morgan or his agent here for In- [229] structions how to Victual them, a sufficient number of cattle are already purchased for that purpose.
I am, Sir, your Obedt, Humle Servant, EDW. HAND.
[COLONEL A. LOCHRY.]
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[Collection of W. M. D.]
Sir:—I wrote to the honorable the Continental Congress on the 15th Ultimo, which I hope they have received. I would at that time have wrote to you, but was not certain of your being in Congress; but as Mr. John Anderson informs me he left you in Congress, I take the liberty of communicating to you some matters that have occurred to me since my letter to Congress upon hearing the speeches of the Delawares, and request the favour of you to lay them before Congress, and that Part with respect to the Delawares I have communicated to Col. Morgan. I believe we shall have an Indian war and a general one. If the Delawares were ever so well inclined they will be awed into it by the other nations. I would be for supporting them if possible in order to lessen the strength of our enemy. They should be invited into our Country. Their wives, Children and Old people would be then secure, and we then should reap great Advantage from the service of their young Men and Warriors. And if any other Tribe or Nation would follow their Example they should be encouraged. If we have a general Indian war, it is my humble Opinion four expeditions will be necessary: One to the Southward, one to the Northward, one down the Ohio to establish a Strength on the Ohio, so as to cut off any communication with the Western and Southern Nations, and one other expedition to De Troit or to some part of the Country to the Westward, to cut off the communication between the Northern and Western Nations. Each of those expeditions [230] should be carried into execution under the command of an experienced officer. And it is my humble opinion not less than 3,000 men should be employed in each of those expeditions, and they should be well equipped; that those who went down the Ohio and those to Detroit should have some field pieces, and those troops should not return but establish posts and reduce the Indians and convince them of an error that they have been led into by the governments formerly, that they may at any time make war with us and have peace granted them on their own terms. I would recommend that large numbers of hostages should be taken from every tribe or nation that we may reduce, and take none but their chiefs or ruling men as hostages, that the tribe or nation should support those hostages, and that they should not be exchanged till we had good proof of their tribe or nation becoming agreeable people. That all the lands of the unoffending tribes or nations should be preserved to them, and a generous trade well regulated. And that all the lands of the offending Tribes or Nations should be forfeited, and that they should be restricted to hunt or live on such parts of it as should be directed by the commanding Officer or Governor who might be appointed to rule them. We undoubtedly should have a greater number of the Indians in our interest. If we had a sufficient quantity of goods for that purpose, our enemy have great advantage of us for they out treaty us, and the highest bidder will have the greatest Number of the Indians. This I know from my acquaintance with them for upwards of twenty years.
To the Delawares we made promises of protection, and they now put our friendship to the test, and if we do not fulfil our promises they will undoubtedly be obliged to look for protection elsewhere, and we must suffer in their opinion and also in the opinion of all the other nations. If I should [231] receive Intelligence, or if anything should occur to me that may serve the general cause, I shall write to you.
I am, sir, with great respect, Your most obedient humble servant, EDW. HAND.
[COLONEL JAMES WILSON, Esq., A Member of the Honorable Continental Congress.]
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FORT PITT, March 22, 1778.
Sir:—I am instructed by the hon'ble, the Commissioners appointed by Congress, to fix on a plan for the defence of these frontiers, to desire that you may continue 150 Privates of the Militia of your County, properly officered, on constant duty on its frontiers. Thirty of them to be added to Captain Moorhead's company, stationed at Fort Hand, and the remaining 120 placed at such stations as you find best calculated for the defence of the County. Instead of Militia call'd out in the ordinary way, the Commissioners are desirous of engaging a like number of volunteers for a longer time than the Militia generally serves. I perfectly agree with them in sentiment and wish you to fall on that Plan, provided no delay arises for its execution.
I am, sir, your obed't h'ble serv't,
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