The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-23

lihink9 II none aEAiHD thils celebrated NOR,
selot Indian 0loqpenOe 10 this place with
the observation that the auihshticity q
the bpeech Il no longer 0 subject Of doubt
The speech isas follows
"IRppeAl TO any white man to say II he
ever entered Logan's cabin and he gave
him not meat; II he ever came cold and
naked and he clothed him not During
the hohne Of The last long and bloody
war, Logan remained idle In his cabin,
IN advocate for peace, Such was nv
love for the whites, that my countrymcn
pointed % they passed, and said, Logan
% The fEend Of the white men,. had
oven thought to have lived with You, but
Tor the injuries Of one man. Col. Creaap
the last spring, In cold blood and unpro-
voked, murdered oil the relations Of Lo.
gan, not even sparing my women and
children. There runs not 0 drop Of nv
blood In the veins Of any living creature,
This called on me Tor revenge. I have
sought IL ! have killed many; / have fully
glutted my vengeance; for my country I
rejoice at the beams Of peace. But do
not harbor q thought that mine Is the Joy
OF fear. Logan never felt fear. he will
not turn on his heel to save his life, Who
% there 10 mourn Tor Logan Mot one"
Thus ended at the treaty OF Camp Char.
lotta In The month Of November, liza, the
disastrous war Of Dunmore. Itbegan in
the wanton and unprovoked murders Of
the indians OF Captina and Yellow Greek,
and ended with on awful sacrifice Of lie
and property to the demon Of revenge.
On our part we obtained at the treaty a
cessation OF hOGtilities and surrender Of
prisoners and nothing more.
The plan Of operations adopted by the
Indians IN the war Of Dunmore shows
very clearly that their chiefs were by no
means deficient In the foresight and skill
necessary for making the most prudent
military arrangements for Obtaining sue
cess and victory In their mode OF warfare.
At an early period they obtained lntelli-
gence Of the plan Of the campaign against
them, concerted between the Earl Of Dun.
more and General Lewis. With view,
therefore, TO attack the forces Of these
commanders separately, they speedily col.
lected their warriors and by forced
marches reached the Point before the ex.
pected arrival Of the troops under Dun
more. Such was the privacy with which
they conducted their march to Point
Pleasant that General Lewis knew moth.
ing OF the approach Of tho Indian
army until few minutes before the
commencement Of the battle. and It Is
every way probable that If Cornstalk,
the Indian commander, had had little
larger force at the battle OF the Point, the
whole army Of Gen. Lewis would have
been cut Oh, Is the wary savage had left
them no chance Of retreat. Had the ar.
my Of Lewis been defeated, the army Of
Dunmore, consisting OF but little more
than one thousand men, would have
shared the fate Of those armies which at
different periods have suffered defeats In
consequence Of venturing too lar into the
Indian country, in numbers too small,
and with munitions Of war inadequate to
snStain q contest with the united forces Of
number Of Indian nations.
II was the general belief among the
officers Of our army, at the time, that the
Earl Of Dunmore, while at Wheeling, re-
ceived advices from his government Of
the probability Of the approaching war
between England and the Colonies, and
that afterwards, all his measures with re.
gard to the Indians had Tor their ultimate
object an alliance with these ferocious
warriors for the aid Of the mother coun-
try In their contest with US. This suppo-
sition accounts for his not forming q juno
ton with the army of Lewis at Point
Pleasant, This division from the origi.
nal plan Of the campaign jeopardized the
army OF Lewis and well nigh occasioned
Its total destruction. The conduct Of
the Earl ct the treaty shows good I'M
Outstanding between him and the Indian
chiefs. He did not suffer the army Of
Lewis to form q junction with his own,
but sent them back before the treaty was
concluded, thus risking the safety Of his
own forces, for at the time Of the treaty
the Indian warriors were about his camp
In force sufficient to have intercepted his
retreat and destroyed his whole army.