The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-04

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ITJ4, on oas Of fhess eEPeditions loesiifg
land, that FumOrs reached them @ Tie
easct that some Of TIE jobbers had ben
robbed By he Indians. II induced der
immeiiSte return 10 The settlement a
Wheeling creek. Sonis oil them prolesSed
70 b alarmed Il Vhat tbsy thought 10 Be
lie hostile attitude Of the Ihai1na. While
IN eounaeiaI 70 tn best method Of protect.
ing their interests inf1fnAti6H wa
brought that fWo Indians and some
traders we're on The TiTer lhot distance
above the plaea Hhefe Wheeling BOW
sands. Capt. Michael Cresap, Who Waa
II the party, proposed tnlAll upon md
kill them. 10 thh Col. Zane objected ~
wrong 10 itSeif, and ~ hSTing The man
iiesI tendency Of i1fsming lbe Indiaps ~
along The irOndeF and bringing on =
bitter and merciiess war. His wise eogn-
sells we're diireEasdsd, and Cresap and his
PARTY followed the Indians and killed
Them. The EmS day another party
Of indians Ma REPAIRED = being near
Grave Creek, Whan CgesAPapd his party,
reinforced BY olhsrE overlook them, kill
ing the whole party. Among the slain
we're come OF the family Of Logan, the
celebrated BliBEo Chief. Subsequently
DanielG rsathOnse and TomlinSon gather
ed party Of 80 men 70 AGiPek large en-
campment Of Indians near YELLOW Creek
Gteiihoule, under he guiae Of lrisnd'
ihip, visited their camp and induced aeon
adorable portion Of them ~ eros III
river to Bakers Bottom where ihey ven
made drunk; and we're then murdered b
the men insambulh, under circumstance
Of great bGrbarlIy. Among those kills
were n brother and sister Of Logan. o.
the 18th Of July. IVA, Logan retaliAtet
by an attack upon some ssttlerI on h'
AonongahelR, and very soon was iRaugu
rated The war known in history a
lord DunmoFs's var, which cllminAteC
in the defeat Of the Indians At Pr PleSS4n
10 the autumn 0f The sRHe year. The In
diins sued for peace bat Logan Edis
dAined 10 he suppliAnt." In lieu al BIZ
signature TO the treaty, however, be sen
BY a messenger, the sTSeeh % Lord Dun
more which immortaliLed his name ant
which Jefferson has handed down loF III
admiration Of ALI who apPreciste eio
qgsnee and bravery.
The authenticity Of .the speech IA
questioned, but the evidence Mr.. JeteF
spn produced in support Of il genuine
ness l. such n TO silence al caVilers VII,
view il impartially. Among other eVl
ddnee he cites IN support OF his STATE
mbnt Ol the WantOn Killing oil lndihns y
/ C,nt Crs,au ahont thia lime il n letie
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Blown, one oil tue Senators IN ConSEes
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"On the afternoon o. the day thl, action h1PPSl
60; iT5Isp S os M s% o. Isos al SeaF d
Wheeling. In ConsgeDcO Of this Information, Csp
CreaP With he Y5rty loln!d " n1Hes Gn O.
G5as, RsoeS' N. tbSS veSSr,Iy apJS1So i
drS,roylng The Indians above menllOnql. On Il
'qercsllns day Capt CIe:ap and ny party rstan
g y ~, ISS snt ibs Sl III MA ann Il fadss
Of tEo tfatR Of thiinpaft had no doubt, a onsI
sa party was dy TSSndsS and the PSII
me- tSSI.d IndjSS pISsdSt. Al ths tmS q Il
last mentioned IrlnactIon 1t vas gensrally rePOr
Cd that The party q lnai,n' down .hS oaiS W.
~, N I,I 5Sq p,Dort IVA VA asiSuadsi.
dWithln 1 few days after the transaction Rbo'
mentlonsd party o. lndiaIi WIN l, slilsa ~
CIV GrS tSo astcs 10 ny that Do mol bels1s
was present at tho killing Of the IndlalI Al Ysllo
cCck hut there .nSt ihS Le ao90s u ny ny
S SH ne .a tvS .rsptSstIoas n, StStcl -
Gan The t1nsaelOn. which have related 10
cd 10 NE ia! , Ssa ~, y nav I.rs IN caS
az ~ tbs EST Which iamsdIStSiy followed, COmmo
ly called DunmoreS war.
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Someuins Slet tuesS S11 I,ts, ~ ~. ~
nelly the hoya5 SaPut; E:t.lit.S y y
t oil West Ansn,u, IN NniS9 R I5 =
}. Wheeling settlement was inc'uatG, !"
VINO was ~ WAY .anie .,S y" s't =.
Fort Pitt, sent information Inat w
with the Indians was lheylsaole, ~
!, directed them 20 cover Tue .cguN.i
/ with scouts until Inc inhaPltap
could fortiiy themselves According!
accommodating psrues Nets alsl,a scne9
all direction, and the setueFs procee %,
at once to build a stocSade work II
fort was planned BY Col george hogel
Clark, and was cQnstrueteq under me y
perintendenceo oil Epene1er zane anu jon
Caldwell. Mr., Mchiernan, who Is u
nearest contemporary historian Of y
events Of these times, says II was y
Gated Immediately on the LETT bank oil y
Ohio river, about quarter OF a mil
above the mouth, Of Wheeling creek an
At q much lesN distance IRON the loot
the immense hill that rises with unuSu'
boldness from the inner margip sot II