shot down, while busy in
cultivating the soil for his family's supply. Most of the cattle around
the stations were destroyed. They continued their hostilities in this
manner until the 15th of April, 1777, when they attacked Boonesborough
with a party of above one hundred in number, killed one man, and wounded
four. Their loss in this attack was not certainly known to us.

On the 4th day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians
attacked Boonesborough, killed one man, and wounded two. They besieged
us forty-eight hours, during which time seven of them were killed, and,
at last, finding themselves not likely to prevail, they raised the siege,
and departed.

The Indians had disposed their warriors in different parties at this
time, and attacked the different garrisons, to prevent their assisting
each other, and did much injury to the distressed inhabitants.

On the 19th day of this month, Colonel Logan's fort was besieged by a
party of about two hundred Indians. During this dreadful siege they did a
great deal of mischief, distressed the garrison, in which were only
fifteen men, killed two, and wounded one. The enemy's loss was uncertain,
from the common practice which the Indians have of carrying off their
dead in time of battle. Colonel Harrod's fort was then defended by only
sixty-five men, and Boonesborough by twenty-two, there being no more
forts or white men in the country, except at the Falls, a considerable
distance from these: and all, taken collectively, were but a handful to
the numerous warriors that were everywhere dispersed through the country,
intent upon doing all the mischief that savage barbarity could invent.
Thus we passed through a scene of sufferings that exceeds description.

On the 25th of this month, a reinforcement of forty-five men arrived
from North Carolina, and about the 20th of August following, Colonel
Bowman arrived with one hundred men from Virginia. Now we began to
strengthen; and hence, for the space of six weeks, we had skirmishes with
Indians, in one quarter or other, almost every day.

The savages now learned the superiority of the Long Knife, as they call
the Virginians, by experience; being outgeneralled in almost every
battle. Our affairs began to wear a new aspect, and the enemy, not daring
to venture on open war, practised secret mischief at times.

On the 1st day of January, 1778, I went with a party of thirty men to the
Blue Licks, on Licking river, to make