he firelight and
then sank quivering into the war-post which stood in the midst.
'Since you are not inclined to fight, I will go and make peace!'
he exclaimed.

Runners bearing belts of white wampum were at once dispatched by
the Indians to inform Lord Dunmore, who was now encamped not far
from the Shawnee settlement, of their desire for peace. A conference
was arranged, only eighteen chiefs, with unarmed escorts, being
permitted to attend. Logan, although not averse to peace, had
refused to be present. But as the consent of such an influential
chief was necessary to any Indian treaty, Dunmore sent a special
messenger to him in the person of Colonel Gibson. Gibson met Logan
in the forest, and there Logan gave vent to his pent-up feelings
with passionate eloquence.

I appeal to any white man to say if he ever entered Logan's
cabin hungry and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and
naked and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long
and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate
of peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen
pointed as they passed and said, 'Logan is the friend of white
men. Colonel Cresap, [Footnote: Logan was mistaken: Cresap was
not the murderer. See Roosevelt's _Winning of the West_, part
ii, p. 31.] the last spring and in cold blood and unprovoked,
murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women
and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins
of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have
sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance.
For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not
harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt
fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is
there to mourn for Logan? Not one.

Gibson recorded the words of Logan, and they were duly presented
to Dunmore. A treaty of peace was drawn up, by which the Indians
agreed to give up all white prisoners and stolen horses and to
surrender all claim to the land south of the Ohio.

The effect of Lord Dunmore's war was to make peace in the hinterland,
a matter of vast importance to the Americans on the eve of the
Revolution. Great Britain by the Quebec Act had placed the country
north of the Ohio and extending to the Mississippi under the
government of Canada. But Great Britain was soon too busy with the
war in the east to p