bordering in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, and Georgia 84

Complete destruction of Indian settlements; their country a
desolation 84

CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE MASSACRE OF WYOMING; FOUR VERSIONS OF IT BY ACCREDITED
AMERICAN HISTORIANS, ALL DIFFERING FROM EACH OTHER; THE FACTS
INVESTIGATED AND FALSE STATEMENTS CORRECTED 85-98

The original inflated and imaginary accounts of the
"Massacre of Wyoming" 85

Four versions of it by accredited historians 85

The account given by Dr. Ramsay 87

Remarks upon Dr. Ramsay's account 88

Description of Wyoming 88

Mr. Bancroft's account of the "Massacre" 88

Mr. Tucker's brief account of the "Massacre" 90

Mr. Hildreth's more intelligible and consistent account
of the "Massacre" 90

Remarks on the discrepancies in four essential particulars
of these four accounts 94

Supplementary remarks, founded on Colonel Stone's refutation
of the original fabulous statements of the "Massacre," in
his "_Life of Joseph Brant, including the Border Wars of
the American Revolution_" 98

CHAPTER XXXV.

AMERICAN RETALIATION FOR THE ALLEGED "MASSACRE OF WYOMING,"
AS NARRATED BY AMERICAN HISTORIANS 99-122

Destruction of Indian villages and settlements for several
miles on both sides of the Susquehanna by the Americans 99

Attack in retaliation "by Indians and Tories" on Cherry
Valley, but more than revenged by Colonel G. Van Shaick
on the settlements 99

The destruction of Indian villages and other settlements to
the extent of "several miles on both sides of the Susquehanna,"
more than an equivalent revenge for the destruction of Wyoming
(in a note) 100

This only the beginning of vengeance upon the Indian
settlements on the part of the "Continentals;" cruelties compared