fifty miles.--R. G. T.

[4] The originals of the correspondence between Clark and Hamilton
are, with much other MS. material relative to the movements of
Clark, in possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Hamilton's letter, in a neat, scholarly hand, ran:

"Lieutenant Governor Hamilton proposes to Colonel Clark a Truce
for three days, during which time he promises, there shall not
be any defensive work carried on in the Garrison, on Condition
Colo^l. Clark shall observe on his part a like cessation from any
offensive Work--

"He further proposes that whatever may pass between them two and
any persons (mutually agreed upon to be) present, shall remain
secret, till matters be finally concluded--

"As he wishes that whatever the result of their conference may be
the honor and credit of each party may be considered, so he wishes
to confer with Colo^l. Clark as soon as may be--

"As Colo^l. Clark makes a difficulty of coming into the Garrison,
L^t. G. Hamilton will speak with him before the Gate--

Henry Hamilton.
"Feb^y. 24^th. 1779--Fort Sackville--"

Clark's gruff reply, in rugged, but not unclerical chirography, was
as follows:

"Colonel Clark's Compliments to M^r. Hamilton and begs leave to
inform him that Co^l. Clark will not agree to any Other Terms than
that of M^r. Hamilton's Surrendering himself and Garrison, Prisoners
at Discretion--

"If M^r. Hamilton is Desirous of a Conferance with Co^l. Clark he
will meet him at the Church with Capt^n. Helms--

"Feb^y. 24^th., 1779. G. R. CLARK."--R. G. T.

[5] Hamilton, in a letter of July 6, 1781, contained in the
Haldimand Papers, in the British Museum, gives what he calls "a
brief account" of his ill-starred expedition. See Roosevelt's
_Winning of the West, passim._--R. G. T.

[6] On the Tuscarawas River, about ten miles north of the
present New Philadelphia, O., and a mile south of what is now
Bolivar, Tuscarawas County. At the time Withers alludes to, it
was garrisoned by 150 men under Col. John Gibson.--R. G. T.

[7] Simon Girty and seventeen Indians, mostly Mingoes.
Withers confounds this raid with the more formidable siege in