or to the ſpeech of Logan, a Mingo chief to lord Dunmore, when governor of this ſtate. And, as a teſtimony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, firſt ſtating the incidents neceſſary for underſtanding it.
‘In the ſpring of the year 1774, robbery was
committed by ſome Indians on certain land
adventurers on the River Ohio. The whites in
that quarter, according to their cuſtom, undertook
to puniſh this outrage in a ſummary way.
Captain Michael Creſap, and a certain Daniel
Greathouſe, leading on theſe parties, ſurpriſed,
at different times, travelling and hunting parties
of the Indians, having their women and children
with them, and murdered many. Among theſe
were unfortunately the family of Logan, a chief
celebrated in peace and war, and long diſtinguiſhed
as the friend of the whites. This unworthy
return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly
ſignalized himſelf in the war which enſuſed.
In the autumn of the ſame year a deciſive battle
was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway,
between the collected forces of the Shawaneſe,
Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment
of the Virginia militia. The Indians were
defeated and ſued for peace. Logan, however,
diſdained to be ſeen among the ſuppliants. But
leſt the ſincerity of a treaty ſhould be diſtruſted,
from which ſo diſtinguiſhed a chief abſented
himſelf, he ſent, by a meſſenger, the following
ſpeech, to be delivered to lord Dunmore.
‘“I appeal to any white man to ſay, if ever he
entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him
not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and
he cloathed him not. During the courſe of the
