. Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774 . ges fromthe Shawnee. He returned later unsuccessful, and was theprisoner brought back by the expedition. Cresap spent thenight in preparation, and moved out two hours before dawn,crossed the river, and had a slight skirmish in which theleader himself killed one Indian, and others were towns were found abandoned. After burning five vil-lages, and cutting down seventy acres of standing corn, thearmy, then almost entirely destitute of provisions, crossedcountry to Wheeling. A small party of Pennsylvanians, ledby Devereux Smith, and of Del
. Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774 . ges fromthe Shawnee. He returned later unsuccessful, and was theprisoner brought back by the expedition. Cresap spent thenight in preparation, and moved out two hours before dawn,crossed the river, and had a slight skirmish in which theleader himself killed one Indian, and others were towns were found abandoned. After burning five vil-lages, and cutting down seventy acres of standing corn, thearmy, then almost entirely destitute of provisions, crossedcountry to Wheeling. A small party of Pennsylvanians, ledby Devereux Smith, and of Delaware Indians under WhiteEyes, had come to Wheeling two days after the army hadstarted on their out-going march. Crawford discouragedtheir attempting to overtake the expedition, whereupon theyreturned to Pittsburg. The results of the expedition wereslight, ravages upon the frontiers thereafter increasing ratherthan diminishing. But the body of men who had been en-listed, awaited ar Redstone the wing of the army taken outby Lord Dunmore.— MARCH OF FINCASTLE MEN ^y March, to the appointed place of Rendezvous: suchrelief was promised the Men when they Engaged andsuch they must have; other ways are ready, onlysome brown Linen which Mr. Brander told me, shouldbe up before the Army Marched from have been applyd to by Majr. Campbell to resignmy Interest to Capt. Floyd, of the Volunteers: this[I] wood gladly do, to serve my good Friend; whichI proposed to himselfe, and am still Anxious, if I canget the Command of a Company on Clinch, till hisreturn, or at least as long as it shall be thought neces-sary, to keep Men under pay, in this Quarter. I have heard Capt. Thompson is appointed to Com-mand a Company at Blackmores, should I be granteda Command, and it shall be agreeable to you, and , should be proud it could be your pleasure,to appoint him towards the head of the River, as thatwill give him a more Immediate opportunity, of Secur-ing the Inhabitants a
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