seen as they plied their canoes up the river, by a party of Indians,
who no sooner saw them placed in a situation favoring the bloody
purposes of their hearts, than they fired upon them. Neal and Triplett
were killed, and fell into the river.--Rowell was missed and escaped
by swimming the Kenhawa, the Indians shooting at him as he swam. In a
few days after the dead were found in a ripple and buried. The
Indians had not been able to draw them from their watery grave, and
obtain their scalps.

During this year unsuccessful attempts were made by the general
government, to terminate Indian hostilities by negotiation. They were
too much elated with their recent success, to think of burying their
resentments in a treaty of peace; and so little did they fear the
operation of the governmental forces, and such was their confidence in
their own strength, that they not only refused to negotiate at all,
but put to death two of those who were sent to them as messengers of
peace. Major Truman and Col. Hardin, severally sent upon this mission,
were murdered by them; and when commissioners to treat with them, were
received by them, their only answer was, a positive refusal to enter
into a treaty.[3]

When this determination was made known to the President, every
precaution which could be used, was taken by him to prevent the
recurrence of these enormities which were daily committed on the
[305] frontier, and particularly in the new state of Kentucky. Gen.
St. Clair, after having asked that a court of enquiry should be held,
to consider of his conduct in the campaign of 1791, and finding
that his request could not be granted, resigned the command of the
army, and was succeeded by Gen. Anthony Wayne. That the operations
of the army might not be defeated as heretofore, by a too great
reliance on undisciplined militia, it was recommended to Congress to
authorize the raising of three additional regiments of regular
soldiers; and the bill for complying with this recommendation,
notwithstanding it was strenuously opposed by a strong party
hostile to the then administration, was finally passed.[4]

The forts Hamilton and Jefferson, erected by Gen. St. Clair, continued
to be well garrisoned; but there was some difficulty in supplying
them with provisions--the Indians being always in readiness to
intercept them on their way. As early as April 1792, they taught
us the necessity of having a strong guard to escort supplies with
safety, by a s