d with
considerable impetuosity, and fell into the ambuscade. This decided
the contest--the Indians were repulsed with great slaughter and
dispersed.

The loss of the British, in killed and wounded, exceeded one hundred.
That they were not entirely cut off, was attributable to the stratagem
of the retreat (a favorite one of the Indians;) the success of which
not only saved the detachment under Col. Boquet, but likewise
preserved Fort Pitt, from falling into the hands of the savage foe.

The loss sustained by the enemy, must have equaled that of the
British; several of their most distinguished chiefs and warriors, were
of the number of the slain: and so decisive was the victory obtained
over them, that in the succeeding campaign against the Indians on the
Muskingum, Boquet found not much difficulty in bringing them to terms.
A cessation of hostilities was agreed to, upon condition that they
would give up all the whites then detained by them in captivity.
Upwards of three hundred prisoners were then redeemed; but the season
being far advanced and the others scattered in different parts of the
country, it was stipulated, that they should be brought into Fort Pitt
early in the ensuing spring; and as a security that they would comply
with this condition of the armistice, six of their chiefs were
delivered up as hostages--these however succeeded in making their
escape before the army arrived at Fort Pitt.[7]

The ill success which had attended the combined operations of the
Indians, during this war, the difficulty of procuring ammunition to
support it, and the fact that it had begun to be carried into their
own country, disposed them to make peace. A treaty was accordingly
concluded with them by Sir William Johnson in 1765. Previous to this
however, some few depredations were committed by the Indians, in
contravention of the agreement made with them by Col. Boquet; and
which induced a belief that the want of clothes and ammunition,[82]
was the real cause of their partial forbearance. It was therefore of
great consequence, to prevent their obtaining a supply of these
necessaries, until there could be some stronger assurance, than had
been given, of their pacific disposition.

Notwithstanding the prevalence of this impression, and the fact, that
a royal proclamation had been issued, forbidding any person trading
with the Indians, yet in March 1765 a number of wagons, laden with
goods and warlike stores for the Indians, was