vident that his lordship then
contemplated no separate expedition of his own, for he talks of
sending Major Angus McDonald's party and a new levy to Lewis's
assistance. But he changed his mind, and August 30 wrote to
Lewis directing that the latter meet him at the mouth of the
Little Kanawha. Lewis replied through Col. William Preston that
it was now too late to change his plans; he should proceed at
once with the levy just summoned, to the mouth of the Great
Kanawha, and there await further orders.--R. G. T.

[6] This cape was called Point Pleasant, and is now occupied
by the West Virginia town of that name.--R. G. T.

[7] This is misleading. On September 6, Col. Charles Lewis,
with his Augusta troops, numbering about six hundred, were
detached to proceed to the mouth of the Elk, and there make
canoes for transporting the supplies to the mouth of the Great
Kanawha. This body had in charge a drove of 108 beef cattle,
and 400 pack-horses laden with 54,000 lbs. of flour. Field's
company soon followed this advance.--R. G. T.

[8] Saturday, the 10th, Clay and Coward were sent out to
hunt deer for Field's company, on the banks of the Little
Meadow. Then occurred the incident related by Withers. The
Indian who escaped, hurried on to the Shawnee towns and gave
them their first notice of the approach of the army. Alarmed at
this incident, Field hurried and caught up with the advance
under Charles Lewis. The text reads as though he had hastened
back to Andrew Lewis, who had not yet left Camp Union.--R. G.
T.

[9] Col. Andrew Lewis marched out of Camp Union the 12th,
with about 450 men. These consisted of Fleming's Botetourt
troops, three companies of Fincastle men under Capts. Evan
Shelby, William Herbert, and William Russell, the Bedford men
under Thomas Buford, and Dunmore men under Slaughter. They had
with them 200 pack-horses laden with flour, and the remainder
of the beeves. Col. William Christian, who arrived at Camp
Union the day Andrew Lewis left, was ordered, with the rest of
the Fincastle men, to remain there, to guard the residue of the
provisions, and when the brigade of horses sent to the mouth of
the Elk had returned, to hurry every thing forward to the mouth
of th