lled them, Cornstalk among the number. Governor
Patrick Henry and General Hand--the latter then organizing his
futile expedition against the Shawnees--wished to punish
the murderers; but in the prevalent state of public opinion on
the border, it was easy for them to escape prosecution.--R.
G. T.

[20] The following gentlemen, with others of high reputation
in private life, were officers in the battle at Point Pleasant.
Gen. Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky, and
afterwards, secretary of war;--Gen. William Campbell and Col.
John Campbell, heroes of King's mountain and Long Island;--Gen.
Evan Shelby, one of the most favored citizens of Tennessee,
often honored with the confidence of that state;--Col. William
Fleming, an active governor of Virginia during the revolutionary
war;--Gen. Andrew Moore of Rockbridge, the only man ever
elected by Virginia, from the country west of the Blue ridge, to
the senate of the United States;--Col. John Stuart, of
Greenbrier;--Gen. Tate, of Washington county, Virginia;--Col.
William McKee, of Lincoln county, Kentucky;--Col. John Steele,
since a governor of Mississippi territory;--Col. Charles
Cameron, of Bath;--Gen. Bazaleel Wells, of Ohio; and Gen.
George Matthews, a distinguished officer in the war of the
revolution, the hero of Brandywine, Germantown, and of
Guilford;--a governor of Georgia, and a senator from that
state in the congress of the United States. The salvation of
the American army at Germantown, is ascribed, in Johnston's
life of Gen. Green, to the bravery and good conduct of two
regiments, one of which was commanded by General, then Col.
Matthews.

[21] In order to get a clearer view of the situation, a
few more details are essential here. For several days after the
battle of Point Pleasant, Lewis was busy in burying the dead,
caring for the wounded, collecting the scattered cattle, and
building a store-house and small stockade fort. Early on
the morning of October 13th, messengers who had been sent on to
Dunmore, advising him of the battle, returned with orders to
Lewis to march at once with all his available force,
against the Shawnee towns, and when within twenty-five
miles of Chillicothe to write to his lo