with ninety-six scalps--ninety Moravians and six outlying
Indians. It seems certain that a few hostiles were with the
Moravians at the time of the massacre.--R. G. T.

[6] David Williamson, as previously seen, was a colonel of
militia in Washington County, Pa.; James Marshal, as county
lieutenant of Washington, was his superior officer.--R. G. T.

[7] The place of rendezvous was Mingo Bottom (the present
Mingo Junction, O.), and the date May 20. It was the 24th
before all were present. The volunteers numbered 480, of
whom two-thirds were from Washington County; most of the
others were from Fayette County, Pa., and a few from Ohio
County, Va. In the vote for commander, William Crawford
received 235, and Williamson 230. Four field majors were
elected to rank in the order named: Williamson, Thomas
Gaddis, John McClelland, and one Brinton. The standard
modern authority for the details of this expedition, is
Butterfield's _Crawford's Expedition Against Sandusky_
(Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1873).--R. G. T.

[8] Col. David Williamson.--R. G. T.

[9] His son John, his son-in-law Major William Harrison, and
one of his nephews,--not two,--William Crawford. They were
captured by the Indians and killed.--R. G. T.

[10] Dr. John Knight, surgeon to the expedition. He was
captured, and sentenced to death, but after thrilling
adventures finally escaped.--R. G. T.

[11] Wingenund.--R. G. T.

[12] Colonel Crawford was then about fifty years of age, and
had been an active warrior against the savages for a great
while. During [245] the French war, he distinguished himself by
his bravery and good conduct, and was much noticed by General
Washington, who obtained for him an ensigncy. At the
commencement of the revolution, he raised a regiment by his own
exertions, and at the period of this unfortunate expedition,
bore the commission of Colonel in the Continental army. He
possessed a sound judgment, was a man of singular good nature
and great humanity, and remarkable for his hospitality. His
melancholy sufferings and death spread a gloom over the
countenances of all who knew him. His son, John Crawford, and
his son-in-law, Major Harrison, were taken prisoners, carried
to the Shawan