[6] The above incident is mentioned in none of the
contemporary chronicles, and is probably fiction.--R. G. T.

[7] The attack was begun early in the morning of the 16th,
and continued with more or less vigor until about 10 A. M. of
the 17th. Caldwell then withdrew his force "in a leisurely
manner." The attacking party lost five killed and two wounded,
all Indians; the garrison lost four killed and three
wounded.--R. G. T.

[8] A hundred and eighty-two, under Col. John Todd. Pursuit
was commenced on the 18th.--R. G. T.

[9] The battle occurred at 8 A. M. of August 19, a short
distance north of the Lower Blue Licks, on the Licking river,
in what is now Nicholas County.--R. G. T.

[10] The tendency among early Western chroniclers has been
greatly to magnify the importance of Simon Girty. He was merely
an interpreter on this, as on most other expeditions. Caldwell
was in command. The British force now consisted of 200 Indians
and 30 rangers. Some of the Indians had already left for their
villages.--R. G. T.

[11] The British rangers lost one of their number by death;
of their Indian allies, ten were killed and fourteen wounded.
Of the Kentuckians, about seventy were killed, several badly
wounded, and seven made prisoners. Caldwell continued his
leisurely retreat to Upper Sandusky, which he reached September
24, the Indians meanwhile dispersing to their several
homes.--R. G. T.

[12] Gen. George Rogers Clark gave this official report of
his expedition against the Shawnees, in a letter dated Lincoln,
November 27, 1782: "We left the Ohio the 4th instant, with 1050
men, surprised the principal Shawanese Town in the evening of
the 10th, and immediately detached strong parties to different
quarters; and in a few hours afterwards two thirds of the towns
were laid in ashes, and every thing they were possessed of
destroyed, except such as were most useful to the troops, the
enemy not having time to secrete any part of their property.
The British trading post at the head of the Miami and Carrying
Place to the waters of the Lakes, shared the same by a party of
150 horse, commanded by Col. Logan, and property to a great
amount was also destroyed: the quantity of provisions burnt far