stituted
the ransom.--R. G. T.

[9] See McKnight's _Our Western Border_, pp. 714,
716.--R. G. T.

[10] Superstition was rife among the Scotch-Irish borderers.
McWhorter writes: "On the day before the capture, a little bird
came into Mrs. Cunningham's cabin and fluttered around the
room. Ever afterwards, she grew frightened whenever a bird
would enter her house. The fear that such an occurrence would
bring bad luck to a household, was an old and widely-spread
superstition."--R. G. T.

[11] Mary Moore afterwards became the wife of Mr. Brown, a
presbyterian preacher in Augusta. Her brother James Moore, jr.,
still resides in Tazewell county; and notwithstanding that he
witnessed the cruel murder of his mother and five brothers and
sisters by the hands of the savages, he is said to have formed
and still retain a strong attachment to the Indians. The
anniversary of the burning of Mrs. Moore & her daughter, is
kept by many in Tazewell as a day of fasting and prayer; and
that tragical event gave rise to some affecting verses,
generally called "Moore's Lamentation."

[12] At the treaty of Au Glaize, Morgan met with the Indian
who had given him this chase, and who still had his gun. After
talking over the circumstance, rather more composedly than they
had acted it, they agreed to test each other's speed in a
friendly race. The Indian being beaten, rubbed his hams and
said, "_stiff, stiff; too old, too old_." "Well, said Morgan,
you got the gun by outrunning me then, and I should have it now
for outrunning you;" and accordingly took it.

[13] McWhorter: "Alexander West was with Col. William Lowther
on this expedition. They followed the Indians to the Little
Kanawha River."--R. G. T.

[14] Another case of border superstition is related to me by
McWhorter. Alexander West had been doing sentry duty most of
the night before, and on being relieved early in the morning,
sat with his back to a tree and, rifle across his lap, fell to
sleep. On awakening he sprang to his feet and cried, "Boys,
look out! Some of us will be killed to-day! I saw the _red doe_
in my dream; that is the sign of death; I never knew it to
fail!" When Bonnett fell, it was considered in camp to be a
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