in-wa, father of a famous son, Tecumseh. *
Yet they were unwilling to accept defeat. When they heard that Dunmore
was now marching overland to cut them off from their towns, their fury
blazed anew. "Shall we first kill all our women and children and then
fight till we ourselves are slain?" Cornstalk, in irony, demanded of
them; "No? Then I will go and make peace."

* Thwaites, "Documentary History of Dunmore's War."

By the treaty compacted between the chiefs and Lord Dunmore, the Indians
gave up all claim to the lands south of the Ohio, even for hunting,
and agreed to allow boats to pass unmolested. In this treaty the Mingos
refused to join, and a detachment of Dunmore's troops made a punitive
expedition to their towns. Some discord arose between Dunmore and
Lewis's frontier forces because, since the Shawanoes had made peace, the
Governor would not allow the frontiersmen to destroy the Shawano towns.

Of all the chiefs, Logan alone still held aloof. Major Gibson undertook
to fetch him, but Logan refused to come to the treaty grounds. He sent
by Gibson the short speech which has lived as an example of the best
Indian oratory:

"I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin
hungry and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked and
he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war,
Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my
love for the whites that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said,
'Logan is the friend of the white men.' I had even thought to have
lived with you but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, the
last spring, in cold blood and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of
Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There remains not a drop
of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for
revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my
vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not
harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear.
He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for
Logan? Not one." *

* Some writers have questioned the authenticity of Logan's
speech, inclining to think that Gibson himself composed it, partly
because of the biblical suggestion in the first few lines. That Gibson
gave biblical phraseology to these lines is apparent, though, as Adair
points out there are many