Indeed he did not know who had caused them.
The massacres at Captina and Yellow Creek occurred so near together that they were confounded with each other; and not only the Indians but many whites as well[51] credited Cresap and Greathouse with being jointly responsible for both, and as Cresap was the most prominent, he was the one especially singled out for hatred.
Logan instantly fell on the settlement with a small band of Mingo warriors.

On his first foray he took thirteen scalps, among them those of six children.[52] A party of Virginians, under a man named McClure, followed him: but he ambushed and defeated them, slaying their leader.[53] He repeated these forays at least three times.

Yet, in spite of his fierce craving for revenge, he still showed many of the traits that had made him beloved of his white friends.

Having taken a prisoner, he refused to allow him to be tortured, and saved his life at the risk of his own.

A few days afterwards he suddenly appeared to this prisoner with some gunpowder ink, and dictated to him a note.