Only a very few of the whites became, like Boon and Kenton, able to beat the best of the savages at their own game.
The innumerable sieges that took place during the long years of Indian warfare differed in detail, but generally closely resembled one another as regards the main points.

Those that occurred in 1777 may be considered as samples of the rest; and accounts of these have been preserved by the two chief actors, Boon and Clark.

[Footnote: In Boon's narrative, written down by Filson, and in Clark's diary, as given by Morehead.

The McAfee MSS.

and Butler's history give some valuable information.