Some took place before Hamilton arrived, which, according to his "brief account," was November 9th.

He asserts that he did not send out war parties until the following June; but the testimony seems conclusive that he was active in instigating hostility from the time of his arrival.] Lt-Gov.

Henry Hamilton.

Scalp Buying.
Hamilton was for the next two years the mainspring of Indian hostility to the Americans in the northwest.

From the beginning he had been anxious to employ the savages against the settlers, and when the home government bade him hire them he soon proved himself very expert, as well as very ruthless, in their use.