CHAPTER VII.
KENTUCKY UNTIL THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 1782-1783.
Seventeen hundred and eighty-two proved to be Kentucky's year of blood.
The British at Detroit had strained every nerve to drag into the war the entire Indian population of the northwest.

They had finally succeeded in arousing even the most distant tribes--not to speak of the twelve thousand savages immediately tributary to Detroit.

[Footnote: Haldimand MSS.

Census for 1782, 11,402.] So lavish had been the expenditure of money and presents to secure the good-will of the savages and enlist their active services against the Americans, that it had caused serious complaint at headquarters.

[Footnote: _Do._ Haldimand to De Peyster, April 10, October 6, 1781.] Renewal of the Indian Forays.
Early in the spring the Indians renewed their forays; horses were stolen, cabins burned, and women and children carried off captive.