I., p.

255, letter of Evan Shelby, June 4, 1779.]; and throughout the summer the settlements were but little molested.
Yet all the while they were planning further attacks; at the same time that they sent peace talks to Shelby they sent war talks to the Northwestern Indians, inviting them to join in a great combined movement against the Americans.

[Footnote: Haldimand MSS.

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117, p.
157.