CHAPTER II.
THE INDIAN WARS, 1784-1787.
Lull in the Border War.
After the close of the Revolution there was a short, uneasy lull in the eternal border warfare between the white men and the red.

The Indians were for the moment daunted by a peace which left them without allies; and the feeble Federal Government attempted for the first time to aid and control the West by making treaties with the most powerful frontier tribes.

Congress raised a tiny regular army, and several companies were sent to the upper Ohio to garrison two or three small forts which were built upon its banks.

Commissioners (one of whom was Clark himself) were appointed to treat with both the northern and southern Indians.

Councils were held in various places.