McGarry then threatened them, and they in return demanded that he be court-martialled for murder.
[Footnote: Virginia State Papers, vol.iv., p.

212.] Logan, to his discredit, refused the court-martial, for fear of creating further trouble.

The bane of the frontier military organization was the helplessness of the elected commanders, their dependence on their followers, and the inability of the decent men to punish the atrocious misdeeds of their associates.
These expeditions were followed by others on a smaller scale, but of like character.

They did enough damage to provoke, but not to overawe, the Indians.

With the spring of 1787, the ravages began on an enlarged scale, with all their dreadful accompaniments of rapine, murder, and torture.