60, p.

297, etc.] Now a drunken Indian at Fort Pitt murdered an innocent white man, the local garrison of regular troops saving him with difficulty from being lynched [Footnote: Denny's Journal, p.

259.]; now a band of white ruffians gathered to attack some peaceable Indians who had come in to treat [Footnote: State Dept.

MSS., No.

56, p.