They then burst in, and tomahawked him and two children; yet for reasons unknown they did not harm the woman, nor the child in her arms.
No such mercy was shown by a band of six Indians who attacked the log houses of two settlers, brothers, named Edward and Thomas Cunningham.
The two cabins stood side by side, the chinks between the logs allowing those in one to see what was happening in the other.

One June evening, in 1785, both families were at supper.

Thomas was away.

His wife and four children were sitting at the table when a huge savage slipped in through the open door.

Edward in the adjoining cabin, saw him enter, and seized his rifle.