17/57 The settlers were harried, and the surveyors feared to go out to their work on the range. There were the usual horrible incidents of Indian warfare. A glimpse of one of the innumerable dreadful tragedies is afforded by the statement of one party of scouts, who, in following the trail of an Indian war band, found at the crossing of the river "the small tracks of a number of children," prisoners from a raid made on the Monongahela settlements. [Footnote: State Dept.MSS., No. 71, vol.ii.Letters of David Shepherd to Governor Randolph, April 30, and May 24, 1787.] Difficulties in Extending Help to the Frontiersmen. |