Charles Scott, a rough Indian fighter, and veteran of the Revolutionary War, who afterwards became governor of the State.

Scott had moved to Kentucky not long after the close of the war with England; he had lost a son at the hands of the savages, [Footnote: State Dept.MSS., No.

71, vol.ii., p.

563.] and he delighted in war against them.
Harmar made a circuit and came down along the Scioto, hoping to surprise the Indian camp; but he might as well have hoped to surprise a party of timber wolves.

His foes scattered and disappeared in the dense forest.
Nevertheless, coming across some moccasin tracks, Scott's horsemen followed the trail, killed four Indians, and carried in the scalps to Limestone.