In the country north west of the Ohio river, there were many warlike tribes of Indians, strongly imbued with feelings of rancorous hostility to the neighboring colonists. Among the more powerful of these were the Delawares, who resided on branches of Beaver Creek, Cayahoga, and Muskingum; and whose towns contained about six hundred inhabitants--The Shawanees, who to the number of 300, dwelt upon the Scioto and Muskingum--The Chippewas, near Mackinaw, of 400--Cohunnewagos, of 300, and who inhabited near Sandusky--The Wyandots, whose villages were near fort St. Joseph, and embraced a population of 250--The Twightees, near fort Miami, with a like population--The Miamis, on the river Miami, near the fort of that name, reckoning 300 persons--The Pottowatomies of 300, and the Ottawas of 550, in their villages near to forts St. Joseph and Detroit,[2] and of 250, in the towns near Mackinaw. Besides these, there were in the same district of country, others of less note, yet equally inimical to the whites; and who contributed much to the annoyance [41] of the first settlers on the Ohio, and its tributaries. There were likewise the Munsies, dwelling on the north branch of the Susquehanna, and on the Allegheny river--The Senecas, on the waters of the Susquehanna, Ontario and the heads of the Allegheny--The Cayugas, on Cayuga lake, and the Sapoonies, who resided in the neighborhood of the Munsies. In these tribes was an aggregate population of 1,380 souls, and they likewise aided in committing depredations on our frontiers. Those who ventured to explore and occupy the south western portion of Virginia, found also in its vicinity some powerful and warlike tribes. The Cherokees possessed what was then, the western part of North Carolina and numbered 2,500--The Chicasaws, residing south of the Cherokees, had a population of 750--and the Catawbas, on the Catawba river in South Carolina with only 150 persons. These latter were remarkably adventurous, enterprising and courageous; and notwithstanding their remote situation, and the paucity of their numbers, frequently traversed the valley of Virginia, and even penetrated the country on the north branch of the Susquehanna, and between the Ohio river and lake Erie, to wage war upon the Delawares. Their success in many of these expeditions, is preserved in the traditions of the Delawares, who continue to regard them as having used in these wars, a degree of cunning and stratagem, to which other tribes have never approached.[3]