[110] Ibid., IV., 279. [111] Louisiana Gasette, VI., 648; III., 286. [112] Louisiana Gasette, III., 286. [113] ibid., iii., 298. [114] Ibid., VI., 525. [115] Ibid. Louisiana Moniteur, May 10, 1809. [116] Ibid., May 10, 1809. [117] Louisiana Moniteur, May 10, 1809. [118] Louisiana Gasette, p 2, Col. 3. May 21, 1808. [119] Schultz, C., Travels, II., 200. [120] Cuming, F., Tour, Early W. Travels, IV., 264. [121] Schultz, C., Travels, II., 126. [122] Niles, Weekly Register, I., 71. [123] Cuming, F., Tour, Early W. Travels, IV., 97. [124] Schultz, C., Travels, II., 56. _CHAPTER III._ _EMIGRATION. GROWTH OF THE RIVER TOWNS._ One of the greatest hindrances to the early settlement of the western territory was the continued hostility of the Indian tribes living in that portion of the country. The two leading causes of disquiet among the western people during the years 1787-1788 were due to this cause, and to the Spanish possession of the Mississippi.[125] At Fort Harmar, January 9, 1789, one treaty was made with the Iroquois, confirming the previous one of October 22, 1784, at Fort Stanwix,[126] and another with the Wyandots, Delawares, Ottawas, Pottawatomies, and Sacs, confirming and extending the treaty of Fort McIntosh, made in January 21, 1785.[127] These treaties were not respected, and the year 1790 saw the old frontier troubles renewed. The Wabash Indians, especially, who had not been bound by any treaty as yet, kept up incursions against the Kentucky settlers, and the emigrants down the Ohio.[128] Three boats descending the Ohio River in March, 1790 were attacked by twenty-two Indians, above the Falls, and twenty-six horses, merchandise valued at from twelve to fifteen pounds, and several saddlebags containing cash were lost by being left in the two abandoned boats.[129] "The pioneers who descended the Ohio on their way westward, will remember while they live, the lofty rock standing a short distance above the mouth of the Scioto, on the Virginia shore, which was occupied for years by the savages, as a favorite watch-tower, from which boats ascending and descending, could be discovered at a great distance. The murders and depredations committed in that vicinity at all periods of the war were so shocking as to attract universal notice, and letters were written to General Harmar, from various quarters, calling his attention to the subject. They informed him that scarcely a boat passed the rocks without being attacked, and in most instances captured; and that unless something were done without delay, the navigation of the river would necessarily be abandoned."[130] September 19, 1790 Governor St. Clair notified the War Department that the depredations continued on the Ohio and Wabash; that nearly every day brought an account of some new robbery or murder; and that shortly before this, a boat belonging to Colonel Vigo of Post Vincennes, was fired upon near the mouth of Blue River, and