22. Some accounts say that he was accompanied by Kenton and McCulloch; others state that no messenger arrived until after the battle. But this is certainly wrong. Shelby's letter shows that the troops learned the governor's change of plans before the battle. 23. "Am. Archives," IV., Vol. J., p. 1017; and was joined by Col. Christian's three hundred the day after the battle. 24. Campbell MSS. Letter of Col. William Preston (presumably to Patrick Henry), Oct. 31, 1774. As it is interesting and has never been published, I give it in the Appendix. 25. Many of the white accounts make their number much greater, without any authority; Shelby estimates it at between eight hundred and one thousand. Smith, who generally gives the Indian side, says that on this occasion they were nearly as numerous as the whites. Smyth, who bitterly hates the Americans, and always belittles their deeds, puts the number of Indians at nine hundred; he would certainly make it as small as possible. So the above estimate is probably pretty near the truth, though it is of course impossible to be accurate. At any rate, it was the only important engagement fought by the English or Americans against the northwestern Indians in which there was a near approach to equality of force. 26. Campbell MSS. Shelby's letter. Their names were Mooney and Hickman; the latter was killed. Most historians have confused these two men with the two others who discovered the Indians at almost the same time. 27. "Am. Archives," IV., Vol, I., p. 1017. 28. _Do_., p. 1017. Letter from Stanton, Virginia, Nov. 4, 1774, says 3/4 of a mile; Shelby says 1/2 of a mile. 29. _Do_., Letter of Nov. 17th. 30. The frontier expression for covering one's self behind a tree-trunk. 31. A small stream running into the Kanawha near its mouth. De Haas, p. 151. 32. Campbell MSS. Preston's, letter. 33. "Am. Archives." Letter of November 4, 1774. 34. Campbell MSS. Preston's letter. 35. Stewart's Narrative. 36. Led by Isaac Shelby, James Stewart, and George Matthews. 37. Campbell MSS. Preston's letter. 38. "Am. Archives" Letter of November 4, 1774. It is doubtful if Logan was in this fight; the story about Cornstalk killing one of his men who flinched may or may not be true. 39. Hale, 199, the plunder was afterwards sold at auction for L74 4s. 6d.