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7 mo 20 7 from the Commissioner.

            21     1     Our meeting to day was attended by many soldiers and
                          others, who generally behaved well, and my mind was more
                          particularly exercised toward the military, & altho' in general
                          they appear to be a rough set of men, I believe there are some well
                          disposed among them, and Notice having been given, we
                          had a solid Meeting in the Afternoon, which ended in
                          solemn supplication, after which we returned to our 
                          Quarters, and heard that the Commissioners were arrived,
                          and encamped at the mouth of the River, and that it was
                          probable a treaty would be held, which was a pleasing
                          account, after being six weeks in a state of suspense, &
                          people generally of Opinion that no treaty would be.
          22       2      Received instruction in the Night, a good time to weigh
                          matters, when on our pillars & all still, in the morning
                          took a ride with our Landlord in his Colask up the River
                          about 3 Miles & crossed, what is called bloody bridge, a
                          place where the French & Indians met the English in
                          the year         , and a bloody battle fought, as we rode
                          a long, we saw many Indian encampments, & many in
                          Canoes paddling up &down .
                                A Short Account of Silvester Ash's

Silvester Captivity as related by himself. ___ Ash's I was taken with 4 of my Brothers in the year 1771 Captivity from Simson Creek in Kentucky, by 8 Shawnees & a Frenchman

                          in the Evening, & hurried along about 15 Miles to salt river,
                         where the Indians cut a pole, & put into the water, & made
                          each of us take hold, and each of them took hold, and so
                          swam us a cross the River, and when landed, one took my