4/62 It appears that they became deeply involved in the Indian wars which the Shawnees kept up on the frontiers of Virginia. In this struggle they took an active part, and were visited with the severest retribution by the marauding Indians. It is stated by Withers that, between 1770 and 1779, not less than fifteen of this family, men, women, and children, were killed or taken prisoners, and carried into captivity.[2] [Footnote 2: _Chronicles of the Border Warfare in North-western Virginia_. By Alex Withers, Clarksbury, Virginia, 1831. 1 vol.12mo. |