In the spring following St.Clair's defeat the frontiers of Pennsylvania suffered as severely as those of Virginia, from bands of savages who were seeking for scalps, prisoners, and horses.

Boats were way-laid and attacked as they descended the Ohio; and the remote settlements were mercilessly scourged.

The spies or scouts, the trained Indian fighters, were out all the while, watching for the war bands; and when they discovered one, a strong party of rangers or militia was immediately gathered to assail it, if it could be overtaken.

Every variety of good and bad fortune attended these expeditions.

Thus, in August, 1792, the spies discovered an Indian party in the lower settlements of Kentucky.