We have told you this in confidence, out of our great solicitude, lest any of you should be hurt; and,' he added, 'we hope that you will not tell the other Indians, lest they should escape from our vengeance.' The howitzers and the story of the approaching hosts had their effect, and the Indians vanished into the surrounding forest.

For another month Fort Pitt had comparative peace, and the garrison patiently but watchfully awaited a relieving force which Amherst was sending.

In the meantime news came of the destruction of Presqu'isle, Le Boeuf, and Venango; and the fate of the garrisons, particularly at the last post, warned the inhabitants of Fort Pitt what they might expect if they should fall into the hands of the Indians.
On July 26 some Indian ambassadors, among them Turtle's Heart, came to the post with a flag of truce.

They were loud in their protestations of friendship, and once more solicitous for the safety of the garrison.

The Ottawas, they said, were coming in a vast horde, to 'seize and eat up everything' that came in their way.