MySource:Quolla6/Campbell to Randolph, 17 March 1787

From: Source:Palmer, 1888:257

ARTHUR CAMPBELL TO Gov. ED. RANDOLPH. 1787.

March 17th, 1787, Washington County Sir:

By a former opportunity I had the honor of transmitting to your Excellency some papers respecting our militia, and the apprehended danger from the Cherokee Indians on account of the attack made upon them county from Kentucky. On the ninth instant the Indians killed three persons in a Settlement called Castle's Woods, near Clinch river. The enemy appeared to be but few in number and went off in great haste, without attempting to carry off Horses or other kind of booty. Some blames the Cherokees for this onset, but there is more reason to suppose it was the Shawnese, as that nation has, for some time past, been very troublesome in Kentucky, having killed and captivated upwards of twenty persons since new Year. Orders, or papers sent by the bearer, Mr. Urban Ewing, would be safely delivered, &c.