Note 7 — CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (continued 2)

Withers, deriving his information from Taylor’s sketches, was misled as to any intention of establishing a fort at the mouth of the Kanawha; and also as to Paul’s, or any one else’s proposition to cross the Ohio, and invade the Shawnee towns. The only aim was, to reach the Upper Shawnee town.––L. C. D.

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Comment by R. G. T.––“Upper Shawnee town” was an Indian village at the mouth of Old Town Creek, emptying into the Ohio from the north, 39 miles above the mouth of the Great Kanawha.