[85] Cf. C. W. Alvord: "The British Ministry and the Treaty of Fort Stanwix," Wisconsin Historical Society Proceedings, 1908.

[86] North Carolina Colonial Records, vii, 851-855. For Tryon's line, ibid., 245, 460, 470, 508.

[87] Johnson to Gage, December 16, 1768.

[88] Jefferson MSS. Department of state. Cf. also Weeks: General Joseph Martin.

[89] Hanna: The Wilderness Trail, ii, 216, 230, 255; Darlington: Journals of Gist, 131.

[90] "Narrative of General William Hall," Draper MSS., Wisconsin State Historical Society.

[91] Draper: MS. Life of Boone, viii, 238.

[92] Summers: Southwest Virginia, 76.

[93] Papers of A. D. Murphy, ii, 386.

[94] Pennsylvania Journal, October 29, 1769.