[Margin] No 2. Morgan Towne 25th April 1789 Wm. McCleary to the govSuperscript textr of VirgSuperscript texta [two diagonal lines crossed through] [Body of Letter] “An express came here this morning with the disagreable news of the Indians having committed hostilites on one of our frontier settlements on the 23Superscript textd:insSuperscript textt [instant] two parties attached on early about the same time, two families on Dunkard’s creek, about twenty to twenty five miles from this place and killed one man, out of one, and the man & his wife and two children, which was the whole of the other family__the alarm given to the frontier of this county generally by this murder hath become very serious, and unless some speedy assist ance is given I am something of opinion that the Monongahalia river (which runs by [Attached to left margin] PP105-201

Printed A.S.P. Indian Affairs Vol I PP84-96 –Trisch 21:40, 14 February 2012 (EST) [Top Margin} [106] [Body of Letter] by this place) will be our frontier line in a short time! –Trisch 21:50, 14 February 2012 (EST)