Mason County May the 17^th 1790 Henry Lee Lieut. M. Com^y to Judge Innes. "On the night of the 11^th Ins^t four Boats (one of which contained an Officer & eight men of the United States troops) landed about nine miles above Limestone, and about 12 OClock was fired on by a party of Indians supposed to be fifteen or twenty in number, three Boats made their escape without damage, the other containing [undecipherable: sixteen] Souls fell into possession of the Enemy, four of those persons were killed