1To Thomas Jefferson from John Heckewelder, 28 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance to Your request , I have communicated what came to my knowledge respecting the Murder of Logans family in the Year 1774. I have shewn by what Opportunity’s reports were brought in the Indian Country—how they circulated—& what effect it had from time to time on the minds of the Indians—But Sir! altho I have no hesitation to bear testimony to the truth, I wish to inform You, that...
2Enclosure: Heckewelder’s Memorandum on the Logan Affair, 28 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Communication (Confidential) In the Spring of the Year 1774—at a time when in the interior parts of the Indian Country all seemed Peace & Tranquil, the Villages on Muskingum were suddenly allarmed by 2 Runners (Indians) who reported: “that the big Knifes (Virginians) had attacked the Mingo Settlement on Ohio, & butchered even the Women with their Children in their Arms—and that Logans family...