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teps, and scalped one of his companions. He, himself, by courage and good humor, won the love of his captors; their tribe saluted him as a young chief, and cherished him with hearty kindness; his Indian master, accepting a ransom, restored him to his country. Men of less presence of mind often fell victims to the fury of the Indian allies of France. At the same time, the Ohio Company, with the express sanction Laws of Virginia, February, 1752. 25 Geo. II., c. 25. Report of Lewis and Walker to Lord Botetourt, 2 February, 1769. of the Legislature of Virginia, were forming a settlement beyond the mountains. Gist had, on a second tour, explored the lands southeast of the Ohio, as far as the Kenhawa. The jealousy of the Indians was excited. Where, said the deputy of chap. IV.} 1752. the Delaware chiefs, where lie the lands of the Indians? The French claim all on one side of the river, and the English on the other. Virginia, under the treaty of Lancaster, of 1744, assumed t