History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 186
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] intermarriage with the Shawanoes, a Mingoe. He was a friend of the white men, by education and association, and one of the noblest of his race, not only by right of birth, but in considera tion of his own character. During the Indian wars connected with the contest with France, he took no part save in the cha racter of a peace-maker. In the spring of 1774, a company of land "agents and traders on the Ohio came in collision with the Indians, and in retaliation for the loss of two of their men, succeeded in killing LOGAN'S entire family, including his young est brother and his sister. For this and similar acts, LOGAN placed himself at the head of a band of Ohio • Senecas, and, in company with the Lenapes and Shawanoes under Cornstalk, in vaded the Virginia border with fire and tomahawk. At the treaty of peace with Dunmore, LOGAN was not present. On being visited for the purpose of securing his assent to the terms, he delivered the famous speech which Jefferson has preserved in his Notes on Virginia, and which has become familiar wher ever the English language is spoken : " I appeal to any white man to say if he ever entered LOGAN'S cabin" hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. 1 Memorials Moravian Church, i, 83. both were full-blooded Oneidas. Shikel-