Aeneas McKay Letter to Arthur St. Clair

              [written in a different hand in left corner]1774 
[written in a different hand in left corner]Sept. 4 
Pittsburgh 4 th [superscript] Sept r [superscript] 1774 
My Dear Sir 
On my Return to this place 
last friday evening, I Believed the disagreeable 
information of two friendly Delaware Indian's 
being massacred on their way from this place to 
Mr Croghans in Cool Blood, by notorious Villains 
that premeditated the matter before hand, and 
shroud themselves behind brush near the Roadside 
upon the occasion, its impossible to discover the 
murders at this time, and much more so to bring them 
to Condign punishment, because they have all the 
force and power the place Can afford in their favour, 
but there is strong presumption for pointing out 
[blurred word]  perpetrators by name. 
Happly for this place, about an hour after the 
murder was Committed, Lieut Colonel Angus 
M Donald of Virginia arrived here, with a small 
party escorting stores for the intended Expedition 
against the shawnee, and was greatly exasporated [underlined] 
at the authors of that Cruel murder, and counted 
himself both as an honest man and a man of experience 
and judgement in order to Repair the Damage Done 
to our friend by Indians, and promised them further 
Satisfaction on my Lord Dunmore's arrival here, 
who is expected here in a few days.  Colonel M Donald 
has no other business to Detain him here at this 
time, but his own human Disposition to [crossed out word] 
protect, both the Friendly Indians and the unhappy 
Inhabitants of this place from the Insults of the