Paint Creek Expedition About the August 1, 1778, Col. Boone, knowing the Shawnee were going to attack Boonesboro, tired of the suspense and determined to ascertain their movements, made an incursion into the Indian country to surprise a small town on a branch of the Scioto River called Paint Creek. His party of 19 men was composed of Simon Kenton, John Holder, John Kennedy, Col. John Logan, John Callaway, Pemberton Rollins, Edmund Fear, Alex Montgomery, John Stapleton, Jesse Hodges, Alex Barnett, Stephen Hancock, and seven others. Within four miles of the town, they came suddenly upon a party of 30 Indians, who had just started to join the large force already on the march to Boonesboro. The whites made a vigorous attack, killing one and wounding two Indians, and capturing their baggage and three horses, without loss to themselves. On the return of two scouts, with intelligence that the town was evacuated, they made a rapid march homeward, on August 6th, passing the main body of Indians undiscovered; and on the 7th reaching Boonesboro. On the 8th, the Indian army, 444 strong, with British and French colors flying, appeared before the fort, commanded by Capt. Duquesne (father of Tecumseh).
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