The Kentucky Gazette

LEXINGTON, May 12.

A Prisoner that was taken by the indians the week before last, has made his escape. He informs he was taken by fifteen Indians, and kept several days in the inhabitants during which time the Indians obliged him to call families out of their houses, whilst the Indians lay in ambush to murder them whenever they should appear: happily it had not the intended effects; part of the Indians were Delawares and the balance Shawanese.--they told him they did not intend taking prisoners, except Negroes, which they could sell at Detroit for two kegs of whisky, and wished him to conduct them to where they could get Negroes; but he informed them he knew of no place that there was negroes, that was not also strong with white men--they informed him that a number of their men were encamped near the Ohio, on the other side--when they got near the Ohio they shewed signs of fear, lest the Kentuckians had gone forward to the Ohio, to intercept them. and stopt a few miles on this side to wait till night and cross before day --in the course of the night whilst the Indians were asleep, he loosed himself by chewing the cords with which he was bound, and which were made of raw leather, and made his escape.