Chapters 27-31. Topics are:

27) John Bowman's expedition against Chillicothe, May-June 1779; 28) David Rogers' defeat, 1779, and the remarkable adventure of Basil Brown and Robert Benham; 29) Andrew Poe's desperate encounter with two Indians, September 1781; 30) Gnaddenhütten, March 1782, and closing scenes of the Revolution in the West; and 31) William Crawford's campaign against Sandusky, May-June, 1782. Aside from chapter 28, these were written by Butterfield. Two chapters were not completed. Draper's draft of chapter 28 contains only the long preliminary background on Rogers and his career before the fatal ambush in the fall of 1779, and no part of the Brown and Benham adventure was drafted. For chapter 30, Butterfield provided a finished account of the Gnaddenhütten massacre, but a note by Draper confirms that the portion on other events was never written.

Following these chapters is a section of miscellaneous research materials including: copies of articles and reports on campaigns in the southwestern region in 1780 (e.g., the capture of Thicketty Fort and the battles of Cedar Spring and Musgrove's Mill) by William Hill, B.F. Perry, John Rutledge, Isaac Shelby, and James Williams; a biographical sketch of Josiah Culbertson (1748-1839) by Draper; the latter's notes and a few incoming research letters on David Rogers, Robert Benham, and the McDowell family; and an exchange of correspondence with D. Appleton & Company on possible publication of “Border Forays.” Scattered in this section are three original manuscripts: a letter (October 1779) by William Fleming commenting briefly on the defeat of Rogers; and two brief business letters (1802 and undated) by Robert Benham to David Zeigler.