Beverly Hoch and Mary Kegley found in a trunk of Huddle family papers the following handwritten account of the Sluss Family massacre. It was by Jonas Huddle, son of Henry Huddle (or Heinrich Hottel), born Woodstock VA, 1768-1846.


   There is living in Black Lick a lady who was an infant in the  
   cradle when the murderous tomahawk of the red man was used in
   killing the family of which she was a member and from the best
   information which can now [sic] ascertained was in the year
   1784[.]  Having frequently heard my father relate the curcum-
   stance who at the time had his home near the place where the
   tragedy occurred and thus he was the first person that got to
   the murdered family having outrun his companions and found
   said child in its cradle and that it was then about 18 months
   old.  The above depredations were committed in the Rich Valley
   now Bland County on the farm owned by Mr. Crabtree.

                                              Jonas Huddle

   there is no history on record of the above that I know of and
   the murdered family was named Sluss.